Dear Parents and Carers

As we quickly come to the end of a very different few weeks once again, amidst the difficulties it is important to look for some positives and to be grateful.  We are living in turbulent times and in recent weeks have been confronted and challenged on many levels.  So amongst all of these challenges what am I grateful for?  

I am grateful for our students, for their perseverance, for their flexibility in adapting to new situations, for their kindness and their willingness to support one another.  How amazing has it been to see our Year 6 students escorting our younger students into school every morning?  I am incredibly proud of their efforts.

I am grateful to our staff for the myriad of ways they have continued to provide our students with opportunities despite restrictions and cancellations. Who would have thought we could still have had an athletics carnival experience amid COVID?  And yet that is exactly what we have seen.  The fact that despite everything that has been thrown at them in the last 13 weeks, our staff have looked for and delivered upon, new ways and opportunities to work with students and support their learning.

I am grateful for your ongoing support of the school.  Our Parents and Friends association are once again looking for opportuities to support our families.  While we are unable to hold Beachathon this term, the P&F have supported the postponement and we will hold it in a slightly different form next term, so stay tuned.  Again obstacles have been placed before us but their ability to be flexible and supportive means that our students will not miss out.

There are many other reasons to be grateful and I would urge everyone to look for something, even the smallest of things for us to give thanks for in 2020.  

With only one week remaining I know everyone is looking forward to a break.  Before that happens though we are excited about our short track sprints this Friday.  These will be live streamed so you can watch online and still adhere to the COVID restrictions.  I'm sure they will be a lot of fun! 

Have a great week.

Tim

During Learning at Home, Joshua and Allison Marshall planted snow peas.  This week they harvested the first peas from the vines and they shared the photo of their efforts with me.  Awesome work Josh and Alli!

Year 3 RE

Our Year 3's have been learning about our Parish and Diocese this term in RE.  One of their tasks was to draw a picture of what our Church looked like in the past and what it looks like now.  Check out some of their drawings.

Have a great week.

Take care and God Bless

Amanda

Semester 1 Reports.

Due to Covid- 19 interruptions to regular school routines , some changes to school reporting have been necessary. For Semester 1, teachers  have assessed and will be reporting on Religion, English, Maths and Science. No attendance data will be included in this report.

Other Learning Areas will be included in Semester 2 Reports. 

SJS Reports can be accessed through the COMPASS portal on Friday, June 26th. Further details for accessing your child’s report will be included in next week’s newsletter. If you have any concerns about logging into COMPASS, please contact our school office for assistance. 

A blue fit bit has been lost at school.

If anyone finds it can they please drop it into the office.