Our school is proud to facilitate a caring learning environment, which enables students to continually grow academically, spiritually, physically, emotionally and socially.
We look forward to working with you and your children as partners to create a successful educational experience.
We look forward to working with you and your children as partners to create a successful educational experience.
Arrival
On the first day of school, students can be dropped off at our Prep classroom between 8.30 and 8.40am. Please ensure that morning goodbyes are kept short and sweet to enable your child to transition into a successful day. If they are upset for any reason, we will ensure your child is fully supported as they become comfortable with their new peers and surroundings.
The following 'Arrival' information applies from the second week onwards.
Teacher supervision of the students (in the undercover area) begins at 8:15am. Your child should only arrive at school after this time so that they are not unsupervised. If your child needs to be dropped off early, please make a booking with the Outside School Hours Care team.
An assembly bell rings at 8.35am each morning and your child should line up with our class in the undercover area when this bell rings. They should not stay with a parent during this time. If you would like to walk your child up to the undercover area, please ensure you have said your goodbyes before they line up.
PARENTS/GUARDIANS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WALK THEIR CHILD TO THE CLASSROOM UNLESS THEY SIGN IN AT THE OFFICE FIRST.
If your child is experiencing difficulties saying goodbye, either myself, Mrs Whittaker or an administration representative will walk them to the classroom and settle them. This is an important transitional strategy so that your child does not expect you to walk them to the room each day. Additionally, I believe that it is important for Prep children to carry their own bags/belongings to the classroom so that they learn the valuable skill of independence.
It is very important that your child arrives at school on-time so that they can hear any messages for the day and participate in our whole-school prayer time. Additionally, I believe that arriving at school around 8.15-8.20am will give your child more opportunities to establish social links with their classmates before the bell rings. When a child is late it can affect their whole day. Every minute in our day counts. Please have your child at school on time each and every day.
On the first day of school, students can be dropped off at our Prep classroom between 8.30 and 8.40am. Please ensure that morning goodbyes are kept short and sweet to enable your child to transition into a successful day. If they are upset for any reason, we will ensure your child is fully supported as they become comfortable with their new peers and surroundings.
The following 'Arrival' information applies from the second week onwards.
Teacher supervision of the students (in the undercover area) begins at 8:15am. Your child should only arrive at school after this time so that they are not unsupervised. If your child needs to be dropped off early, please make a booking with the Outside School Hours Care team.
An assembly bell rings at 8.35am each morning and your child should line up with our class in the undercover area when this bell rings. They should not stay with a parent during this time. If you would like to walk your child up to the undercover area, please ensure you have said your goodbyes before they line up.
PARENTS/GUARDIANS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO WALK THEIR CHILD TO THE CLASSROOM UNLESS THEY SIGN IN AT THE OFFICE FIRST.
If your child is experiencing difficulties saying goodbye, either myself, Mrs Whittaker or an administration representative will walk them to the classroom and settle them. This is an important transitional strategy so that your child does not expect you to walk them to the room each day. Additionally, I believe that it is important for Prep children to carry their own bags/belongings to the classroom so that they learn the valuable skill of independence.
It is very important that your child arrives at school on-time so that they can hear any messages for the day and participate in our whole-school prayer time. Additionally, I believe that arriving at school around 8.15-8.20am will give your child more opportunities to establish social links with their classmates before the bell rings. When a child is late it can affect their whole day. Every minute in our day counts. Please have your child at school on time each and every day.
Late Arrival
If your child arrives at school after 8.40am, please do not drop them off in the drop-off area. Students arriving after 8.40am should be signed in at the office by their parent/guardian. Please do not bring them directly to the classroom as our attendance rolls are marked electronically and you will be redirected to the office so that adjustments to the roll can be made and your child will be issued with a late slip to give to me.
It is also a legal requirement that any parent or helper must sign in at the office if they are on the school grounds between 8.40am and 2.55pm each day. This is to ensure that requirements relating to both fire safety and student safety are met.
If your child arrives at school after 8.40am, please do not drop them off in the drop-off area. Students arriving after 8.40am should be signed in at the office by their parent/guardian. Please do not bring them directly to the classroom as our attendance rolls are marked electronically and you will be redirected to the office so that adjustments to the roll can be made and your child will be issued with a late slip to give to me.
It is also a legal requirement that any parent or helper must sign in at the office if they are on the school grounds between 8.40am and 2.55pm each day. This is to ensure that requirements relating to both fire safety and student safety are met.
