Greetings and a warm welcome to existing and new
students for Term 3. I have been so impressed with the way our learners have
started the term. We talk about our synapses firing in our brains to make new
pathways and this is certainly happening as I walk in and around classes each
day.
I am thrilled to welcome new staff members to our
teaching team:
In the Wee Sprouts room we have Liz Kriel and Nicole
Johnson. They are both super excited about welcoming our five-year old students
to school and have great ideas for making transition to school and first steps
for learning successful.
Nicole Liz
In Room 8 we welcome Tim Stanley who is back home in
NZ following a teaching stint in Africa. Students across the school are certainly
excited to see Mr Stanley out in the playground at break times.
As you will have noticed the newsletter has been
redeveloped, bringing to you school news in a mobile friendly format. We are
hoping to minimise the number of paper copies being printed so if you are not
already receiving the newsletter by email and would like to, then please email
the school office with this request.
At the end of Term 2, there were a number of
celebrations that as a learning community we were extremely proud of and
certainly acknowledged that we are hugely competitive out in the wider field –
you can read about these successes in the articles of this newsletter. Well
done and thanks to the staff who have supported these opportunities to happen
which in turn have enabled our students to create the many successes.
Success with a TECT application has resulted in the
purchase of 84 ipads and storage / charging cupboards. Existing ipads have been
updated and streamlined by ITed Services, our IT service providers so all
classes have access to a number of devices. We are extremely grateful to TECT
for their support as this has enabled us to have a healthy injection of new
technology into our classes.
Thank you to all families who are using the drop-off
area each morning and afternoon, your consideration for each other at these
peak times is certainly appreciated. A reminder to all that vehicles must not
be left unattended in the access lanes.
The chilly mornings have certainly kicked in recently
with a couple of crisp frosts. Make sure those extra pieces of clothing are
named so that as they are shed during the day they don’t end up in our lost
property box!
All in all - an awesome start to Term 3! Thanks again
to our amazing staff for all their hard work over the break in preparation for
the term ahead.
Lisa Rose
