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Week 1 Term 2 2009

Welcome Erin Welcome to our new teacher Erin Smith. Erin has worked in several remote schools and comes to us with much enthusiasm and experience. Please make her feel welcome she will be living in Delamere Street units until better accommodation comes along. Erin will be employed as an ITAS teacher for this term and will be working with specific children to improve their outcomes in literacy and numeracy. Her strength is in numeracy so we will tap into her expertise as well in this area.

Week 1 and 2 Relief Teacher Katie will be here for the first two weeks as a relief across the primary school. More information will be provided soon. She will be releasing teachers so you can work on assessments and evidence files.

School Development Day School starts at 8.00am on Tuesday. We will be reviewing data and making focus plans for whole school improvements. Jamie and Jeanette will be facilitating the day.

Linda on leave Linda will be taking her RTS leave during terms 3 and 4 this year. Grace will be going into the Kindy in term 3 and Erin or another teacher will be taking Grace's classes.

Kindy 4 days a week Kindy starts at four days a week from this term. The days are Mon, Tues, Thurs and Frid. Wednesday is a DOTT day for both Linda and Tania.

Athletics carnival The carnival will be held in week 9 of this term on the Thursday. Jane O will be in charge but she will be delegating tasks to all staff members so please be willing to provide support to her.

Dee I am unsure at present what Dee's plans are. I am hoping she returns to us at WDHS.

Transition class The primary school will be running a transition class for middle and upper primary students who have attendance concerns and are unable to transition into the mainstream classes without support. The exact way this will operate is unknown and will evolve as the weeks go by. I am also unsure who will be teaching these students as it depends on Deanne to an extent.

Thanks to Cathy Many thanks to Cathy who spent much of her holidays creating programs for English. Please ensure you follow the structure of these planning sheets. All junior primary class will need to see Cathy to determine what phonics they will be doing this term.

Fete I want all plan outlines of the fete activities your class will be doing by week 3. This will give us enough time to order the equipment you will need if you are doing a craft activity.

New Timetables please check for any changes in your timetables. The High school structure has changed considerably so can I ask everyone to become familiar with the new timetables.

Australian Early Development Index (AEDI). The AEDI is a nationwide program that looks at how young children are developing in the years before they begin school. Pre-primary teachers will be asked to complete a checklist for children in their class, with the data collected being used to provide results on how children are developing, based on the suburb or locality where children live. This information is a national first, and is critical in measuring young children’s progress and development to enable schools and communities to better understand which areas require additional support and resources.