Principal's Report
We, at Miners Rest Primary School, would like to acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
We pay our respects and thank the Wadawurrung people. May we share your land. We promise to look after it, as well as the animals and people too.
Welcome Back!
A big welcome back to all our families and a special warm welcome to our new families that are joining us this term. We are looking forward to a jam-packed, fun-filled term filled with lots of learning and positive wellbeing for everyone!
Child Safe Policies
Our school policies relating to Child Safe are currently under review and will be presented at the next School Council Meeting for consultation. Following this, the policies will be provided to the school community, via the school newsletter for further consultation. We welcome feedback from our families at any time about the information that our policies contain.
Hats
The weather can be a little hit and miss at the beginning of second term. However, as we are a SunSmart School, students are required to wear a hat every day of April. From May 1, hats will no longer be a compulsory part of our school uniform. Please refer to our policy on the website for further information.
ANZAC Service
We are looking forward to our ANZAC Day Service, taking place at the Cenotaph on Friday (April 24) at 11:30am. This service is prepared and presented in collaboration with our senior students and is always a heartfelt acknowledgement to those who have served our country. Our school community, as well as our broader Miners Rest community, are very welcome to join us for this commemoration.
School start and end times
Just a reminder that the school has staff supervising our three areas across the school from 8:45am until 8:55am to support students arriving at school and making their way into classrooms to engage in Readiness for Learning. Readiness for Learning is a structured, planned session that happens prior to the start of formal learning. This session supports the development of organisational skills and independence and happens across the school consistently from Foundation to Year 6.
After school, the three dismissal areas are supervised from 3:20pm until 3:35pm, with students encouraged to leave the school grounds and make their way home as soon as dismissed.
Maximising Learning for all students
To support all our learners, teachers are committing to learning commencing at 8:55am to maximise the two-hour literacy session each morning. We thank our families for ensuring that students are in class and ready for that learning to commence.
Bear in mind, if your child is 10 minutes late to class each day, that is nearly an hour of literacy learning that they have missed in a week - it all adds up.
Assembly
Our next assembly is on Friday, May 8, commencing at 2:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
Enjoy the rest of the week,
Kylie Nissen.