What a fantastic start to 2021. Students have settled beautifully and the school year is humming along. Today, we celebrated our Opening School Mass and presented our school leaders with their badges as they pledged their services to the student body. Tremendous to see such excited yet enthusiastic leaders.

As we begin our school year, it is important to revise our procedures for a safe and respectful school environment. I would like to take this opportunity to remind our families about before and after school supervision. A teacher is on duty from 8am in Bibi Goo Yumba (Prep-Yr3) and the Hall ( Yr 4- Yr6). Students will then move towards their classroom at 8.15 when the second bell rings. ANY STUDENTS ARRIVING BEFORE 8AM NEED TO GATHER IN BIBI GOO YUMBA UNTIL THE SUPERVISING TEACHER BEGINS AT 8AM. 

Albert St:

The afternoon supervision begins at 2.50 and students can move to either Albert St (down the service road) to gather near the tree. 

Hatchett St:

The Hatchett St pick up zone is where an admin person will call over the PA system to students gathered in the Hall. They will move promptly when they are called.

Church:

Students gather in the covered area of the Church and are supervised by a teacher. A second teacher patrols the crossing to ensure the safety of the pedestrians. A third staff member will call family names so students can make their way to the pick up zone for a safe departure.

Thank you to those families that have a 'family name' sign in the windscreen so staff can call students over a PA system and students can move quickly to the safe pick up zones. It is important that drivers adhere to road rules eg. speed zones and not lining up blocking traffic. Please be aware that no car should block any driveway ( and this includes the driveway of our neighbours).

We thank you for your assistance to keep our families, including yourselves, safe.

This term, we will begin rolling out "The Resilience Program". Thanks to sponsorship from the Cowboys, Holy Spirit will teach our students about 

Gratitude

Empathy

Mindfulness and 

Emotional Literacy.

We have had Ray and Luke from the Cowboys visit during our open classroom afternoon and the staff were involved in a webinar with Martin from the TRP team who spoke about the program.

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