Dear Families, 

Welcome to term 2! I hope you had a great break over the Easter holidays.   

It is so lovely to see our wonderful students back into their routines already and engaging in their work.  

Parent – Teacher Communication Touch Point 

As part of the survey that was recently completed at our open afternoon, it was clear that our parent community would like to be contacted more regularly about your child’s progress. 

So here is the plan based on your feedback: 

·         Teachers will be contacting parents from Monday 29th April to Friday 3rd May (more information below). 

·         We will be sending out a questionnaire to get an indication of how you would like to be contacted during the week of Monday 29th April to Friday 3rd May. 

·         Student progress reports will come home with children on Thursday 27th June. 

·         Parent teacher interviews will commence at the beginning of Term 3, dates to be confirmed. 

·         Further set times for contact to discuss progress will be made for the remainder of the year, dates to be confirmed. 

During the week of Monday 29th April to Friday 3rd May teachers will be contacting you to discuss your child progress. Below are some further considerations to make this a meaningful process for all: 

·         Initial contact will be made by phone (unless otherwise indicated), so during that week you may receive a phone call from an unknown or withheld number, please answer it may be us. 

·         These have been designed to have a brief conversation around how you child is progressing, so please be aware that these will only be between 5 to 10 minutes. If you are wanting to have further conversations a new appointment will need to be arranged with the relevant teacher. 

·         We will attempt to contact you twice, if we cannot a summary of progress will be emailed to you indicate the progress the students have made considering their point of need and an indication of where they are in relation to the year level they are in. 

ANZAC Day Ceremonies 

Thank you to our school captains who placed a wreath as part of the ANZAC service in Mansfield yesterday.  It was a moving ceremony and I'm so proud of our captains. 

Cross Country 

Well done to our Grade 3 to 6 students and teachers on successfully completing the school cross country Wednesday.  A huge thank you to Jen Driessen, Aaron Kirkby and staff who supported the kids.  District Cross Country is coming up on the 3rd May. 

Uniform 

Could families please support us to ensure that students come to school in full school uniform.  This is particularly important for senior students as they set an example for the rest of our kids.  If you are seeking an exemption for your child, please email it to me.  We have second-hand jumpers available for purchase at the school office. 

Like always, please get in touch with us with any questions or concerns.  Call or email your classroom teacher, call the front office or email me nicole.comerford@education.vic.gov.au 

Have a great weekend. 

Take Care, 

Nicole 

Audiri

In an emergency our school app Audiri will be used as our main source of communication to our families. This is a reminder to families to download Audiri.

Please note (if you have not already updated)  to update your child/s year level on Audiri. This is done by opening Audiri selecting resources, groups, & then selecting your child/s grade including whole school. 

Family Details

If your family contact details have recently changed - residential address, contact numbers & or emergency contacts please update via Audiri by selecting resources, forms & then change of details. 

MEDICATION

All medication required during the day at school must be handed to the front office. 

REMINDER

A reminder to families that the school day finishes at 3.30pm. Please ensure your child/children are collected from school in a timely manner. If you are running late please notify the front office. 

AFTER SCHOOL ARRANGEMENTS 

Please ensure your child is aware of what is happening after school, where they are going, who is picking them up and they know plan B if a after school activity is cancelled. 

BUS TRAVEL 

Any changes to your afternoon bus travel arrangements are to be made by 2.30pm for the day of travel. This can be made via the Audiri App by selecting Resources, Forms, then Bus Travel or calling the front office on 5775 2325 & follow the prompts. 

If your child has started a new after school activity for the Term, football/netball/cricket training  for example, please update their regular bus travel arrangements. 

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Uniform to be ordered through Spartan School Supplies.      

We have a full range of uniform on display at the front office for you to view before making your purchases online. 

LOST PROPERTY

Please note we cannot return items that have no name. Please ensure uniform & drink bottles are clearly labelled with your child's name. 

SPARE CLOTHES

If your child has come home in spare clothes from school we ask that you please wash & return these items. Thank you. 

HEAD LICE

A reminder to families to be checking for head lice & taking the appropriate steps to treat hair if lice are found. 

Thank you to staff & friends for donating the fabric for our new library bags.

A special thank you to Janet Stone for assisting in making the first 100 library bags.

We would love for more donations of fabric & velcro as well as volunteers.

If you are interested in making library bags please contact Elspeth on Monday at school. 

Massive thank you to Jenny Gough for organising Jenny and Simone Gibney to paint a mural in the library. It is truly amazing, and we are so lucky to have Jenny and Simone donate their skills, passion, and time to our school.