Dear Families,
Welcome to our final newsletter for the term. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the school community for your ongoing support. We rely on this for both in and out of school activities to take place.
Once again, the last 10 weeks have been crammed full of learning.
Some of our highlights have included:
- SAPSASA Football, Netball & Cross Country
- Reconciliation Week
- Crows visit
- Choir assessment
- Year 6/7 Football, Soccer, Rugby
- STEM Congress
- Dream Big Performance
- Volunteer Morning Tea
- Outdoor Ed Expo
- NAPLAN Testing
- Swimming R,1,2,3’s
- Arbury Park Camp
- Reports
Thank you to all the people that made these events successful.
Congratulations
On behalf of the school community, I would like to congratulate Brylee R who has been selected to represent our State in the upcoming National School Softball Championships in Sydney in November. This is a great achievement and we wish her every success.
Outstanding Achievement Awards – Term 2
At the end of each term, two students from each class are nominated by their teacher to receive the Principal’s Outstanding Achievement Award. Each student will be presented with a certificate, a voucher for Ink Espresso and an Excellence badge.
The winners for Term 2 can be found in this newsletter.
Congratulations to all of them on such a successful term.
Term 2 Outstanding Attendance Award
I am very pleased to announce that we had 56 perfect attenders for Term 2!!! Congratulations to all of them. Following the draw, I would like to congratulate Elektra H from Room 33. As the winner, Elektra takes home a $20 Visa Debit voucher as well as the Outstanding Attendance Certificate for the term.
Staff News
It is usual that at the end of each term there are changes that occur with staffing in readiness for the following term.
This week we farewelled Sharon Todd, who will be taking leave through until next year and then retiring. Sharon has been teaching for nearly 40 years and her experience and wealth of knowledge will be missed by all of us. On behalf of the school community, I would like to wish her the very best as she moves into the next phase of her life. Holly Hodgson will be taking over in Room 17.
We also have Melissah Birch increasing one day a week to pick up Room 26 while Travis Clinton is undertaking his Coordinator duties.
The following staff will be on leave for the first week of next term.
Kendall Carr - Cameron Milne will replace Kendall.
Alanna Caire (+week 2 Mon & Tues) – Tonia Seidel
Emma McEvoy – Geoff Higham
Student Farewells
We have a number of families leaving us today for various reasons. On behalf of our community, I would like to wish the following students every success in their new schools: Bianca R, Olivia R, Curtis R, Indi W, Callum W & Isabella W.
Smile Boston Project
Smile Boston Project is a street art project started by Bren Bataclan. In the summer of 2003, Bren Bataclan began leaving paintings of his colourful characters for people to take all over the Boston area, on park benches, in subway stations, schoolyards, and other public locations. To each painting, Bataclan attached a note that read, "This painting is yours to keep if you promise to smile at random people more often." This term, Room 26 have been working with Ms Smith and Mr Clinton, spreading positivity, and smiles are a good way to do that. The students painted some pictures onto canvas and attached the same message that Bren did. They then went on a walk around the school community and left them on doorsteps and shops. Here are some photos of them spreading their positive vibes. We hope it made some people smile.
The initiative was started by an artist by the name of Bren Bataclan who decided he would give away paintings with a note saying, “This painting is yours if you promise to smile at random people often”. You can find his website at the following link: http://www.bataclan.com/
