Dear Parents,

This week we celebrate literature with Book Week!

All students are invited to come dressed as their favourite book character or dress as a character using this year's Children's Book Council of Australia's 2020 theme Curious Creatures, Wild Minds. It is always a fun day as we become extra creative and talk about our favourite books. Students will be able to parade in their classroom as we follow COVID restrictions of no long assemblies and no parent gatherings permitted on site. Students will enjoy a library lesson with Ms Murray as they continue to focus on the shortlisted CBCA books for 2020. We hope all students get involved and celebrate on the day with teachers who will also be dressed in costume as well. We'll have updates on our Facebook page and plenty of photos in our newsletter next week.

Please send in any recyclable boxes or containers for students to create a Curious Creature at lunch time this week. This lunchtime activity will  give students the chance to create their own book character for their writing because we know that our students are authors too. Creatures will be placed on display for all to see and once again we will share the pictures on facebook and in our newsletter next week.

PE- Development Officers

As weekend sport returns in the region it has been wonderful for our students to also return to some PE activities with external visitors in gymnastics and cricket. Ben (Little Champions) and Gayan (Cricket NSW) were with us last week and each provided COVID Safe Plans. Both have commented on our students enthusiasm and energy after such a long spell. All sessions were well run and class teachers enjoyed the professional support as well. Gymnastics will continue every Monday till the end of term.

Satisfaction Survey

Thank you to parents who completed the 2020 Satisfaction Survey recently. The feedback from parents and students has been very positive about the caring nature of our school and the education programs we have in place. Some concerns were mentioned and they will be taken up by the leadership team as we plan into Term 4 and 2021.

Virtual Excursion

On a final note, Year 2/3 and Ms Gould went on an excursion this morning! It was a virtual museum tour with the National Museum of Australia titled the  Endeavour Voyage Digital Program. We are grateful that this type of opportunity is becoming more readily available for our students even though a day trip to Canberra would have been super exciting! Fingers crossed that we can enjoy some day excursions next term if venues open for school groups.

 Have a lovely week everyone.

 Jannine