Dear parents and carers,

As we are now almost to the mid-point of Term 4, it is noticeable that our days are becoming very full. The children have been working across a wide variety of activities from publishing their current works to preparing green screen productions.

As we move into the busy lead up to Christmas, it is important to continue to drink plenty of water and have a good rest each night, so that we can get the most out of each day.

At present the cool mornings, windy days and dusty afternoons are causing some problems with hay fever etc. Thank you to those families who are being proactive in reducing the side effects of hay fever and other ailments that present at this time of the year.

On Monday, we participated in the Remembrance Day service. Congratulations to Skye McLelland who did a beautiful job of sharing some of her family history that involved both of her great grandfathers.

On Tuesday, staff worked with Mrs Lamont from the Schools Services team in Canberra, to continue the process of revising our behaviour management processes. The process of learning new ways of implementing rules is underway and the children have been working on embedding ways to prepare for class after breaks by being organised and sitting outside their classrooms.

We are also looking at events that can be recognition for those who are working well both in class and while on the yard. These rewards will be small in the first instance and build over time.

We have also hosted Mrs Carolyn McFarland and Mrs Carroll-Farjada from the Schools Services team in Canberra. They worked with staff in preparation for the 2020 school year.

Kinder Transition - Orientation mornings for our 2020, Kinder students continued yesterday. The children have begun preparing a small presentation for our final Transition morning in a few weeks’ time. They also completed a variety of activities in their classroom.

We are looking forward to the commencement of our Sporting Schools program today. This term the children will be participating in an introductory gymnastics program with the coaches from PCYC at Cowra.

Grandparents Day – is coming up tomorrow, the children are looking forward to sharing their published works with our visitors and challenging their grandparents in some interesting board games.

We look forward to seeing visitors from 10:30am.

Congratulations – to Skye, who has really taken on board the Mary Mackillop philosophy of seeing a need, and choosing to do something about it! Please see the message below to find out more about Skye’s project! 

Arriving to school early – please note that children are not supervised until 8:45am. If arriving to school between 8:30 - 8:45am, all students are to sit outside the Yr. 5/6 classroom. This is not a time for playing or running around the school grounds.

Scholastic Book Club – the book club order forms have been distributed.  All purchased now need to be made online using Scholastic’s LOOP ordering system.  Instructions are on the order forms.  If you need assistance setting up an online account, please ask.  Book Club orders need to be completed by Friday, 29 November 2019.

Year 6 Graduation Mass Presentation Photos – We would like to kindly remind parents that school related photos of your Year 6 child, depicting a range of activities throughout their schooling, for the end of year school Graduation Mass presentation, are to be submitted to the school as soon as possible. Submitting these now will allow ample time to compile the presentation.

Sincerely