Principal News
Welcome to Term 4!
This term is shaping up to be a very busy term indeed. Please keep track of the Important dates included on page 4 of this newsletter.
Whole School Values Day
Last week we launched our new school values of Respect, Connect, Inspire and Achieve.
Lots of fun and learning all round with our staff and students engaging in activities focusing on our 4 values. Working together we created compliment booklets, inspiration bookmarks, trophies and linking chains. Students wrote positive affirmations, achievements, goals and personal highlights. This was a great day of sharing, caring and positive acknowledgment topped off with a wonderful pancake morning tea provided by our ES staff. Thanks everyone!
Curriculum Day - Monday November 3rd.
Just a reminder that we have a pupil free day on Monday, November 3rd. This is the day before the Melbourne Cup day public holiday. Students are not required at school. on Monday, 3rd and Tuesday, 4th November (Cup day). On Monday, staff will be working on assessment and reporting in preparation for the end of year reports.
Working Bee (November 5th)
Now that Spring is definitely here, we have many jobs to do around our school grounds. This includes pruning, weeding, planting and mulching our gardens. We need your help!
On Wednesday, November 5th we will be having a working bee. Brenda will be busy in the garden all day and would love some help. If you can give any of your time throughout the day we would be grateful. The working bee will run from 9.00am - 3.00pm.
For more information about the jobs on our list please go the the Parent/Carer information page in this newsletter. If you can help please contact the office and let us know. Hope to see you there!
Thank you!
A huge thankyou to the Heyblom family for their generous donation of plants for our garden. Unfortunately we have lost some of our smaller plants to the Corella's over the break, so this donation of plants is most appreciated. Thank you!
District and Regional Athletics
A huge congratulations to 8 of our students who attended District Athletics on October 8th.
Kiri, Maya, Kooper, Rose E, Rose K, Bailey, Alana, and Kayden represented our school in discuss, triple jump, 100m, 200 m, shotput, and high jump🤸♀️ Such a great representation from a small school. These students returned to school with smiles of joy after receiving success with their events.
We are so excited and so very proud of our 2 students heading off to Regional athletics on Friday, 24th October. Good luck Bailey and Kiri, all our support is with you!
It's OK not to be OK workshop
Our Year 5/6 students engaged in an informative workshop designed to assist with emotional wellbeing. The team from It's OK not to be OK attended our school to assist with empowering and equipping our students with a mental health toolkit to implement during tough times. This workshop focused on emotional safety and activities were designed to encourage the children to think about their own situations and the tools they need to support they wellbeing.
Sally Herbert