Term 4 has started very smoothly, and your beautiful children have returned ready to learn and work hard. On my walks and talks around the classrooms the children are all eager to share with me what they are learning and why, and how much they have improved in their own eyes in various areas such as maths, writing and reading. One area the teachers have noted for improvement, is in remembering to use the knowledge gained in spelling and punctuation and use it ALL THE TIME when writing. All too often the need to complete written tasks as quickly as possible results in poor spelling and simple punctuation mistakes. It is good being able to spell words correctly in a spelling test, but the skill only comes to fruition when words are spelt correctly in writing tasks. One very common mistake is using lower case i instead of upper case I when writing this pronoun. So, a little bit of work in the area of tenacity and precision when writing would be most beneficial to addressing careless errors.

So here’s to an amazing Term 4 where we work hard, achieve our PB in everything and celebrate everything we have achieved in this extraordinary year!

Mary-Anne Jennings

Principal