From the Principal’s desk

It is great to see the STEAM room back into full swing again. Classes are cooling and coding at the same time. This
helps to keep the Covid safety measures in place by reducing the number of children in each group at one time.
The children are also wearing PPE gloves and taking care in all parts of the process to keep the classes safe. They
LOVE the cooking classes and enjoy eating the finished product!
At each weekly assembly, four students from each class are awarded a merit card for their great class work, their
fabulous behaviour or their efforts toward making the school a great place to be. The reading merit awards are
given to students who complete a certain number of nights reading. A change for this year is that the certificates
that the children receive as part of our PBL system of rewards are now able to be included as a merit award. This
gives the children greater scope to earn higher awards. Because of this we have adjusted the system by giving it a
1-year time frame. The Assembly Awards structure begins afresh each year.
Once a student has attained the required merits to be traded for the next higher award, they hand them back to
their teacher to be stamped and returned and they will be presented with the higher award at the next school
assembly.
Note, for the SILVER and GOLD Principal’s award, the student needs a new CITIZENSHIP AWARD to be able to claim
the Principal’s Award. The school staff and I keep a keen eye out for students who have shown to be true citizens
of our wonderful school and will be presenting the Citizenship Award at assembly! Only those who show true
Citizenship will get these awards. I suggest that all school awards achieved by students be kept in a special folder
at home.

Mr Culhane