After School
During the first week, we ask that you collect your child from our classroom each day (unless older siblings are collecting them, or they are going to after school care).
Unless you have signed yourself in at the office (and are wearing a volunteer tag), please remain in the 'Parents Area' until 2:55pm, when the bell rings. If you see other parents entering the school grounds without a volunteer tag, please redirect them to the office.
From Week 2 onwards, all Prep students will be walked to the undercover area at 2.55pm. Please ensure you have informed your child as to where you will be picking them up from in the afternoon (it may be the undercover area, the pick up zone - "white post" - or after school care). If your routine changes, please let me know via email or a note in your child’s KIT folder so that I can remind them. An "A" written on their hand will remind me that they need to go to After School Care!
IF YOU ARE PICKING THEM UP FROM THE UNDERCOVER AREA AND ARE RUNNING LATE, DON’T PANIC!
I know that school car parks can be very busy places. I will walk them to the pick-up area (“white post”) and you can collect them from there.
During the first week, we ask that you collect your child from our classroom each day (unless older siblings are collecting them, or they are going to after school care).
Unless you have signed yourself in at the office (and are wearing a volunteer tag), please remain in the 'Parents Area' until 2:55pm, when the bell rings. If you see other parents entering the school grounds without a volunteer tag, please redirect them to the office.
From Week 2 onwards, all Prep students will be walked to the undercover area at 2.55pm. Please ensure you have informed your child as to where you will be picking them up from in the afternoon (it may be the undercover area, the pick up zone - "white post" - or after school care). If your routine changes, please let me know via email or a note in your child’s KIT folder so that I can remind them. An "A" written on their hand will remind me that they need to go to After School Care!
IF YOU ARE PICKING THEM UP FROM THE UNDERCOVER AREA AND ARE RUNNING LATE, DON’T PANIC!
I know that school car parks can be very busy places. I will walk them to the pick-up area (“white post”) and you can collect them from there.
Communication Folder
Your child will have a folder for communication between home and school. It should be brought to school in your child’s bag every day, and it returns home each afternoon. It is used to carry important notes from the school and home readers later in the year.
Your child will have a folder for communication between home and school. It should be brought to school in your child’s bag every day, and it returns home each afternoon. It is used to carry important notes from the school and home readers later in the year.
Attendance
Attendance is vital in your child’s education. Each day provides valuable learning experiences that can’t be missed! I understand that your child will occasionally be sick as well as have scheduled doctor’s appointments. After an absence of any kind, please email me (or send a note) explaining the reason for the absence. Please include your child’s name and date of absence on the note.
Attendance is vital in your child’s education. Each day provides valuable learning experiences that can’t be missed! I understand that your child will occasionally be sick as well as have scheduled doctor’s appointments. After an absence of any kind, please email me (or send a note) explaining the reason for the absence. Please include your child’s name and date of absence on the note.
Library Bags
Students MUST bring a library bag to protect borrowed books. We use a ‘No Bag, No Borrow’ policy. If you do not have a Library bag, you could use an old pillow case or a heavy duty plastic bag. Details of our library borrowing day will be posted on our blog each week.
Students MUST bring a library bag to protect borrowed books. We use a ‘No Bag, No Borrow’ policy. If you do not have a Library bag, you could use an old pillow case or a heavy duty plastic bag. Details of our library borrowing day will be posted on our blog each week.
Birthdays
Birthdays are a special time of the year for each child! If your child would like to share a small birthday treat with the class, please let me know. Our school prefers that individual cupcakes or ice blocks are distributed on birthdays, rather than large cakes (as knives are not kept in the classroom). These treats will be shared just before our afternoon tea break.
Birthdays are a special time of the year for each child! If your child would like to share a small birthday treat with the class, please let me know. Our school prefers that individual cupcakes or ice blocks are distributed on birthdays, rather than large cakes (as knives are not kept in the classroom). These treats will be shared just before our afternoon tea break.
Conferences
We will have timetabled conferences at the completion of Term 2. If you would like to request a meeting with me other than the timetabled conference, please don’t hesitate to make an appointment with me via email or a note in your child’s KIT Folder. Open communication is essential in the successful education of your child!
We will have timetabled conferences at the completion of Term 2. If you would like to request a meeting with me other than the timetabled conference, please don’t hesitate to make an appointment with me via email or a note in your child’s KIT Folder. Open communication is essential in the successful education of your child!
