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1. Stage 1 General Information
Note
Term 1, 2015
Homework
Homework will start in week 4. The books that will come home for home reading are books that are used on a daily basis for
teaching in the classroom.Pleaseassistyour child to remember that their green, blue or clear folder must come to school every day.
Medications
All medications must be organised with the front office. Please do not send students to school with any medication in their b ag.
If you have important medical information regarding your child, could you please pass on the updated details to the front office
staff. If your child has anaphylaxis, asthma or acsia, we require an action plan developed in conjunction with and signed off on by
your GP
Attendance
For the benefit of all children,parents and carers should ensuretheir child attends school regularly.School starts at 8:55am – please
try to arrive before this to allow students to settle and do any morning jobs i.e. lunch orders.
Any absence from school needs to be explained within seven days of the absence. Please send a written, dated and signed note to
your class teacher. If you are running late in the morning, please fill in a late slip in the front office and give it to the teacher. If you
need to collect your child early for some reason, you must also complete a form at the front office and give that note to the class
teacher. If your child is to be away for a longer duration of time, please notify the front office in order to fill out the appropriate
forms.
Labelling
Please label every item of clothing that might be removed (hats, jumpers) and other belongings (lunch box, drink bottle). This way
any lost property can be returned to your child.
Lost Property
There are two yellow bins in the lobby outside Mrs Wagner’s classroom that may contain your child’s lost item.
Fruit Break
Please remember that students need a small piece of fruit each morning, already cut up in small pieces.
Scripture
Students have been placed in the same Scripture group as last year. If you would like to make any changes to the Scripture gr oup
that your child attends, please send a note to the office. Ethics classes will be offered to both Year 1 and Year 2 students.
Head Lice
Unfortunately these can be a common occurrence!We recommend that you regularly check your child’s hair.As infestations can be
quite common in primary schools,itis best to use a treatment that can be used over time. There is no singlesolution to eradication,
only persistence.
Excursions/Incursions
Incursion : Floating on a Sea of Stories - Monday 9th March (Week 7)
Incursion : Science of Sound Show – Thursday 26th March (Week 9)
Excursion : TERM 2 : Field of Mars - Tuesday 2nd June (Week7) Yr 2 Wednesday 27th May (Week 6) Yr 1
Life Education : Healthy Harold will be visiting us in week 3.
Easter Events
Year 1 will be participating in the Easter Hat Parade and year 2 will be part of the Egg Decorating Competition. This will be held in
week 10, 2nd April, 2015.
Money and Notes
All notes with money are to be handed in at the front office. All other notes go straight to the classroom teacher.
Communicating With Teachers
If you wish to discussyour child’sprogress or any queries or concerns,pleaseorganisean interview with your teacher at a mutually
agreeable time.
Parent Teacher Interviews: A formal week has been set asidefor Week 10.
Teacher Emails – All emails areto be addressed to the school.These will then be passed onto the class teacher. Individual teachers
may wish to hand out their emails attheir own discretion.
Assemblies Starting Term 2
Assemblies will notcommence until Term 2. This allows thestudents to spend Term 1 practisingsingingand assembly routines in
preparation for Term 2. All classes will still havethe opportunity to run an assembly with parents informed of their child’s
performance through the classroomteacher. The set number of class awardswill still behanded out by the classroomteacher at
singingevery alternate week.
Classroom Access
Students and parents are NOT to access classrooms withoutthe presence of a teacher.