School Improvement Planning
This Friday we have our final staff training and development day for the year. The focus of the day will be on writing where we will look to build upon existing teaching practices occurring across the school. An information session will be facilitated by the Brightpath Writing team that will cover the structure of different types of sentences and how they can be taught. Following this, staff will work on developing policy documents that will support the consistent teaching of writing across the school.
Writing has been a prominent area of focus within the school’s Site Improvement Plan, which we are currently reviewing. The 3 year cycle of the existing Site Improvement Plan concludes at the end of 2021 so we are looking to establish what the teaching and learning priorities in Literacy and Numeracy will look like for the next 3 year period. These decisions will be based on extensive analysis of student achievement data, teacher professional learning needs and a review of the progress made towards existing priorities.
2022 Reception Transition Visits
On Tuesday we held our first visit from next year’s intake of Reception students. A series of 3 weekly visits have been scheduled which will help this group of children become familiar with our school environment. It was great to see their enthusiasm and excitement during their first experience of school life.
School of Languages
Next year the School of Languages will be offering, providing there is sufficient interest, an R-6 Japanese program at our school. The lessons will be offered on Mondays from 3.10-4.40pm. An information for interested families will be held Tuesday 16 November, 5.30-6.30pm in the gym.
The School of Languages is a government school established in 1986 to offer language learning, aligned to the Australian Curriculum, that complements and supplements language programs in mainstream schools and ethnic schools. They offer 23 languages after hours, in various locations around the metropolitan area to over 2,000 students from all schooling sectors.
End of year school concert
We are working towards a whole school end of year concert on Tuesday 30 November. Details will come out soon.
Staffing News
Vicky Jones has been appointed to the position of Deputy Principal position at West Beach Primary School from the beginning of 2022. During her time at Henley Beach PS Vicky has made a strong contribution to the school community and we wish her all the best in this new role.
Use of school grounds after dismissal time
A valued aspect of our school environment is the opportunity for students and their families to be on the school grounds after dismissal time in the afternoons. Unfortunately there has been a number of occasions when unsupervised children (primary and upper year levels) have not behaved appropriately or made safe decisions. Our schools grounds are utilised by OSHC, families and sporting organisations therefore it is an expectation that all children who are on the school grounds after 3.10pm are supervised by an adult and if not accompanied by an adult, behave in a responsible manner. Children will be directed off the site by staff for any instances of inappropriate behaviour. If your child does visit the school after hours we would appreciate you reinforcing the importance of playing safely and being respectful of others.
Term 4 Swimming Lessons
A reminder that the swimming lessons for Reception to Yr 5 students will occur in week 7 this term, Mon 22 Nov – Fri 26 Nov. Please contact the front office or your child’s class teacher if further information is required.
