SCHOOL OPEN AFTERNOON

It was wonderful to have a big turnout of parents and

family members at our School Open Afternoon last

Friday to enjoy the musical performances, open

classrooms, and the surrounds of our stunning school

grounds. The performances of the students in the

School Choir and the Pre-primary to Year 3 singing

group were superbly led by Mr Bathols, as were the

Guitar Group by Mr Graham, over many weeks leading

up to the performance and on the Day.

Congratulations to all the students who show cased

their skills and passion of music in these performances

and for their dedication to their musical group this

year.

The Open Afternoon is a key event for our school in

the calendar year with all staff working hard towards

making the event a success. Thank you to: - all

teaching staff and classroom assistants for their

wonderful work in presenting their classrooms for the

Opening; to our Gardeners for their ongoing work in

making our school grounds look magnificent; and also

to our Office staff, Admin, and support staff for the

behind the scene arrangements, preparation of the

Library, and contributions towards the event.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thu 21 Nov 8:45am P&C Meeting

Fri 29 Nov 8:45am Rm 4 Assembly

2:00pm P&C Colour Run

Tue 3 Dec 10:30am Volunteer Thank you Morning Tea

Fri 6 Dec Student Leader Candidates Speeches and Voting

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Our vision is to provide opportunities that challenge all students to achieve their personal best.

VALUES AND WASTE WISE WALL MURAL

A huge thank you to the partnership of the artistic

work of Mr Bathols and the building/carpentry skills of

Mr Burrow; and the wonderful contributions of artistic

ideas by a group of Year 5 and Year 6 students. These

elements combined to create a stunning Values and

Waste Wise Wall Mural in the undercover area. The

wall mural depicts Buddy Bear (our Values program

mascot) and a Value of the Month display, and

highlights Waste Wise as a key environmental

program in our school.

VOLUNTEER THANK YOU MORNING TEA

Our school volunteers are the backbone of the

school in supporting the children with fundraising

and many school events including excursions. The

annual morning tea provides us with an opportunity

to thank all our volunteers for supporting the school

and will be held at 10:30am on Tuesday 3 December.

An invitation has been sent out to all families,

through the children, inviting all parents,

grandparents, carers and community members who

have volunteered their time to support the children

at the school. Please mark the date in your diaries

and look out for the invitation to join the staff at the

school for the morning tea.

SCHOOL CAR PARK SAFETY RULES If you have young children please ensure that you

keep hold of them when walking to your cars for their own safety and please do not leave young children unattended in the car in the car park.

CAR PARK Drive slowly it's an 8km an hour zone

Reverse parking only.

Don’t walk through car park, walk around the outside.

KISS & DRIVE Drop Off and Pick up ONLY

BOYLE LANE SCHOOL ZONE All of Boyle Lane is now a school zone. From 7:30am

to 9:00am and from 2:30pm to 4:00pm on school days you must obey the 40km/hour speed limit.

ARMISTICE/REMEMBRANCE DAY.

Last Monday 11 November, at 11:00 am, marked the

anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First

World War (1914 – 1918). Our students honoured all

those who served and died in all wars and armed

conflicts by commemorating Armistice Day, also

known as Remembrance Day, by observing one

minute’s silence in the school’s Heritage Garden in

front of the Memorial Garden.

Glen Duffield - Principal

IPADS FOR YEAR 3S

This year we are again partnering with JB Hi-Fi to

provide an option for parents wishing to buy their

Year 2 students an iPad in preparation for Year 3.

Buying an iPad from JB Hi-Fi has many benefits and

we have worked with JB Hi-Fi to ensure they are

offering the correct model with a range of

accessories and extended warranties at competitive

prices. Letters regarding specific information will be

sent out early next week.

THINKUKNOW

Thank you to all those parents who attended the

ThinkUKnow presentation. Having spoken to some

parents I know more parents are keen to attend

another workshop so we are working with the

Federal Police to try and organise another workshop

in Term 1 2020.

One of the key messages Ben shared is the

importance of knowing what apps your children are

on and creating parental settings to block

inappropriate content. Ben also spoke to the

students about the importance of being

unidentifiable online so not wearing school uniforms

and not using correct names. Further information

and resources can be taken straight from the

ThinkUKnow website.

Other tips to balance screen time include:

1. Make rules about screen use

2. Aim for short screen time sessions

3. Get your child moving, especially outside

4. Imagine and create

5. Encourage play and friendship with others

6. Avoid screen time before bed

7. Keep screens out of bedrooms at night

Clare Heffernan- Deputy Principal

NEW LAB COATS

The school has used part of our Science Grant to

purchase a class set of lab of coats in various sizes to

support our students’ scientific explorations. The grant

has also been used to purchase safety goggles, a high

powered digital microscope, slides, test tubes, and a

host of other resources for teaching science.

FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Certificate Recipients Congratulations to the following students who recently received certificates.

Values Award

Junior: Aiden H Senior: Atticus U

Honour Certificates

Rm 1: Ayce P Rm 1: Sophie K

Rm 2: Charlize P Rm 2: Broadie S Rm 3: Asmaul A

Rm 3: Ann J

Rm 4: Tiana A Rm 4: Aryan S Rm 5: Aysha A Rm 5: Emma K

Rm 6: Maddison C Rm 6: Satkar D

Wonderful Writers

Rm 1: Jacob W Rm 1: Jasmin H Rm 2: Leilani P

Rm 2: Stephanie D

Rm 3: Alison F Rm 3: Mia W

Rm 4: Joseph B Rm 4: Nathan J

Mathletes of the Week

Junior: Inara S Senior: Jayden W

Gold Certificates

Rm 3: Max T

Silver Certificates

Rm 2: Aydon J Rm 2: Lachlan E Rm 2: Broadie S Rm 3: Jayden W

Rm 3: Kiara S Rm 3: Liam W Rm 3: Max T

Rm 3: Shane Q

DANGER TO DOGS LEFT IN CARS

The school would like to remind parents about the

danger of leaving dogs in cars. On a 29oC day the

temperature inside a car can reach 44oC in just 10

minutes and a lethal 60oC in just 20 minutes. These

sort of temperature increases are seen even if the

windows are cracked open or if the day is overcast.

Dogs can’t cool themselves down as efficiently as

humans do and will succumb to heatstroke quickly.

They are covered in fur and can only lose heat through

the pads of their feet and sweating. So please leave

you dogs at home when you come to collect your kids.