A reminder that our school day starts at 8:55am.
School grounds are supervised from 8:30am. Please do not send your child to school prior to this, as there is no supervision. I have seen numerous students waiting outside the gates as early as 8:00am. This is far too early, as their safety cannot be assured prior to 8:30am. If you need supervision prior to 8:30am please make contact with our wonderful OOSH, they are very accommodating and we are so fortunate to have them onsite.
It has been wonderful to see our students in school hats, they look great! Just a reminder, if a school hat is lost or misplaced, they are available to purchase from the front office, there’s no need to go through the uniform shop to purchase one.
Lastly, if needing to make contact with the school please see the various ways you can do this on the ‘Communicating with our school’ flyer included at the end of this newsletter. It will also be shared via School Bytes. The ‘Communicating with our school’ factsheet provides guidelines on how to most effectively request contact, via phone call, email etc.
The first point of call should always be the classroom teacher, as they know your child best and will most likely be able to address your concern/query. In the event that you have done this and still feel the need for some further information, the Assistant Principal for each stage should be your next point of call. Our Assistant Principals oversee everything that occurs within their stage. A reminder that our Assistant Principals for each stage are:
Kindergarten: Mrs Banzon Mon - Wed & Mrs Barnaby (relieving) Thurs & Fri
Stage 1: Mr Calaizis
Stage 2: Mrs Bleeker Mon - Thurs & Mr Loosemore (relieving) Fri
Stage 3: Ms Phillips
For more serious matters or situations that have not been resolved by going through the above steps the next point of call is the Deputy Principal, which is Mrs McLerie this term.
For more urgent matters, or matters that have not been resolved through the above steps the Principal is the person to contact.
Please be assured that all of the executive team; Assistant Principals, the Deputy Principal and myself liaise on a daily basis and will intervene at various times if we see a situation calls for it.
As always, we prefer families to reach out to us to seek clarification and raise concerns before things become overwhelming or unmanageable. We would prefer to work with our families in the early stages, as opposed to responding to situations that have gotten a little bigger than they perhaps needed to be.
We are very fortunate to work and live in such a wonderful community and look forward to the year that we all have ahead of us.
Woonona sure is a busy place and has something happening for everyone!
