Dear Parents 

BEING LATE FOR SCHOOL 

Some of the teachers have mentioned to me concerns over some children often being late to school. This graphic provides some interesting information. 

Some points consider: 

• Being late for school has a negative impact on your child’s learning.  
• Being just 10 minutes late every day adds up to an hour a week of lost learning.  Over a year this adds up to one week of school missed in a year!  
• Being late for class often means important instructions are missed and the class is interrupted. Your child may feel uncomfortable and on the outer with peers.   
• Children need to arrive on time ready to settle into their school work. 
• Arriving at least 5 minutes before the bell allows your child to interact with their peers and teacher and get themselves ready for their busy day. 
• Attending School regularly and arriving on time helps prepare children for the real world, where it is expected that they turn up to work every day and on time. 

LOLLIPOPS 

The current trend at school appears to be lollipops! We ask that you do not send lollipops to school with your children. Health concerns aside, they are also a work health and safety issue! Children have been seen running around the playground with lollipops in their mouths, and the thought of the possible injuries is concerning. Children with lollipops will be asked to put them in the rubbish bin. 

OUTSTANDING WORK 

Over the last few weeks, I have had many visitors to the Front Office or have popped into classrooms and have seen some amazing student work. Some very detailed writing, creative art works, amazing spelling results and some great reading. Special thanks to all the teachers and children for working so hard. 

SEMESTER 2 REPORTS 

Your child’s teacher is in the process of preparing Semester 2 reports, which will have comments this Semester. There is a great deal of work and energy that goes into the writing of these documents, and I thank the teachers for their efforts. What really impresses me is the observations from teachers how much growth and development they are seeing in their students, not just academically, but socially, emotionally, spiritually and physically. Whilst no formal parent-teacher interviews occur at the end of the year, please feel free to contact your child's class teacher directly should you wish to discuss anything from this year. Reports will be available on Compass from Monday 11 December 

Cheers 

Brad 

Catholic Education