Term 3 Assembly dates

School Assemblies

Due to our colour walkathon on Friday of week 10 there will be no school assembly this fortnight. Our next assembly will resume in week 2 of Term 4. A big thankyou to all of you who have come along to support our fortnightly assemblies throughout the term. 

PAT Assessments

Throughout the past two weeks students from years 1-6 completed the online PAT assessments. A big thankyou to all of the students for completing this assessment in a responsible manner . A huge thank you to Mrs Loughrey for her organisation and commitment to support all of our students throughout the PAT assessments. This data will now be accessible for all teachers to analyse impact on learning and provide further data for targeted teaching. 

Collaborative planning in writing 

This week all teachers have engaged in collaborative planning sessions to implement our professional learning in writing as a response to our most recent staff development day. There were some brilliant professional conversations and collaborative planning that have allowed us to develop additional assessment criteria in writing to analyse whole class and individual student needs. We look forward to continuing this collaborative approach next term to continually refine the way we explicitly teach writing. 

Parent Pick Up: 

Thank you to the parents and grandparents who are following our school procedures in regards to parent pick up. Please find below a reminder of the afternoon procedure to ensure that everyone is safe.

• Parents arriving at school to collect their children are asked to pick up their children from the silver seats along the office building wall 
• Students waiting for parents will assemble on the silver seats along the office wall and must not leave the school grounds until they have told the teacher on duty they are leaving.
• Students are not to run out to their parents / grandparents outside the school gates.

NB Parents who are collecting their children from school on foot (not car line pick up) are asked to come into the school grounds to ensure a safer handover.  If you have a dog please secure your pet to the fence before you enter the school site. The school gates will be open from 3pm. All parents and grandparents are welcome to wait by the school hall railings before collecting their children. 

Mr James Bryce - Assistant Principal