Hard to believe but this is our last newsletter for Term 1! Staff and students have certainly engaged in learning goals throughout the term and are achieving personal growth and aspiration. As we begin to welcome our community back on site with COVID restrictions easing it has been fantastic to see whole school events occurring again. As we move towards the Easter break and Term 1 holidays I wish all of our families a safe and enjoyable time.

Bullying “No Way”

Our school recognised Bullying “No Way” day last Friday with a whole school event. Students all received an orange ribbon and wrote a pledge on the ribbon to support anti bullying, these ribbons were all placed on the courtyard fence as a symbol of our schools’ commitment.

Values Shop

As part of our Positive Behaviour Support program our Values Voucher Shop will be open again next Wednesday. Students will have the opportunity to spend their vouchers and purchase experiences or toys/stationery etc. These vouchers contribute to our whole school policy of promoting our school values of Respect, Growth, Courage and Aspiration.

Term 1 Reporting

Parent/teacher conversations are in full swing; beginning Monday 15 March until the end of Term 1 class teachers will make contact with all parent’s/carers via phone/in person/video to have a conversation on student progress. Feedback thus far has been very positive with parents/carers expressing the personal nature of the conversations has been a positive.

Easter Raffle + Free Dress Day

Our School Association team are supporting an Easter Raffle again in 2021.  Raffle books have already been sent home with students so please contact the office if you did not receive one or would like more. To support this raffle our Student Voice Team have organised a free dress day this Thursday 25 March for Kinder students and Friday 26 March for Prep-6 students.

School Association

I would like to thank those parents/carers and community members who attended our AGM and general meeting last Tuesday evening, some fantastic discussions were had and planning is well underway for many exciting events in 2021. Our Association will be made up of the following members

Chairperson– Krystal Grundy

Secretary – Rachel Lodge

Treasurer – Geoff Lucas

Deputy Chairperson – James Ayers

Committee members

Kat Dawson

Taylor Daly

Nikki Mann

Deb Westerhof 

Term 1 holiday break

Thursday April 1 is a student free day.  Teachers will be undertaking moderation activities on site @ AFPS and will be joined by Windermere Primary and Kingston Primary teachers. Next Wednesday the 31 March is the last day for students for Term 1. They will return to school on Wednesday 21 April.