FEBRUARY 13th

NEW MICROPHONE with NO ANNOYING SOUND Today I was overjoyed to plug in a new microphone and finally the ‘DING-DING-DING’ noise has gone FOREVER. Hopefully people will notice the change. We will revert to our old process which Involved a short ring of a bell to alert people to the announcement.

NO DOGS ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL GROUNDS A reminder to parents that the Department of Education does not allow dogs inside any school grounds, even if on a lead, during school hours. If you walk your dog to school, it must remain out-side the gate. The exception to this are ‘service’ dogs who are trained to help a person for medical reasons e.g. a visual or hearing impairment, etc. Service dogs may be identified by an optional harness, backpack, vest, bandanna, or labelled leash, which may sometimes be colored to indicate the type of service dog. COMPASS We are now using COMPASS to send out all excursion and incursion notices and permission notes. Parents can give consent and pay via COMPASS making the whole process quick and easy. If you are not sure of your COMPASS login details please contact the office and they will be able to assist you.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU INTERVIEWS

Last reminder to parents to organise an interview with your child’s

new teacher being conducted on Monday 17th Feb from 4:00 to

6:00pm and Tuesday 18th February 4:00 – 7:30pm

Information about the booking process was sent out on

COMPASS last week. If you are having any trouble with the book-

ing process please contact the office for help. Interviews are for 10

minutes only and parents should take this opportunity to share

information about their children with teachers. It is not an interview

where teachers report on academic progress. Throughout the year

parents can arrange further meetings with teachers at a mutually

agreed time.

FEBRUARY 17th - Parent Teacher Interviews @4-6pm 18th - Parent Teacher Interviews @4-7:30pm 19th - Grade 1 Science Extension 21st - District Swimming & Grade 6 Badge Presentation 24th - Grade 3 Excursion 25th - Grade 5 Excursion 26th - CURRICULUM DAY 27th - Thankyou Firey’s Day SCHOOL PHOTOS: 28th February 29th - Knox Festival MARCH 2nd - 6th - African Drumming 4th - Division Swimming TERM 1 29th Jan - 27th March TERM 2 14th April - 26th June TERM 3 13th July - 18th September TERM 4 5th October - 18th December

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

SCHOOL COUNCIL NOMINATIONS

It is at this time of the year that we call for nominations of Parent Members on our School

Council. School Council is the body that oversees the running of the school and parent

members have an opportunity to look at how schools function from another perspective and as

well as being involved in some aspects of school decision making. Positions on school Council

are for a two year period.

Each year vacancies occur on School Council as parent and staff members complete their two

-year term. There are 4 x parent and 2 x staff vacancies this year. Notice of the Election

Schedule is as follows:

Thursday 13th February Call for nominations (Forms can be obtained at the office)

Monday 24th February Nominations close

Tuesday 25th February Successful candidate list is announced

Wednesday 26th February A ballot will be required if nominations exceed the number of

vacancies

Tuesday 3rd

March Close of Ballot

Thursday 5th March Successful candidates are announced

Nomination forms are available from the office. The expectation is attendance at School

Council meetings held on the third Monday of each month totalling a minimum of 8 meetings

for the year, as well as becoming a member of a Council Subcommittee which include

Finance, Education, Buildings & Grounds, Publicity and Parent & Friends Association.

Graeme Russell

FEBRUARY 11th Ebony S 12th Shayla P 13th Ryder N 14th Brodie A Sophie S Millie L 15th Daisy M Mikayla C Erika T Sophie P 16th Noah S Bailey S

SCIENCE EXTENSION PROGRAM 2020

This year, we are offering a Science Extension Program to selected students across the school. The purpose of this program is to further extend those students who are working above the expected standard in Science and to support the development of their Science Inquiry Skills. These selected students will participate in this program for one term only. In Term 1, we have a small group of Grade 1 students participating each Wednesday and also giving up part of their lunchtimes to explore their interest in Science. Students will be learning how to make predictions, observe results and offer explanations while investigating a range of fun and engaging experiments.

Helen Clark - Science

FIRST WORKING BEE OF 2020

We hold a working bee every term. The next one will be on Sunday 16th February. Whether you can stay the whole three hours from 9 to midday or just drop by for thirty minutes there's plenty to do and all helpers, children and adults, are welcome and appreciated. It's a great way to meet other families. Sharing a sausage and a few laughs around the BBQ at the end really brings home what a great community we have around our school. All you need is a pair of hands but if you have them the most useful tools are; wheelbarrow, shovel, rake, broom, gloves, secateurs and a TRAILER. Typical jobs - moving mulch, tidying garden beds, clearing paths and drains, raking leaves and soft-fall. This term we're going to join forces with the Sustainability Squad and give the vegetable garden above the Prep buildings a big tidy. Love to see you there, even if you have only half an hour to spare.