Principal Team Report
Upcoming Important Dates
Term 4
6 November: Teacher Professional Practice Day (student free day)
7 November: Cup Day Public Holiday
22 November: Parent Forum: Numeracy at ASPS with Prof. Peter Sullivan
12 December: End of Year Concert
18 December: Year 6 Graduation
20 December: Last Day Term 4 (1:00pm dismissal)
WELCOME BACK!
A big welcome back to our students and families. We hope you all had a wonderful school holiday break and enjoyed the lovely weather we had in Melbourne.
Term 4 is a bumper term with 11 ½ weeks of school bringing us up to the summer holidays.
Mr Wicher is taking a well-earned break and will be on extended leave until Monday October 16.
For anything urgent please contact the school office otherwise Marcus will be back in touch once he returns in Week 3.
HATS ON in Term 4
Students are required to wear a hat when outdoors in Term 4 and Term 1.
Unfortunately, UV exposure during childhood and adolescence has a big impact on future skin cancer risk.
If your child does not have an Auburn South sun hat, please purchase one from our Uniform Shop in person on Friday morning or via Flexischools.
Students will need to remain in the shade at break times if they do not have a hats on from Week 2 onwards.
NEW CUBBY & CREATIVE PLAY at The Cottage
We're excited to announce that our new cubby, mud-kitchen, exploration tables, digging beds & fairy garden has been installed over the school holidays!
If you have any old wooden spoons, child-friendly utensils, small pots & pans or fairy-garden gear at home, feel free to bring them in!
A big thank you to our School Council and School Improvement Team for their support with this initiative!
Happening at Camp Australia next week...
Reconciliation Assembly
Special thanks are extended to our Always Was, Always Will Be student team and Ms Emily Hui for organising last term's Reconciliation Assembly. A full report is included in the Always Was, Always Will be page in the newsletter.
Afternoon pick-up by 3.45pm
The expectation is that all students are collected from school by 3.45pm unless theyare enrolled in Camp Australia or anotherafter-school program.
Staff supervise pick-up areas between 3.30pm and 3.45pm and need to move into professional learning sessions and other school meetings at 3.45pm.
Please contact the school office if you are running late and if there is a risk of your child being left unattended.
Families are of course welcome to use the front playground but children must be supervised.
Topic: Numeracy at ASPS with Prof. Peter Sullivan
Date: 22 November (6:30pm - 8:00pm)
This engaging session, run by our school's numeracy consultant, Professor Peter Sullivan, will help families to understand the approaches taken by the support, challenge and engage students in Mathematics. Our aim as a school is that our students see themselves as mathematicians who are able to solve complex, real world problems; taking into Secondary School, the confidence and motivation to study Mathematics all the way through to Year 12 and beyond.
Topic: Cyber Safety Project Webinar
Please note that all of the Term 1, 2 and 3 sessions are now available on-demand to ASPS families .
Click on the image below to access past and upcoming webinars.
