PRIMARY NEWS 

From the Assistant Principal 

Award Recipients

Congratulations to the students who received awards last week at assemblies: Lachlan Cusack, Kane Salvador, Nick Hilton, Honie Cheema, Max Pianko, Claire Selig, Prue Black, Austin Taylor, Alex Kemp, Rory Tonkin, Zoe Steele-Finn, Ellie Miller, Kenzie Clarke, Molly McCudden, Charlie Devlin, Andy Soo, Dustin Uebergang, Shakwana O’Connell, Cooper Nelson, Bryonee Hoe, Miriama Nasilasila, Emma McLennan, Hailee Zell, Jack Sweeney, Isabel Bryant, Brooklyn Simpson, Ethan Luxford, Sophie Neppl, Lachlan Tindall, Xander Gaias, Maddyson Campbell, Brooke Martel, Alice Ditchfield and Aidan Woodward.

K-6 Pizza Day 

The ‘Pizza Day’ for K-6 students was held today. We would like to thank all families who supported the day. A total of $658.00 was collected. All profits raised will go to the water tank appeal.

ICAS Science Testing 

The ICAS science test took place today for those students who entered earlier in the year. This test looks at scientific skills in the subject context of Earth and beyond, Natural and Processed Materials, Life and Living and Energy and Change.

ICAS Science assesses students’ skills in the key scientific areas of:

-Observing and measuring - Noting and measuring features of items and phenomena

-Interpreting data - Interpreting diagrams, tables and graphs

-Applying data - Including inferring, predicting and concluding

-Investigating - Experimental design, use of controls and notion of ‘fair test’

-Higher-order skills - Including reasoning and problem solving

Winter Uniform 

Students should be in full school winter uniform as of 1 June. If you have any issues with this or your child is out of uniform for a particular reason, could you please send in a note to their classroom teacher or speak to Mrs Dal Santo. This includes ties.

Collecting Children From School 

A reminder that school finishes at 3:20pm. Please don’t wait near classrooms or in wet-areas as this can be distracting to the children. It is fine to wait in the breeze-way or at the front of the school if you are collecting children. Students are supervised at waiting tree and bus lines until 3:45pm. If you are running late to collect your child can you please contact the office. A number of the children are becoming confused as to whether they should be on the bus or are being collected at the ‘Waiting Tree/Kiss and Drop Zone’. It would be helpful if you could send a note with your child if this changes day-to-day so as they can check where the correct place is if they get confused.