News From The Principal - Mike Tate
Dear Families,
What another great year it has been!! On behalf of all the staff, I would like to thank all of you for your support but most importantly for the passion you have shown for your children and their learning. As a team, we look forward to working with your children in 2016.
Farewells
As usual, this time of the year sees us farewelling staff. I would like to say thank you and all the very best to the following staff members who are leaving us today:
Valerie Bartley who is retiring after 38 years in the teaching profession. We wish her a relaxing and healthy retirement.
David Edwards who will be taking a position up at Plympton Primary after 5 years at Largs Bay. We wish David all the best at his new school.
Ashleigh Foreman has won a position at Craigmore Primary after her one year contract with us. Again, we wish her every success in her new school.
Jayne Hickman who has worked at Largs for the past 12 months in a number of Support Officer roles. Jayne has won a position at Henley High and we extend our best wishes to her.
I am sure that you will support me in wishing them every success in their new ventures.
2016 Teachers
I would like to congratulate the following people who have been appointed to Largs Bay for next year:
Ian Burge - PE NIT
Melissah Birch - Year 1/2 Room 19
Bianca Basher - Year 1 Room 14
Tatjana Vilov - Year 4/5 Room 30
Daina Wilson - NIT Teacher
End of Year Performance
What a great night!!! The weather was perfect and the children put on an amazing performance. We estimated that there were over 1800 people attend on the night!!!! Thanks must go to everyone involved and of course, to you the families and friends that attended.
Special thanks to:
Phil Crossing (sound & stage)
Cathy King & Karen Smith (organisation for the night)
Rachel Holman (canteen), Governing Council (bbq)
Parent Help Group (raffle)
Jarrah, Lucy & Ruby (comperes)
Well done to everyone!!!
Volunteers Morning Tea
Last week we invited our volunteers to attend a morning tea put on by staff. This gave us an opportunity to formally acknowledge and thank the parents and friends that give up their time to support our students.
This year, for the first time, our Department has provided all schools with a plaque to acknowledge the Volunteer of the Year. Our staff nominated the person that they believe was worthy of this award. There were many names put forward but the inaugural winner was Joan Evers.
Joan has volunteered at Largs Bay for many years and is highly regarded and respected by staff and students alike.
Joan is pictured below receiving her award with Leanne White (LAP Co-ordinator)
Year 7 Graduation
This year we had 51 Year 7’s graduate. Their graduation consisted of a cruise and dinner on the West Lakes Princess (West Lakes), followed by a formal ceremony back in the school hall. Special thanks to the Year 7 teachers (Simon Bowden, Jess Knycz, Sharon Todd & De-anne Summers) as well as all the other staff at Largs Bay who have contributed to the student’s education over the years. On behalf of all involved at the school, I would like to wish them all the very best for the future.
Congratulations to our 2015 Year 7’s
ATSI Graduation
Our Partnership recently acknowledged all Aboriginal students who were graduating either from Kindy, Primary School or High School. Largs Bay had 4 ATSI students who will be going on to High School in 2016. They are pictured below.
Jordan, Hannah, LeSharna & Klynton
Awards
Congratulations to our recipient of the Outstanding Attendance Award for 2015. We had 3 children attend every day, with one having never been late!!!
The winner was Harrison who will receive a $25 voucher from Westfield.
Please see inside for our winners of the Outstanding Achievement Awards for 2015.
OSHC Vacation Care
Once again, our OSHC service has a fantastic program these holidays. There are still some spaces left, so get in soon and secure your spot!!! A reminder that the Child Health and Medical Condition forms are due back to OSHC this week. Forms for each child must be returned even if there are no known medical conditions. If the information/medication is not received by OSHC your child will not be able to attend the service. Thank you for your support.
Enjoy the Break!!
A reminder that children will return to school on Monday 1st February. The front office staff will be in from Monday 25th January and the uniform shop will be open on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th January from 9:00am to 12pm. In the meantime, I would like to wish you all a wonderful break with your children and families and we look forward to seeing you all fit and healthy in 2016.
All the best Mike