Dear Students, Parents, Carers and Families,

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 2

Our Maramba School Values

Our school values are an integral part of who we are as a people and as a community. They are the things that we believe are important. Values have a major influence on a person's behaviour and attitude. Every day and every moment they serve as broad guidelines in all situations in guiding us in the choices we make and the actions we take.

In Term 2, we will be focusing on our second school value of Respect.

Respect: We are understanding and considerate of everyone’s rights.

How we treat and consider other people, the environment and ourselves is an important life value.

Some of our values are about how we treat other people and what consideration we give them. Respect is not usually a one-off event or action. It is at the heart of all behaviour, the underlying principle.

You can give and show respect by:

taking pride in yourself in all that you do;
being honest;
being well-mannered
modelling moral integrity;
allowing others to express opinions;
appreciating and taking into account other people’s preferences;
taking an active stance against bullying and discrimination;
listening thoughtfully to all opinions, even when controversial;
caring for our environment;
taking pride in our school community;
and including everyone, at the earliest stage possible, in the decision-making process.

ANZAC DAY ASSEMBLY

Well done to all of our students for a wonderfully respectful ANZAC DAY assembly last Friday. Our special RSL guest and veteran Ray Heathcote was amazing and gave a wonderful speech about the importance of ANZAC DAY.

Later in the day, all classes laid the remembrance wreaths they had made earlier in the week during art at our lone pine at the front of the school as a symbol of respect and remembrance. Lest we forget!

Our student leaders ran the assembly impeccably. Well done!

Kind regards,

Darren Wallace

Principal

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the Students ans Staff who will celebrate their birthdays this week.