What an exciting start to the school year as happy, settled children rolled in this week. We welcome many new faces to the Early Years community! The Journey Bell has been well used. We especially welcome Miss Joelyn Smith to our Early Years staff. Joelyn has a broad range of experience in teaching extending from one side of the world to the other, including stints teaching in England as well as far western Queensland.  Thankyou to all families for the way the students have started the year. Uniform and general grooming have been of a high standard.  

With our increased numbers, there has been a noticeable congestion along the Orange and Pink block verandahs in the afternoons. We have looked at ways to ease this congestion whilst also keeping the safety of our students as a priority. During these first few weeks parents are asked to assist in establishing good routines for our students by arranging a designated pick up area for your child that is not the Orange or Pink block verandahs. The large crowds on the verandahs can be very distracting for the students as they attend to organisational tasks at the end of the day. In addition, the congestion makes it difficult for class groups to reach their classrooms as they return from specialist lessons.

We will be moving some of our bench seating to the covered paved area situated south-east of the cubby house in the back Prep playground. This would be a great place for you to meet your child, allowing them the independence to walk there themselves, whilst adults have a reasonable line of sight. Please note that whilst this is a suggested meeting area, it will not be supervised by teachers after school. Thankyou for continually supporting us as we work together to create exceptional learning environments for our students. 

Katrina Walton

Assistant Principal Early Years