Last week it was wonderful to see so many students and parents utilising the book fair, held in the Junior School library. We thank Mrs Hojem immensely for her organisation and commitment towards making the pleasure of reading so visible to our students. Mrs Hojem has also organised another fair from The Book Cow for later in Term 4.
Congratulations to our sporting teams that have been playing semi-finals and grand finals over the past couple of weeks. It is great to see the culmination of another successful Winter season of sports. We now have a small window prior to Summer sports season. Please look out for information from Sports Coordinators regarding Winter Presentation Evenings, occurring next Monday (Football), Tuesday (Rugby) and Wednesday (Basketball).
ACT Athletics Championship – Tuesday 17 September. Good luck to Bryson Budden, Jenson Gagliardi, Hugh Gibson, Tom Gibson, Dantae Lauvao, Reuben Roberts, Jett Summerell, Clay Thompson, Billy Unsworth and Oscar Wightman who will represent the school and South Weston region at this event.
Junior School Assembly – Thursday 19 September at 11.30am in the RJ Wallace Hall. Parents/carers of students receiving an award will receive notification via email by the end of this week and are most welcome to attend.
Year 6 Students attending a different High School in 2025. If your son is enrolling at a different High School for 2025, please get in contact with the school so we can best plan for 2025 classes. Please email Rhiannon: enrolments@sec.act.edu.au
Year 6 into Year 7 – Please note that students currently enrolled in Year 6 do not need to re-enrol into Year 7. Year 6 student enrolment automatically continues into Year 7.
Year 4-6 After School Homework Club – Homework Club will run Tuesdays and Wednesdays Week 2 – Week 9 after school 3.30pm – 4.30pm with Mrs Ellem. This occurs in the Junior School library. Parents/carers are asked to sign up to Homework Club through Clipboard.
Year 6 Runners Program – As a part of our Year 6 into High School transition program, we will be enlisting the assistance of Year 6 students to help as runners. As runners, the students will get to know the school layout very well ahead of Year 7. The students will work in pairs for a full day (learning remotely between jobs).
Hair Policy – Thank you to all parents/carers for keeping your son/s haircuts in line with the school’s uniform and hair policy. At times barbers may make mistakes. If they are informed of their mistake, many will fix the haircut (in line with our policy) at no extra charge. Could I please ask that all parents/carers familiarise themselves with the hair policy so that students can get about their daily work without teacher’s asking them about their haircuts. Thank you for your assistance with this.
– Hair should be kept neat, tidy and clean at all times and not grown or styled into an extreme or exaggerated fashion.
– Hair should be above the shoulder in length (above the bottom of the shirt collar) and no shorter than a number ‘two’.
– Students are not allowed to have lines or designs shaved into their hair nor grow long sections of hair that can be fashioned into ‘top buns’, plaits, undercuts, braids, ‘rats tails’, ‘mohawks’ or ‘mullets’ etc.
– Hair should be evenly graded and/or blended, of natural colour, worn off the face and should not obstruct sight. Hair requiring to be tied back off the face may be necessary but only as a ‘low bun’.
– Length of sideburns should be no lower than middle of the ear and students should be clean shaven daily.
– If a haircut, hairstyle or hair colouring does not meet school expectations then the student will be asked to adjust it accordingly.
– In extreme cases the student may be asked to go home until the hair/style/colour has been changed to meet College requirements.
– No visible body adornment or art such as body piercings, jewellery, keepers or tattoos are permitted. Earrings and studs of any kind are not acceptable. Covering a piercing with a keeper of band-aid is unacceptable.
The College has final say on what is deemed acceptable in regard to these guidelines.
Student Drop Off and Pick Up – Please do not use the staff carpark (off Canberra Avenue) to drop or collect students before and after school. This is a dangerous place for our students to be moving through and we would like to keep this area for staff only. Thank you for helping to keep our community safe.
David Kelly
Assistant Principal – Junior School