Dear Parents and Carers,

Over the last couple of weeks,  some of our grade 3-6 students have been involved in collaborative tasks that required them to build and design an outdoor play kitchen and ball run for the playground. Students worked with Mr Kerslake to design and build these projects.  It has been a delight to see these projects completed and create a much needed creative element to our playground. The children love making meals for teachers and their friends with the leaves and pine bark.  Dramatic play is important in building children’s co-operative skills and oral language through fun and non-threatening play experiences. A big thank you to all the students and Mr Kerslake, the final products are wonderful and are already very popular.

Last Friday night we held our annual Trivia night; it was wonderful to see so many parents and friends of our community enjoying the night.  We were able to raise much-needed funds to go towards a wish list of items that teachers needed in their classrooms, some of these items included guided reading sets, new home readers, magnetic letters and games.  We would sincerely like to thank our school community for supporting this event.  I would also like to thank Nikki Daking and her team of parents for their hard work in organising this event. It was a great night! Thank you.

This week we have begun the annual Swimming and Water Safety Program for student in grades 3-5.  Mrs Bent and the swimming teachers work hard at the pool to ensure that all the students involved achieve goals related to their individual swimming ability.  Swimming is a skill that is necessary in our beautiful island state and children feeling comfortable and able to save themselves in cases of emergency is paramount.  We hope that these lessons support your child to be safe in and around the water. 

NAPLAN

Earlier this year all students in years 3 and 5 participated the in the nationwide NAPLAN  testing.  Parents should have received a sealed letter home this week outlining your child’s results.  Please be proud of your child’s efforts with this testing regime. Some children find test situations very difficult and as such may not have performed as well as we know they can.  Fortunately, our teachers have a wealth of knowledge about your children and are able to support their learning further.  We are very proud of all our students and as a school; we are pleased to report that once again our school is performing at a very high standard.