Deputy Principal

Mr Kim Forward

Whole School Photo

As part of the College’s 20th birthday celebrations, a whole school photo will be taken on Monday 14 May. All students must be in full College winter uniform on that day; any student not dressed correctly (including if without a blazer) will not be permitted in the photo.

Traffic

A reminder to all parents that traffic at the front of the school along the bus zone is strictly one-way only from 8.00am – 8.45am and from 2.50pm to 4.15pm. This is a road safety measure during peak times. Cars recently doing the wrong thing in the school grounds:

ZSP 811 - parking in visitor parking to collect students (this is risking children’s safety)
UNY 066 - smoking on school grounds (this is illegal)
1AD 7BB - parking in staff parking area (risking childen’s safety)
1MO 72K - parking in loading zone, parking in disabled zone without a permit
ANI 195 - collecting a student without parking
APY 192 - speeding and turning right

Parenting Ideas Article

We all want “the best for our kids”, but all parents struggle with how to do this. We want children to be happy, successful, independent, resilient and all those great qualities that we are told they must have, but how do they achieve these? I encourage you to look at the resources available at www.parentingideas.com.au - you can subscribe to their blog and newsletter. In this and upcoming newsletters, I will include some very useful parenting articles that contain relevant and useful tips and advice. This week’s article is on 'Helping Children Achieve Sustained School Success'.

insight-helping-children-achieve-sustained-school-success.pdf

The iParent Site

The Office of The eSafety Commissioner has launched the iParent site, with advice for parents on handing children’s safety issues. Go to:

https://esafety.gov.au/education-resources/iparent

Whether you are a parent, carer, grandparent, aunt or uncle, it can be a difficult task keeping up with young people and technology, or even knowing when and how to start the conversation about online safety. The Screen Smart Parent Tour is designed to help parents and carers of 10 to 14-year-olds keep on track with online safety. The ‘tour’ offers practical tips and advice via six important online topics to help manage online issues if they arise.