Parents/Carers

Welcome back to the 2024 school year. The first day was a very wet day! The students have settled into their new classes and there is a positive hum of students engaged in their learning.

New staff

I would like to welcome the new staff to Zuccoli.

Preschool: Louise Butcher

Transition: Noelee Mitchel

Year 3/4: Aftab Bhimani, Laura O’Keefe, Shannon Gorman, Dina Zikos

Year 5/6 Koey Li, Clarissa Johnson

Gold Unit: Lauren McGowan, Aliness Phiri

Science: Anna Huynh

Kitchen Garden: Siobhan Harvey

Front Office: Talon Gilson (3 days a week)

Back to School Vouchers

All Back to School Vouchers need to be redeemed by Friday 5 April. The Front Office is open during normal business hours for the purchase of uniforms.

Assemblies

The first assembly for the term is Week 4 Wednesday 21 February. Assemblies commence at 8:30am. Assemblies will on even weeks for Term 1 and 2.

At the assembly on 21 February all student leaders will receive their badges i.e. School Captains, House and Vice Captains, NTLC Student Commissioners and Zuccoli Changemakers students representatives. The only merit certificates handed out will be the Specialist Class Awards. Individual student merit certificates will commence being handed out at the 6 March assembly.

Bombing of Darwin Ceremony

School Captains and some Zuccoli Changemakers representatives will attend the Bombing of Darwin Ceremony on Monday 19 February. The School Captains will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph at this occasion.

School Council AGM

At 4:30pm Thursday 29 February COGSO will undertake Governance training on being a School Council member. The AGM for the School Council is 5:00pm. After the AGM there will be a General meeting. At this meeting two new parent members need to be elected. The position of Secretary is vacant. Please come along and see what being on School Council is about. There are 8 meetings during the year and they usually are 90 minutes long commencing at 5:00pm. At the moment the meeting day is a Thursday.

Annual Strategic Improvement Plan (ASIP) this year the school is focusing on:

1. Developing pedagogical (how staff teach) practices for English as Additional Language or Dialect EAL/D, Inquiry, Writing and Numeracy.
2. Continue to develop a culture plan and framework for a stronger connection with the wider community.
3. Developing appropriate adjustments, learning strategies tailored to accommodate students’ needs and disabilities
4. Review the Behaviour and Wellbeing Guidelines.

Three Way Conferences

Save the date. Week 9 Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th March. More information will be sent out to parents closer to the date.

Carolyn Edwards

Principal

Greetings families! As we embark on an exciting journey into the new academic year, we're delighted to shine the spotlight on the vibrant happenings in our classrooms. Let's delve into the highlights of our first two weeks!

In Silver 2 we have spent time getting to know each other, building relationships, friendships and learning routines.

We have begun exploring our whole school question, “What is my story?” by asking questions like; where am I from, who is in my family, what big events have happened in my life and more. This has brought about some interesting conversations and encouraged all students to share a bit about themselves.

Testing has been in full swing for Spelling, Reading, Writing and Maths and students have shown amazing resilience getting back to work.

This week, we introduced group work and rotations and students have taken to this well enjoying our activities as you can see from our photos. We have also had a few birthdays and some delicious cupcakes.

We are excited for what the year has to bring!

A NEW YEAR OF LEARNING AND BUILDING RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS

In 3/4 Golding, students have been building relationships with each other through lots of getting to know you games and class collaboration games.

During the first two weeks of school students have been recapping and familarising themselves with the school values of Respect, Resilience, Responsibility, Integrity and Curiosity.

We also have a new school mascot, the villain – BRUCE: Bad, Rude, Unreliable, Crazy and Embarrassing version of RRRIC. The class have been discussing the behaviour’s that BRUCE displays.

This goes hand in hand with students learning about emotions through the Zone’s of Regulation and developing strategies to get back to the green zone. This is an imperative part of building a positive, calm and inclusive environment for all students.

We are delighted to share the result of the Learning Style Test undertaken by 5/6 Banaga Class.

Here are some things that we will do to enjoy learning.

Welcome to the Preschool year! The students have settled into the learning environments very well. It is such a calm and wonderful atmosphere in the Preschool. The first week we have been focusing on learning the routines of Preschool, learning our teachers and friends names and taking care of our belongings. The students have loved exploring both the indoor and outdoor learning environments and have even begun sharing what they like to do at home. We’ve had many visits from siblings through the fence at playtime checking in on their younger siblings.

Thank you to all those parents who have sent back the information sheets in the packs sent home at enrolment. Please try to have them returned by the beginning of Week 3. This is vital information in how we plan for your child's Preschool learning opportunities. If you need any of the packs provided, please see one of the Preschool staff.

We are really looking forward to a fabulous year in Preschool with your children. We have so many wonderful things planned so please keep checking Dojos and the school Newsletters for more updates. For now, thank you for an amazing start to the Preschool year!!

Mrs. Malan, Miss. Butcher, Ms. Noonan and Mrs. Shields

We are seeking donations for our Preschool Community BBQ happening in Week 5. If you are able to donate drinks, sausages etc.., please contact Amy Malan at the Preschool.

Name: Jo Boyle

What is your favourite Sporting Team?
Glasgow Rangers (Soccer)

What is a place that you have visited that you would like to revisit and why?
Mexico – beautiful, historical and a relaxing holiday.

What is one thing you still have from when you were a child?
My school report cards.

If you could have dinner with anyone who would it be and why?
My Mum, because I miss her.

If you were to give one book to all your friends, what would it be and why? Any Julia Donaldson book, I love all of her books.

We would like to welcome all new families to our service and thank everyone for their continued patience while finalising enrolments on OWNA. Our service is at full capacity with 208 children currently enrolled. We understand and sympathise with those families who have missed out on a placement for after school care however under the QCENT Regulations we are not permitted to increase our numbers.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Miss Rutendo who has been with our service as a Lead Educator for over a year, she leaves OSHC this week to continue her studies. Her big smile, enthusiasm for teaching and caring nature will be missed by everyone.