Dear mums, dads, carers and colleagues

Our time on home programs has come to an end.  From Monday, school is once again open for all students in all year levels.  Congratulations to everyone for their care and focus on children and their continued learning.  Mums and dads have been wonderful in their consistent delivery of the programs and teachers have been awesome in the creation and monitoring of them.  This has been a wonderful community partnership.  Well done.

To show their gratitude to our parents and families, the school staff has constructed a thank you video.  Our very own Mrs Walker is on vocals and she also created the lyrics.  Please hit the link and enjoy.  Click here to see the video.

School is back so please remember the restrictions and follow the rules

Managing the transition to and from school each day is a difficult task and it requires every adult - and I emphasise every adult - to follow the restrictions and guidelines completely. The government has made the restrictions non-negotiable and we must all comply. If we cannot get these restrictions right I fear that we will need to create a new plan that could see all students being dropped at the gate each morning and collected from the gate each afternoon and no parents being able to enter the school campus. I do not wish to do this but fear that we may be forced into this situation if adults continue to ignore the requirements.

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Those parents who are dropping their children at school each day must remember to:

• Use the Kiss n Go or a safe street nearby the school and children can walk into the school from there. Staff will be at the gates each day.

Who can enter the school grounds?

• Only PREP parents are currently allowed into the school.
• No other parents are allowed to come into the school unless you have personal approval to do so because your child has special needs.  You will receive a gate pass to show to be able to come into the school.  Please note that this will allow you drop off and collect from the cafe area only.  Parents of Years 1-6 students will not be able to attend classrooms unless they receive direct authorisation from me. Please contact me if you believe you need this.
• Please see me or one of the Deputies or Mrs Walker if you would like to apply for a gate pass.  

Parent waiting areas (Before and after school):

• No one is able to wait along the pathways at any time.
• Please spread out in the cafe area.

      
A successful daily drop off and collection plan will look like:

• Only Prep parents (& authorised parents) delivering students to classroom doors; and
• No one at all waiting on pathways.

I am looking forward to the removal of all restrictions but we need to do the right thing at the moment if we are to achieve this.

If we are successful, we can maintain the current plan. If this does not work, stronger restrictions must follow.

Please help by doing your part.

How can you support your child returning to school?

Congratulation Mrs Pinnington

Mrs Pinngton was recognised this week for the work she is doing as a Young Change Agents Champion.  Congratulations Mia! 

Mia began her involvement with Young Change Agents in 2018, immersing herself in an Explorer program alongside her students. After this, Mia completed our teacher e-learning modules and proactively developed her own materials to adapt the program to her students. Mia then led the facilitation with a group of students with YCA’s support in 2019. Mia became a huge supporter of Young Change Agents’ work in Southeast Queensland and is one of our strongest teacher champions. Mia is now planning to host a multi school program for 50 students & 15 teachers from 10 local schools

Congratulations Makayla

Makayla was recently chosen out of lots of other dancers to participate in a photo shoot for a new Dance ebook. She was very excited to travel to Brisbane to do the photo shoot and dress up again in her dance costumes.  Awesome work Makayla.

School numbers this week

Stay well and look after each other

Vic