ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS' REPORT

TERM 2 PARENT-TEACHER-STUDENT CONFERENCES

Bookings can now be made for our Term 2 Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences.

Teachers will be available for 5-minute conversations on both Thursday 28 April and Monday 2 May. These interviews will be done remotely using Google Meet. Normal classes will not run on these two days; teachers, however, will be leaving lesson plans on Compass. This ensures students have work to go on with at home when they are not attending their online interviews. The booking system will close on Tuesday 26 April at 5pm.

These interviews make a significant contribution to maximising students’ academic performance as we celebrate student success and discuss strategies for further improvement. Please note that these conversations complement the feedback provided through Learning Tasks and Progress Reports, so ensure you have accessed this information in Compass prior to attending the interviews.

WINTER UNIFORM

Families are reminded that all students should be in full winter uniform from the beginning of Term 2. School blazers must be worn to and from school. It is also important to note that nail polish and facial piercings are not acceptable at school. Please note the only type of socks boys may wear are grey school socks. Thank you to all families for your continued support of our uniform policy.

2022 ANZAC APPEAL

The Junior and Senior School Councils are now selling badges and other items to raise money for the Returned and Services League.

Members of these Councils have been selling badges around the school each lunchtime. We encourage all to support this worthy cause.  For more information, or to make an electronic donation, please see this link - https://anzacappeal.com.au/

SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE ONLINE PRESENCE

We always expect students to behave appropriately when online. Recently we have been informed of incidents where individuals have used social networking sites such as Instagram to post offensive and harmful material.  

Please discuss with your child their online presence, including the risks associated with creating online 'friendships' with individuals they don't know in person. In addition, creating an online presence/profile that permits anonymous postings is extremely risky and should be strongly discouraged. We have also been advised that a number of students are communicating online using Discord - this is a platform that many parents may not be aware of.  Again, please remind your child about the importance of communicating in a respectful and positive way when online. 

Whilst we recognise that online interaction is a big part of students' lives, we want to ensure they are also safe and responsible users of such technology.  Online harassment can not only cause great damage to students' self-esteem, it is unlawful. 

For further support in this matter please refer to the schools advice around Cyber Safety Information for Parents

We wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday period and look forward to seeing all the students back Term 2.