What a fantastic event our school coordinated last week to acknowledge the Bullying “No Way” campaign. We had a huge response to our banner which was visible from the highway, even 'Triple M' shared our Facebook post on their website. Students wore orange to celebrate the day and raise awareness across the school. Students also undertook educational activities in class supported by teachers. A big thanks must also go to Mrs Raspin and Mrs Westerhof who supported the design and construction of the banner in their own time.

I would like to acknowledge a couple of important staff members who will be starting leave this week. We wish Miss Gard all the best on her maternity leave as she prepares to welcome her first child in to the world, we will welcome Miss Gard back in 2020. We will also farewell Mrs Newton-Brown this week who goes off on Long Service Leave until August, we hope she has a fantastic break!

Our mornings in 2019 look slightly different with daily fitness shifting to the start of the day from Tuesday – Thursday, Meet and Greets Monday and Mindfulness Fridays. Emma our School Nurse is supporting class teachers with mindfulness resources to use. We have also altered the structures for assemblies this year. Instead of having 3 separate assemblies to cover all classes, we will now have an Infant and Upper Primary assembly on alternate weeks.  These assemblies have both commenced this year with great community numbers attending. At the end of each term in week 10 we will have a whole school assembly and endeavour to fit all students and parents into our gym.

Last week I had the pleasure of announcing our new Student Voice Team and presenting them with their badges. These students will become an important part of our school, guiding school decisions which specifically impact on students. I also attended the Inter-School Athletics Carnival on Monday and was very proud to watch our students performing to the best of their abilities and demonstrating our school values by cheering on their peers.

A final reminder that we will be holding our AGM for the School Association on Tuesday 2^nd April at 6.15pm. I would like to encourage any parents or community members to attend and get involved in the decision making and direction of our great school moving forward.