From the Principal
Dr Carmel McGrath
Thank you to all parents for continuing to support your children and for working closely with teaching staff while children are learning at home and online. I would like to acknowledge the many families who are persevering with Onenote despite the challenges of family demands, work, curriculum and technology.
Mrs Bradley and I have worked with our Year 6 leaders today to produce a video to again (1) answer some of your frequently asked questions, (2) to share our PBL focus of ‘Being Respectful in Cyberspace’ and (3) announce our students of the week. Link below will be active tomorrow .
Staffing Updates
Term 2 – To support our staff at school while some others work from home, we have some additional teachers: Scott Young and Sonia Ball. These teachers are part of our regular relief and known to our students.
Our HOD (Curriculum) Melinda Norman started with us this term and has come at a very good time, when we really need her knowledge and expertise in online learning and curriculum development. Melinda is working with staff on our Arts Curriculum this year in the background while also assisting year level teams with ensuring consistency of planning and assessment tasks.
Labour Day Holiday – School is closed to all students and staff on Monday 4 May.
Reporting Period
Staff are currently finalising student semester 1 Interim reports. These will be sent home on Friday 1 May. Specialist grades will not be included but if you wish to email the specialist teachers directly, they can provide you with your child’s marks.
2021 Prep Enrolments
We began taking our 2021 Prep Enrolments at the beginning of Term 2 and interviews will be held once we are back into our regular school routines. It is essential that applicants have proof of age (birth certificate or passport) and evidence of primary residency in our catchment. Please refer to our website and look under the Enrolment Tab to find the checklist to ensure you have all the relevant documentation required to proceed your child’s application.
| Assembly - Class Awards | ||
| Week 1 | Term 2, 2020 | |
| Class | Student Name | Reason |
| 1 SM | Year 1 SM | For all of the Year SM students for persevering in their first week of ONLINE learning!!! Very Well done!! |
| 1G | Oliver | For doing such a wonderful job with your rhyming words. |
| 1G | Josephine C | For doing such a wonderful job with your Easter recount. |
| 1SC | All Year 1 SC | To all the Year 1SC students for persevering in their first week of On Line learning—very well done!! |
| 2A | Lucas | for creatively representing your understanding of polygons. |
| 2MA | Simon | for persisting with his learning even with technology issues. |
| 3T | Joshua | Josh has managed to produce some great work during challenging times. Well done Josh. |
| 4W | Norah | For making an excellent go of her Online Learning. Great job Norah!" |
| 5/6C | Zachary | for achieving excellent Mathletics results |
| 5B | William | for working conscientiously and completing a range of tasks while learning from home. Well done and keep up the fantastic work, William! |
| 5B | Allegra | for working conscientiously and completing a range of tasks while learning from home. Well done and keep up the fantastic work, Allegra! |
| 5H | Aneliese | For an exceptional sunset art piece which demonstrated a fantastic understanding of perspective. |
| 6B | Callum | for an enthusiastic worker and reflecting on his days work to set his learning goals for the next day |
| 6Z | Jackson | for excellent results in maths and for adapting so well to remote learning. |
| 6Z | Declan | for exceptional work ethic and for completing every set task with distinction |
| Prep B | Coco | With confidence, Coco has approached and completed her home learning activities this week. Congratulations Coco! |
| Prep M | Dieuwke | for adjusting to the new way of learning from home in a positive way and always being happy with the situation at hand. Keep it up Dieuwke! |
| Prep Nash | Indiana | for super work in all aspects of her learning at school this week. Well done, Indiana! |