Dear Families

We are moving closer to the end of our 2025 school year. Over the next few days there will be a few announcements about our 2026 school year including:

our Year 6 student leaders,
our classroom teachers and
students will participate in our transition morning where they will meet their teacher and classmates.

This a huge period of change for both students, staff and families. We expect that some will be feeling anxious and encourage you to talk to your child about how they may be feeling. Please be aware that we have worked hard to ensure classes have been created with all students needs considered. Our staff will provide ongoing support to students throughout this period of change.

As mentioned in previous newsletters we had an overwhelming number of our current Year 5 students apply for student leadership positions and they have been through a rigorous process. Obviously not all students will receive a leadership position, but this does not mean that we do not value the contribution they make to our school. We have constantly reminded the students that they are still able to demonstrate their leadership skills without having a position, we encourage all students to continue to be their best self and follow our school values.

Year 4-6 Performance

Last Wednesday night we held our final performance for our Year 4-6 students. We had a large turnout of families, as we have at previous performances, who came to see their child/ren perform. Thanks again to the efforts of Mr Bromley who prepared the students for the night and to the staff who supported with supervision. Without the support of our wonderful staff, evenings like this would not be possible. It was lovely to see so many students being actively engaged in the musical arts.

Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act

From 10 December 2025, the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 will require social media platforms to:

prevent children and young people under 16 from having a social media account
deactivate or freeze existing accounts held by people under 16.

Delaying access to social media protects the health and wellbeing of young people and gives them extra time to build real world connections and digital literacy skills.

The responsibility will be on the social media platforms, not parents, carers, children or schools, to implement these new restrictions.

Most popular social media platforms will be age restricted. These include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Reddit and YouTube.

Messaging services and online games, as well as apps and platforms that support health and education, can still be used.

How to help under 16s prepare for the change

Parents and carers play an important role in supporting their children to be safe online.

To help get under 16s ready for the social media minimum age requirements, you can go to the eSafety website to learn more about the social media age restrictions and find tips on how to talk about social media age restrictions with young people.

What the change means for our school

At our school, all age-restricted social media platforms are blocked for student use on the school network.

To keep up to date about the new social media age restrictions, visit the eSafety website and subscribe to their newsletter.

Principal

Elissa Campbell

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