Welcome back to Term 2! It has been fabulous to see all the students and staff returning with big smiles and ready to get stuck into teaching and learning. 

Firstly, I must thank and congratulate both staff and students for their exemplary behaviour during our lockout and lockdown practice this morning. The response to notifications about the emergency event was very impressive and all our school knew exactly what to do and why they needed to do it. I am very confident that should we happen to have a real emergency situation our people would be very safe.

Secondly, I would like to thank all the students and families who attended the ANZAC Day service/s during the holidays. It was so lovely to have so many students represent our school with pride and respect. An extra thank you to Cooper and Ruby who were amazing flag masters, and to Emily, Harry and Georgia for laying the wreath at the 11am service on behalf of our school community.

On the final day of Term 1, we held our Swan v Oyster Carnival and what an incredible atmosphere that was! To have all the students cheering for their teammates, trying their hardest in all events, helping out with measuring and even cheering on the other team was just incredible. It really showed what an inclusive and respectful community we have here at SPS. It was lovely to have so many families in attendance too. Thank you to Miss Walch for organising such a fabulous event.

This term we have already had 18 of our students attend the Champions Athletics Carnival at the Domain in Hobart and they were amazing! The competition was very tough, and we are so proud of everyone as they rose to the challenge. We had many relay teams and individuals in finals and even had three of our students bring home ribbons in 400m finals (Georgia, Georgie and Charli)!

Next week we have exciting events each day. Monday through to Thursday we have our Bike Safety/Education sessions. Each class will have a minimum of 1 hour per day with Mr Mac learning vital skills to be safe when cycling. We encourage students to bring their own bikes and helmets for the week and these can be left safely at school if required. Then on Friday we have our Cross Country. We would love to see as many families meeting us at Jubilee Park as possible to see our students running from 11:15am.

Starting on Monday we are having to implement some school-based rules around trading cards (eg. Pokemon, AFL). These are becoming a distraction to students and causing some issues in the playground. As of Monday, students are no longer allowed to trade cards at school and cards can only be played with outside of class times (before school, recess and lunch). Students will be informed at our mini assembly today.

Thanks for your continued support,

Kendal King

Principal