Principal's News
Dear Families and Friends
Welcome back everyone to Term 3!
Breaking news! Our new Principal has been announced. We welcome back Mrs Gabrielle Douglas as our Acting Principal for 2022. We look forward to Mrs Douglas commencing on Monday 18th July. An email has been sent to all families notifying them of Mrs Douglas' appointment.
This term we welcome back Mrs Pretorius to 3P and Mrs Vaughan working every Friday on 1D. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Mrs Baker for all her hard work on 3P since the start of the year. She will remain with us for another four weeks and will be working on various classes over this time.
Big events this term include Dance Fever lessons. These lessons are part of our school curriculum and will be happening every Thursday for every class. Our first lessons start this Thursday, so payments need to be finalised before then. Please make this a priority this week.
Year 5 Camp is also happening in the last week of the term. Also start getting organised for our Book Week Dress up day on Wednesday 24th August. The theme this year is “Dreaming with Eyes Open.”
The Yr 5 and 6 students will participate in 3 Interschool Sports days this term on the 29th July, 12th August and 26th August- all Fridays this term. Notes have gone home. Our Junior Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 19th August this term.
Finally, our Prep Information session will be held on Wednesday 17th August at 9:30am in the hall so spread the word to any prospective Prep for 2023 parents.
We have 2 important dates to take note of this term: Monday 8th August will be our Show Holiday and Friday 2nd September is our gazetted Student Free day.
Parents will also have the opportunity this term to discuss their child’s learning progress in parent teacher interviews. There will be more detailed information provided later in the term.
Also remember to please name personal belongings like jumpers, hats and drink bottles. We have moved any Lost Property items to the office now. All named belongings will be kept at the office for safe return. Eventually unnamed items are disposed of thoughtfully. Unfortunately, the Lost Property box was overflowing with lunchboxes, jumpers and food scraps and rodents and possums were making it their home.
The annual suite of School Opinion Surveys will be conducted in Term 3 and will close on 12 August 2022. All families, school staff and students in target year levels (5, 6, 8 and 11) will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.
An invitation to complete the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be emailed to one parent/caregiver per family in the week beginning 11 July. The invitation will be sent from the Department of Education, not the school, and it will have the subject line School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2022. Check your junk email folders if you can’t find it. The survey can be completed as soon as the invitation is received and will take approximately 5 minutes using a computer, tablet or smart phone.
Behaviour Focus for Week 1 and 2 – All Settings
Student Successes
Congratulations to Ivy who competed in the State Interschool Show Jumping Championship at Toowoomba over the holidays and came 3rd in the state. She will now be competing on the QLD State Interschool Equestrian team at the National titles in Sydney in September.
Also congratulations to Henry for winning Grand Champion in the 9-11yrs Creative Arts Section of the the Dayboro Show with his amazing entry. Henry's artwork is his reproduction of Williams Street in the Dayboro Township.
Congratualtions to Both Ivy and Henry
Kind regards
Karen Ryan
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”