I firstly wanted to welcome everyone back to Term 2 which is often a busy, but rewarding term.
Some of the events for Term 2 include NAPLAN for Years 3 and 5, the Mother’s Day Stall and Breakfast, not to mention Years 5 and 6 camps happening in the last week of term. Along with all these things, we will also be handing out Semester One reports at the end of the term as well.
Recognising student achievement is very important at Thomas Hassall.
Today I wanted to bring before you a change that we are making to merits in the Junior School. Up until now, we have used two different methods of recognising student achievement. Good Work Cards in Years P-4 and the use of a diary stamp in Years 5 and 6. We are now using one method throughout Junior School. This is called an Achievement Award.
For the next period, it will still be acceptable to hand in a mixture of both Good Work Cards, Diary Stamps and the new Achievement award.
We encourage feedback regarding this new system and hope that you start to see the new awards in the coming days and weeks.