Dear families,

With only a nine-week term, the time has flown, and it is hard to believe we are now halfway through the school year. You will receive your child’s mid-year reports tomorrow. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading them all and seeing the progress students have made this semester. Thank you to the staff who have put so much effort into writing detailed and descriptive reports.

FAREWELL

Sadly, we farewell three of our staff members this week. Firstly Jenny Davey, who has been our Business manager at Toolamba for approximately 20 years. After a period of Long Service Leave Jenny retired on June 2nd. Her contribution to the school community has been invaluable her tireless work after the fire working on the rebuild. Both Craig and Jayne will leave a huge gap in our teaching staff. Their wealth of expertise and their dedication to their profession has been commendable. Our very best wishes go with them on the next stage of their careers.

Our very best wishes go with Beau and Max I’m sure they will love being closer to their extended family.

WELCOME

We are all very excited to have three new staff members joining us next Term. Dani Watt will be in 1 / 2 S, Mason Argus will be in 1 / 2 T and Stacey Wilkinson will be sharing the 3 / 4 class with Mrs Bathman. We are indeed very fortunate to have such impressive people join our team at Toolamba. All three staff members have been visiting our school over the past few weeks to ensure that the transition for them and the students is as smooth as possible.

Mason Argus, Dani Watt, Stacey Wilkinson

JSC PURCHASE

Proceeds from the JSC fundraisers have been used to purchase some toys for the sand pit and eight down balls. Students were very excited to unpack them this week.

REVIEW

Tuesday was the final day for our school review. The panel asked me to pass on their congratulations to the staff at Toolamba PS on the fantastic job they are doing educating the students at Toolamba. They were very impressed with our school and our data. Stephen Daly (Reviewer) made the comment that it is the best school he has ever reviewed and that it was challenging to find areas for improvement. Tuesday was spent on formulating our new Strategic Plan. Stephen will now go away and write up the final report which we will then be able to share with the school community. Well done everyone!

CURRICULUM DAY 21ST JULY- No students

SAUSAGE SIZZLE

P & F are holding a free sausage sizzle for parents and children to farewell Jayne and Craig at 12pm on Friday. Everyone is welcome to attend.

END TERM ASSEMBLY 1PM

Awards:

Academic
Excellence
Citizenship
Terrific Teammate
Art
Sport
Terrific Kids

o Farewell Students/Teachers

o BBQ Raffle Draw

KELLY CLUB

As mentioned last week, Kelly Club has taken over the running of our Out School Hours Care Program. https://www.kellyclub.com.au/

From 26th June they be running both the Holiday Program and OHSC. They will be operating from 7am to 9am each morning providing breakfast and 3pm to 6pm each afternoon providing snacks.

Have a lovely holiday with your Family,

Regards, Heather

JSC Footy Day