Dear Parents,

The District Swimming Carnival will be held tomorrow, Friday 21st February at the Aquatic Centre, with 35 children qualifying to attend. Our representatives are Beau Francis, Cooper Jones, Elena Noonan, Will Simeonidis, Hannah Skein, Gabriel Barclay, Lara Glasgow, Tom Hamer, Axel Hutchison, Clara Klootwijk, Chyna Robrahn, Max Clements, Riley Cooper, Ryan Copeland, Milly Griffiths, Maddy Phillips, Ella Pringle, Jessi Ball, Indi Robinson, Chase Robrahn, Lachlan Simeonidis, Flynn Wolfe, Kai Barclay, Lara Francis, Charlotte Hair, Evelyn Heterick, Sienna Jessett, Logan Johnson, Samara Kandegedara, Claudia McRobert, Sophie Peters, Zara Phillips, Ashleigh Robinson and Stephanie Wilson. Good luck to all of our swimmers.

This year, we have established a Student Representative Council (SRC). Each class from Years 2-6 have elected their representative for the term and they were presented with their badges at this week's Infants and Primary Assemblies. Congratulations to; Hannah Skein, Maddison Bateman, Cooper Jones, Madalyn Robb, Skylar Baumgarten, Jake Irwin, Milla Cole, Finn Barnes, Eliza Dowton, Olivia Jackson, Ruby-Rose Kelly, Jacob O'Brien, Charlie Quade, Tyler Lamers and Kimmy Beecham, who are our Term 1 SRC representatives. I know they will enjoy working with Mrs Guihot and Ms Simmons.

Staff at school begin supervision duties at 8.30am each day. A reminder to parents that children should not be dropped to school before this time as the playground is unsupervised.

Our School Photos will be taken on Tuesday 25th February. We will be using Advanced School Photography. Information about paying for School Photos is included in this Newsletter.

Please follow us on Facebook. Please remember that the Facebook page is to celebrate our wonderful school and our student’s achievements. If you have questions in regards to things like bus passes, excursions, uniform, absences, or any other enquiry, please contact the office on 6331 3923.

As a staff we continue to modify our Assessment and Reporting practices so we can ensure parents obtain feedback each term on their child’s progress from their child’s classroom teacher. At anytime, if parents have any concerns or issues about your child’s learning, you are encouraged to contact the school to make an appointment to speak with your child’s classroom teacher. The Assessment and Reporting schedule for 2020 is:

Term 1 Week 4 – Thursday 20th February-Friday 21st February – Support Unit Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 1 Week 6 - Monday 2nd March - Thursday 5th March – Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 2 Week 9 – Semester 1 Reports home
Term 3 – Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 4 Week 9 - Semester 2 Reports home

Parent/Teacher Interviews have been organised for Thursday 20th February - Friday 21st February for the Support Unit and Monday 2nd March -Thursday 5th March for all other classes. These meetings will allow parents to meet teachers, talk about what is to be taught this year and how your child has settled into the 2020 school year, plans for the school year, class expectations and parent expectations. Notes for these meetings will be sent home soon. Parents are encouraged to return these notes indicating a time preference to your child’s classroom teacher as soon as possible. Teachers will contact parents regarding your allocated time for an interview.

The timetable for Parent/Teacher Interviews in Week 4 and 6 is as follows:

Friday 21st February – KB and 1/2J

Monday 2nd March – KM, KW, KI and K/1P

Tuesday 3rd March – 1M, 1H, 1W, 2S, 2T and 2M

Wednesday 4th March– 3/4M, 3/4I, 3/4L and 3/4S

Thursday 4th March – 4/5C, 5/6W, 5/6D, 5/6B, 5/6M and 5/6G

The Department of Education and Communities sets the voluntary contribution level. These funds are used to purchase reading and mathematics materials for the benefit of all students. Fees can be paid by sending cash or cheque in a sealed envelope with your child’s name, class and School Fees written on it to the front office or by coming to the school and paying by cash, cheque or EFTPOS. Fees can also be paid using the online POP payment system which is on our school website. The fees are:

$50.00 (1 child)

$90.00 (2 children)

$120.00 (3 or more children)

In addition to the School Fees, each child is asked to pay a:

$15.00 levy for Technology (each child K-6)

$15 levy for resources

These levies will enable us to provide more software and classroom resources such as readers and maths equipment for the children to use. We thank you for your invaluable contribution.

The next Infants (Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2) Assembly in Term 1 will be held on Wednesday 25th March from 12.40pm-1.15pm in the McMullen Hall. The next Primary Years (3, 4, 5 and 6) Assembly will be held on Wednesday 25th March at 2.10pm in the McMullen Hall. All parents and friends are very welcome to join us to celebrate our accomplishments.

Our School Newsletter will now be uploaded every Thursday so all parents receive information at the same time. Please refer to our website to download the weekly newsletter.

If any parent has any concerns regarding any aspect of school life, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kate White

Principal