A big hearty welcome back to all of our returning students, and welcome to our brand-new students. It has been a tremendous week of new experiences regardless of the year level your child has begun this year. I am extremely grateful that we have all been able to start school together this year. Can you believe that last year we started with only our Reception and Year 1 students, and everyone commenced online learning?

Many of your questions may be answered in the upcoming "Meet the Teacher Evening", which is a great source of relevant and timely information. Remember, a lot of the information can be found in your child’s school diary. For any questions in regards to our behaviour management or uniform policies, please refer to the diary. If you have questions, next week’s "Meet the Teacher Evening" is the perfect opportunity for you to speak to your child’s teacher face to face.

Your child’s safety is important, so please help us reduce risk when they are at play and encourage all jewellery to stay at home. A necklace, bracelet, dangling earrings, ankle bracelets etc can become a hazard in the yard while at play, and sometimes these items are quite sentimentally special or valuable. We don’t want the special items to get broken or lost, nor do we want a physical injury when the item is caught up on a piece of equipment. Please take the time to explain this to your child. They can wear the jewellery on the weekends, school holidays or after school, but at school we ask that they do not wear it.

Next week all of the Year 6 and 5 students begin their year of student leadership. The Year 6 students have already nominated their student leadership roles across the groups of Lumin8 (Prefect, House and School Captains), Activ8 (lunch time active play leaders), Student Representative Council (SRC), ACTS (tailored student leadership roles around the school) and BCS Creations (multi-media production). It is very exciting that this year, our Reception students will be exploring student leadership within their daily devotional routine in their classrooms. In Weeks 1-2, our school value is love and our memory verse is from 1 John 4:21, “Love God and love others”. Our students will be learning about the value of love, and that leaders demonstrate strong leadership by loving others, and putting the needs of others ahead of their own.

I wish you and your family a wonderful start to the school year.

God bless you all,

Deb Clifford
Deputy Principal

It is wonderful to see how the students are settling in. Our Wellbeing team will work together with our students to make them feel safe and well in our school. Health care is one of the aspects we look at to make sure our students can receive the care and help they need, so they can be worry free while in the classroom and concentrate their time in fun filled classroom activities. Some of the things to remember:

• Medication and medical conditions - It is really important to update the school with any medical condition your child has regardless of its severity. If your child suffers from any medical condition and needs medication to be administered at school, please provide the school with the appropriate medication (with in expiry date) along with the management plan. The school does not administer any medication without a doctor’s authorization.
• Remember to speak to us if you need any assistance in taking care of your children’s health care needs. Together we can develop a school health care plan to help our students’ wellbeing.
• To know more about our school’s health care policies, visit our school website. If in doubt you can always contact the school and talk to me.

Vomiting/Diarrhea

Prevention is better than cure. As a school we recommend to exclude the student from school until no diarrhea or vomiting for 24-48 hours. We are encouraging everyone to make sure they wash their hands thoroughly with soap and running water after going to the toilet, before eating or preparing food, changing nappies or having contact with someone who is unwell while they are at school and at home. (visit our website for fact sheets)

God bless you,

Priya Wilson

School Nurse

Late Sign Ins

We would like to notify parents of some changes that we have implemented in the front office. As of this year, students who are signing in late will need to do so at the reception desk. Both side gates will be locked at 8.45am to help students know to sign in at the front office. All students who arrive after 8.45 am must sign in at the front office.

Lost Property

Lost property has now been moved. It will no longer be at the Student Desk. A container has been placed in the undercover area in front of Mrs Clifford's office. If your child has lost anything, please ask them to check this container. The container will be checked regularly for any named items which will be returned to the right child. Please remember to label all your child's belongings.

Early Pick Ups

If you know that you are going to collect your child early from school, we ask that you notify us before 9.30 am. We understand that sometimes emergencies happen, but please try to give us as much notice as possible. This will give us plenty of time to notify the class teacher and allows the teacher time to have your child ready. Please avoid picking up your child at lunch time. Children are at lunch play between 1pm and 1.40pm and we are unable to locate them in the yard during this time. 

Junk Food

Please remember that we do not encourage the consumption of junk food at school. If you have not packed lunch for your child we can arrange for a sandwich to be made for your child. We do not deliver junk/fast food for your child to consume at school.

Please return consent forms by Monday 13th February, 2023.