From the Principal
Dr Carmel McGrath
Welcome back to term 3. I hope all families have enjoyed a relaxing holiday and students are now refreshed and ready for another great term. It will be a very busy one with various excursions, camps and special events such as our PBL Launch and our annual Community Spirit Awards.
Under 8s Day
On the last day of Term 2, students in Prep – Yr 2 celebrated Under 8s Day. Congratulations and thank you to all of the teachers, student leaders, big buddies and parent helpers for not only your help and enthusiasm on the day but for the many hours of preparation and organisation leading up to the day. The students participated in a huge range of activities from playing balloon tennis; exploring green screen technology; getting creating with playdough and paint; making paper planes; having fun with hoola hooping and traversing the obstacle course; designing and eating fruit faces; getting messy in the sensory garden; threading beautiful necklaces; and manipulating and creating with clay – just to name a few of the activities! The morning was finished off with a very loud and very fun disco J We hope everyone involved enjoyed the morning – it was certainly a fabulous way to end the term and to celebrate early years of education. We can’t wait for next year!
Staffing Updates
Term 3 – Ms Rachael Siebuhr continues in the Deputy Principal role during Mrs Kay Bradley’s long service leave for the first 2 weeks of this term. Ms Eliza Horn is replacing Mr Rainbow for his leave for the first 6 weeks of this term.
Mr Wilson is currently on leave this term and Mr Trevor Cohen is replacing this week. We are currently awaiting confirmation of a replacement teacher for the remainder of term and parents will be informed as we finalise arrangements.
Mini-Festivals
This week our Year 4 high achieving students will begin their involvement in a range of extension activities with other City Cluster school students. The mini festival includes extension in areas of writing, science, visual artists, coding, media artists and design thinkers. Thank you to parents for transporting children to the events which will run over a number of weeks this term.
Minister’s Visit
This Friday Minister Grace will be visiting our school to view the upgrade of our oval and play facilities. We are very pleased with the upgrade and grateful to the Minister for the grant which enabled the work to be completed.