Principal's Desk
With only three weeks remaining before the Easter break, both teachers and students are showing signs of ‘wear and tear’ that is often the case leading up to the holidays. It seems that the coming break is indeed very timely.
PARENT – TEACHER INTERVIEWS
Commencing this week, parents have the opportunity to meet with teachers to discuss their child’s progress so far this year. Parent-teacher interviews are a great way to find out how your child is going and show your interest in your child’s learning and school life.
Why is it worth going to parent-teacher interviews?
Parent-teacher interviews give you a great opportunity to:
- learn more about your child’s academic, emotional and social development
- meet and get to know your child’s teacher
- help your child’s teacher understand more about your child
- make plans with the teacher about how you can both support your child
- build a relationship with your child’s school
- if you don’t get through everything you want to discuss, you might need to arrange another meeting with your child’s teacher.
Talking with your teacher:
Being open and friendly will set you up for positive communication with the teacher. You can show that you respect what the teacher is saying by listening carefully and trying not to become too defensive, even if you disagree with the feedback.
If you have a concern about something, try to be specific and avoid blame. If you have to discuss any problems with the teacher, it helps to come ready with some possible solutions, or at least some positive and practical suggestions. Be willing to listen to the teacher’s ideas too. The aim is for you and your child’s teacher to work on problems in partnership with each other. After all, you both share the same goal of wanting your child to learn and feel successful.
If you make any decisions, it’s good to agree on who will follow up and when.
NAPLAN 2025
Thank you to parents and staff for having the students prepared and for the great atmosphere amongst all the students during the days of testing. Although some aspects of the tests may have been challenging in some areas of Conventions of Language, Writing, Reading and Numeracy across all year levels, we must remember that this is only one part of the overall picture of where our children are at this point in time.
We also need to bear in mind that while important, this assessment does not – and cannot – reflect the holistic approach to teaching and learning in our school; our commitment to educate not only the mind but also the heart and spirit. And as the NAPLAN website makes clear, nor does it replace the extensive, ongoing assessments made by teachers about each student’s performance.
MONTY’S COLOUR & SLIME FUN RUN – CANCELLED
Unfortunately, we have had to make the difficult decision to cancel tomorrow's Monty's Colour and Slime Fun Run due to the current weather conditions, and the uncertainty of what the weather may be like tomorrow.
Our fun run will be rescheduled for a later date in the year, and as always thank you all for your understanding and continued support.
DATE CLAIMER:
- CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS (9:00am start):
- Friday, 28 March (students born 2013 – 2015) and
- Monday, 31 March (Students born 2016 – 2020)
We are always grateful for our parents’ energy and involvement in our school.
Rita Petersen