Dear families & friends, 

Term 4 has begun with a bang and is hurrying along as always. Each group are well into our term’s Inquiry ‘People Place and culture are expressed through the arts’.  We started this unit with a whole school excursion to the Art Gallery and Museum to investigate how different perspectives are communicated through artworks. This term has a strong focus on critically thinking about and analysing artworks.

Resource Hub

Most of you have probably heard that over the holidays we had another incident of serious water damage in the Resource Hub with a roof leak during the heavy storms. This resulted in the loss of many, many picture books and carpet replacement again! The leak in the roof has been investigated and we have been told resolved. The carpet has been replaced and was completed over the weekend.

We have been very fortunate to have been able to negotiate and work with Dillon’s bookstore at Norwood who are working with Gillian on replacing our books and have very generously given us a 20% discount. As these books arrive over the next few weeks we will be looking for a team of volunteer book coverers! We will be offering morning tea style volunteering sessions for people to join in or if you would prefer to take home we will have boxes set up as we have done previously for people to take home. As books are ready we will be sending out call outs for help so keep your eyes out!

I would like to thank all the staff and particularly Di, Gillian and Miel who have put in many hours sorting, cleaning and organising everything that needed to be done while Kelly is away. We welcome Kelly back from her travels next week.

Unfortunately the loss of the hub area this term has also affected our performing arts plans for the term but teachers have been able to arrange alternate ways of working to ensure we can continue to provide a quality arts program.  

Congratulations Volleyballers

A group of 16 primary students competed in the schools Beach Volleyball competition yesterday. I want to congratulate them on the feedback we received from other schools about our students’ team spirit, joy and support of each other. We know we are great, but it always nice to hear it from someone else!  

School name change

The name change process is now in action. Signage is being arranged and is planned to happen over the holiday break. We officially become Felixstow Primary School as of 1st January 2023. We will send out an order form for any uniform items people would like to arrange and will be selling our current stock at a reduced price later this term. You do not have to replace current items you own unless you wish to. Any new items will have our new name on them.  

Lauren farewell

On Friday we said farewell to Lauren, who is due to have her baby in just two weeks! We are very excited to meet our new little Felixstow member and wish Lauren all the best in these next few months as she enjoys becoming a mum for the first time. We will be making sure Lauren keeps in touch and that we can share the exciting news with you as soon as we know!

Term 4 is always a very busy one so please keep an eye out for notices, reminders and events so that you don’t miss anything! We are looking forward to a fun few weeks ahead of camp, swimming, aquatics, transitions, excursions, end of year celebrations and graduations! 

Cheers Skye 😊

My name is Emily Baldasso, I am 19 years old and love listening to music and spending time with family and friends. I have a passion for learning and have always loved learning new things.

I want to be a teacher because I love to watch children grow and build their knowledge. I also admire having the opportunity to build strong and meaningful relationships with the children and their families to create a positive and nurturing environment.

Dear Felixstow Students and Families,

As some of you may have noticed our wonderful Resource Hub has been 'out of action' this term. Unfortunately, during the school holidays we experienced water leakage in the ceiling over the resource hub which resulted in the floor being flooded and the majority of the picture books damaged.

Due to the severe damage the carpet has had to be replaced and sadly the picture books discarded.

We are grateful to all the students' who have been so understanding during this time while the library has been out of action.

Families we ask that you please stay tuned as we will be looking for volunteers to help with covering the new books as they start arriving!

Welcome Back!

After a well-deserved break and holiday overseas, our wonderful SSO Kelly will be returning in Week 4, we're sure you are all just as excited to see her as we are!