Dear Parents,

We have had a busy week finalising classes and numbers and submitting these to the Department of Education . I am happy to announce that our class structure will remain unchanged and the 2019 class structure is set out below;

KW – Mrs Jodie Weekes
KP – Ms Fernanda Puebla
KC – Ms Chloe Murphy
KM – Mrs Danielle McClements
1H – Miss Rachel Hattenfels
1M – Mrs Kathy Murphy/Mrs Jo Curran
1/2M – Ms Giovanna Morris
2T – Mr Jeremy Thackray
2S – Ms Tammy Simmons
3/4I – Mrs Amanda Ivory
3/4G – Mrs Julie George
3/4B – Miss Fiona Bennett
3/4M – Mrs Mikayla McPhee
4/5C – Mrs Lorelle Calder
5/6B – Mrs Tess Barnes/Mrs Marilyn Johnson
5/6D – Mr Jay Datt/Mrs Helen Healey
5/6G – Mrs Carly Guihot
5/6M – Miss Emma Miller
5/6W – Mrs Natasha Woolfe
K/1B – Miss Chloe Bennett
2/4J – Mr Scott Jablonskis
5/6N – Miss Alice Nathan
3/6H - Miss Selina Harlum
3-6F – Ms Carolyn Flanagan
Library – Mrs Helen Rutherford
Reading Program – Ms Lisa Roberts
Support Teacher Learning – Ms Judy Issa, Mrs Jodie Goninan & Mrs Kylee Francis
Release from Face to Face – Mrs Marilyn Johnson, Ms Tanya Gray, Mrs Jodie Goninan, Ms Judy Issa, Ms Amanda Nelson & Mr Michael Attard
School Counsellor – Emily Boland (Monday/Tuesday)
Speech Pathologist – Miss Ali Barratt
Occupational Therapist – Ms Melissa Monge
Hearing Team – Ms Susannah Foley & Mrs Belinda Crook, Mrs Helen Bekkema, Mr Craig Nelson and Mr Matthew Roberts
Home School Liaison Officer – Mr Peter Cross
Assistant Principal Learning – Mrs Yvonne Theiss
Complex Support – Mrs Sylvia Hitchick and Mrs Deb Berry
School Admin Manager – Ms Denise Noble
School Admin – Mrs Kathy Bogart
School Admin – Mrs Deb Wilkin
Library Administration – Mrs Lesley Macready
School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Shelley Chaffey
School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Jackie Fowler
School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Rebecca Dive
School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Dianna Mooney
School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Karen Mitchell
School Learning Support Officer –Ms Sarah Watterson
School Learning Support Officer – Mr Daniel Hawke
School Learning Support Officer – Mr Mitchell Mooney
School Learning Support Officer – Miss Tegan Griffiths
School Chaplain – Mr Graeme Summerson
General Assistant – Mr Lionel White

We have celebrated some wonderful achievements in the pool this week with lots of children participating in the Annual Swimming Carnival. Congratulations to all children on their involvement. We had good weather and lots of parental support for our swimmers. Outstanding sportsmanship was also evident in and out of the pool by all of our children. Congratulations everyone for your efforts and ‘having a go’. Thank you to Miss Miller and Mrs Guihot for their outstanding organisation of the day.

Congratulations to Mia McClements, Oliver Hamer and Tom Hamer on the records they broke at the carnival – an outstanding effort!

Well done to Hargraves House who were the overall Champion House on Friday. They cheered and swam all day. Good work.

Congratulations to our age champions for 2019 who are:

Junior Boys – Lachlan Simeonidis

Junior Girls – Milly Griffiths

11 years Boys – Oliver Hamer

11 years Girls – Mia McClements

Senior Boys – Sam Hamer

Senior Girls – Alissah Grimm

Our School Photos will be taken on Tuesday 26th February. We will be using Advanced School Photography. Envelopes for school photos will be sent home tomorrow with the children.

Infants (Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2) and Primary (3, 4, 5 and 6) Assemblies will be held in weeks 4 and 9 this term. The first Infants Assembly will be held on Wednesday 20th February at 12.20pm and the first Primary Assembly will be held on Wednesday 20th February at 2.10pm in the McMullen Hall. All parents and friends are very welcome to join us to celebrate our accomplishments.

As a staff we continue to modify our Assessment and Reporting practices so we can ensure parents obtain feedback each term on their child’s progress from their child’s classroom teacher. At anytime, if parents have any concerns or issues about your child’s learning, you are encouraged to contact the school to make an appointment to speak with your child’s classroom teacher. The Assessment and Reporting schedule for 2019 is:

Term 1 Week 4 – Thursday 21st February-Friday 22nd February – Support Unit Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 1 Week 6 - Monday 4th March -Friday 8th March – Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 2 Week 9 – Semester 1 Reports home
Term 3 – Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 4 - Semester 2 Reports home

Parent/Teacher Interviews have been organised for Thursday 21st February - Friday 22nd February for the Support Unit and Monday 4th March - Friday 8th March for all other classes. These meetings will allow parents to meet teachers, talk about what is to be taught this year and how your child has settled into the 2019 school year, plans for the school year, class expectations and parent expectations. Parents can book Interview times via the Parent portal or notes for these meetings have been sent home this week. Parents are encouraged to return these notes indicating a time preference to the front office as soon as possible or going on to the Parent Portal and requesting your interview time.

If any parent has any concerns regarding any aspect of school life, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kate White

Principal