WELCOME BACK TO TERM 3

We all hope the children and their families had a wonderful winter break. It certainly was well deserved after a busy Semester One. 

We look forward to the students engaging in new learning and experiences this term. There are some special events taking place this term for the whole school community. This begins next week when we celebrate Grandparents Day and open classrooms.

DOGS CONNECT PROGRAM 

A reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, 21 July 2022, (Term 3, Week 1) an afternoon tea will be organised at 2:20pm to discuss and answer any questions about the Dogs Connect Program with parents and carers. It will take place in the Hall. If you are planning to attend please click on the link below to assist us for catering purposes.

Dogs Connect Program- Information session

DOGS CONNECT PROGRAM- SURVEY

Thank you to the students and their families who have completed the ‘Dogs Connect Program Survey’. Today we have sent a letter home to parents who have not yet completed the survey online. It is essential that every family complete this survey to ensure that we can meet the needs of each child in the school. 

We are looking forward to welcoming Maple next week. We are planning for her to commence on Thursday, 28 July, but must have the survey completed by families.

Mariana G 2R said when Maple comes we need to stay still so she can sniff us because we don’t want her to get scared. I'm very excited and Maple is so cute, I can’t wait to meet her in real life.

MAPLE’S WATER BOWL DESIGN

This week each student is designing a sticker to be placed on Maple’s water bowl. Two designs will be chosen by classroom teachers to be placed onto the water bowl. Winning designs and the names of these students will be in next week’s newsletter. 

NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week is an annual celebration held during the first full week of July each year, to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. 

On Monday, Miss Polsen and Ms Freeman along with some of our Aboriginal student representatives led us in a whole school prayer. During the prayer they encouraged each grade to say ‘Get Up! Stand Up! Show up!’ the theme for NAIDOC Week 2022. We thank them for organising and leading us in prayer to recognise this significant week.

Today, each stage attended the NAIDOC Performance by Glenda Stanley titled, ‘Get Up! Stand Up! Show up!’ This performance gave our students an insight into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Some of the teachers and students danced on stage and we learnt a lot about language and artifacts.