A message from the Assistant Principal

BEAT THE BELL        

Several studies have shown that school lateness has a negative impact on learning outcomes. Hammill Institute on Disabilities (Caldarella, Christensen, Young & Densley, 2011). ‘Teachers can become frustrated as late students disrupt instruction, often requiring reteaching of what they have missed. Tardy behaviour can also negatively affect the overall classroom environment,’ the study says.

The effects of arriving late and missing school hours includes:

• missing important announcements and activities.
• receiving fewer hours of instruction than students who are in class when the bell sounds.
• establishing bad punctuality habits
• disrupting the learning of other students in their classes.
• missing out on activities designed to build connections with their peers, potentially impacting their social interactions and creating a greater sense of alienation from their classmates.

LEARNING STARTS AT 9.00am, EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK, EVERY TERM.

GREEN TEAM

The battle for the Nude Food Award has commenced!

All students are encouraged to bring nude food to school every day.  Nude food is food that does not have any plastic or paper wrapping and alternatively is wrapped in reusable bees wax wrap or cloth. Each week members of Green Team tally the number of nude food lunches on different weekdays at Intervallo for all grades, with the winning grade announced at assembly each Monday. There will also be a school photo gallery of student’s nude food lunch boxes. Stay tuned for further announcements from Green Team members at assembly and look at our new Green Team display opposite the sandpit.

CLASS REPS

We still need a few more class representatives!

Why do we have Class Reps?

Building a sense of community relies on all of our parents/guardians being adequately informed through effective communication and having opportunities to contribute to the school community and participate in school events.

Communication, contribution and participation are therefore themes that we aspire to engender through our Class Rep program.

What do Class Reps Do?

The primary role of the class rep is to encourage and maintain a sense of class community. This is done through, organising social events and facilitating communication for the families in their class. Each class should have one representatives who has volunteered to do this. In many instances the class representatives work in a team and cover the whole composite year level. (I.e. four class reps may together look after all of grade 3/4)  

Class Reps are also the link between teachers and parents and may contact parents when teachers need assistance to find volunteers for class activities/excursions/events.  

If you are interested in being a class representative please see your child’s classroom teacher or Michelle.