All students are discouraged from bringing valuable items to school. If students do need to bring mobile phones to school it is mandatory that they not be used at school. Under no circumstance should a student call or message a parent from their mobile during the school day. If students need to contact a parent calls can be made, and parents can send a message to students, through the school office - students get these messages very quickly. Phones must be turned off and kept in the student’s skirt/trouser pocket. At no time should they be left in school bags. Wallets and other valuables should also be kept in the student’s pocket at all times and large sums of money should never be brought to school.
Students should never use their phones to take photos or film other students during school hours or whilst travelling to and from school. This is regardless of whether it is with or without permission of the person photographed. Any student who posts an inappropriate photo or film on line (eg Instagram etc) will receive strong circumstances. This is clearly stated in the Use of Technology agreement all students sign at the beginning of the year. I encourage parents to discuss the dangers of misusing photographs on line.

Winter Uniform

An early reminder for students and parents that winter uniform commences on the first day back next term. Please make sure that uniforms have been organised during the holiday break, as many students may have grown in the last few months. School pants must be the correct St John's item purchased at Lowes. A reminder also that you might like to put blazers in for dry cleaning early, as often dry cleaners find it difficult to meet last minute demands – especially as return to school coincides with ANZAC day and so one of the peak times for dry cleaners.

Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews

Thursday 11 April from 3.30pm -8.00pm

Friday 12 April from 9.00am - 2.30pm

The purpose of assessment is to inform the next step of instruction. Learning is a continual process that is best driven by effective feedback. It is with this in mind that we conduct our Year 7-11 Parent-Student-Teacher interviews at the end of Term 1. This enables parents to meet with their child’s teachers to discuss how their learning is progressing and how they may work together to maximise student learning outcomes. It also gives the student the opportunity to put feedback gained at these interviews into practice. It is very important that students attend these interviews as they should be a part of this conversation about their learning.

I encourage all parents to take this opportunity and come along on either Thursday evening or Friday in week 11 to meet with your child and their teachers. Bookings may be made online now and we recommend that if you are available to come during the day on Friday it is generally less busy than the Thursday evening.

Click here to book your Parent-Student-Teacher interviews via the Parent Portal.

After School Safety 

Parents are asked to be aware of the safety of all students if they are collecting students from school at the end of the day. 

• Many students are collected by their parents from the netball courts and these students walk across  the supervised student crossing.
• Parents should not park opposite the bus bay as this is a very unsafe area to walk through to access the cars.
• There is a short term pick up place in the front carpark. Students have been asked to not to get into a car until it is fully stationary and in the pick up line in the allocated drop off zone in the car park at the front of the school. Parents are asked to drive to the front of the line to wait (briefly ) for students to cross at the pedestrian crossing through the car park. All students must follow the instructions of staff on duty.
• If a student is not ready to get into the car, parents will need to drive on and come back as the smooth flow of this process is vital for the safety of all. 
  It is illegal to stop to pick up a passenger from the roadside
• Parents are asked to discuss safety with Senior students. They are asked to leave the netball car park safely which includes at a slow speed knowing that here are many pedestrians, buses and students of bikes and scooters.
• Parents are asked to discuss safety with students who ride bikes and scooters to school. They should not speed out onto the road as they leave the school and should observe road safety and rules.
• If all follow the correct procedures we will have a safe environment for all to head home at the end of the day. 

It would not be inconceivable for Police Highway Patrol to check in on our school as they regularly monitor school traffic safety. Our main focus is that all our students leave school in a safe and respectful manner.

Mrs Leonie Pearce
Assistant Principal