Platinum Award
This week we received an email from the Department of Education congratulating us on achieving the newly instituted PLATINUM AWARD for our work with School-Wide Positive behaviour Support (SWPBS). (click for more info).
The Platinum Award has been created this year to recognise schools who are at the very forefront of implementing SWPBS. This follows on from our school receiving three straight years of Gold Awards.
This is a tremendous achievement for our school and should be celebrated by students, staff and families. It reflects the amazing work, over what is now many years, from our SMILE team and is a testament to the leadership of our Assistant Principal, Rachel Roberts, who has spearheaded SWPBS since we first began out journey in 2018.
Playground
We are so so close to the playground being operational again! We are waiting on the certification and a bit of tiding up of the area where the skip bins are currently. There's a big chance we could have students on the playground by next week. The plan will be to have a soft opening with students enjoying the new features, before an official opening ceremony later. Stay tuned.
Rubbish and nude food
An visible issues in the playground is around the number of wrappers and other rubbish that is left following each play session. Whilst we continue to remind students to use the available rubbish bins provided, there are others ways for us to promote tidiness. By embracing "nude" food, we can help to reduce the rubbish that ends up on the ground. Nude food is when lunchboxes are packed without the wrappers etc. Many lunchbox designs allow for segmented spots to place wrapper less foods. By removing the wrappers it will reduce the chance of them ending up in the playground. This isn't mandatory, but it would be a great step in the right direction!
Expo
A reminder that we will be running our Term 1 Whole School Expo during two times to cater for as many families as possible. The first will be after school on Monday, March 30th and run from 3.30pm to 4pm. The second will be the following morning, Tuesday March 31st between 8.30am and 9am. The Expo is a great opportunity for students to share their term's learning by inviting parents into the classrooms. Specialist classrooms will also be open for visits too!
Industrial Action
Please make sure you read the Compass newsfeed regarding next Tuesday's Industrial Action and the impact on classes.
