Welcome back to school. The events over the last week have been a challenge to many of us and it is pleasing to see so many happy children returning to school today. During the day I have managed to visit all of our classrooms. I have been impressed with the way the children have settled back into their work and they appear eager to get on with their routines. School really is a cool, secure place! Earlier today we provided a canteen in our hall where hot drinks and morning tea where available for any members of the community and parents who wished to stay on site. We are in the fortunate position of having no damage at the school and we managed to get our telephone message and website information updated fairly promptly. In addition the school received a host of offers of support and services. We are extremely grateful for these offers and we feel humbled that people can think of us at a time when others are so needy. Thank you. I would also like to acknowledge and offer my personal thanks to everyone in our team here who contributed to the smooth running during the local emergency. Our theme for the remainder of this term is very definitely Spreydon; we rock, we roll and we recover - with pride!