FROM OUR PRINCIPAL MRS LEANNE SMITH

Welcome to Term 3 and what a busy one it is going to be.

It was so lovely to see our LiL and Pre-Kinder families back last week experiencing all the new play experiences in the Kinder room and out in the yard.  We now have a set of musical instruments on the fence to play, a steering wheel to be the pilot of a plane or the driver of a bus or truck or whatever the children want it to be permanently in the playground as well as so many wonderful new areas inside.  If you know your child is kinder age next year and in area, please contact the office for enrolment forms. 

The Prep class are very settled in their new space for all their learning for the rest of the year.  From day one they found their new hooks for their bags and headed into the classroom ready to go.  The grade 1/2 class and the grade 4/5 class now have bag boxes, which are currently being sealed and will be back on the deck and in the classroom from next week. 

During the holidays Gavin Barber was busy removing a wall in the library so we now have the space to continue library lessons and music lessons in the space until the build is completed. 

As I’m sure many of you have seen the build is underway, with the removal of the Prep room and the marking out of all the water lines the first major jobs to do.  Today we saw most of the roof removed from the classroom.  It is a great opportunity for all classes to observe just how a building is created and all the work that needs to be done.  It is going to be very exciting to watch it develop throughout the rest of the year ready for use from the start of 2021.  Keep an eye out on Facebook for regular updates. 

Last week we saw schools back visiting the MEC and today our 2/3 class had their excursion and our 1/2 class are tomorrow.  Over the next few weeks all classes will have their excursions.  During Term 2 we had a videographer visit the centre to create a video as part of a DoE initiative sharing all the environment centres throughout the state.  As part of this he has also produced a video of just our centre.  This is currently having its final touches added to it and hopefully in the next week or two it will be ready to share with everyone.  Thanks to the 4/5 students who participated in this day to show how students engage with our environment.  

Thanks to all families who are following the current guidelines with keeping class visits to the minimum.  As we are not having regular assemblies, we have a grade 6 team who are very busy preparing a virtual assembly which should be completed ready for sharing by week 4 – keep a look our for it via Seesaw.