Dates To Remember * Term 2 18/04/17 - 23/06/17 * Senior Assembly 19/05/17 * Junior Assembly 26/05/17 * Eights Day 25/05/17 * Senior Athletics Day 06/06/17 * Junior Athletics Day 13/06/17 * Report 20/06/17 From The Principle Met West Cross Country Congratulations to two of our senior students who have successfully made it to the fourth level of cross country. Micah and Indeanna will compete at Met West trials on June first. We wish them all the best. Illness The school is currently experiencing a wave of illnesses with a “gastro” virus as well as colds and flus affecting both students and staff. Please keep sick children at home even if they believe they are well enough to come to school. This ensures they have fully recovered before returning to the demands of school and reduces the risk of infecting others. Valuable Items from Home We are all aware that children like to bring special items from home to show their friends or classmates. Unfortunately, these items usually end up lost, broken or stolen. For this reason we do not encourage children to bring toys, swap cards, gadgets or anything precious to school. If a class teacher requires a special item to be brought from home for study purposes (show and tell, history, science) they will let families know well in advance and make storage arrangements for the items while they are at school. We appreciate parents supporting the school by discouraging children from bringing these items to school. Electronic Sign There have been some connectivity issues with our new sign but hopefully it will be fixed in the next week or so. Thank you to those families who have
provided positive feedback. Going Home Time Does your child/ren know how they are getting home each day? While some children’s afternoon routine rarely changes, others may vary. Advising your child/ren and the school of changed arrangements helps reduce anxiety and ensures children are in the right place at the right time. Under Eights Day This event will be held on Thursday 25 May from 9:00-12:30am. This year’s theme is “Children are playing Country to Coast “. We have a number of neighbouring schools joining us this year to make the event even more enjoyable. Parents and younger siblings are welcome to attend. Athletics carnivals The seniors carnival will take place on Tuesday 6 June and the junior carnival will run on Tuesday 13 June. Both events will commence at approximately 9:00am. Under the department’s Risk Management policy some events require more than one adult to be run safely. If you are able to help with the running of some events please let the office know. Report Cards This year, report cards will be distributed on Tuesday 20 June via email. Please ensure the office has an updated email address to ensure reports are delivered on time and to the correct person. Hard copies will be available only upon request. Report cards are legal documents and quite often, high schools require them for enrolment. Parents of students in years 5 and 6 should consider making copies of their children’s report cards for this reason. Teacher Profile Williams Profile (Prep Teacher): My career path began with an office position, I worked as a Clerical Officer with ‘The Health Insurance Commission,’ for a few years. I then worked as a Nanny and a Fitness Leader, travelling around for 3 years. I decided to extend my interest in working with children and completed a ‘Diploma in Education (Childcare) ‘ in 1993. I worked in the Childcare sector for 14
form and excursion costs need to be returned by Friday 26th May. If you have any questions please ask. * Homework: Completing homework tasks helps your child with confidence and classroom learning. Learning High Frequency Words, spelling words and reading of home readers helps student’s reach term goals. * Lunchboxes: Healthy foods help your child to focus and learn in the classroom. Sweet foods and foods high in additives often make it difficult for your child to remain calm and confident in the learning environment. * Presentation: Keep free Thursday 15th June 2pm. * Weather: Remember to pack a jumper/school colours. Great to see most students wearing jumpers that are school colours. Students can also wear tracksuit pants/tights in school colours. If you have any questions then please come and see me. Thank you Mrs Williams and The Prep Students Science Welcome back to Science for Second Term. This term the students are learning about Earth and Space Science. Depending on the grade they are in they will be discovering all kinds of stuff about the weather, Planet Earth, our place in space, rocks and soil and natural disasters. Some of the students have been involved in archaeological digs, others are experimenting to find out which is the best soil for plant group and others are making models of the Earth’s rotation and orbit around the sun. We have also been lucky enough to have on loan a set of robotic devices from Adelaide University. Some of your children may have already told you about them. These will be used in the Robotics and Makerspace
Trent - For being a great class helper. Keep it up! Alti Rose - For her efforts in writing. Very creative! Ben - For consistently demonstrating respectful behaviour. Keep it up! Piper - For putting in her best efforts for reading. Fantastic! Shamiah - For her persistence in all subject areas. Well done Shamiah! Year 3 Special Awards: Matthew - For completing writing tasks to the best of his ability. Jayda - For showing enthusiasm in her learning, especially in Maths. Charlotte - For being a friend to all and show caring qualities. Year 4 Special Awards: Deegan - Deegan has been solving some challenging multiplication algorithms. Well done Deegan! Lauchlan - For working hard to use the THINK strategy in class. Well done Lauchlan! Tayla - For using beautiful manners and helping others in the classroom. Year 6 Special Awards: Chance - Wonderful attitude to learning. Kelsey - Great short story. Kade - Great cross country running. Science Scientists of the Week Jasper, Heidi, Bailey and Denver Well Done!