NAPLAN
We have had a very busy week as NAPLAN finished up for Year 3 and 5.

Pink Stumps
Thanks to your support and encouragement, we raised a total of $1004 for Pink Stumps! What an amazing effort!

A special mention to all the staff who “played” cricket and the Year 6 students who organised and sold raffle tickets. The money raised will fund McGrath Cancer Care Nurses right across Australia and deliver world-leading clinical, psychosocial and emotional support to people with any type of cancer throughout their treatment.

Many of our families have been directly impacted and know first hand the amazing work this organisation does.

Chappy
Welcome to Neil Folling, our new Chaplain. Neil will be working Wednesdays and Thursdays. New student consent forms are being processed and will be sent home over the next few weeks.

Social Media
Recently there has been some issues relating to social media and our school community. Please continue to be vigilant as Cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility and it is crucial we put measures in place to protect our students information.

Support for you to improve your cyber safety awareness and implement measures to protect your child are provided in the attached brochure: social_media_and_community_online.pdf

Focus areas
Our work will continue to be aimed at delivering on the three focus areas to ensure Equity and Excellence through:
1. Educational Achievement
2. Wellbeing and Engagement
3. Culture and Inclusion 

Our focus is on achieving excellence in English with a precise focus on learning walls, feedback and moderation.

Your child's learning
Earlier this Term, I mentioned parents and carers have a critical role in your child’s success at school. The following five questions are designed to assist you as you engage with your child’s learning.
1. What did you learn today?
2. How did you do?
3. What did you do if you didn’t understand?
4. How can you improve on your learning?
5. What are you most proud of?

We encourage you to take the opportunity at the end of the day to ask the questions and find out what learning has taken place.

Parent/Teacher Interviews
We invite you to discuss your child’s progress in Week 10 during parent teacher interviews. Notes will have gone home. 

Kindy LinQ
Kindy LinQ has commenced every Wednesday at ECDP - we have had up 16 families attending! 

Upcoming events 
Students are very excited for our annual school photos, cross country and Colour Run being held in Week 9 and 10.

Yours in education,

Alana Scott | Principal