Newsletter Week 8 Term 2

From our latest newsletter:
The health and wellbeing of our students is of paramount importance to us at all times. We endeavour to build and maintain a highly safe and supportive school environment which makes students feel safe and encourages them to engage actively in all learning opportunities. Most of our teachers have been trained in the use of co-operative learning strategies which help to increase student engagement and accountability for their own learning. Teachers have also received training in CMS behaviour management strategies. When used together, these strategies help to build a positive and cohesive bond within the classroom. This bond helps students feel safe and secure and usually leads to a greater willingness to engage actively in lessons and activities.

As part of our school’s occupational safety and health planning 16 staff members will be completing their Senior First Aid certificate (provided by St John Ambulance) in Term 3. We are also compiling a list of any known hazards on the school site so that we can endeavour to get them fixed as soon as possible. Parents who notice hazards are welcome to let our office staff know, either by visiting the office or via email: TuartHill@det.wa.edu.au .

To ensure our students stay safe we also rely on our parents and community members to abide by the rules and communicate closely with the school. We still have some parents who insist on driving in school carparks and/or parking illegally and dangerously. We also have parents who instruct their children to wait on the school boundary so that they can pick them up (often well after school closing time). This conflicts with our insistence that they wait in the office until they are picked up. Another concern is the number of students who are using the school play ground after school without adequate parent supervision. While I am happy for parents to socialise together after school I require that they provide adequate (line of sight) supervision of their children. Children are not allowed to move around or in any buildings including toilets. Students who persist on doing this will be asked to leave the school grounds and will no longer be permitted to play after school.

Parents who have moved house or changed phone number are asked to communicate these
changes to the school. This is important as we often need to make contact with parents whose
children become sick at school. We look forward to your ongoing support of our school.