Last Friday our Diocese celebrated Principal’s Day. My preference is to try and stay out of the spotlight when I can and work quietly behind the scenes, but I was grateful for the acknowledgement and the hard work the students and staff put into a morning tea, making posters and writing letters to me for the occasion. I am the one who is thankful for being Principal of our school and leading a great team of dedicated people. Many thanks to Mrs Dore for organising the day and Yr 4 for presenting the beautiful prayer on assembly.

WEIPA RUNNING FESTIVAL

Congratulations to all our participants especially those who placed on the day.  Participation points gave us a second place but next year we challenge everyone to think about being part of the action on the day and joining in the fun. Well done everyone!

SCHOOL BOARD

The school board met for the first time last month. Our first action is to discuss how the Year 6 Leadership will role out in 2025. If you wish to add your thoughts, please fill in the survey sent out by Mrs Dore.

STAFFING

It is unfortunate that I announce we will be recruiting a new school Counsellor in the very near future. The position has been advertised and we are waiting for the interview process to begin.

We will miss Heather Alison and wish her all the best for her future endeavours. We will let you know as soon as we know who her replacement will be.

We welcome Mrs Elliot Sawdy to our school as a relief teacher who lives locally in Weipa. We are blessed to have Elliot helping us out to cover classes now and into the future when staff are unwell.

ATTENDANCE

Our attendance statistics are reflecting the number of students who have been unwell recently, while we appreciate that parents are keeping their children home when they are unwell, we are also conscious of the missed amount of learning. Please remember that it is important that they are attending school as teachers cannot make up the amount of missed learning time for every student. Also when booking holidays please avoid term time so the amount of missed school days is minimised.