It was lovely to see so many of you at the Assembly this morning. Didn’t the senior classes do so well with their dancing and drum rhythm?

I have had to make the hard decision to move a few students and staff this week. It is not something I do lightly and only make changes when there really is no other option.  I want to thank all the families involved, who have worked with me, to enable me to make sure we are able to offer the best education for all our students.

I hope that the majority of you have now met with your child’s teacher and have had the opportunity to talk about the goals you would like for your child. You will be sent home a final copy of your child’s IEP at the end of week 8, 26^th March.  There will be two copies of the IEP, one for you to keep and one for you to sign and return to school. 

Thank you to everyone who has already returned the Third Party permission form. If you have not yet returned it to your child’s teacher, can you please do so as soon as possible.  We will need to send additional permission requests as we start to use new programs, but I am hoping to keep this to a minimum.

Those of you who have a child in year 6 will be receiving a letter from me next week about our school camp.  We have joined four other Education Support Schools/Centres to go to Point Walter Adventure Camp in November.  The letter will be asking you if you would like your child to go. The cost of the camp will be approximately $200.00 and will be for three days and two nights.  For those of you who have children in year 5, I have been talking to the Primary School about the possibilities of combining the two schools to do a joint camp somewhere local next year.  We will be sending a letter out towards the end of the year asking if you would like your child to go.

A reminder that next Thursday, 18^th March, it will be our Harmony Day celebrations. We are encouraging students who would like to wear traditional clothing from their home land to school on that day. There will be a combined school’s assembly at 9.15am in the undercover area.  Some of our younger classes will be having their own version of the assembly down in Pink room.  The individual teachers will let you know if this effects your child.

Finally, I mentioned in the last newsletter that we are starting up a Parent Representative initiative.  I am hoping that at least one parent from each class will put their hand up for this.  Our School Board Chair Bianca Landis will be communicating to you about both in school and out of school events in due course.  The flyer will be sent out on Seesaw on Tuesday next week so please keep an eye open for it.

Regards

Debi Taylor

Principal