Athletics to a substantial carnivals amount of time away from school. Missed learning and The seniors’ assessment carnival will time are difficult take place on to catch up Tuesday 22 when students May and the have prolonged junior carnival absences. will run on Tuesday 29 Valuable Items May. Both from Home events will commence at approximately We are all 9:00am. Under that children the like to bring department’s special items Risk from home to Management show their policy some friends or events require classmates. more than one Unfortunately, adult to be run these items safely. If you sometimes end are able to help up lost, broken with the or stolen. For running of this reason we some events do not please let the encourage office children to know. The bring toys, tuckshop will swap cards, be open for tea gadgets or / coffee and anything snacks during precious to the lunch school. If a break. class teacher Attendance requires a special item to be brought from home for The school’s study purposes current (show and tell, attendance rate history, is 94.9% which science) they meets the will let families Department of know well in Education’s advance and target of make storage 95%. It is arrangements amazing how for the items quickly a while they are missed day at school. We here and there appreciate soon adds up
Athletics carnivals The seniors’ carnival will take place on Tuesday 22 May and the junior carnival will run on Tuesday 29 May. Both events will commence at approximately 9:00am. Under the department’s Risk Management policy some events require more than one adult to be run safely. If you are able to help with the running of some events please let the office know. The tuckshop will be open for tea / coffee and snacks during the lunch break. Attendance The school’s current attendance rate is 94.9% which meets the Department of Education’s target of 95%. It is amazing how quickly a missed day here and there soon adds up to a substantial amount of time away from school. Missed learning and assessment time are difficult to catch up when students have prolonged absences. Valuable Items from Home We are all that children like to bring special items from home to show their friends or classmates. Unfortunately, these items sometimes end up lost, broken or stolen. For this reason we do not encourage children to bring toys, swap cards, gadgets or anything precious to school. If a class teacher requires a special item to be brought from home for study purposes (show and tell, history, science) they will let families know well in advance and make storage arrangements for the items while they are at school. We appreciate
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