Newsletter - 29th June 2022
From the Principal
Hello Families,
The term is rapidly ending already! All our staff and students are looking forward to a break after working hard this term. Students have shown their resilience during many days of inside play as the winter weather has not been conducive to outside play. Hopefully the cold snap is behind us, and we can look forward to longer and slightly warmer days ahead.
Thank you to all those parents who came to our Assembly yesterday to support our students. It was great to welcome back families after such a long time away from school events. Please keep an eye on future newsletters and our social media platforms for information about our next assembly.
Reports: Mid-year reports will be sent home to families on this Friday. Reports will look different this year than in previous years. Please see more information further on in this newsletter.
Parent -Teacher Interviews: Parent-Teacher Interviews will be held from Monday 4th July to Thursday 7th July. If you are experiencing difficulties booking a Parent/Teacher appointment online, please contact the School Office and they can book an appointment for you. I strongly encourage families to take this opportunity to meet with their child/children’s classroom teacher/s to discuss and celebrate learning progress and to hear what the planned next learning steps are.
Footy Colours Day: Our Student Leaders have planned this day to raise money for Grade 6 End of Year activities. Students from P-6 can come to school this Friday in their footy or sports team colours with a gold coin donation. Kinder students will have their day next Wednesday. Please support this fun day planned by our students.
With best wishes for a restful and relaxing holiday break,
Michelle Waldock
Acting Principal
Every school day counts
Getting kids to school isn’t always easy. But being at school is the best place for our kids.
If your child is unwell, they need to stay home. But if your child is well enough to attend school, they should be at school. Every day, Monday to Friday.
Reality of missing school
Data shows us that regular school attendance is one of the best things a child can do to set them up for success. But if they don’t attend, things get harder for them.
Let’s do the maths:
- If your child misses even just one day a fortnight, that adds up to 20 days of the school year. That’s the same as missing four whole weeks of school!
- If they miss one day a week, that doubles to eight weeks of school they’ll never get back.
- Over the course of their childhood, that equals two and a half years of vital education they’ll never receive…
We mean it, every school day counts. It all adds up.
Bright futures begin at school
The data also tells us something else: the better a child’s attendance rate, the better off they’ll be. Their future will be filled with more opportunities.
School is where they learn and grow alongside their friends, and where they benefit the most. Going to school not only promotes academic success, but also helps build important social skills, relationships and confidence.
Good attendance habits in primary school lead to good attendance habits in high school. This will help expand your child’s options even further as they grow older.
Watch this video to see the benefits of going to school.
It’s ok if you need help
If you’re struggling to get your child to school, help is available. Please talk to us at school about your situation. We’ll support you, in whatever way we can.
If you need support translating or interpreting this information, contact the Translating and Interpreting Service on 131 450.
Subway Lunch
Our next Subway lunch is Tuesday 5th July. Subway order forms have been sent home with students. If your child has not received one, please contact the office and we will ensure your child receives one.
Orders are due back no later than 10am, Friday 1st July.
1 Luttrell
Students in 1 Luttrell have been looking at the features of dinosaurs this term for Science. Students explored special features by making a model of a prehistoric creature.
Nurse Beck - Think before you drink
We would not sit down and eat ten teaspoons of sugar in one sitting, but we may be drinking it. The hidden sugars in juice, flavoured milks and particularly soft drinks are empty calories that provide our bodies with little to no actual nutrition and are bad for our teeth and health.
The amazing Grade 3 and 4 students in Miss Hills & Mrs Bromells Class recently learned how to read the ‘nutrition’ labels on the cans and bottles of some popular soft drinks and juices and use this skill to calculate the amount of sugar. They learned that 4 grams of sugar in a drink equates to 1 teaspoon of sugar and a drink like Coke has 10 teaspoons in one can, one orange juice had 16 teaspoons.
We were all surprised by the results – there is a lot of sugar in there.
While not expecting them to stop drinking these things completely we are providing them with a way to make better choices and save these drinks for sometimes and special occasions, not everyday.
Conclusion: Choose water or milk…..it is an easy decision.
For some excellent further reading and to calculate the teaspoons of sugar in your favourite drink:
Sugary Drinks Calculator - Rethink Sugary Drinks
1/2 Rush
1/2 Rush has been learning about narratives, using compound sentences, pronouns, adjectives and practising our recounts. We have also been looking at procedural writing. Here are some examples.
