Across the Principal's Desk

Thanks for your support at our OPEN EVENT last Friday

It was wonderful to see so many excited students and supportive families at last Friday’s Open afternoon.

The school was buzzing and our students were empowered & thrilled to share their learning.

It was a great show of support from our community also, so thank you for your contribution!

Grounds Help

If anyone or group/team of volunteers have time, I would love to have a couple of our school garden beds cared for. 

I require some plants and weeds to be pulled and some new plants to be planted.  They are not very big garden beds and an individual or small team could have it done in an hour or two!

Please see me or contact me to volunteer!  power.dale.r@edumail.vic.gov.au or 5334 6328.

Early arrival at school is not okay!

An alarming (and growing) number of students are arriving at school from approx. 8:15am onwards.

Our first bell of the school day is 8:45am for bags to be placed in classrooms, with learning beginning at 9am.

We are very fortunate to have a wonderful Out of School Hours Care program, operate from within our school, which opens from 7am.  Students arriving prior to 8:35am, will be asked to join the OSHC program and required to pay the $24.00 fee. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to support families with supervision so early in the morning and if something untoward was to happen to your child on a government school site, we are liable, which I am not comfortable with.  Therefore, the only way to protect all stakeholders is to place them into a supervised program.

I really don’t want a major incident to occur before something changes, be that, an injury, conflict, child absconding or an abduction – all of which are real possibilities, given up to 30mins of unsupervised play is currently occurring for some students. 

Please consider the time you’re currently dropping students off or allowing them to exit home for passage to school.

Springfest

I hope to see many of you at Springfest this Sunday 24 November.  Our Kindergarten & School are a beneficiary this year, so every dollar raised gives us a share as a beneficiary.

The weather forecast is great!