Dear parents, families, students and community members, 

Welcome back to Term 3! We have a big term ahead of us and some exciting activities include: 

• Wednesday 13th August - Grade 4/5/6 Class to Triabunna District School for Australian of the Year speeches 
• Thursday 14th August - K/P/1 Class to Oatlands Aquatic Centre for their second Learn to Swim session for the year
• Friday 15th August - Book Week Parade. Please meet us in the Swan Hall for Breaky and a Book at 8:50, before walking with the students to The Swansea Amphitheatre
• Monday 18th August - Thursday 21st August - 4/5/6 Class Canberra Camp 
• Friday 22nd August - Grade 2/3 to Festival of Bright Ideas (and any 4/5/6 students onsite)
• Thursday 28th August - What is Waste? Incursion for the Grade 4/5/6 Class 
• Tuesday 9th September - Grade 2/3 Class to Triabunna District School to watch their school performance (Charlie and the Cholocate Factory)
• Friday 12th September - b kinder Summit - students in Grade 6 to Landsdowne Crescent Primary School 
• Friday 12th September - Music Viva Incursion for Kinder - Grade 5 students
• Thursday 18th September - Grade 3 - 6 students to Bicheno Primary School for a Sports Gala Day
• Tuesday 23rd September - MAST Incursion (boat safety)
• Wednesday 24th September - East Coast Cluster Dance Day at Orford Primary School
• Thursday 25th September - End of Term Assembly and Art Exhibition
• Friday 26th September - Footy Colours Day to raise money for the Fight Cancer Foundation

I would like to take this time to thank the Swansea Makers Market for their $200 donation towards Arts or Humanities subjects. We are very excited to buy more resources for our Art program with this money, including air-dry clay and hessian, and we are looking forward seeing what the students and Mrs Gadd can produce using these products. Student art work will be on display at the end of the term, after our end of term assembly at an Art Exhibition (held on Thursday 25th September). 

A reminder to families that we require notice from parents/carers if your child has an alternative pick-up arrangement at the end of the day. We require confirmation from parents/carers regarding the change, not the family member or friend picking your child up. This is also the case for Childcare. If your child is away, the school does not normally communicate with Lady Gowrie regarding absences. Please contact Lady Gowrie directly if your child will be absent from After-School Care. 

Kind regards, 

Anna Knowles
Principal