Welcome Back message

The view from my house in Canada

Welcome back to school for 2014 and Happy New Year to you all. A special welcome goes to new families who have joined our school community. Tuart Hill Primary School is a wonderful place for your child to be as our staff are dedicated and our community is open and friendly. I am excited to be back in the Principal’s chair after a year spent on exchange in Canada. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Canada and have over 5000 photos to prove it! During my time there I taught Grade 6/7 students and on the holidays managed to see many awesome sights across North America. Canada is an amazing country with some many natural wonders which I hope many of you will get to visit one day.

Last week our staff spent time planning and preparing for what is going to be a great year. I look forward to catching up with you all during the term.

CLASS PLACEMENTS: This term has had a busy start already with many new enrolments which has resulted in the formation of an additional class. Student numbers dictate our allocation of teacher time and class structure. We are required to create classes that provide room for additional enrolments during the year. There are also limitations to the number of students that we can place in each class. Student placement is done carefully and parent requests are considered where possible. It is understandable for some students to feel anxious about their class placement especially if they don’t know many of the other students in the class. However, children are very resilient and learn a lot about making and building relationships and friendships at the beginning of every school year. Parents should remind anxious children that they will soon have new friends and that their feelings of anxiety will diminish with time.   

STAFF NEWS: We welcome Mr Mason who is teaching Physical Education and Room 12 (on Mondays) and Miss Reid who is teaching Indonesian. Ms Flajt (Kindergarten A & B) is currently on sick leave and is being replaced by Miss Paterson. 

EARLY ARRIVALS: The school does not provide a babysitting or child care service. For their own safety, students should not be at school before 8.10am. When they arrive at school all students must go to the Hall where they will be supervised until being sent to class at 8.30am.

LATE ARRIVALS: Students who arrive late to school must go to the office before going to their classroom. All late arrivals are recorded.

PARKING AND CAR PARKS: Student safety is a priority for us. Parents are reminded to observe all speed limits and parking regulations when driving around the school. Double parking and parking in school car parks is not permitted.