The Board of Trustees strongly invite you to complete this survey in the interest of strategic planning for the future.

In answering these questions it will help the School, Staff and Board of Trustees in the consideration of programmes and events the School plans.

CLICK HERE to access the survey.

A wonderful start to Term 2 with focused and hard working students who have a great sense of school culture and atmosphere and demonstrate school values at all levels.

Teachers and students are involved in Term 2 assessments and testing tasks as well as high level curriculum teaching and learning, in preparation for mid year reports and interviews. Remember to keep either the 26th and 27th June free to make an interview time for yourselves and your child to meet with their teacher. This interview is vital for students and provides an update on progress and achievements, as well as outlining future steps for learning. Use this evening as a positive and valuable opportunity to take an active part in your child’s education. On-line booking will available from June 5th. If you do not have access to the internet, we will book for you at the office. When the booking interview sheet comes home in a few weeks, just complete it and send it to the office.

With the cooler weather upon us students need a polar fleece or sweatshirt to keep warm. These can be purchased at the Uniform Shop – Mon and Friday 8.30 – 9.00 or email the school, send or deposit the cost of the item and then a note or phone call and we will supply the item to your child. We have price lists at the office.

Students also need waterproof footwear – black leather look shoes and black socks for girls or grey socks for boys. It would be great to see more students in raincoats as they walk to and from school.

With the Early Notification of a child’s absence now running at our school, please ring as soon as possible in the morning of the absence and leave a message on the answerphone giving a brief reason. This will circumvent you receiving a text query. Do we have your correct contact details? If you have changed your contact details in the last six months and have not informed the office, could you please ring or send us a note so we can update our records.

As a result of parents purchasing stationery for the school year through OFFICE MAX, we have received a cheque from them for $1,336.05. This is the second year we have used Office Max and have had very positive feedback from parents. In 2011 45.4% of families used the service and in 2012, 52.7% of families purchased through Office Max. The money we received will be used for enhancing our ICT programme. The school is very pleased with the quality of Office Max equipment, for example exercise books having a good number of pages as compared to other sources.

Teachers at Conifer Grove School would like to express a special thank you to our amazing support staff – Admin, Caretaker, Teacher Aides and Librarian, for their great work and great attitude to helping make our classrooms and school run smoothly.

Have a great week everybody

Jan Robertson - Principal