Thursday, July 29, 2010

Welcome back to the third term. A special welcome to new students who have started here at Spreydon.

Our value this term is Learning. Our obligation for students is to learn and let others learn. If we can do this, school will remain a great place. I know our students have taken this message well and it is a pleasure to visit the students as they work and play. This shows how well they are using their time at Spreydon.

Preparations are well underway for the first week in August. This is our birthday. Next week I will be able to share the special events that have taken place.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

We have reached the end of a very busy term. This week I have had the pleasure of taking two Spellathon winners shopping.

Marcus raised over $180 while Havica had nearly 40 sponsors. Both these students enjoyed travelling to Barrington Mall and selecting their prizes from the shelves. Well done. This week several classes of students enjoyed their prize lunch. Rooms 3, 5 and 15 are to be congratulated for their efforts. At our last count over $5000 had been raised, very impressive indeed!

Tomorrow at our celebration assembly we have several items to conclude and our students will no doubt be very excited.

Tony Walley of our local four seasons Harcourts is visiting. Tony will choose the winners from his word find competition and present their prize.
Our flag design competition winners will also be announced and this has been an extremely difficult decision. I understand there is more than one prize winner!!!
Last week's visitors from Kiwikids Nursery and Preschool in Annex Road, Nathan Astle, Desley Eastwick and Joanna Phillips also posed some questions that led to a competition. This means another winner will be announced. Joanna's story reading last week was amazing. To watch 300+ students miming animals in time to her story reading was a great experience. Well done Joanna, and thanks to the Kiwikids team.

We end the term on a high note. In the last weeks another ten students have enrolled to come to the school, while a quick look at our forthcoming enrolments shows over twenty five year olds will be starting soon. A new classroom will open later next term to make sure all these new students start their learning in the best way possible. I urge any parents who are thinking of coming to Spreydon to visit the school in the next few weeks to complete their enrolment details.

Finally, I wish all our staff and our wonderful students a restful break. I look forward to seeing you all on Monday 19 July. Take care!