From the Principal and Deputy Principal

As we prepare for Sports Day and celebrate the commitment of each child who gave their best in the Distance Day runs, I encourage you to talk with your child/ren about sometimes going out of their comfort zones to support their team. We really appreciate the support of the volunteers whom without the day could not occur, along with the Sponsorship of the day from the Hocking Family. Whether you finish last or first, the real learning is in taking part and knowing you did your best as this will stand you in good stead as a life skill. Thanks again to our participants, spectators and volunteers who all contributed to the day. We look forward to seeing the events/games and competition continue on this Friday with our Sports Day! 

School Facilities after hours: We are so lucky to have such great facilities to share and utilise with both our students and wider community. This includes the Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Oval, Pool, Library and Tennis Courts. We are also very lucky to have volunteers give up their time to ensure that opportunities and resources are the best they can be to improve our town and people’s skill level. Just of late we have had some unnecessary behaviours which have included interfering with a student’s bike and leaving food/drink rubbish around. We want everyone to benefit from using our school to better themselves and others and would really appreciate it if we can all work together to ensure rubbish goes in the bins (note the 5/6 Class have put extra bins out to assist). Please remember that there should not be alcohol or cigarettes on a school site and we can all work together to ensure all property/resources are cared for. Over the coming weeks please keep an eye out and ensure everyone is using the facilities well or provide a gentle reminder if needed. The school is also working closely with the local Police to assist with this. 

Field Days Roster Helpers: It’s pretty exciting to be thinking we are getting back on track with the upcoming Field Days! Thank you to everyone who has volunteered and consider if you are able to support this at all. Contact the Front Office if you can.  

Interviews Dates: School Interviews should include parents, teacher and child! Monday 11th (from 3:15pm) and Tuesday 12th (from 1:30pm) April we will be conducting school interviews. Information will be coming out soon on how to book your time slots. It would be great to see every family/student participate in the interviews, particularly given we missed the parent info evening due to Covid. An interview is a great chance to discuss firsthand what is going well for your child/children and what their next steps are to further improve, having completed around 25% of the 2022 School Year.  

Student Free Days Dates endorsed: Thanks to the support of Governing Council and Adam Box, our Education Director, our Student Free Days are now endorsed and are on our school calendar on the website. The days are as follows:  

• Week 1 Term 2 (2nd May 2022) Pupil Free Day for Curriculum and Learning Data. 

• Week 1 Term 3 (25th July 2022) Pupil Free Day for Curriculum and Learning Data. 
• Week 2 Term 4 (24th October 2022) Site Improvement Plan Review/Update.  
• Week 6 Term 3 (2nd  September 2022) School Closure Day for Day of Local Significance. 

Bus Drivers: If we have any interested adults who would like to be considered for fill in bus driving, could you please contact Jason Backler who will assist you with the requirements. It’s always nice to know we can keep the buses running if a driver is unwell or unable to drive so please contact Jason if you are interested.  

New Building Update:  

The new building continues to progress with decking scheduled to arrive next week and ducting/cabling currently under way.

Yours in Education,

Adrian Maywald & Jane Gill

Junior Primary Science – Minibeasts

The Junior Primary classes have been having a great time learning all about minibeasts. Children have been hunting for them outside, learning about their various body parts and even made some wonderful minibeast habitats.

Year 10 Work Experience 

The Junior Primary classes have been having a great time learning all about minibeasts. Children have been hunting for them outside, learning about their various body parts and even made some wonderful minibeast habitats.

Year 11 Photography

This week’s theme is bokeh.

Bokeh is a word with Japanese origins, defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light.” The word comes from the Japanese word boke, which means “haze” or “blur.” (The “h” was introduced to help English speakers pronounce the word correctly [BO – KEH].)

Our 2 photography students, Maddy and Hailey got to play around and create cool photographs following the Japanese terms.

This is a cool photo, but I bet you didn’t realise that it’s a picture of a bunch of lights, a long thin bit of tubing, a bit of metal and a star fish all in a fish tank. This was our first experiment that we did and think it turned out cool.

This photo here has a bit of everything in it, a gold sparkly pillow, lights, yellow see-through paper, wrapping paper and a nice vase which we kindly borrowed from the staff room.

Finally, this photo. This is a simple photo of some Christmas lights on the corner of a house.

Excellence Award:

Krysandra, Austin and Maggie

Rising Star Award:

Ollie, Harry and Lacey

Persistence Award:

Indi and Alice

Best of luck to all students competing in sports day. Let’s all enjoy a day of great competition and sportsmanship. The library sports day display has been popular with students and staff alike.

Upcoming Library Closures

The Library will be closed on the following Days:

Monday 14^th March 2022 – Public Holiday

Saturday 19^th March – SE Field Days

Eggs for sale

The school’s laying hens are back on the lay. Farm fresh eggs are available to purchase from the library.