YEAR 6 CAMP

Our Year Class will be testing their courage and cooperative planning skills at the Year 6 Camp next week. There will be some very tired bodies when they return. We wish them well with their adventure and look forward to hearing some wonderful stories. We wish them a safe adventure.

REGIONAL DEBATING

Four of our students, Gemma, Harrison, Ojo and Thomas, represented the school at the Regional Debating Competition held at Corpus Christi, Waratah. Their topic was “All children should learn a musical instrument”. The team presented a very strong positive argument but were pipped by a very well drilled team from St Peter’s Stockton. Well done to the whole team who represented us with great enthusiasm and good spirits. We are very proud of you all.

KINDER ORIENTATIONS

We had a great rollup last week and our Year 5 buddies did a wonderful job welcoming them and getting them settled in for the morning. Our second day will be on Wednesday, 8 November. The children will again spend some time with Mrs Dunn and their biddies followed by lunch. The parents will be listening to our guest speaker who will explain the philosophy around the Successful Foundations program we run at the start of the Kinder year. Any other parents who might like to sit in on this talk are welcome to join us at 9:30am.

END OF YEAR CONCERT

In CAPA classes the children are preparing for our end of year concert. This will be held on Monday 11 December from 5pm. It will incorporate some great singing from the children. We will also be holding a BBQ supper and some activities for the children. If we wish hard enough, we might get a visit from someone special.

PARENT ENGAGEMENT GROUP

Apologies for not getting to the parent meeting last Monday. I look forward to meeting up with interested parents next week, Monday 30 October at 7:00pm. We will be discussing the future direction of the Association and look at planning activities for 2024. We would also like to discuss moving forward for the Canteen, Fundraising, Christmas Concert, financial management. Please come along and bring any questions or suggestions or feel free to send them into school prior.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

We are looking forward to conducting our annual swimming carnival on Friday, 1 December. It is a day for all children of all abilities. This will be a great opportunity to put into practice the skills and strengths they are developing during their weekly lessons. Stay tuned for more information and nomination forms for the events. The carnival will be held at the Mayfield Pool.

SCHOOL CAPTAINS

We are inviting the children in Year 5 to present themselves to the student body to be their representatives as School Captains. All our Year 6 children are all seen as school student leaders and are recognised by giving them leadership opportunities throughout the year. We will also be looking for students who are willing to put themselves into representative moments and advocate for their peers.

We are asking our Year 5 students to begin preparing short speeches that illustrate to the community how they would make excellent representative of the school and their peers. From Week 7 we will listen to how they will serve the school community and shortly after have a vote for our captains for 2024.

EGGS FOR SALE

We have 3 dozen fresh free-range eggs for sale that our little ladies have provided. $5 will secure a dozen for you.