This week's notes

Welcome Breakfast

Thank you all so very much for the delicious breakfast I enjoyed on Monday morning. It was a great welcome and opportunity for me to meet some more members of our community. 

100 Days at School & The Olympics

On Wednesday 31st July we are celebrating 100 days of learning at our school. Students are encouraged to wear something "BRIGHT" to celebrate being 100 days brighter.

AND.... Mrs Bell came up with another awesome idea for the day.

On the same day, we will be runnning the CAVENDISH OLYMPICS.

Students will be placed in teams, representing countries from around the World.

We will have an opening ceremony, events, a closing ceremony and medal presentation.

PLEASE COME ALONG. This does not replace the original afternoon tea invite. We will still have some snacks for our visitors.  And we would love you to join a team and have some fun. We aim to start at 1:40pm. Come along for the fun.

Assembly Start Time

The teachers and I have made a plan to start structured phonics/spelling at 9.00am every Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting Monday 3rd August. Every student will be grouped according to point of need, and will take part in a 30 minute structured session of learning.

To fit this in our timetable, we will start Monday assemblies at 8:50am from Monday 3rd August. 

Thank you

A big thank you to Carly for cleaning up the agapanthus out the front of the staff entrance at the end of last Term.  It looks so much neater now!

Cavendish has it's own Big Banana

Eli bought in a banana to school this week.  When he peeled it there were two bananas inside.  It was the first time that anyone had seen a double banana before!

Principal's Note

Thanks to the warm welcome you have all extended to me, I feel so at home at Cavendish Primary School. Every day I am impressed by the kindness I see our students showing toward others. Small things like making a heartfelt apology, helping another person find a lost item, or holding open a door all contribute to making our school a nice place to be.

Our students also know that they have a voice in decisions that are made at our school. This week that occured when we collaborated to negotiate protocols around how we can all play soccer at playtimes. All interested students had input, and agreed that we had reached a fair outcome. Having a say and being heard empower our students. And having the confidence to give input is a great life skill to develop.

Warmest regards,

Kate Steele

Principal