Dear Parents

You will have seen the construction work and rapid installation of our long awaited basketball cover! It has been exciting for the students to watch the giant lego/meccano set being put together by crane, scissor lift and nut and bolt. This new area will be such a blessing to our community, offering shaded and protected play spaces and a gathering space that allows events to continue even in poor weather.

Our first event under the cover will be our Year 6 graduation. We are hoping that under the current restrictions that we can have a small family group for each graduating student. At this point it will mean that each person over 12 attending that event will need to be fully vaccinated. There is information elsewhere in the newsletter to help you have proof of vaccination in order to attend onsite.

We had hoped earlier in the year that we could celebrate our Mother's Day and Father's Day together under our cover but delays, lockdowns and gathering size restrictions have prevented this becoming a reality in 2021. We look forward with great hope for opportunities for us to gather in 2022 to give thanks for the blessings of each family to our school community.

The students are very excited about the upcoming Japanese week which will see a range of special events in Art, Sport, Performing Arts as well as Japanese class. The chance to see, taste, participate and speak in Japanese will be exciting. Our Japanese themed day is the talk of the playground; apparently ninjas and Hello Kitty characters are popular!

There are other exciting incursions and the possibility of an excursion planned in the coming weeks.

STAFFING

As the year draws to a close we always have staffing changes to share.

We will be farewelling the following staff who are moving to different schools:

Ms Amy Gullifer

Ms Michelle Whitlock

Ms Catherine Gonis

Mrs Sarah Naughton

Ms Tamara Thompson

Mr Tim deFreitas

We are welcoming some new staff to our school:

Ms Peta Overbury - Deputy Principal Learning and Teaching

Mr Ben Dixon - Classroom

Mr Christian de Kinderen - Sustainability & Stewardship

Ms Claire Smith - Classroom

We have returning the following staff in full or part time roles:

Mrs Jannah Reid

Mrs Kristina Poole

Mrs Sarah Rietwyk

Mrs Sarah Thompson

Mrs Caroline Dunlevie

Kind Regards

Kate