Principal Team Report

Upcoming Important Dates

Term 2

29 May: Grandparents & Special Friends morning

31 May: Open Morning for prospective families

7-8 June: Year 5/6 Production

20 June: Term 2 Celebration of Learning

23 June: Last day Term 2 (2:00pm dismissal)

Term 3

10 July: Term 3 Starts

14 August: Parent Event: Dr Justin Coulson (7:00pm - 8:30pm)

Student Free Days

6 November: Teacher Professional Practice Day 

Grandparents and Special Friends Day

Next Monday 29 May is Grandparents and Special Friends Day! All Grandparents (and special family friends) are invited to visit our school between 9:00am and 11:00am.

Program

Arrival: 8:30am - 9:00am

Allow lots of time as parking will be complex. Please take care not to park illegally or to block driveways etc.

9:15 - 9:30am: Reconciliation Assembly

9:30am - 10:30am: Classroom Visits

Visits to classrooms will be broken up into 2 25 minutes blocks so that visits can occur across 2 classes. 

10:30am - 11:15am: Morning Tea (in the library)

11:15am: Return to normal scheduling

Parents & Carers as Valued Learning Partners

The following upcoming events have been organised to support parents in understanding school endorsed strategies that build wellbeing and support learning.  

Celebration of Learning: In addition to the sessions below, all parents and carers will be invited to attend a school-wide Celebration of Learning on Tuesday 20 June (3:45pm - 5:20pm). Details of how to book classroom and specialist sessions will be provided soon!

Topic: The Parenting Revolution

Guest Speaker: Dr Justin Coulson 

Date: 14 August (7:00pm - 8:30pm)

Tickets: Available Soon!

Parenting strategies to support connection wellbeing and your child's basic psychological needs.  See the video from Justin below for details (click 'Learn More' when prompted if video doesn't play automatically).  Part 2 of this session (held later in Term 3) will be focus on the approaches used by ASPS to promote positive student behaviour, relationships and wellbeing.

Topic: Reading at ASPS

Date: 11 July (6:30pm - 7:30pm)

Reading and academic success are inextricably linked! At this session, parents and carers will build a deeper understanding of the school's approach to teaching reading. Parents and carers will also learn strategies to support their children's reading at home. This session is relevant for all Prep- Year 2 families and parents will children who might be struggling with early reading skills.

Topic: Cyber Safety Project Webinar

Dates: Term 1 and 2 sessions available on-demand.

All ASPS families have free access to the following Cyber Safety Project webinars.  Click on the image below to access past and upcoming webinars.

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