Dear Parents and Friends of St Kevin’s,

Welcome back to Term 2. I hope everyone had the chance to enjoy the beautiful weather and spend quality family time together. Term 2 sees our students working hard and focussing on how to improve as learners in all lessons. The end of term 2 will see teachers writing semester 1 reports which will be available in week 10. More on reports and parent/ student/teacher interviews as the term rolls on.

I have included in this newsletter some information around bullying. Bullying is a word that we must listen to, but also have a deep understanding of. Term 2 can see a rise in students not getting along so well with each other, teasing or fighting, so I thought it prudent to have in this newsletter some information, tips and guidelines for students and parents around what bullying is and is not, and how to address this important issue.

We have some staff changes here at St Kevin’s for the remainder of this year. Mrs Stephenson will be teaching Year 2 Monday – Friday, and Mrs Arthur will job share with Mrs Hogan on Year 4. We wish all staff a productive and fun filled year ahead.

St Kevin’s is also participating in the Australian Early Development Census. This targets kindergarten children only and provides the Federal Government with data that is vital to the providing of services for children under 5 years of age. All information and data is confidential.

Here’s to a great term of fun filled learning!

Mary-Anne Jennings