From the Principal …

Congratulations 201 7 Parliamentarians – Yesterday I held an afternoon tea with the candidates for the 2017 School Parliament. I was able to announce the 20 successful candidates who were voted in by the students and staff. I would like to congratulate all 30 students who ran for election. These students all demonstrated great leadership skills and personal qualities. Throughout the election process these students continually demonstrated the qualities of safe, respectful learners. The following students have been elected into the 2017 School Parliament:

Aidan Magri Amelia Garske Daniel Firth Zhonshi Gau Nicholas Thach Mia Radevic Shaneil Kumar Annabelle Toma Adrian Sabato Melika Halilovic Aiden Tamen Kimia Osten Daniel Libri Sheridan Moser Rafael Hermes Alana Pedrazzoli Emma Thomas Grace Davidoff Daniela Vartuli Amy Nguyen-Phuong

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for 2017 will be announced at the Stage 3 Presentation Day Assembly tomorrow.

201 6 Presentation Day Assemblies – Our formal presentation day assemblies occur this week. These are an opportunity to recognise students for their hard work, commitment and dedication to learning throughout 2016. The assemblies are as follows:

Wednesday 7 December – Year 5 and 6 assembly starts at 9am

Kindergarten assembly 11.45am

Thursday 8 December - Year 3 and 4 assembly starts at 9am

Year 1 and 2 assembly at 11.45am

Friday 9 December - Sports Assembly 9am

Friday 16 December – Year 6 Graduation Assembly 9am

Please be aware that these assemblies are formal occasions. Toddlers and young children need to remain quiet and seated and the expectation is that all mobile phones will be switched off at the start of the assembly. We are looking forward to seeing lots of parents and family members at our presentation day assemblies.

P&C – Thank you to our P&C, last week I was presented with a cheque for $2,000. This money is the result of a huge year of fund raising by this dedicated team, which included paying for Mathletics for all students across our school. The money we received will be used to continue upgrading classroom technology for our students.

Front Office Closed – Please be aware that the front office will be closed on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 December 2016.

Week 9 Term 4 6 December 2016

Before and After School Care – We are extremely lucky to have a child care centre next to our school. We have a large number of students and families who access this valuable resource. I am requesting that parents be aware of the movement of the centre, staff and students between the centre and the school, as well as parents dropping off and collecting students. Unfortunately yesterday there was an issue involving one of our parents who parked in an inappropriate area of the carpark, and then spoke rudely to a staff member from the centre. Unfortunately this reflects on our school and is embarrassing and upsetting for us. Please be aware of ensuring you follow all signage and requests around the school, and community in regard to parking. In all cases following these directions helps to ensure the safety of our students.

201 7 Organisation – Our staff are currently working on plans and structures for classes for the 2017 school year. In a school the size of ours this can be a time consuming process. We want to ensure we get the structure and composition of the classes accurate. Due to our numbers we need to ensure we are accurate in our enrolments before we can place students into their new classes. This is why it has been so vital and important that parents notify us if they are extending their holidays into term one next year. When students return after the Christmas break they will return to their 2016 class group. This will remain the same for the first full week. The reason we have decided to start the year this way is to avoid establishing classes and then needing to restructure the school if we don’t receive our anticipated number of enrolments. Our teachers are currently planning the units of work which will be completed over this period. Work will be of a substantial nature following on from concepts covered this year. I wanted the community to be aware of our plans in advance so students can be prepared when they return after the holidays. I am anticipating parents will again understand the need to structure our school in this manner for the first few weeks. Our aim is to ensure we get it right and once classes are established they will remain the same for the entire school year. This process has proved successful at the beginning of the last few school years and ensured once classes were formed they remained the same.

Last Day for students 201 6 – The last day of school for students and staff this year is Friday 16 December. School will resume for students in Years 1-6 on Monday 30 January 2017.

Upcoming Events Week 9 7 December – Presentation Assembly: (Kindergarten & Stage 3) 8 December – Presentation Assembly (Stage 1 & Stage 2) 9 December – Sports Assembly (Years 3 to 6). Week 10 12 December – P&C Ice Block Day 13 December – NRL Clinic K-2 14 December – Year 6 Farewell 15 December – Party Day 16 December – Year 6 Graduation. Have a great week! Jason Corcoran Principal

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