Term 2 is well and truly underway and has kicked off with swimming lessons! These have been going extremely well, and students should be very proud of the feedback received from swimming instructors so far! A special thanks to Mr Chrimes and our staff for co- ordinating this have component of our program as there is a lot of background planning and scheduling that goes into making this run so smoothly!

Last week it was fantastic to see so many families from Kindy, Pre-Primary and Year 3 here for Mother’s Day activities; the kids absolutely loved it and I’m sure they will remember it for a long time to come!

This term we have also welcomed back Mrs Lay from parental leave; Mrs Lay is currently working in ECE3 on a Wednesday and working on some projects in the office on a Friday. We also welcome back Mrs Barber (previously Miss Rogers) who has taken on our Year 1 and 2 technologies classes for Term 2.

New Playground

Planning has begun on our new playground equipment for our Years 3-6 students. Some early designs have been drawn up by providers, and shortly we will share these with students to see which one is preferred.

This will likely be located on the grass between our senior classroom blocks (Gamma and Delta) and will include new paved areas with lines marked for handball, 4-square and other activities, with most of the space being taken up by the play equipment.

We are hoping to get students input in the next couple of weeks, and expect that if everything moves as planned, this would likely be completed late Term 4.

New Student Information System and Attendance System

This week, our new student management system (Compass) has gone live.  This has gone relatively smoothly, with a few minor teething issues around text messages not being sent correctly. Over the next couple of terms, we will continue introducing features of this to the community such as excursion permissions, absence requests and potentially classroom updates and messages.

Currently, if your child is absent and we are unaware why, you will receive a text message with a single use link; this link will allow you to notify us why your child is absent and will hopefully reduce emails / phone calls later in the year to chase up reasons for these.

If you have any issues when trying to do this, please contact the office.

Great Work

Some of our students have been doing some amazing work lately and have been showing off their reading and writing skills. Recently, some of our Year 6s have published their narrative texts, and are below for to have a read of!

Sporting Achievement

Recently, one of our Year 6 students competed in a Graceful Calisthenics competition in the Division 3 Graceful solo category.  She placed 2^nd for her division which is absolutely fantastic! Well done, Kenzie!

Upcoming events

This term, we have a lot of events coming up; please make sure to check the SchoolZine calendar regularly for updates, but these include:

• Thursday 29 May – Mr Gorton Farewell Assembly
• Friday 30 May – School Development Day
• Monday 2 June – WA Day public Holiday
• Monday 9 June - Walk / Ride to school day
• Friday 13 June – P&C Crazy Hair and Socks day
• Monday 16/Thursday 19 June – School Photos
• Wednesday 25 June – Year 6 Bake Sale
• Friday 4 July – Faction Cross Country

I hope that everyone has a great weekend, and I look forward to seeing everyone around the school over the next few weeks!