Dear parents/carers and guardians,
This term is whizzing past! Thank you for your continued support of the school and teaching staff. Term 4 is well known to be the busiest one of the year and includes report writing, after school events, reviewing our Annual Implementation Plan and planning for 2024.
Creative Minds festival
Thank you to the team responsible for planning, organising and running the Creative Minds festival – Bec Geddes, Tam Brown, Eric Stock, Matt Di Nardo, Nat Hill and Lynda Hand. The amount of time that these staff members invested is enormous. The parents, students and staff who attended enjoyed themselves immensely. It was great to see students push past their nerves and perform live - a highly commendable effort! I would also like to thank those who supported the event by attending on the night. There are plenty of photos of the night on our Facebook page for you to have a look at!
Bell times
Next year, bell times will remain the same. That is, a 9am commencement of the day and a 3.10pm finish. There have been no plans to change the school hours. We are required to provide 300 minutes of face-to-face instruction each day for our students which we do under the current timetable.
Timbarra Community Festival
Planning for the festival is well underway! The carnival will be bigger and better this year and will include rides, petting zoo, stalls and food trucks! The carnival is scheduled to take place on the Wednesday, 13th of December. If you would like to purchase ride coupons or wristbands, please follow this link: https://compasstix.com/e/6ew0z7w8jq. If you would like to host a stall, please contact Kristen Poulton via the school email or the front office. Information regarding the carnival is regularly posted on our FB page.
Professional Practice Day
On Tuesday 5th of December, all staff will be undertaking their Professional Practice Day (PPD). Under the current agreement, teaching staff are entitled to two PPDs during 2023 (one per semester). As written on the Department website, Professional practice days provide teachers with release from their scheduled duties (all duties which would have been otherwise scheduled, including teaching) to focus on the improved delivery of high-quality teaching and learning. The Department have given schools permission to run one the PPDs as a student free day to relieve the pressure of finding casual relief teachers.
Respectful behaviour
Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that members of our school community are not upholding one of our school values - respect. It is important that we continue to demonstrate respectful behaviour towards each other, including staff and other parents. If you have any concerns, please contact the school rather than approaching parents or students. Aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated, and further action will be taken such as the issuing of trespass orders.
Kind regards,
Cassandra Marinopoulos
Principal
