Principal Class News

Compass Calendar of Events

Being a Principal is exhausting.  The paperwork is immense and the days are long.  But what brings me the most joy is the kids.  This seems obvious but sometimes the other 'stuff' can distract you.  Whenever I have a day where I feel some of the tasks I am doing is a little 'joyless', all I have to do is walk out of my office and I am surrounded by joy.   I would like to share two beautiful moments in my day or recent.

1. I walked into a classroom and said to the first child I saw "I am here to find joy".  The child looked at me in a puzzled way, looked around the room and said "There is no Joy here".  I laughed internally and said "I am here to find the emotion, not the person".  How cute is this!!!
2. We continue to encourage our students and community to use the name 'Murrup' to represent spirit (the name of our new buiding).  Some students were doing a Maths activity where they were separating coloured bears into catergories.  Student X said to the teacher "Look what we have made - Murrup" , representing a purple bear in the middle of all the other bears.  Kids are great!!!

Celebrating Murrup - Spirit of CSPS; June 21 from 2:30 pm

In celebration of the CSPS Spirit "Murrup" the community is invited on Wednesday 21st June. From 2:30 pm we will celebrate Education week with a community event. Community members are invited to attend from 2:30 pm for a ceremony.  School tours will be offered from 4:00 pm. Hope to see you there.

• If your child independently rides, scoots or walks to school, arrange for them to leave home at a time that has them arrive no earlier than 8.40am
• A phone call to families will be made for students who are waiting at the gate earlier than 8.30am
• 8.45am - students greeted at the gate 
• 8.45am - Kiss and Go officially opened by staff 
• If you are earlier than 8.40am, please park on the street and wait until the gates open at 8.45am
• 8.50am - students enter the classroom to set up their bag, visit the bathroom and be ready to learn

Learning starts promptly at 9am

Wet weather; change of clothing

Parents are reminded to ensure that students have a spare change of clothes (including socks) in their bag! It's also a great idea to bring a pair of gumboots.  Classroom teachers are happy for these to remain at school and for students to wear them as required.  

PLEASE ENSURE ALL ITEMS SENT TO SCHOOL ARE NAMED.

Payments and Permissions moving to CompassPay

From Term 2, 2023, payments and permissions for school events will be available via CompassPay.  

• Event information will be received through a notification in your Compass profile (above your newsfeed) and/or email
• A copy of the Compass event notice will be available on the school website for information purposes only
• QKR* will no longer be used for school events
• *At this time QKR will still be used for fundraising, gold coin donations and 2nd hand uniform sales
• CompassPay will enable us to reduce the amount of 'general' notifications through your newsfeed.
• Please refer to the CompassPay flyer attached for further information

Our Foundation - Yr4 students will be the first to trial CompassPay with events shared yesterday.  Please check Compass or your emails if you have not yet seen this.

We look forward to streamlining our process to benefit our families.  If you have any questions, please email.

We are all responsible for keeping children safe in our families and communities. 

If you are worried about a child or young person, it is important to talk to someone about your concerns. You could talk to the parent or another member of the family.  You could bring your concerns to the attention of the school and/or Principal class to guide you in the next steps.

If you have any suggestions for how our school can improve our child safety and wellbeing policies, procedures or practices, please contact the Office.