Principal's Report
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are heading into the end of the school year and in some of our students, we start to see some anxiety and tiredness. We are very conscious of this and have been talking through some strategies with the students and staff. A few of our students start to worry about the change that is ahead of them – change in teacher, change in class, change in friendships, change in schools. The security they know now feels like it’s ending. We also must remember, and acknowledge, the difficult year that it’s been with all the restrictions that have been placed on our students; this has had an impact on our community. Not being able to have the sport carnivals, gatherings, social events, Dance Display and so on, has left our students with less opportunities to connect with other parents and community members.
In keeping all this in mind, next week we will hand out our “school expectation” tokens acknowledging the positive and kind behaviour we see daily. (We will have a surprise for the students at the end of the 2 weeks). We also have our “Step Up” afternoon in Week 10. This is where the students meet their new teacher and their new classmates before going into the Christmas and January break. I find this really alleviates the worry and anxiety in the students prior to the new school year.
Kinder 2021 Orientation
This Friday morning, we welcome our Kinder class for 2021. At present we have 25 students enrolled for Kinder next year; I look forward to meeting our new families. Mrs Samantha Mance will be the Kinder teacher for next year, along with Mrs Helen Bramanathan who will teach every Friday while Samantha is fulfilling her Religious Education Coordinator role.
School Reports
Semester 2 reports will go home next Monday, November 30. Optional Parent/Teacher Interviews will be held in Week 9 (Monday and Tuesday). Bookings can be made through the link in next week’s newsletter.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Violet Nelson (Yr 2) and Ned Snashall (Yr 1) on receiving the Principal affirmation at morning assembly last Friday.
Principal