Welcome back to school for 2024! It is wonderful see so many happy and cheery faces!  As I tell the students, the first day of the school year is my favourite day of the whole year!  I know for some it is filled with mixed emotions, and leaving our loved ones can be hard, but for the most part the start to the year has been a joyous event.  Thank you parents and caregivers for making sure students all have their uniforms on, work books organised and have everything needed to start the year. 

A reminder that sunsafe hats must be worn in term 1, and term 4 at our school.  I have given students 2 days to remember their hats.  From Monday if a student does not have a sunsafe hat they will need to play in a shaded area.  Hats are available to purchase from the school office for $17.  The hats are a new design this year and in a bucket style with an adjustable toggle.

We welcome Miss Ella Marshall and Mr Dave Metske to our teaching team, Mrs Anita Hillier to our office staff and Beau, Bianca and Holly to our TA staff.  I would like to advise that Miss Annie Williams was married of over the holidays and is now know as Mrs Annie Neubacher and Mrs Suzanne Williams will now be known as Ms Suzanne Paschke.  Mr Prebble will be on leave for this term, returning in term 2.

School doors open at 8:40am, which is when before school duty commences.  Before this time students are not supervised at all.  Please do not drop students off at school before this time.  I understand that some parents start work earlier than this, however it is not acceptable from a safety perspective to drop students at school at 7:30am and ask them to wait.  1912 operates before school care if this is helpful at all.  The safety of our students, your children is our priority.  The school day finishes at 2:50pm, with after school duty concluding with the departure of the last school bus, approximately 3:15pm.

At our End of Year Celebration assembly last year we announced to the school community our SRC for 2024.  Congratulations to: Leah W, Michelle T, Learley S, Emily E, April C and Willow W-B.  I am sure you will make a great contribution to our school community through your student leadership over the year.  Mrs Parker will again support the SRC to undertake this role.

Family Photo orders must be done by 4:30pm the night before Photo Day so we can organise a list of Family Photos that need to be taken. Any Family Photos that have not been ordered before the cut-off will not be taken. Unfortunately, we cannot make any exceptions on the day.

Orders placed after photo day will be sent directly to parents and will incur a postage charge per order.