From The Principal's Desk

Dear Parents and Carers, 

Welcome to Week 6, I hope you managed to enjoy the shorter week and with the public holiday on Tuesday. This week our students and teachers commenced Assessment week in preparation for their end of year reports.

A few weeks back we celebrated our Writers’ Festival with the presentation of awards and the recognition of student writing, student artwork and Chinese writing. It was wonderful to see so many parents attend the event and wander through the hallways and read a number of stories and not just their own child’s story. I would like to acknowledge all of the staff for their support and in particular the work of our Literacy leaders, Jacinta Fitzpatrick and Jessica Bailey for setting the scene and vision of the Writers’ Festival. I would like to thank all the parents and carers who attended the Writers’ Festival and participated in the activities. 

On Wednesday of last week, the Grade Prep - 2 House sports athletics was conducted on the oval and it was again great to see so many parents and grandparents support the day. On the day many of our Grade 6 students were used as activity leaders to assist on the day and did a stellar job. I would like to acknowledge the PE team (Mr Story and Mrs O’Brien) for organising the event and ensuring it ran smoothly.

 BUILDING NEWS

We will be commencing the installation of two shade sails over the next week. One will be installed over the Grade 6 portables and one will be installed beside the Prep - 2 playground.

At the end of the term we have some significant dates to be aware of - some that we have recently altered.  Here are some of the dates we have scheduled for the end of the year that we wish to communicate to you.

1. Reports will be posted to parents on Compass on Tuesday 12th December.  Should there be any concerns with the report there is a week to make contact with the classroom teacher or Leadership.
2. Tuesday 12th is Orientation day for our new Preps for 2024 and is also our transition into the new classes for 2024 (Class lists will be available the day before on school windows).  The transition will occur from 9.15am - 10.15am.
3. Grade 6 Graduation will occur on Thursday 14th December at the Delacombe Stadium at 6pm 
4. Our school COLOUR RUN will occur on Friday 15th December on the school oval.  More details of the starting time will be sent out, but it will commence around 12.00pm.
5. Our school Picnic day will occur on Monday 18th December at school, starting at 11.30am followed by the final school assembly at 2.30pm with our Grade 6s having a walk through the school.
6. Tuesday December 19th our teachers and students will be moving their classrooms for the following year and is the final day for students on site at the school.

Have a great week – Scott, Marnie and Stephanie