Dear families

School Colour Run 

Last Thursday afternoon the students and staff participated in the annual P&C Association Colour Run and it was great!  It was a perfect hour of music, colour, children, staff, parents and volunteers.  I would like to acknowledge the work of Rachel Chambers who lead the event and did much of the preparation and coordination.  Thank you to everyone who raised money for the P&C.  Your generosity is greatly appreciated.  From the online fundraising leader board, the top three classes were:

1^st            Year 2/3 Room 26

2^nd          Year 1 Room 30

3^rd           Pre-Primary-Year 1 Room 28

Swimming lessons

We are in our last week of swimming lessons.  Congratulations to all of the children who has passed their swimming level.  So many children did an amazing job of improving their swimming skills.  Thank you to Mrs Perry and staff for their organisation and to families for making sure that children came to school ready for lessons.  

School Development Day

Last Friday’s School Development Day was an opportunity for the teachers to participate in further professional learning in Talk for Writing, our key writing strategy in all classes.  The teachers reviewed ‘short burst’ writing which is part of the classroom program.  Short burst allows children to demonstrate how they use the key skills that are being taught in a very short piece of writing. 

In the afternoon everyone worked on our Positive Behaviour in Schools (PBS) strategy.  The staff have brainstormed what they believe the school’s key positive behaviours could be.  The discussion started with everyone identifying behaviours that they do not like (not being listened to, running on the path, swearing, excluding people from games, no manners) and we grouped them into common ideas.  Looking at these groups, we identified key positive behaviours that we wanted to see that could replace those things.  At the moment we have approximately 16 behaviours but these will be refined into three to five key areas.  Some of those 16 are kindness, respect, excellence, and personal safety.  PBS is a framework for the school to use to look at how we promote and recognise positive behaviours and respond to those do not match the expectations.  Watch this space!

No hat, no play in the sun

Don’t forget to check that children have a hat in their bag. 

Assembly update

The next assembly will be on Tuesday 22 November 2022 at 2.15pm and is being presented by the Pre-Primary classes. 

Christmas Carols

Christmas Carols is not too far away.  Please keep the evening of Thursday 1 December 2022 free so that you can come and enjoy this community event.  A letter has been sent home to every family.  Please return the permission slip to the class teacher by Monday 21November 2022.

Important dates for the 2023 diary

Next year’s School Development Days are:

Children do not come to school on school development days.

P&C Association

The final P&C Association meeting is being held next Wednesday 23 November from 7.00pm in the staffroom. 

The P&C Association is looking for a new treasurer.  If you have a head for numbers and between 2 and 8 hours per month to help the school, this is a job for you. 

Carol Selley

Principal