Swimming has started brilliantly, all students enjoying their learning in the pool.

At Last night's School Association meeting we discussed the start of the year and there were a couple of points to share from that meeting.

• As the weather is warm and our bubblers are not connected (are being fixed) students are always welcome to take their drink bottles with them to the playground for recess and lunch.
• Rubbish from lunches. At Molesworth we ask all students to leave all their wrappers etc in their lunch boxes to take home.  We like parents to see what their child has or has not eaten and as we do not have rubbish collection here it helps reduce the amount of rubbish at school.  We understand that yoghurt that has been opened can make a mess in bags so all teachers will talk with their classes about putting the yoghurt waste in our bins.
• Seesaw – All classes are now regularly using Seesaw – please use this as the best way to communicate with your child’s teacher and keep an eye out for messages from the class. If you are having trouble connecting please talk with your child’s teacher.

Also, please check emails and SZapp for the two notices sent home today regarding School Association Committee parent vacancy nominations and our Term 1 Fundraiser.

Music program at Molesworth – This year, within our staffing, we have not been able to offer music for the year.  The students continue to have PE, Dance and Drama as well as IT sessions.  We are looking at our options to continue to offer our students music.  If there is anyone who has music skills that might be able to volunteer some time. E.g. guitar, ukulele, choir. Please contact the office.  Later in the year we are hoping to offer music for the development of class performances.

This Friday we are running our SRC elections.  There are many Grade 6 students busy preparing their speeches to share with our Grade 3 to Grade 6 students.  This year we will continue to have 4 SRC reps and 3 sports leaders.  Good luck to all the Grade 6's for Friday.

There is an increasing number of students very interested in learning the rules and playing chess.  Black Square Chess (https://blacksquarechess.com) run an  8 week program during terms 1-4. These programs are run at a time-slot of the schools choice and fall into three categories: Before School (8-9am), Lunchtime (1-1:45pm) or After School (3-4pm), Monday through Friday. This means there are 15 potential time-slots to suit your school. If you are interested in your child joining please email the office.  The link above gives you information about what they offer and the cost to parents.

NAPLAN for our Grade 3 and Grade 5 students takes place in week 5 and 6 of this term.  There is a separate item attached with more information about NAPLAN 2023.   

For more information about NAPLAN:

• contact Mrs Smith at school
• contact your local test administration authority at https://nap.edu.au
• visit nap.edu.au To learn how ACARA handles personal information for NAPLAN, visit https://nap.edu.au/naplan/privacy