The Golden Sun Newsletter

Principals' Report

THANK YOU 

Here we are at the end of Term 1!

Thank you to everyone for your support, engagement and involvement throughout the term.

A special shout out to our School Council and volunteers for your work throughout the term. 

 

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful break, and a happy Easter to those that celebrate.

 

Thank you for your ongoing support of our school. We look forward to welcoming all of our students back for the beginning of Term 2 on Monday 15th April.

STAFF UPDATE

We welcome a few new staff to our school, Education Support staff Michael and Natalie  (School Nurse) who will start next term.

 

We say farewell to Trevor who will be heading back overseas. It’s with a heavy heart that Trevor decided to head back home to the USA. We thank Trevor for coming to our school at a time of need and for developing the STEM program alongside Jeff and building relationships with our staff, students and families. 

 

We also say farewell to Lina who is retiring and will be taking long service leave next term. Lina is looking to continue working as a CRT so we will still be seeing Lina for a few more years to come! We thank Lina for her support with our Language program.

 

Next term we will say farewell to Ian who is retiring, he will be finishing with us on the 26th of April.

We thank Ian for the wonderful way he has supported our school from the beginning.

 

Thanks for you patience with all the building works, we appreciate your support! With any luck the students will be able to start using the play areas next week if not first day  next term!

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

We congratulate our House Captains for 2024:

Blue house - Emad, Ismail, Sahasra and Tanisha. 

Green house - Ashwin, Caylee, Chelsea J and,  Kevin, 

Red house - Hazel, Miron, Udham and Zaineb. 

Yellow house - Anjali, Eamon, Jamal G, and Keely 

Our House Leaders worked with our Prep students this term to welcome them into their Blue, Green, Red and Yellow house.  

The students have also been busy working with Our House Spirit to plan our Term 2 activities for students.

Our House Spirit will be working with our student leaders throughout the year to create authentic events and activities for our students and school community.  https://www.ourhousespirit.com.au/

Congratulations to our House Captains! We look forward to our work together throughout the year.

New Building

Work on our new building continues and is on schedule to finish at the beginning of October 2024.  

Below you will find a link to some of the architects drawings of the building. 

 

The building consists of 8 classrooms, 2 STEM rooms and a large library which can also be used as a meeting space for teachers and for parent sessions. The building also has a number of meeting spaces for staff to access.

This building is part of the Department of Education's new school expansion project.

22035 DD DRG 03 Presentation FINAL[25][34].pdf

Playground, Paths, Walkways, Garden and Musical Instruments

Thanks for you everyone's patience with all the building works, we appreciate your support! With any luck the students will be able to start using the play areas at the start of next term. 

 

This project was funded by the Department of Education's Inclusive Schools Fund. 

ISFRD700275_Aitken Hill PS_Tender_Architectural[52].pdf

 

TRAFFIC

I would like to ask parents/carers to be extra careful when driving during school arrival and departure times around our school.  Please be mindful of pedestrians and bike riders, especially during these busy times.

 

Unfortunately, we have witnessed many unsafe practices during the morning and afternoon each day. 

 

At the Community Centre we have witnessed:

  • Illegal parking at the Community Centre next door
  • Cars stopping in the middle of the carpark to drop of children
  • Parking in the disabled car park without a permit
  • Stopping outside the front of the Community centre which is a no standing point
  • Children are running across the carpark whilst parents are trying to enter and exit the car park

 

On Elevation Boulevard we have witnessed:

  • Parents entering the staff car park
  • Parents dropping children off in the drive way
  • Parents letting children out at the crossing and other spots on the road rather than the car park
  • Children getting out of moving cars

We have reported these unsafe practices to the police and local council who will be coming to monitor and issue fines as necessary.

 

We appreciate your cooperation with this matter.