Welcome back

Thank you to our school community for making such wonderful efforts to get our new year started so positively. Our students have all arrived at school well prepared for each day (including the wet weather) and everyone is starting to settle in. While tears at the beginning of the day for some students (and some parents :)) are a part of this transition to ‘big school’, we can assure that you all children are settled throughout the day and are having happy experiences as they develop friendships and understanding about the routines of school.

OSHC

Please note that our OSHC service has had their increased registration approved and therefore this should alleviate most of the concerns we were having. While there are some things you need to do as parents as far as re-enrolling with the new system, we expect that the transition moving forward will be much smoother.

Car parking

Thank you for your consideration with car parking and for using the Drop Off and Pick Up Zone as we have started school. The beginning of the year is always particularly busy with many parents walking students in or dropping off and picking up as opposed to using the bus as they do when everyone is back in their own routines. To continue being as positive as we can be as a community, I would like to encourage families that are using the Pick Up Zone, to wait till after 3.00pm to arrive and start the ‘pick up line’ as this line of traffic does block other cars from accessing car parks that are readily available for those wanting to park and walk in for student collection. I can assure you getting in the line at 2.30pm or 2.45pm only creates a longer wait for you as we don’t dismiss any children until 3.00pm.

I will also encourage our staff to park in these back parks to assist with freeing up other spaces that are easy to access once the line up starts. I am very pleased to see some of our very new Prep students joining the Pick up areas in the afternoon. I am very happy for any students to be picked up from here as soon as you feel they (and yourselves :)) are ready. We have staff (mostly the leadership team) on duty at the Pick Up Zone until about 3.25pm when the bus comes. The bus is generally for the last group of students as most of our 306 students are gone within the first 15 minutes..

P&F

Thank you to our Parents & Friends group for organising the coffee van, morning tea and photo wall for our first day of school. It was a wonderful way to create an opportunity to meet many of our new families. The coffee van is trialling being here each Friday morning (will be our Assembly day by Week 4) so please make good use of it if you can. Our first P&F meeting will be on Tuesday 11 February in our Staffroom (at the back of the Administration Building)

Looking forward to seeing you next week. Please remember, if the wet weather continues, we are still happy with things, crocs, gumboots and raincoats or umbrellas. As much as we need and love the rain, I would love to see the kids get outside for a proper play session too.

Cheers

Penny