Naplan Information

NAPLAN begins next week from Wednesday onwards (all the test sessions are also in the calendar) – please see schedule below.
Grade 5 Naplan tests will run from 9:30-11:00 and Grade 3 tests will run from 12:00-1:30. All tests are online except for the Grade 3 Writing Test.
Please DO NOT USE STUDENT CHROMEBOOKS DURING TESTING TIMES.
On testing days your students will be able to use their Chromebook after 1:30.
If you have any technical questions please contact Chris – for anything else please contact me.
Regards
Kat
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Dress Code for sports days, etc

Good afternoon

The dress code for tomorrow’s sports carnival has been brought up again, so I want to make sure everyone is clear on the expectations. Please refer to page 23 of the staff guidlines(click) and also my previous messages regarding appropriate attire, in particular active wear. Active wear is not professional, nor is it appropriate to be worn at school or to any school incursions, excursions, camps, sports days, etc. Any clothing that is worn should be free from rips, tears, freys and should be modest and professional. Thank you for your support with this. If you have any questions or concerns, please come see me.

It is going to be a warm day tomorrow. As Dom’s message says, plan ahead.  I have purchased some water and Gatorade, which will be available for staff and volunteers.

Kind regards

Michael

Staffing announcement

Good morning everyone

As many of you are aware, Nathan Bonnici will be leaving us at the end of the term. Today, the following announcement will go out to the wider SGP community:

Dear SGP community

Our Occupational Therapist, Nathan Bonnici, has been sought out by another school to head the building of their OT department. Those of you who know him will know what a perfect role this is for him. We are very excited for Nathan and his family as not only is this position closer to home, it is also a step up in the career he loves. It is a bittersweet moment as Nathan has supported so many in our community and built a wonderful approach to OT at SGP. He will be missed and we know everything he has set up at SGP will continue through the learning spaces.
Nathan will be leaving us at the end of the term. We are currently searching for an Occupational Therapist to join our team.
We wish Nathan all the best in his future endeavours. Strathtulloh Primary School is very lucky to have him.
Warm regards
Michael

Footy tipping 2024

Good afternoon all,

Not long to go until the 2024 Footy season begins!! 🏉
If you would like to join in on the fun, don’t forget to download the ESPN app and sign up if you haven’t already!!

The cost to join is $30.00 💰 You are welcome to hand cash into the office or transfer the funds to Leah.

💳 Commonwealth Bank 💳
Account name: Leah Whitford
BSB: 063599
Acc no. 10113961

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Thank you & classroom locations

Thank you everyone for your generosity with learning spaces. We had more staff offer up spaces than was necessary. I appreciate how supportive you all are! Everyone now has somewhere with aircon. Hopefully we can get them all sorted before the next heat wave!

Below is where you can find staff and teachers who have moved.

Jacky (yr3) – in Marian’s room (yr1)
Matthew (yr4) – in Michael’s room (yr1)
Annette (yr3) – in Yr 5 back room
Simone (yr3) – in Sabrina’s room (yr3)
Marian (yr1) – testing in my office
Michael (yr1) – testing in Darren’s room (yr1)
Michael (me 😁) – in meeting room
We will make a decision about play time closer to each of them.
Have a great day and stay cool!
Michael

High Temperature Tomorrow

Good evening everyone

A reminder that we have very high temperatures expected again tomorrow. There are some learning spaces without aircon, so there may be movement around the school into spaces where the aircon is working. This includes the additional rooms in year 5&6. Please be flexible and generous with spaces to support your colleagues. If you have a space that won’t be used tomorrow or your airconditioning isn’t working, please let us know so that we can find alternate arrangements.

We have been working with the suppliers to resolve the issues, however, it is taking longer than we had hoped.

Thank you for your support and please let me know if there is anything else you require.

Kind regards

Michael

eSchools purchase requests

When completing an eSchools purchase request, please enter as much information as possible in the available space
For incursions/excursions, please include the date eg. 12OCT Yr3 Scienceworks Student Entry Fee
There is also free format space underneath. It auto populates ‘Quote / Invoice will be emailed to Deb’ but you can amend this to whatever you prefer, if you would like to include a link to what you’d like to buy this is where you can do it. Or any other information that would make it a smoother process to purchase what you require.
If I get a purchase request that says ‘coaches’ it doesn’t really tell me much and wouldn’t make sense if sent to the company as they wouldn’t know where to allocate it.
Hope that makes sense, please come past the office if you have any questions.

A reminder there are procedures to follow on the staff desktop if you ever get stuck (under the procedures drop down)

Excursion/Incursion
Purchasing
Thanks
Deb