We have reached the busy time of the school year, where there are lots of planned activities and events to acknowledge and celebrate the year of learning. We know that this places additional financial strain on some families and I want to remind you that we are here to help if you need. Our goal is that every student is able to participate in school activities, please let us know if you need our assistance. Staff are very busy assessing and analysing data as they write student achievement reports. It takes a lot of work to produce a school report as we want to ensure that they provide an accurate reflection of your child's progress at school. In addition, we are also planning and preparing classes for 2023. Please let us know if you are leaving our school or if you know of anyone intending to start at our school next year as soon as possible. We are hoping to set classes and allow students time in their new classes with their 2023 teacher before the end of the year.
Unfortunately, one of our events is likely to be cancelled tomorrow. The annual School Swimming and Water Safety Program for students in years 2-6 will not be able to go ahead as we do not have enough children enrolled to participate in this program. We hope that we will be able to provide this program again next year.
I must remind everyone that the driveway is not a safe space for students to enter or exit the school. I am seeing an increasing number of students in this high traffic area. Parents and carers are only permitted to park in the driveway with approval from the principal and must display a permit to do so. Requests for permits are made via the office. The parking rangers have also been visiting again recently and will issue fines for parking and driving infringements.
I would like to ask the parents and carers of students in Year 6, to speak to their children about our expectations for respect and kindness towards others. We want all of our Year 6 students to enjoy their final months of Primary School so that they take fond memories of their learning and their friends with them to high school. It is important to end their time at Towradgi being the best version of themselves they can be.
Learning is a lifelong endeavour, and it is something that all of our staff participate in regularly so they can continue to be the best they can be. Recently, Mrs Kelly and Miss Emms completed a learning journey by presenting information to a range of local schools about our commitment to Inclusivity. They did an amazing job and I have received multiple compliments and congratulations for the work they shared.
Finally, I will be away for most of next week, learning with Principals from all over the country at the National Principals' Conference. Mr Santos and Miss Emms will be Relieving Principal in my absence.
We have been so excited to meet our incoming 2023 Kindergarten students. They have come along to our orientation sessions and had so much fun making friends, meeting the teachers and learning all about being at school. We can't wait until they start big school next year!
If you have a child who will be starting Kindergarten in 2023 make sure you enrol now. If you are an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident you are eligible to complete the online enrolment application. You will then need to finalise the application at the school. If you are not eligible or prefer not to enrol online you can visit our school to complete the process. If your child does not live within our intake area you can complete an out-of-area enrolment. Out-of-area enrolment procedures are subject to the department's enrolment policy.
Please contact Miss Emms if you would like to find out more about Kindergarten 2023.
Save the date! Our TOPS School Disco is coming up on Wednesday 23rd November. This is a free event sponsored by our wonderful P&C. We want LOTS of room for our fabulous dancers to be able to bust a move, so our K - 2 students and 3 - 6 students will each have their own sessions scheduled in the hall. K - 2 Students are welcome into the hall for their session of dancing and fun from 5pm - 6pm. 3 - 6 students are welcome in the hall for dancing and fun from 6pm - 7pm.
Families are welcome to stay for the whole disco session (5pm - 7pm) to meet up and enjoy a sausage sizzle and activities on the basketball courts.We hope to see you all there!
The Sausage sizzle and drink are free for tops students and $2.00 for parents and family members.
The Tell Them From Me Survey provides valuable data and feedback to inform future school planning. All parents and carers are asked to complete our short parent survey no later than Thursday 3rd November.
The survey can be accessed via the following link: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/tops OR by scanning the QR code.
