The past two weeks have been very busy and you may have some very tired little people at home this week! We have officially hit “hump week’ of Term four and are looking forward to another productive five weeks of 2018.  

Early Childhood Swim Fun was a huge success this week and all students did an awesome job, both in the pool and becoming increasingly more independent and organised.  A big thank you to the parents who washed, dried and organised their children’s swim gear each night and in time for the next lesson.

Grade 6 Camp went off without a hitch last week, and I was overwhelmed with how respectful, courteous and helpful all our Grade 6 students were away from home. The facilities and environment at Spring Beach were by far one of the best camps I have ever been on, and I must give a huge shout out to Mrs Bloomfield and Ms Doyle for all their hard work and organisation. The food alone was equal to eating in a five star restaurant! Opportunities like these for our students have such an positive impact on their social and emotional wellbeing. We are very lucky to have such dedicated staff who give up their own time to organise and attend these extracurricular activities.

Kinder Possums and Wombats had a wonderful day at the Marine Discovery Centre on Wednesday this week and it was so lovely to hear all about what they experienced and discovered on their excursion. Our Facebook page contains some lovely photos of this, and lots of other activities around the school and I encourage you all to have a look and “Like” our school page.

2019 class lists and structures have now been finalised and I would like to thank all those parents who made appointments, sent emails or called the school with information to help support these placements. As you are aware next year we are moving to 15 classes. Staff have been allocated to their classes and there will be some considerable movement throughout the school to help facilitate several staff changing grades. The following table will show what our structures will look like in 2019.

As you may be aware the public sector unions have called stop work action on Wednesday 28th November until 10:30am. We are working to determine whether our school can continue to care for your children safely during this time.  We will advise early next week whether arrangements will be in place at our school to supervise your children, or whether the school will be opening at 10:30am on that day. We understand this is a difficult situation for families and appreciate your patience while these matters are worked through.

Henley Christmas is quickly approaching and we look forward to seeing you there on Friday 7th December from 5pm. I am very  pleased to announce that the School Association has purchased a new sound system for the school so that we can ensure that you can hear all of our student singing their hearts out on the night. This sound system will also be beneficial for the fair, school carnivals, events and BBQ’s, quiz nights etc. and we are very grateful for this generous donation.

Kind Regards,

Kel Innis

Principal

Congratulations to the following students who were celebrated in this week’s assembly for their achievements:

Principal’s Awards-

Prep B 

Emily - for always giving her best effort, concentrating hard and progressing well with her learning. 

Charlie - for his super thinking and enthusiasm when learning his numberwork.

Prep C

Bailee - for the wonderful writing an spelling she shows in her written work. 

Baxter - for trying hard with all his work. 

1D

Aimee - for a positive attitude towards all of her work.

Koa - for his excellent effort with measurement.

1DO

Zander - for amazing focus and determination with his reading development.

Davis - always making a positive contribution to class discussion.

2BB

Chloe - or being very engaged in all her learning tasks.

Ryan - for being a careful worker, following directions to complete his work.

2FP

Addison - for confident speaking and performing in our puppet plays.

Kurtis - for working well with a partner and making more of an effort to work co-operatively in a group situation.3/4L

David - for his curious mind and squiring mind, which ensures he has a good understanding of how things work, especially in relation to the mathematical and scientific world. 

Jack - for being an avid reader, a big thinker, a creative problem solver and a very caring class member. 

3/4SM

Ivy - For a very settled start to Term 4 at her new school. It’s a pleasure to have you here, Ivy!

Jack - his great work in his reading group this term. 

3/4T

Addison - for always finishing her work in a timely and well-presented manner. She is a positive role model for her classmates. Well done!

Marlee - for working hard to improve her writing skills this term. Well done!

5I

Chelsea - for an improvement in her overall neatness and organisation of her written work.

Cane - for consistently displaying a "can do" attitude towards learning tasks throughout the year.

5/6B

Josie - for displaying support and compassion to her peers and a willingness to put the groups needs ahead of her own.

 Nic - displaying a willingness to take on extra responsonsibilities and supporting his peers during challenges on Grade 6 camp.

6D

Layla - for a great effort on camp, especially in mixing with her peers.

William - a great job helping in the kitchen at camp, particularly in clean up times. 

Assembly Presenters - 

Avalon, Noah, Aime, Lachi, Charlie and Bill.

The final fortnightly assembly for 2018 will be on Wednesday 28th November at 2pm in the GP room.

The following School Triathlon information was sent home last week:

Good luck to all of our students who are participating this year!

If your child is participating in the annual DEC Concert, please have a read of the information below. Tickets are now on sale!

TasNetworks will be bringing their Bright Sparks electrical safety program to our school this Wednesday 21st November and Thursday 22nd November. 

They will be filming some parts of the sessions, asking questions and taking photos of classes enjoying the activites for their promotional material within schools and the community. Please let the office staff know if you don't wish for your child to be included in the promotional material. 

This year's Grade 6 Leavers Assembly and Dinner will both be held on Tuesday 18th December. 

Invitations for the assembly will be coming home with students shortly. 

At this stage, the Leavers Dinner will be held at the Geilston Bay Boat Club in De Bomfords Lane. 

Please contact Ms Doyle or Mrs Bloofield if you have any questions around these events. 

Congratulations to our Inter-Primary swimming team who came 3rd in the SPSSA Division B carnival on Tuesday 6th November. Awesome effort!

Let’s meet the rest of our Student Representative Council members;

School banking deposits are collected and processed every Wednesday. If your child has collected 10 tokens, they are able to redeem them for a great reward! Take a look at the Commonwealth Bank Dollarmites 

All rewards need to be ordered in the next 4 weeks to ensure they are delivered before the end of year holidays, 

We are in need of a volunteer/s to take over the school banking program. It is approximately 1 hour per week during the term. Our current Banking Co-Ordinator, Mandy, will be on hand to support and train the new volunteer/s. If you are able to help out, please come in and see the friendly office staff.