From Mr Coppin
Easter at Kambala
We honour our Anglican heritage but also celebrate the diversity of faiths within our community. In the Christian Faith, Lent is here, the start of Lent is commemorated with Ash Wednesday which was for 2025 took place on Wednesday 5 March 2025.
Lent is a period of self reflection and self discovery in the 40 day lead up to Easter. I am often surrounded by people who are giving up all manner of little things or fasting as a reminder. I have seen fasting from soft drinks, chocolate, sugar in tea and coffee, fast food, social media or even parking in our school neighbours’ driveways in Tivoli Carline (not that anyone does that here at Kambala). Lent is often seen as a time of giving up but it is wonderful to flip this thinking to contemplate taking up habits that give us vitality and life. I have come across this wonderful provocation which I love to share each year in the lead up to Easter using the analogy of fast and feast:
Fast on complaining
Feast on appreciating
Fast on discontent
Feast on gratitude
Fast on negative self-talk
Feast on being kind to yourself
Fast on judging others
Feast on what unites us together
Fast on facts that depress
Feast on truths that uplift
Fast from discouragement
Feast on hope
Fast on self-concern
Feast on compassion for others
Fast on idle gossip
Feast on purposeful silence
- William Arthur Ward
We look forward to our Easter Kindergarten - Year 6 End of Term Church Services on the last day of Term 1 on Thursday 10 April 2025 at St Michael's Church.
Students to attend on this day in their full Summer dfress uniform.
ySafe Cyber Safety Education Session for Parents of Year 5 - Year 8 Students - Wednesday 26 March 2025 - 6.30pm
Please CLICK HERE to register for the Webinar.
Junior School Parent Teacher Interviews
Parent-Teacher interviews with Class and Specialist teachers will be held during Week 10 of Term 1 (Monday 31 March- Thursday 3 April). Specialist teachers available for Term 1 interviews are:
Year 2- French, Music
Year 3- French, Art, PE
Year 4- French, Art, Music
Year 5- Science, Drama, PE
Year 6- Science, Drama, Mandarin
Interview times with your daughter’s teachers will be offered both before and after school hours. Most parents find 10 minutes sufficient time for interviews with their daughter’s Class teacher, plus 5 minutes with Specialist teachers and if their daughter’s Maths teacher is not their class teacher. If you feel that more time is necessary, please contact your daughter’s teacher to arrange a convenient time and date for a longer meeting. You may request interviews at other times throughout the year by contacting teachers directly.
How will these interviews work?
We will continue to utilise Zoom for our interviews as feedback indicates this works best for our busy parents and carers. Parent-Teacher interview bookings can be made using our online booking system at https://kambala.meettheteacher.com/ Once you click on the link you will be directed to the online booking system to schedule your appointment/s. The booking portal will be open from 5.00pm on Thursday 13 March and will close at 4.00pm on Thursday 27 March. A Parent-Teacher Booking Appointment Guide has been created to assist parents with their bookings. Please click here to access this Guide. Once you have made an appointment time, confirmation of your appointment time will appear on your screen. A confirmation will also be sent to your parent email address. If you need to amend your booking time, please do so via your confirmation email.
On the day of your Appointment
You can access Zoom links for all teachers on your daughter’s Sundial class page. Teachers will be alerted that you are in the virtual waiting room and will admit parents to begin the appointment at the scheduled time. Every effort to keep to the schedule will be made and we encourage parents to access the Sundial class pages ahead of the scheduled meeting times to support timeliness. Please note if you are running significantly late, you will need to reschedule your appointment as teachers must follow their pre booked interview times with other families. We kindly ask that you respect our teachers’ time and notify them in advance via email if you are unable to make your scheduled appointment time.
IT support
Should you experience technical difficulties during the event, please access ICT support by clicking on the ICT Support tile on the Sundial homepage. While we are doing all we can to prepare for a smooth experience, we appreciate your flexibility should there be any disruptions.
Year 3 Term 2, 2025 Sport Choice
Year 3 will be given the opportunity to play Touch Football in Term 2. They will play in a competition against SCEGGS, Ascham and Kincoppal. The competition will be aimed at preparing the girls for the introduction of IPSHA sport in Year 4 by learning the basic skills of the sport.
Please read this information and fill out the form at the end of the letter if you wish to register your daughter for sport in Term 2.