Munch and Crunch
Every day the children will have a ‘Munch and Crunch’ to help them refuel and boost their concentration in the classroom. Please send in a healthy snack (fresh fruit or vegetables only) preferably cut up, in a named sealed container to be eaten mid-morning. This break will only be short (approximately 5 minutes) so please keep this in mind when preparing this snack.
Please help your child to be aware of their Munch and Crunch. Please show them if you have placed it in another container or if it is in their lunch box. As of next week they will be unpacking all their things by themselves, so it is important they know what it looks like.
Every day the children will have a ‘Munch and Crunch’ to help them refuel and boost their concentration in the classroom. Please send in a healthy snack (fresh fruit or vegetables only) preferably cut up, in a named sealed container to be eaten mid-morning. This break will only be short (approximately 5 minutes) so please keep this in mind when preparing this snack.
Please help your child to be aware of their Munch and Crunch. Please show them if you have placed it in another container or if it is in their lunch box. As of next week they will be unpacking all their things by themselves, so it is important they know what it looks like.
Lunch
Food choices impact heavily at school. What children eat will affect how they behave, how they perform at school and how they interact with others.
Diet is important not only for physical health, but also for optimal mental development and functioning.
Please avoid sending foods that contain food additives. Remember that if it comes out of a box, it will have additives - don't believe the packaging! Additives can negatively impact behaviour and general well-being. I encourage all children to eat a selection of fresh fruit (not pre-packaged pretend ‘fruit') during the day. I also recommend a sandwich and fruit yoghurt. In most cases, children won’t need any more than the above items. The use of containers to store fruit, yoghurt and sandwiches is an excellent (and cheap) way to role-model environmentally friendly eating habits, rather than plastic wrapping.
Children need food that they can manage. Please teach and encourage your child to open their own containers, packets and juice poppers.
Additionally, please ensure that your child brings a drink bottle of water (NEVER cordial) to school every day. We have scheduled drink breaks during the day and access to a water bottle near the room is a lot more time-efficient than using water fountains.
Food choices impact heavily at school. What children eat will affect how they behave, how they perform at school and how they interact with others.
Diet is important not only for physical health, but also for optimal mental development and functioning.
Please avoid sending foods that contain food additives. Remember that if it comes out of a box, it will have additives - don't believe the packaging! Additives can negatively impact behaviour and general well-being. I encourage all children to eat a selection of fresh fruit (not pre-packaged pretend ‘fruit') during the day. I also recommend a sandwich and fruit yoghurt. In most cases, children won’t need any more than the above items. The use of containers to store fruit, yoghurt and sandwiches is an excellent (and cheap) way to role-model environmentally friendly eating habits, rather than plastic wrapping.
Children need food that they can manage. Please teach and encourage your child to open their own containers, packets and juice poppers.
Additionally, please ensure that your child brings a drink bottle of water (NEVER cordial) to school every day. We have scheduled drink breaks during the day and access to a water bottle near the room is a lot more time-efficient than using water fountains.
Tuckshop
Please carefully consider the food that you order for your child from the school tuckshop as we aim to educate the children to make healthy choices in their lives.
Please carefully consider the food that you order for your child from the school tuckshop as we aim to educate the children to make healthy choices in their lives.
Uniform
All prep children are required to wear the correct school uniform.
All children will wear:
A school sports shirt
Shorts or culottes
Light blue ankle socks
Black leather or leather-look shoes
A school hat everyday
Neat and tidy hair, tied back if long as per the parent handbook information
Jewellery in accordance with the parent handbook
All prep children are required to wear the correct school uniform.
All children will wear:
A school sports shirt
Shorts or culottes
Light blue ankle socks
Black leather or leather-look shoes
A school hat everyday
Neat and tidy hair, tied back if long as per the parent handbook information
Jewellery in accordance with the parent handbook
Medicine
For the safety of all students, there are rules and regulations regarding medicines. If your child requires medication, he/she will go to the office to have it administered. Parents must personally bring all medication to the office and fill out the appropriate medication form. Medications of any nature will not be accepted or administered in the classroom.
For the safety of all students, there are rules and regulations regarding medicines. If your child requires medication, he/she will go to the office to have it administered. Parents must personally bring all medication to the office and fill out the appropriate medication form. Medications of any nature will not be accepted or administered in the classroom.