Welcome to our Week 7 Newsletter. Thank you to everyone for supporting the illustrator visit today. The children are totally engaged in Ben Wood’s presentation and participating in the activities he is introducing to them. Ben is very experienced in working with children – he has them hooked on ways to improve their writing so their readers want to keep reading.
Student Led Parent Teacher Conferences:
Next Wednesday, September 3rd, our children will be presenting their work to you with the support of their classroom teacher. The children across the school have been preparing to speak with you about the work they are proud of, the goals they have set themselves and how they have progressed towards achieving them, and also about what they have found challenging. They will also share with you about their behaviour and effort at school. Already, the benefits of this process are apparent as the children have been reflecting on what they might do better in the future but we hope the impact will be even greater after they hear your feedback at the interview.
As mentioned in the note we sent home recently, the children do not come to school on that day UNTIL their interview time. Every child needs to have an interview with their teacher and parent.
Please look at the questions we sent home so you are prepared to ask the children questions. At the end of the interview, we will ask you to complete a very quick survey about the experience so we can continue to improve our reporting processes.
We are excited to see you all engage with your child/ren in the interview process next week.
Fundraiser – Monty Colour Run:
Thank you so much to the many children and families who have embraced this fundraising event. It is our major event for the year; we hope to be able to replace our existing soccer goals and purchase a couple more sets. Each set of goals is approximately $3,000.00! We will also use the money to purchase resources for the children to use on the wet/windy/hot days that cause them to stay inside at break times.
The children are getting excited about the prizes they are earning and the possibility of being one of three children to slime three teachers.
At the moment, less than half of our children have profiles and only half of these children have raised money. Our total is over $10,000.00 so far!!!!!!!!!!!! This is awesome. We want to encourage everyone to ask their family members, friends, work colleagues and neighbours to help our school out with this fundraiser.
Any parent who wishes to make the donation in cash at the Office, please come in and speak with the ladies and we will explain how we can help you so the children still get the prizes.
$10,000.00 is amazing – we have 21 days to see how high we can get our total…
Father’s Day Stall:
Next Thursday the children can shop for a gift for their father/grandfather/carer at our annual Father’s Day Stall. Each class will rotate through the stall and get to select from our range of gifts. Please send money along in an envelope with your child’s name on it so we don’t have any money dropped before they get to spend it.
We would love to hear from parents who are able to help with pricing, setting up and selling on the day please. As always, the crew of helpers make this kind of event possible, and we greatly appreciate it. Please fill in the volunteer request form and our Community & Fundraising Team will be in touch.
Parent volunteer form
Surveys:
Last week we sent out an invitation for parents to complete the Parent Opinion Survey. We would appreciate it if you took a few minutes to complete this. If you need to use a computer, we can arrange for you to do the survey here at school. Please call or pop in and let us know how we can help.
Our Grade 4 – 6 children completed the Attitude to School Survey recently; the results are outstanding. In the next Newsletter I will break down the data and share the feedback we received from our children. It is pleasing to see that they have a positive and committed attitude to their schoolwork and are very happy in their learning environment.
Road Safety:
I am sure this will be a topic I will discuss in every Newsletter. I do not apologise for continuing to mention the need for you to make good choices as you are your child’s most important role model. Please consider the following important safety measures: do not walk your children across the road anywhere other than the crossing, do not drop off or pick up your children in the middle of the road, do not make u-turns in the middle of the drop-off/pick-up space or on the crossings, do not drive too fast around the school, or park across driveways or too close to the end of the road. As I reread this list, they are common sense things but when we are in a hurry, we just forget good practice. The long-term impact of one bad decision is too horrible to think about – a child’s life is worth more than the few minutes longer you would need to take to be safe.