School News
Mr Irwin's Message
Hello families and welcome back to Term 3 after what I hope was an enjoyable winter break! I managed to get outside and put my ‘not so handyman’ skills to the test building a treehouse. I hope you had the opportunity to spend quality time with your family over this period.
It was a terrific end to Term 2 with the students on senior camp doing an amazing job of representing the school and our values in the city, the announcement of SWAG awards on the final day of term and the inspirational commitment of Karter Ince from Foundation who shaved his hair off as part of the greatest shave for a cure cause. Since then I hope students have enjoyed the winter break and are ready to get back into the swing of learning in Term 3.
Student Learning Conferences
Term 3 isn’t as jam packed with key dates as Term 2, which isn’t a bad thing! This will allow us to settle students into a calm and orderly routine of learning and allow for a really productive Term 3. However, student learning conferences are not far away and I wanted to provide another ahead of time reminder regarding these as they are truly a fantastic celebration of the work students completed across term 1 and 2. These will take place on Friday the 28th of July. On this day attendance is only required for your child’s conference.
Bookings will be available via Sentral early next week. A reminder these conferences aren’t to discuss Semester Reports, but a chance for students to share a prepared reflection of learning from Terms 1 and 2. Parents have the option to book a time with classroom teachers by appointment if they wish to do this.
2024 Enrolment
Friday July 28th is also the due date for Foundation Enrolments for 2024. A reminder if you haven’t yet completed and returned enrolment forms and required evidence that these can be scanned and emailed or dropped off to the office.
Positive and Proactive Partnerships
A reminder as we head into Term 3 that one of the keys to supporting your child to be successful as a student at school both socially and academically is maintaining a positive partnership with the school and particularly their classroom teacher. Please make an effort to book and attend Student Learning Conferences to celebrate your child’s learning and please make sure if you have anything you wish to discuss that we value parents being positive and proactive in their interactions with us and will always take the time to listen and support students in the best way possible.
Have a great weekend and I look forward to welcoming students back on Monday morning.
Bye for now!
Sam
OSH News
Healthy Lunch Box Choices and Nude Food
Please help reduce waste in our school by packing 'Nude Food' (food without excess packaging) and whole foods or unprocessed foods in your child's lunch box. Click here for further resources and 'Healthy Lunch Box' suggestions or to download the Pick and Mix poster for the fridge!
