Hello and officially welcome back to Term 1.  Even though the holiday was perhaps a bit different, indeed a lot quieter, I know I found that spending more time at home with my family was exactly what I needed in this time of uncertainty. It’s been wonderful to hear about the adventures of all our retuning students and also to meet our new families too. Yesterday we welcomed our second Kinder class on site, so now we have all students officially at school. 

Our admin, grounds and cleaning staff have done a phenomenal job of preparing our classrooms and grounds ready for us to return. Walking around the school it is so exciting to see the work that has been completed over the break. Including, but not limited to:

• The entire courtyard redevelopment
• The new Psychologist office and support room
• The Prep bag boxes
• The re-painted hit up wall
• New shelving in the 3/4 classroom, Kinder and Music space
• New flooring in the work room, Prep room and Kinder
• Air purifiers in every classroom 

I have also been blown away by some of the classrooms (and garden spaces) and how much time and effort our teachers have put into organising and setting up. The school is looking so amazing already and I can’t wait to start sharing some of the amazing learning from our classes through Seesaw.

This year we welcome three new teachers to our school. Mr Ryan Thomas on 3/4 Blue, Mrs Louise Cripps on 5/6 Blue and Ms Bec Murray on 5/6 White. I trust you will all love our school, our community and our students as much as I do. We also said farewell to one of our beautiful and welcoming faces from the office this year. Jodi Cleaves was successful in winning a permanent position at Rony College in their office. Congratulations Jodi, your humour, flexibility and care for our children will not be forgotten.  In her place we welcome Mrs Andrea Loh to the office. Andrea has worked tirelessly over the past month with Libby and Tam to ensure that our school is well organised, safe and  ready for the students to return.