School starts

Time for early nights now because school starts this week.

Wednesday 1 February 2012 - classes open from 8.30 a.m., the bell will ring at 8.55 a.m.

See you there:)

Kick-it kids

Don't forget there is a free kick-it kids football session for Shirley Primary children this Wednesday 24 January. Junior children Y0-3 from 10.00-11.30 and senior children Y4-6 from 12.00-1.30. Please bring a water bottle, a snack and make sure you have sun-block on. Register on the day on the school field with the coach, Paul Bateson.

School checked

I am pleased to report that the school has been thoroughly checked by DD Architects and it all looks good, with just a couple of minor fix-ups; a basin in the boys toilets becoming loose and some repairs to the walkway roof outside the admin block. So that is fantastic news.

Unfortunately there have been a couple of vandalism issues these holidays with deliberate vandalism to our internal pedestrian gate latches (one incident where I caught  four teenage girls deliberately smashing them!), some tagging and a small case of arson.

So, thanks to our neighbours who keep a good look out for us and to many of our families who also come down and check things out. School is already busy though with teachers getting organised for 2012, and of course Mr McKenzie is there everyday and Mary, our cleaner.

Happy New Year

I returned to school after a lovely short new year's break in Sefton, feeling a little jittery after our wee spate of shakes only to be completely 'blown away' and delighted by the efforts of the staff of Tom Thumb Logistics - Aaron Cooper (owner and one of our parents), Lisa Wisse (manager and very talented local artist), Mike McClintock, Mitch Lauder and Noel Garner. Why? because they have donated all of their holiday time over the past week to:

• repair our pool - YES, fix it!                   and
• replace our poolside crumbled block wall with a new wooden fence WITH an awesome hand-painted mural (wow, Lisa!)                                and
• put topsoil all over our field ready for re-sowing

What an awesome surprise......

THANKS SO MUCH TO TOM THUMB LOGISTICS.....Looks like we will be swimming in 2012!!