Welcome to another week of exciting opportunities and learning. Today that was all about dressing up as a favourite book character. Getting into the spirit of dressing up can be challenging for some students – and staff as we put ourselves outside our comfort zone. It was so great to see so many people involved in celebrating the joy of books. Books are wonderful as they introduce us to a world of imagination, they help improve vocabulary, reading and writing skills and provide knowledge of unknown things.
Our “Communicating Learning Progress to Families” is coming up again in week 6. For many families this will mean a sample of work will come home that indicates learning and a future focus. Last term the Evidence of Learning was in the area of Literacy and this term it will be Mathematics. This is an opportunity for you to share and discuss learning at home. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child(ren), please make the first point of contact the class teacher. Making a time for after school is advisable as their mornings can be quite busy with the students. Contact can be made via Class Dojo, phone or in person. If it is more than a quick check in, please make a time to see them.
Our next School Association Meeting is on Tuesday 22 August. This is a great opportunity to come along and hear about what is happening in the school, and to support our school community. We would love to see you there. We will be meeting in the conference room at 6pm.
At times, it is important to remind ourselves about some of our procedures regarding the safety of our students. For example, our school hours are from 8:30am through to 2:50pm. It is important that parents do not bring children to school before school hours because there is no supervision of students at that time. Similarly, it is important parents either collect their children at the end of the school day or arrange for them to catch the bus home/make other collection arrangements so that students are not left unsupervised at the end of the school day. Unsupervised students may engage in dangerous play or put themselves in dangerous locations such as car parks being used by buses and cars during school drop off/pick up. Parents are responsible for their child outside school hours unless they have accessed school-based child-care during these times. If your child is accessing ‘Breakfast Club’ before school, please be aware that this is not open until 8am. Students should not be left at school before this time as there is no supervision before 8am.
As parents/carers, you play an important role in protecting your child from harm. “Think You Know” is an organisation that helps educate teachers, parents, and carers who have legal, social and ethical considerations on the use of technology and how to prevent incidents occurring. They also talk about how to prevent harm, identify safe and unsafe situations and knowing when and how to seek help. On Tuesday 12 September we have an open invitation for parents to attend a session – “Think You Know” at school from 3:30pm. If you would like to attend, please advise your class teacher of your interest through Class Dojo. Further information will be shared in a timely manner regarding the venue. Students in Years 4–6 will have a session that is aimed at their age and year level on 19 September. Please do not hesitate to see me if you have any questions regarding this.
A reminder that Swim and Water Safety begins on Monday 21 August for students in Years 3–5 and select Year 6 students. It is a great programme that supports water confidence, stroke development and being safe around water.