Welcome back to the new school term. As mentioned, next week I will be on Pilgrimage in Japan tracing the footsteps of St Francis, the Jesuit missionary who bought Christianity to Japan. In my absence Mr Peter Merry will be Acting Principal. I will be back starting week five of the term.

Welcome to the last week of term. Yesterday we had a wonderful Easter Hat parade. It was fantastic to see all of the imaginative creations from the students and the hard work of families who no doubt helped the children. Congratulations also to the winners of the Easter raffle. A big thanks to our P&F for organising the raffle and packaging up all the prizes.

Welcome to Week Eight of our term. We have had an eventful couple of weeks. Last week we had our school swimming carnival which was a great day. As always Mr Bouffler did an amazing job organising things and Wright House ended up victorious. Well done to all the competitors and we look forward to our interschool carnival next week.

A big thankyou to all our families that attended our Parent Information sessions. If you were unable to attend, the booklets and slides from the evening will be available soon on our school website. Alternatively you could contact your child’s teacher for a copy.

Welcome back to a new school year! I hope both yourselves and your child/ren have had a restful break and are ready for the new year ahead. It has been wonderful to see the children arriving in uniform looking so ready for their new classes and learning experiences to come.

This week we see the end of school year. I was thankful to be able to spend some time with our graduating students on their river cruise and see them enjoying their last days of primary school. I look forward to seeing their many achievements in years to come.

Next Friday evening we will be having our school Christmas Concert. This is a wonderful opportunity to gather together and get into the Christmas spirit. The children have been busily preparing their dances and learning the moves to all of the songs. Reminder information about the evening will be forthcoming and I hope that you are able to attend.

Our ACM will take place on the 27 November in our school hall. The P&F will provide a light supper commencing at 6.30pm. We will start the ACM promptly at 7pm. Your attendance would be greatly appreciated.

This week our Interschool Athletics Team has been involved in two days of competition. Mr Bouffler has been busy training the students and they have performed extremely well. The team took out third place overall and was only a few points behind the winning school. Congratulations to the following students on their amazing achievements at Interschool Athletics:

• Year 5 Boy Champion – Michael
• Year 4 Boy Champion – Kulang
• Year 4 Girl Runner up Champion – Ella

Welcome back to the new term and the last for the year. I hope you managed to have some quality family time together and that your children are well rested for the busy term ahead. We are now in summer uniform and the children will have until the end of week two to have made the transition to the summer uniform. All uniform items can be purchased through Uniform Concepts at 30 Kembla Way, Willetton.