Dear Parents and Carers,

Our third term of learning for 2018 is now well underway. The children and their teachers continued with a mainly classroom focussed week.  It is interesting to see how learning focus are unfolding for this term.

I encourage you to talk with your children about the topics that they have been looking at in class.  You never know, they might be able to share with you, a focus or understanding that you have not previously considered in relation to that topic.

Public speaking has been a feature in Years 3-6 and it has been terrific to hear about different stories/events of significance.

With our weather continuing to be very changeable, we have been encouraging the children to put jumpers and coats on outside of the classrooms.  We have also been reminding the children to ensure that they have their jumpers in their schoolbags at the end of each day, in preparation for the continuing cold mornings.

Please continue to ensure that your child’s clothing is clearly labelled for ease of identification.

Over the first few weeks of this term, we have been talking with the children about the importance of aspiring to be our best.  We all know that at times it can be difficult to make right choices when our friends may not.  However, making those difficult choices can prove to ourselves that we are able and willing to do what is right.  These conversations will continue over the coming weeks.

We have also been talking about our understanding that whislt we have a right to a range of different things, this also means that we have a responsibility to ensure that we don’t take those same rights away from others.  Again, this is a challenging topic to have a clear understanding of, however, it has provided for some excellent conversations around how the actions of others can have a negative effect on myself.

School photos –our school photos were taken on Monday. We will let you know when these are available to take home.

Yetu’s Award – on Friday August 10, Yetu will receive her award from the Hon Mr Michael McCormack (deputy prime minister) here at school.  At midday, we will hold an assembly and the award will be presented at this time.  You are welcome to join us at this assembly.

K/1/2 Science – K/1/2 are asking for your help – if you have any empty soft drink bottles that are clean, please send these it to K/1/2.  The bottles will be put to good use in their science unit.

Book Week – Book week is coming…

The theme for 2018 is Find your treasure…

Now is the time to start thinking about the Book Character parade and what characters we might be seeing on the day.  Remember to bring a copy of the book that your character appears in to the parade.

Book Club – please finalise all remaining orders by close of business Friday August 10 (tomorrow).

Changes to routines – thank you to those families who are keeping us informed when there is a change to the routine at the end of the day.  This helps to make departures flow smoothly.

If there has been a change to the regular routine, please let us know.

Sincerely,