Parent Teacher Conferences

We are holding our Semester 1 Parent Teacher Conferences at the end of the term. This is an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s Academic Report (which teachers are currently writing) and their progress this year. Each teacher has been allocated set times to conduct their conferences. The conference is face to face, held at school, however if you prefer Zoom, please email your child’s teacher to let them know and they will send a Zoom link before the conference.  The conference should take no more than ten minutes.

If you haven't already, please book a time via Compass.  As you can imagine, teachers spend many hours writing reports and whilst the conference is not compulsory, we ask that if you do intend to participate, that you choose one of the times that your child’s teacher has allocated. The option of zoom should assist with this.  

Uniform 

Students should now be wearing their winter uniform. With your support, we have seen an improvement in students wearing the correct uniform on the correct day and we continue to seek your support for consistency.  See reminders below especially around hair, jewellery and makeup. 

Girls:

• Shoes Black leather school shoes (Lace up or Velcro)
• Dress Navy Tunic (with SMH logo) & blue long sleeved shirt (with SHM logo)
• Socks Navy tights or navy knee high socks
• Navy fleece (with SHM logo) 
• Tie in navy & gold

Boys:

• Shoes Black leather school shoes (Lace up or Velcro)
• Shirt Long sleeved shirt with SHM logo
• Shorts Navy tailored shorts or long trousers
• Socks Navy knee high socks
• Navy fleece (with SHM logo)
• Tie in navy & gold

Hair

Girls:

• Hair must be pulled back if long enough into a ponytail, pig tails, braid or plaits. They must be worn with an approved hair accessory such as navy ribbon or navy headband. (Flowers, patterns, logos of any kind are not acceptable).

Boys:

• Hair styles for boys should be short and tidy and not grown or groomed in an extreme or exaggerated fashion. Hair should be evenly cut, a natural colour, worn off the face and should not obstruct sight. Hair must be at least a “number 3” cut. Dreadlocks are not permitted. 

Make-up

• Students are not permitted to wear any form of make-up

Nail Polish

• Students are not permitted to wear nail polish

Earrings & Jewellery

• Girls (only) are permitted to wear small stud earrings (no hoops)
• Students are permitted to wear a wrist watch, a medical bracelet or a necklace with a religious symbol otherwise no other jewellery is accepted.  These should be small in size and worn underneath the uniform where possible.  Smart watches where children will have internet access, messaging or filming capability are NOT permitted. 

Amadeus Concert - 2:00 pm - Years 3 - 6  on Thursday 19 June

Parents, grandparents and carers are warmly invited to attend our Amadeus concert being held in the hall Thursday 19 June starting at 2:00 pm.  The timing of an afternoon concert allows the Amadeus teachers to tune instruments, set up the concert space and have final rehearsals before they showcase the students' learning for this Semester.  We hope you can join us.  

Instruments

Children should take their instrument home every Thursday.  Unfortunately we are seeing instruments left on bag racks which can damage them - especially wooden instruments left out in the weather. Instruments can not be stored at school and students should be taking them home to do a little practice each day.

Class seating

Teachers are responsible for organising the set up and seating arrangements in their class.  When organising their room, teachers take into account many, many factors and use their professional judgement to ensure the class runs smoothly.  Some teachers move the students and classroom arrangement regularly, others only on a term basis. Sometimes students will be happy with who they are sitting with and sometimes not.  Teachers always consider any student requests. Throughout the day, students may be working with a variety of peers on given tasks.  Please be assured that teachers monitor and adjust as they see necessary.  We ask that parents do not write to the teacher asking that their child be moved to a different seat.  Imagine if every parent wrote in?  Please trust that the teacher runs their classroom to encourage our schools positive behaviours for learning - Be responsible, Be respectful and Be kind.  

Around the Classrooms

"News from The Hub"

Each year we see new and existing students achieving wonderful milestones in their Arrowsmith Cognitive Exercises. Our "heritage students" love the opportunity to "mentor" our "newbies", which helps build cross grade friendships, leadership skills and the opportunity for everyone to celebrate together when a student achieves mastery in a particular level.