We’ve reached the end of week 9, and I’m sure many people have started the countdown until the Easter School Holidays - only 5 more school days.

The start of this week saw our Parent Teacher Interviews take place on Monday and Tuesday evening.  There are many positives to come out of parent teacher interviews, which can include (but certainly not limited to) some of the following:

• involve the parents in the educational process 
• document the student’s progress for the parents 
• reflect on learning outcomes and goals  
• give parents the opportunity to express feelings, questions and concerns, and; 
• establish ongoing communication networks between the teacher, parents and student.

As a school we certainly value the importance of the relationship between parents and teachers in the education of our students.  This is reflected in the statement found in our school Value of Learning, where;

“We are called to openly listen to one another, engaging all members of the community in the pursuit of growing wisdom.  We celebrate learning as a result of hard work, discipline and resilience.”

If you have been unable to meet with your child’s teacher yet (which we understand - life can be very busy), I would highly recommend that you make contact with your child’s teacher to try and organise a time to meet, if not before the end of this term, then to begin Term 2.

On another note, next week see’s our annual school Fun Run on Friday morning.  Some students have already been on the course with Mr P, with more being shown during PE next week to prepare them for Friday.  Of course, we value the fun of the event, but know some students take the race very seriously, and there will be a number of placegetters from the event who will be invited to represent our school in the Townsville School Sports Interschool Cross Country later in the year.  Students are welcome to wear their house colour shirts for the fun run.

Pax

Nick