Term1 Wk4 2024
Diary Dates
Tuesday February 27th - SAPOL visits for Purple 1 and 2, and Red 1, 5 and 6
Thursday March 7th - SCHOOL PHOTO DAY
Friday March 8th - Waterworld Excursion - Reception to Year 6
Monday March 11th - PUBLIC HOLIDAY Adelaide Cup Day
Tuesday March 12th - PROPOSED STUDENT FREE DAY - OSHC available
Wednesday March 13th - School Photo Catch Up (for students absent on March 7th)
NAPLAN Week - March 13th to March 25th - Year 3 and 5 students
Friday March 29th - PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Good Friday
Monday April 1st - PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Easter Monday
Friday April 12th - END TERM 1 - Early Dismissal 2pm - OSHC available
From the Principal
Dear families,
It has been excellent to see the range and richness of learning that is occurring right across the school. The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden lessons have commenced with all learners engaged in both the garden and the kitchen. During PE, learners are focusing on their personal best, and many are exceeding their own goals. STEM lessons have focussed on coding and designing games which is proving fascinating for many learners. Our music studio has hosted high numbers of Hip Hop auditions and the Glee Club has attracted quite a number of potential performers!
Keep an eye on our Facebook page and Seesaw for updates about these learning experiences. The QR code to join our Facebook page is included in this newsletter.
Visit from Office for Early Childhood Development
This week, we were very privileged to host a visit from Kim Little, Chief Executive of the Office of Early Childhood Development. Kim and her team will enact the recommendations in the recent Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care, including recommendations such as access to preschool for 3-year-olds. We were very proud to be one of the first preschools that were recommended to be visited in South Australia by this team. We are looking forward to further involvement with the Office for Early Childhood Development (OECD).
L-R: Kim Coyle, Bec Walker, Leonie Shelley, Kim Little, Paula Pittam
Behind The News episode – Sun Safety
Today, ABC’s Behind The News (BTN) interviewed a number of our Year 5 and 6 learners for an upcoming episode on Sun Safety. Seeing and being part of the making of a television show was valuable learning for these students. If you would like to see the episode, it will go live on Tuesday 27th February at 10am, on ABC, ABC YouTube and ABC iview.
Waterworld
On Friday 8th March (Week 6), all studios from Reception – Year 6 will go on an excursion to Waterworld. Please sign and return the consent forms so that your children can join us for this day. Just a reminder that buses will leave at 9am on this day, so children will need to arrive at school by 8.50am.
Governing Council
Thank you to the 2023 Governing Council members. We will hold our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 6th March at 3.30pm. We would love to have more parents join our Governing Council – if being a part of this key group interests you, please consider coming along to our AGM. Our Governing Council meets twice per term, on a Wednesday.
Your contact details
If your home address, email address or any other contact details have changed recently, can you please let the front office know. Thank you.
Kind regards,
Leonie
Materials and Services Fee / School card
Materials and Services Fee invoices will be sent home next week. The $100 rebate applies again for 2024 so your fees are automatically reduced by $100 which has been credited to your account, resulting in your schools fees being only $187 for the year. The rebate does not apply to eligible schoolcard applications.
If you are having difficulty paying your fees, please see the Business Manager to arrange payment options.
SCHOOLCARD
If you hold a health care card or have a customer reference number with Centrelink, you may be eligible for schoolcard. Schoolcard eligibility is based on the previous financial years income. This is assessed by the schoolcard team not the school. If you are eligible, schoolcard will cover the full cost of your school fees. Please note that schoolcard does not cover Preschool fees.
For further information regarding schoolcard elibibiliy, please visit the below website :
Please note : a new schoolcard application must be submitted each year.
School Photo Day Thursday March 7th
The School Photographer will once again be taking our school photos.
Please ensure that your child is in school uniform.
Photo envelopes have been sent home for you to place your order if you wish - there is no obligation to order. If you are ordeing, students must return their own order envelope even if the payment is enlcosed in the siblings envelope.
Orders can also be placed online.
Sibling envelopes for family photographs are available in the front office. Please complete the envelope but make the payment online if possible (instruction on the envelope). Please note : Family photographs are only for siblings enrolled at Blair Athol North B-6 school.
If your child is absent on the 7th March, there will be an opportunity for 'catch up' photos on March 13th.
Waterworld Excursion
Our annual Waterworld Excursion for Recption to Year 6 students will be held on Friday March 8th.
Please ensure that you return you consent forms for your child to be able to attend.
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Canteen Online Ordering
Did you know you can order from the canteen online?
The canteen provides a daily menu as well as many healthy daily items.