Over the past few weeks, students across the campus have been putting their artistic skills and imagination to work, designing art works which reflect what they think the future will hold.  These pieces of art have been delivered to the Civic Centre this week so that they can be displayed as part of the Crisps Youth Art Prize. Significantly this year, we have had a number of volunteers assist the students with the construction of these pieces.  On behalf of the teaching staff, I would like to express my thanks to all those who have given of their time to assist the children and the teachers.  We are very blessed to have so many people who were prepared to do this.  The presentation evening will be held on 13 June, commencing at 5pm.

Next week, we welcome Life Education's Healthy Harold to the Primary classrooms as part of the Health and Physical Education curriculum. Parents should have already received an email regarding this, including the times and the content of the sessions.  A member of staff will be present during the sessions and it is intended that there will be follow up lessons throughout the coming months to consolidate the learning.

Over the next couple of weeks, teachers will be finalising the report cards for Semester 1. This is a process to which a lot of time is devoted as we want the final documents to be as informative as possible. As well as providing a summary of the semester that has passed, the report will also indicate areas that should be a focus for the forthcoming semester. When these are published in Week 10 to the Parent Portal, I do encourage parents to take the time to read the report and discuss them with your children. As well as looking at grades, also considering the academic and social skills that have been displayed by each individual will provide an indication as to the learner qualities they have developed so far. It is these qualities which will sustain them as their learning journey progresses.

Finally, next Tuesday Issy, Bellarose, Imogen and Ned form Year 6 will travel to Toowoomba for the Darling Down's Readers' Cup competition.  In recent months they have each read five books and met each Tuesday lunchtime to talk about the books and question each other on key aspects.  This week, being the last week before the competition, Bellarose baked a cake that featured in one of the books!  We wish the team well for the event next week and congratulate them on the work they have done in preparation.

With God's blessings

Sarah Yates
Assistant to the Principal Primary & Teaching & Learning