Principal's Report 

Pupil Free Days 

During term 2, the pupil free day on Friday 28 May will be used for assessment and reporting. The last pupil free will be on Friday 16 July. We will use this day for a refresher on 'Seven Steps to Writing Success' led by Samantha Carter and term 3 school review preparations.

• Term 2- Friday 28 May
• Term 3- Friday 16 July

School Review Dates

Our school review is in term 3. Leslie Tulloch is the allocated reviewer. The confirmed dates are: 

• Validation Day: 26/8
• Field Day 1: 3/9
• Field Day 2: 6/9
• Panel Day: 13/9

At the June meeting, I will seek feedback from School Council on the highlights of the last 4 years. I will share the outcomes from our student forums and parent input through the newsletter.

OSHClub 

School Council at the May meeting has approved the moderate increase of BSC, ASC and Vacation care fees starting in term 3. Any fee increase has to be approved by our School Council before any announcements to the school community. The fee structure for this valuable service for families continues to be considerably lower than many other schools’ OSHC programs. 

Education Week and Open Night

On Wednesday 26 May is our Open Night. 

5:30pm - Open Classrooms from foundation to grade 5/6 until 7pm

                   Specialist classrooms open- Art, German, Digitech (STEM)

                   Night tennis (weather dependent) – bring a torch 

5:45pm -  Opening Ceremony in the Library with the String band (live streamed into                                 classrooms)

6:00pm  - Author’s Corner in the library 

6:00pm - School band and choir performances in the hall (live streamed into classrooms)

6:45pm - Sneak performance from the grade 5/6 production  'Amazing Adventures of                            Super Stan' in the hall (live streamed into classrooms)

                   Closing ceremony by student leaders and principal from the hall

7:00pm - Evening events conclude

Tours will be available from the office with our student leaders from 5:30pm.

Look out for the roaming buskers, Lego club in the Digitech space, and various events- so much to see and do. 

Check out the many learning spaces at our school including the recent renovation of our library.

Come and see us in action.

Staffing News 

• Marika Ferguson – Internship

Marika Ferguson has been on an Internship at Milgate PS for 4 weeks. This is part of the leadership course UP (Unlocking Potential) for leading teachers and assistant principals aspiring to move into principal roles. 

• Acting Assistant Principals

Kate McLeod is on sick leave and April Warfield has been assuming the responsibility for Kate’s AP role. Meg Hubbard is in the acting AP role for Marika Ferguson for the 4 weeks of the internship.

I would like to acknowledge the support and work by Meg Hubbard and April Warfield. They have filled their acting roles most admirably. 

• Administration Office: Kim Winter

Robyn Gardiner is on leave for the remainder of this year. The vacancy has been filled and the successful candidate is Kim Winter. I would like to warmly welcome Kim to our team and our school community and she will be starting next week.

Lego Masters- Ryan Evans

Thank you Ryan and Gabby for your part in the Lego Masters show. It was a great ride and we are very proud of you both. We watched some amazing Lego builds under pressure over the episodes by all the contestants. We all had our favourites.