Assistant 

Principal News Flash 

                                                         Dan Moloney & Ellen Paterson

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to school for Term 3.

We are so pleased to see you progress well as mentioned in your Semester 1 Reports and that you have returned safe and well. Term 3 is a short term and it is full of great activities and events to look forward to.

Our reminders for this fortnight are as follows:

Extended Absence Reuqests

At the end of last term, School Council endorsed our revised JSA Attendance Policy in line with the DE's template on their Policy Advisory Library (otherwise called PAL).

As part of this policy, we formalise parent/carer requests for students seeking approval for Extended Absence of 5 or more days (previously 3 days or more) with a designated (as attached).

This form is desgined to make sure that any extended absence requests are communicated with the school beforehand, and to sustain a strong collaborative partnership between the school and our families.

If any families need to formally express interest or intentions for their child to be away for 5 or more days, please provide the school with a completed copy of our new form, as below:

A copy of this form will be saved to our school website shortly. Please shred any other hard copy versions or delete digital versions in case you have of them at home.

Semester 2 Individual Education Plans (IEPs)

This semester, we will be distributing your child's Individual Education Plans at the end of Week 6 (Friday, 29th August). This is an earlier time than previous years, as we indeed to provide our teachers with enough teaching time to assess and re-teach new concepts and skills in time for reports in mid Term 4. 

Keep an eye out for Ellen's email on the 29th.