Hello Parents and Carers,

Welcome to our second newsletter for Term 4.

Successful Learners

Excitement is building as our Year 12 students prepare to graduate. The Graduation Evening on Wednesday 13^th November, held at Gunabul Homestead, and the final Graduation Ceremony on their last day of school, Friday 15^th November sees the culmination of 13 years of schooling for this group of 6 graduates. It is both an exciting and slightly daunting time for most graduating students as they prepare for their futures outside of school.

I was able to go to the Swimming Pool recently to support some of our early years students as they engaged in their swimming lessons/ water awareness. I saw many happy, excited faces and lots of splashing and kicking. 

Engaged Partners

Thank you to those families who were able to attend Chappy Naomi’s Morning Tea this week. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to meet some parents/carers in an informal setting, enjoying some of Chappy Naomi’s home baked muffins with a cuppa.

We will aim to hold another Morning Tea in a few weeks’ time and would love more families to come and support each other with a discussion about NDIS. Some families would like to have a chat about how their plans are going and share ideas and concerns in an informal setting of a cuppa and a bit of cake. If you are interested - watch out for our Facebook post in the next week or so. Chappy Naomi will also send home an invitation. We will hold this morning tea on Thursday 28^th November after drop off time.

If you have any suggestions for parent get-togethers for the future – especially next year in 2020, please let me know or let Chappy Naomi know, as we would like to support our families as best we can.

Empowered Workforce

Teaching staff will be busy moderating student work next week to ensure consistency around reporting. Teacher will begin writing reports shortly.

We recently celebrated World Teacher’s day at school with our wonderful Teacher Aides providing a terrific morning tea for the teaching staff. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all teachers on staff for their commitment and hard work. It is a privilege to work with staff who are so caring and focussed on ensuring great outcomes for our students.