Principal's Report
We, at Miners Rest Primary School, would like to acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
We pay our respects and thank the Wadawurrung people.
May we share your land. We promise to look after it, as well as the animals and people too.
Welcome Back!
A big welcome back to all of our families and a special warm welcome to our new families that are joining us this term. We are looking forward to a jam-packed, fun-filled term for lots of learning and positive wellbeing for everyone!
Policies
Our school policies are current and available on our school website. We welcome feedback from our families at any time about the information that our policies contain.
Hats
The weather can be a little hit and miss at the beginning of second term. However, as we are a SunSmart School, students are required to wear a hat every day of April. From May 1, hats will no longer be a compulsory part of our school uniform. Please refer to our policy on the website for further information.
Staffing
We warmly welcome two new Education Support Staff members to the Miners Rest Team this term. Kiara Powell and Lolita Brain have joined us and will be supporting in the Senior Learning Centre and Foundation PLC respectively. Welcome, Kiara and Lolita!
ANZAC Service
We are looking forward to our ANZAC Day Service, taking place at the Cenotaph tomorrow (April 24) at 11:45am. This service is prepared and presented in collaboration with our senior students, and is always a heartfelt acknowledgement to those who have served our country. Our school community are very welcome to join us for this commemoration.
School start and end times
Just a reminder that the school has staff supervising our three areas across the school from 8:45am until 8:55am to support students arriving at school and making their way into classrooms to engage in Readiness for Learning. Readiness for Learning is a structured, planned session that happens prior to the start of formal learning. This session supports the development of organisational skills and independence, and happens across the school consistently from Foundation to Year 6.
After school, the three dismissal areas are supervised from 3:20pm until 3:35pm, with students encouraged to leave the school grounds and make their way home as soon as dismissed.
Rigorous Learning Environments
Yesterday, our staff engaged in an extremely valuable day of focused professional learning in relation to the English Curriculum, particularly reading and writing practices at Miners Rest Primary School and the commitment to enhancing Rigor in Learning (Relationships, Instruction, Goals, Organisation and Relevance) from Foundation to Year 6. We thank our School Council for endorsing this invaluable day of learning for us.
Maximising Learning for all students
In reference to enhancing Rigor across the school to support all of our learners, teachers are committing to learning commencing at 8:55am to maximise the two hour literacy session each morning. We thank our families for ensuring that students are in class and ready for that learning to commence.
Bear in mind, if your child is 10 minutes late to class each day, that is nearly an hour of literacy learning that they have missed in a week - it all adds up.
Assembly
Our next assembly is on Friday, May 9, commencing at 2:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
What next?
Lots of events and special occasions for our children are coming up across the term, including camps, Mother's Day Stall, Significant Women's Assembly and an open invitation for families to visit classrooms.
Lots happening already and lots to come.
Enjoy the rest of the week,
Kylie Nissen.