BOARD NEWS
Board Election Closes 4pm, Thursday 22 September
Voting closes at 4pm, tomorrow (Thursday 22 September). Votes can be dropped into the ballot box in the School Office till voting closes and they will then be couriered to the Returning Officer for counting. If you are posting your vote, it must reach the Returning Officer by the end of the fifth day after voting closes. So, vote now! It is important to have people representing your voice on our next board. Results will be announced to the community once nominees have been informed of whether they have been successful or not. We expect that this will be at the end of next week.
Outgoing Board News
At last week’s board meeting we farewelled longstanding board members Mark Williams, Angela Schleif and Ambresh Kapoor who have served our school over the last 6+ years and given support to the many positive initiatives that have helped to create a school we can be proud of.
The Board’s final news to share with you is the development of our top field into a bike skills course, athletics track and fitness area. Watch this space in Term 4 to learn more about this project and ways you can help us achieve it, such as bulldozing, drainage, signage, sponsorship, fundraising, lighting. Our first fundraiser will be a Xmas raffle in term 4. To view the plan for this 3-Stage development check the Community Noticeboard facing the quad.
Reporting to Parents Survey Result
Thank you to those who took part in this survey – 25% of our parent community. As we are trialling a new schedule this year, it is important that parents offer feedback, so that we can continue to improve this. This term, parents will have received 3 Seesaw posts – 1 each for your child’s reading, writing and maths – showing what your child is achieving at this point in time. The key feedback received from the survey was:
- Parents appreciated the timely feedback about their child’s progress and achievement
- Most parents surveyed had read their child’s Terms 1-2 reading, writing & maths Seesaw Posts
- The majority of respondents liked the new ‘face to face’ meeting dates – i.e. the day before school started in term 1 and mid-term 2.
- Some parents may need further support to understand curriculum achievement levels – 88% had their child’s progress clearly explained to them, 72% felt their child’s achievement was clearly explained to them and 86% had their child’s reading, writing and maths curriculum level shared with them
We will use this information to continue to develop how we report to parents. At the end of term 4, all students who have been at our school for at least 10 weeks will receive a written report.
Enrolments
To help us plan ahead, please pre-enrol your child as soon as they turn 4. You can do this online via our website or collect an enrolment pack from the Office. At the moment, with our roll sitting at 143 students, we need to ensure that we have staffing and classrooms organised so that all of our students are well accommodated.
School Traffic
WCC representatives met with us this week to discuss ways of solving the multitude of problems caused by drivers outside our school. In the meantime, we ask that you:
- Do not undertake u-turns or reverse along the school’s frontage
- Do not park your car on the grass verge of our neighbours’ properties
- Do not let your child get out of a car directly in front of oncoming traffic
- Do not drop your children off or pick them up in the staff carpark – this is a NO STUDENT zone
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