Term 3, Week 1 - Monday 17 July, 2023

What's On This Week

Changes to Secondary Timetable

Due to recent staff changes, a new Secondary Timetable has been implemented as of today.  There will be two major changes:

The first change is a reallocation of Secondary staff members, which will in turn affect some classes.  This reallocation will better place teachers in their KLA’s, better manage staff teaching extra classes and ensure students have the best teacher for the subject.

The second change centers around the concept of professional learning teams which provide Secondary staff with the ability to meet on a regular basis to discuss student learning. This change will allow staff to focus on common language around learning intentions and success criteria along with programming and assessment.

It will provide time for staff to see where our students are at and collectively plan for future learning. The meetings will run from 8.40am to 9.00am.

For these regular meetings to happen, changes to the start of the Secondary school day will occur from the start of Term 3:

• There will be no change to lessons, only the morning homeroom.
• A warning bell will sound at 8.55am to inform Secondary students to start making their way to homeroom for a 9.00am start. 
• Period 1 will start at 9.15am. 
• There will be staff supervision of students, which will commence at 8.20am until 8.55 at the bottom driveway and basketball court.

School Uniform Policy

Please see attached the updated School Uniform P0licy, effective today.  Secondary students, in particular are being asked to take note of the following points:

1. No makeup at all, including fake eyelashes, mascara and eyeliner

2. No fake nails, nail polish must be clear only

3. If hair is touching the collar, then it must be put up.