| Thursday 01 November 2018 |
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Please take a few minutes to catch up on what's been happening at school this week, coming events, or things to plan for with your
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COLLABORATION IN 2019 Over the last 5 years, more and more of our teachers have expressed the desire to work more closely together in a collaborative space, and in a collaborative way. Many have started this process and children have been sharing teaching time with other teachers. In the Christmas holidays, we have plans to remove the walls for 3 adjoining spaces. This will happen in A5 and A6, M1 and M2, M3 and M4. These spaces will have 2 teachers in them who will have an assigned class each, and they will use the increased space to share teachers, teacher strengths and increased peer collaboration. Some parents have asked me “Will this happen in all classes ?” The answer is no.
Please be aware that most of our school will keep the current organisation. For 2019, there will be one collaborative space at year 2, one at year 3/ 4 and one at year 5/ 6. On WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER at 9AM, 2PM and 6.30PM we Invite PARENTS to come along to meetings to find out more about COLLABORATION. We hope you can join us at these meetings and be well informed. These meetings will be held in the staffroom. THANK YOU PFA Hats off to our PFA who should definitely take a bow and be acknowledged for the amazing job they did in organising yet another fantastic halloween disco. The costumes were once again captivating and everyone had a great time. Needless to say a whole lot of PFA time and effort went into organising this for everyone. Thanks again. Thanks also to our wonderful parent community support of the event - this makes it all worthwhile and creates such a great community atmosphere. A special thanks also to the great contingent of staff who turned up to enjoy the night. Bouquets to everyone !! CLASS PLACEMENT Thank you very much to the 200 parents who have contributed to our class placement process by filling out the online document. We are also appreciative to the many parents who have said that they trust us to do the best we can. Other parents have said to us that we know the teachers best, and that the teachers know the children and who they are as learners at school. What I ask is empathy around this process. It is extremely complex and takes a month to try and establish a best picture for 2019 for all our learners. We read your requests over and over and always put the children at the forefront of all our decision making. At times, parents want their friends and their children’s friends to stay together. We would agree this is very important for some of our children. For many of our children however, they need to meet other children, make new friends and be able to explore the difference of a new situation. This enriches them as learners and as citizens growing up in a community. The one thing I can assure you of is that every child and their needs will be discussed and the decisions we make will be made with consideration to your input, our teachers input and the best picture we can create for all learners. Kevin YUMMY STICKERS PFA CARE FUND
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