Lateness to School
Over the past few weeks it has become more and more alarming as to the number of students who are arriving at school after the rest of the school is in class. When a child arrives late to a classroom, there are many disruptions that this causes. Firstly, they need to unpack their bag while the rest of the class are trying to learn. Then they have to take their lunch order or messages to the office, disrupting a second student ,who they have to take with them. When they are finally ready to commence their day of learning, they have no idea what they are up to and then need to wait for the teacher to be able to explain it to them or the rest of the class has to wait while the teacher does this. As you can see, lateness effects the whole class, not just the late student. We are therefore asking parent assistance to ensure that all students are on their lines at 8.30 ready to start the day.

Swimming Program
Last week each child took home a note regarding the swimming program that is being conducted for the entire school next term. This program is compulsory for all students. If you have any problems with your child participating in this program, you need to make an appointment to speak to Mr Barrington. We need to give information to the swimming centre by the end of this week and ask parent assistance by completing the form and returning it to school tomorrow. Another copy of the form has been attached to the newsletter.

Behaviour Letters
When a child breaks one of the school rules, they receive a minor or major behaviour letter. From today, these letter will be emailed to parents through the new platform the Diocese is using called Compass.

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Wakakirri
The Wakakirri Squad had some very exciting news yesterday, that we had been successful in attaining a spot in the Award Show held at Sydney Olympic Park on Tuesday 17^th September, commencing at 7pm. A Wakakirri Newsletter has been sent to Wakakirri parents today. Please make sure you look out for this. Some parents, who are not part of the Wakakirri squad have expressed an interest in seeing the performance. Any family who would like to attend the Awards Night, to cheer the squad on, please contact the office to register your interest. Tickets are $37 each. You do not need to send any money, as we will let you know when the tickets are available and you purchase them online. We just need to let Wakakirri know, by Friday, how many tickets we require. Also, once the DVD arrives, we will have a viewing, which the rest of the community will be invited to.