Principal's Message
Staffing Update
This week I am happy to announce that Elizabeth Mayo has been successful at securing a permanent principal position, starting in Term 3. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Elizabeth, I know that she will do an amazing job at her new school and the school community is very lucky to have her. We wish her all the best in her future endeavours. Over the coming weeks we will look to appoint a new Deputy Principal to start with us in Term 3.
Reconciliation Week
During Week 6 we celebrated Reconciliation Week, finshing the week with a wonderful parade celebration. This is a particularly important week in modern day Australian history. The deep pain breathed every day by many Australians has for so long been experienced without any acknowledgement or regard. We stopped to consider this pain and while this will never be enough, it is so important our message is clear. We care for all our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Earn and Learn
A big 'thank you' for helping us collect stickers. So far we have just short of 30 000 stickers collected. We are aiming for 50 000 stickers which is 10 000 more than the last time we participated in the Earn and Learn program. (We collected about 40 000 stickers.) A big 'thank you' to Therese Smalley, who is counting our stickers for us this year. You can help make counting easier by sticking the exact amount of stickers (when possible) on a sticker sheet. If you don’t have a sticker sheet, we have some spare here at the school office.
Late Arrivals and Early Departures
School starts at 8:50am sharp. Students arriving after 8:50am need to get a late slip from the office. This is a process to help strengthen our student absent text messaging service to parents. Students who are departing school early must be signed out and collected from the school office.
School Fete
On the 15th June will be holding our annual Fete. Last year this was a great success and as a school, we received some fantastic feedback from our community. If you are available to support our P & C by donating some of your time to help run stalls, please speak with your child’s class teacher.
Have a wonderful week and I look forward to another brilliant week of learning at Bowen State School.