Welcome back to term 2, which is primarily the busiest term of the year with many academic, creative arts, sports, and cultural activities on throughout the term.
The National Assessment’s for years 3 and 5 begin next week with preparations well underway.
Our annual Athletics Carnival is also on in week 7- just after the Queen’s Birthday weekend.
The term includes one of our main community events which is the Mother’s Day Breakfast held this Friday morning in the school. This is a wonderful school and community event and we invite all mums and carers to share in the morning.
ANZAC DAY
Thank you to Mrs Pass, Mrs Fiene, parents and our children for attending the ANZAC day march here in Wyong. They met in the town centre to participate in the march on ANZAC Day along with other schools and groups. We thank them for supporting our school and giving up their morning on this important day in our Australian history. We also thank all parents for attending to support the service.
ANZAC Day is a national day of commemoration in both Australia and New Zealand when we remember those who fought and those who died in the war. So great were the losses at Gallipoli and later on the Western Front (Europe) during World War 1, they impacted heavily on our relatively small populations. The ANZAC landings were the first occasion where soldiers of these two countries fought together. Mutual respect developed between the ANZAC’s and Turkish soldiers at Gallipoli.
We thank all servicemen and women for the service they have provided and continue to provide to our country.
Parent Teacher Interviews
As previously mentioned Parent / Teacher interviews are being held this week and again in 2 weeks’ time. Please ensure you make time to come in and talk with your child’s teacher about any aspect of their education and welfare. Quite often teachers mention to me that they do not always get the opportunity to see the parents they wish to see, so please make an appointment to come in or make a time to see your child’s teacher at another time if need be.
Climbing Equipment
We are pleased to announce that the new climbing equipment is here and almost ready to be used. The soft fall grounding has been added and the equipment will be ready for use this week. The area itself will benefit with more children being able to use the area, which is very popular with the children across the school.
We may be able to plan to update further climbing equipment in a year or so once the funds have been planned for.
New Painting – Kindergarten to year 4 classrooms
As previously mentioned the school is being re-painted across the Kindergarten to year 4 classrooms. The contractors began in the school holidays and have already completed year 3 and 4 classrooms, and are continuing with the year 1 and 2 classrooms.
Planning has allowed these classes to use other rooms as needed. The areas being painted include classrooms (walls, doors, cornices etc.) along with wet areas, as well as the ramps in these areas too. The contractors have been working in the evenings to reduce disruptions to classrooms. The kindergarten rooms and year 1 rooms (Mrs Bishop and Miss Davies) will be painted later during the term.