Dear parents and carers,

The excitement has been building for a while, but it all came to a head on Wednesday when the new Kindergarten students arrived for their first transition day! They were very quiet and serious about their work…I wonder how long that will last! There were also some very happy siblings and Year 5 Kinder buddies. We look forward to their visits in the upcoming weeks as they find out more about life at ‘big school’.

We thank the Archdiocesan Relationship Education Team for coming to our school to present the ‘My Body, My Life’ program to our Year 5 and 6 students. The students were broken into groups and were presented with information about puberty and what going through this stage of their lives might look and feel like for them. The students were engaged and respectful during these learning sessions. Year 5 and 6 parents may wish to follow up with conversations of their own with their children. Being able to converse openly with your children as they approach the high school years is vitally important.

Monday the 8^th of November is our school’s photo day for 2021. As we will not be having photos until after recess, it might be wise to avoid packing foods which can easily be spilled down the front of a shirt (such as yoghurt) in your child’s lunchbox. This year’s photo is summer uniform so short sleeved shirts and shorts or skorts please. 

My smile for the week this week is not a joke or a riddle. Instead, it is something I have witnessed through my office window on a number of occasions in the last week. Several of the older students have chosen to use the painted footprints on the footpath outside of the toilets to give themselves a ‘brain break’ on the way back to class. It is great to see these students recognising the need to help their bodies and minds to be reinvigorated for learning and displaying the initiative to solve the problem in a simple but effective way. 

Kind regards,

Acting Principal