WELCOME TO THIS EDITION – I have to say the past week has been extremely busy with sport, school events and getting ready for our schools’ trip south to the Wakakirri event. The students have been putting in their best efforts and this has been shown with wonderful work being displayed around classrooms. Term 3 is one of consolidation and getting the key elements of learning refined in the journey towards years end. The teachers are doing their best in classrooms each day and student learning is definitely showing this. Great kids, parents and teachers equal a great school community. It’s great being part of wonderful Weir.
TOUCH AND SOCCER – Congratulations to our senior sport teams for their 2019 season 2. All students played with skill, spirit and fairness and were all quality players of interschool sport. Congratulations to the coaches and students for such a successful season of sport and we look forward to a few weeks break before Season 3 sport begins.
STUDENTS BEFORE SCHOOL – Please remind your children not to be at school before 7:50am as there are no staff to supervise until then. Having students turn up early and unsupervised is unsafe for the kids and allows for arguments to occur without intervention from a member of staff. Please remember we have a wonderful before/after school care that has plenty of vacancies and most of the fees are covered by government rebates. Thanks for your support with student safety.
CAPS ARE ‘NO GO’ – Over the past couple of weeks there has been a growing trend for kids wearing SNAP BACK caps to school. Please remember these are not part of our school uniform and CAPS do not provide adequate sun protection. If students choose to wear caps they will be confiscated and collected by the student at days end. Uniforms and Sun Safety are paramount at our great school.
STUDENT COLLECTION – There has been a trend of students being picked up late in the afternoon. School finishes at 2.45 pm and some students are not being collected until 4 pm. Please book your child/children into after school care if it is too hard for them to be collected before 3 pm. Please support this matter to increase the safety of students.
FLU AND SICKNESS – Over the last week we have had quite a few students come down with the flu and severe tummy bugs. Every student goes through phases of trying to pull one over the eyes of Mum and Dad and complain of not feeling the best. Please make sure if your child is genuinely ill that you keep them home. If you send your child to school sick they are likely to come home early and they can also cause other students to become ill.
SCHOOL SPEED LIMITS – Please slow down! I have had the opportunity to spend some time out the front of the school and it is alarming the amount of speeding that pass the school. Remember it’s 40 km in school in the morning and the afternoon. Please adhere to these limits for the safety of the children.
STUDENT LATENESS – It has become very noticeable lately that we have quite a number of children who regularly arrive late to school. This can cause all sorts of problems as attendance rolls have been marked, notes and payments already sent to the office and lunch orders already sent to the canteen. Late arrival at school is often embarrassing or uncomfortable for the student, an interruption to the teacher and a disruption to the learning time of other students. Generally speaking, the first learning session is one of the most important in relation to children’s functioning ability (eg. alertness) and is when we focus on literacy and numeracy development. These two areas are the foundations of academic success.
We expect all children to be at school by the first bell at 8:35am. Classrooms are open then and the children are expected to get their things organised for the day ahead. By the 8:45am bell we expect everyone to be ready for the first teaching session. Our motto is: “Be on time, be at school: that’s the rule.” The important message here for parents is that every time your child is late for school it is costing your child a learning experience, as well as interrupting the learning time for others. We ask for parent support in ensuring that we have ‘on time’ starts to the school day. If a child is only 15 mins late each day, over a term, this can add to a staggering 2 weeks of school per year. Added to sick days this adds to a lot of missed instruction time….On time every day…that’s the key to student success!
This week’s Proverb – “ A journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step !”
Thanks for reading and “GO THE COWBOYS!!” - Mr B - Acting Principal
