Welcome to Week 3

ELC

Thursday 10 August – Kindy Pyjama Day

Thursday 10 August – Year 2 Sciencefest

Friday 11 August – Worship

3-6

7-11 August – Year 3 & 4 Swimming Lessons

This week continues to be full of activity and events, and it is wonderful to see the enthusiasm among the children.

Musical

Our Year 5 and 6 students are furiously rehearsing for the musical performances next week, and things are really starting to take shape.

Your child should be coming home with their Seussical T-shirt today, if they ordered one. We are happy for the T-shirts to be worn at school from Wednesday, until the end of the performances (with the exception of the days they are washed), if they wish. If your child does wear the T-shirt, please ensure they wear their PE uniform to accompany the shirt. If they do not wear the T-shirt, students must wear the standard uniform, as usual.

Use of devices outside of learning

We would like to remind you that, although we do allow students to wear smart watches, in school, they must be disconnected and not used for any form of communication during school hours. Can we please ask that you support your children with this by disconnecting the device during the day, as the capacity for this to be used can be a little too tempting for some.

Equally, we do understand that some children use their watches or even phones to communicate with you at the end of the school day, when being picked up. If this is the case, the watches must be disconnected until the end of the school day and phones must be turned off and kept in the child’s bag.

A message from the school nurse

We wish to inform you that head lice have been found within Year 3.

To assist in limiting the spread, can you please check your child’s hair tonight and treat if necessary.

For more information on how to treat head lice please go to the Department of Health’s website at;

www.healthywa.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I/Head-lice

Class Placement 2024

As we prepare for 2024, we would like to take the opportunity to inform you of the process we use when placing students in their classes for next year. Please note that all teachers place students after examination of several factors which include:

Social and emotional concerns
Friendship preferences
Academic ability
Staff observations
Your child’s current class teachers construct their class lists in collaboration with their partner year group teacher(s), Learning Assistants and Specialist Teachers. Where possible, the teaching staff will provide experiences for students to interact across the classes to also observe student interactions with students not currently in their class.

Once the teachers have completed their class list recommendations, they are forwarded on to the Primary Leadership Team to be reviewed.

The process of creating class lists is done carefully and over a period of time. Please be assured that every decision we make is in the best interests of your child and understand that, while we recognise the uniqueness and preferences of each student, we will not guarantee a preferred placement.

Please, can we encourage you to trust in the professionalism and dedication of our staff as they consider the many factors in placing your child in a particular class and not make requests for preferred class placements for your child.

You will be notified of your child’s teacher in January 2024 before they commence school in 2024.

Kind regards,

Andrew Johnston & Hannah Lockwood-Jones