Congratulations to all of the staff, students and parents for an amazing Faction Carnival. It was such a delight having parents on site cheering loudly and offering encouragement to the students. The students looked sensational in their various faction’s colours, hair sprayed and excitement for the day evident from the moment they turned up at school. The student behaviour and sportsmanship on the carnival day was fantastic. Thank you to our amazing P&C for the wonderful food offerings on the day. Thank you also goes to all the wonderful staff, particularly Mr Williams and Mrs Blanchard, for training the students in the various disciplines and team games and ensuring the day went smoothly.

Our attention now turns to the Interschool Carnival. I encourage the students to do their best and show great sportsmanship and resilience if they don’t win. We have been very fortunate to see great sportsmanship at the recent Olympics and Paralympics and I am sure the students will draw on these examples to inspire their performance and behaviour on the day.

As the weather begins to warm it is timely to remind everyone of the importance of having a hat (with your name in it) and a water bottle. When students do not have hats they unfortunately will not be permitted to play in the sun.

I would like to wish all of our families and students a wonderful term 3 holiday. Please stay safe and please, students, stay away from the school. Let’s hope that COVID remains out of WA so that when we return from our break we can have a great term 4 culminating in the graduation of this year’s year 6 students, ARBOR Day, and our Book Awards assembly.

Glen Purdy