Dear parents, carers and students,

On Wednesday morning it was wonderful to have some of our new Student Representative Councillors assist with running the Assembly. Congratulations on doing such a great job with no practice! We've got a few more SRC positions to fill, as well as our school captains. I'll be announcing all of those student names very soon so stay tuned. We had our first SRC meeting of the year last week and the group was full of ideas. The first event being planned by our new SRC is a birthday party for our therapy dog Maggie. The party is happening on Tuesday at lunchtime. The students will be celebrating Maggie's first birthday.

Don't forget that the House Athletics Carnival is coming up on March 15. Parents and carers are always welcome to attend and cheer on the runners, jumpers and throwers. This year, we are encouraging supporters to also dress in the house colour of their son or daughter.

Cyber Safe Project

Safety in online environments is a growing concern for both schools and families. Our students are especially vulnerable to danger when online in gaming, chat rooms or social media apps. School staff spend countless hours working with students to resolve conflict that has started online. Naranga School is an eSmart school and takes cyber safety seriously. We educate our students on staying safe in online environments but also recognise that more help is needed. For these reasons, Naranga has partnered with the Cyber Safe Project with the following objectives:

-to develop more curriculum materials to educate our students about cyber safety

-provide guest speakers to promote the cyber safety message with students

-present to our parents and carers on how they can help promote safe online behaviours

-support safe online behaviours for all of our students

I'll provide more information soon on how you can become more informed and promote the cyber safety message at home.

School Review

Naranga School will be undergoing a School Review this term. The Review begins on March 14. It examines all elements of our practice as a school and sets targets for our next four year School Strategic Plan. Parents and carers will be given an opportunity to contribute to the Review through parent consultation sessions. I'll be providing details of those sessions as we get closer to the review.

Kai Pukarinen

Principal

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