Semester 1 Reports
Semester 1 reports will be sent home with families this Friday. I have enjoyed reading each report across our school, and I would like to thank our teachers for having such a deep level of understanding of where each student is at, guiding their future learning goals and knowing each child and their interests. I encourage you to make an appointment with your child's class teacher early in Term 3 if you have any questions or concerns after reading your child's report.
Changes to Explaining Absences
Starting next term, we will be using the School Bytes Parent Portal to explain absences which means Skoolbag/Audiri will no longer be available for explaining absences. Please ensure you have a parent portal setup before the end of term.
Open the parent portal link – https://portal.schoolbytes.education/auth/login – and log in to your portal.Select attendance from the navigation bar.Select respond for the absence. ...Select an absence type from the available options.Optionally upload any supporting documentation.Enter a reason for the absence in the comment field.Select submit.
An easy way to make payments now available!
Making payments is now incredibly easy for parents! All you need to do is click on the payments tab in the School Bytes Parent Portal and you will be able to see if you have any payments outstanding, such as the annual excursions/incursions and pay using credit card.
We provide many opportunities beyond the classroom for students to experience through incursions and excursions, which are subsidised by P&C fundraising efforts and funding grants obtained by the school. While we try our best to reduce the cost to parents by subsidising excursions, we ask for parents to contribute a one off payment for the year.
We appreciate parents paying their annual excursion/incursion fees as soon as possible to allow us to cover expenses already incurred this year such as buses and entry fees. The fee amount for K-2 students is $80 while the fee for 3-6 students is $100.
I’m of the firm belief that no child should miss out on an opportunity due to financial limitations, so if you have difficulty making payment for incursions, excursions or school events, please make contact with me directly so we can discuss a payment plan or how the school can assist.
The school website 'make a payment tab' will now direct you to the parent portal to make payments.
Log into the parent portal – https://portal.schoolbytes.education/auth/login.Select the statement of account icon.Confirm or edit the balance to be paid for each charge.Optionally select add other item to add a sundry item that is not linked to the statement of account, for example you can add Book Fair credit. Select pay now.
K/1 Assembly
All K/1 parents are welcome to attend our next assembly on Wednesday 28th June, starting at 2.30pm. Our K/1 students will be performing class items and sharing their work. They will be dressing up for one of their class items, based on what they have written about in response to "When I grow up, I want to be a ..." For this the children will need to bring to school their clothes for what they want to be when they grow up, as the children will be changing into them before the assembly. They can start to bring them in and keep them in the classroom. The children know what they want to dress up as as they have done an artwork around this topic. Feel free to ask Mrs Page any questions you might have about the assembly.
Last Day of Term - 'When I Grow Up' Mufti Day
On the last day of Term 2, Friday 30th June, our Year 6 students are hosting a 'When I Grow Up' Mufti Day where students can dress up as the occupation they would like to be when they grow up. We ask students to bring along a gold coin donation and this money will be collected by our Year 6 students as one of their fundraisers which goes towards buying a gift to the school at the end of the year.
We will have some guest speakers talk to our K-2 students about their occupations as part of our PDHPE Child Protection units where we have been learning about people in the community who help keep us safe.
Term 3 Tennis Program
Kate will be running the Rally as One Tennis Program at the Tennis Courts every Friday as part of our sport sessions where each class will walk down to the tennis courts for a session with Kate. If children have their own tennis racquet at home, we ask that you please bring it along on Fridays for sport, starting Friday Week 1.
Book Week Street Character Parade
It's that time of year to start planning your Book Week Character costumes for our street parade on Tuesday 22nd August. The theme for this year is 'Read, Grow, Inspire' and we look forward to seeing creative costumes again this year so we aim to give parents plenty of time to make, sew or buy the dream costume!
Term 3 Working Bee
Our Term 3 P&C Working Bee will be on Saturday 29th July. Please let Brad know if you are able to help out and we will confirm a time that suits our volunteers.
Education Week Assembly, Open Classrooms and Book Fair
Save the date for our Education Week celebrations in Week 3 of Term 3, Wednesday 2nd August from 12-1:30pm. We are planning to hold a brief assembly, followed by open classrooms and a book fair in the library. Parents can add credit to their School Bytes Parent Portal by clicking on the payments tab, click on 'add other item' and select Education week book fair sales. These funds will then be available for students to spend during the Book Fair.
We wish our students a safe, happy and restful holiday. Students return for Term 3 on Tuesday 18th July, following a staff Development Day.
Jen Arnott
Relieving Principal
