Dear Parents, Welcome to 2014 at Mount Annan Christian College. Our Junior School staffare gearing up to welcome you all back to School very shortly. We are very excited to catch up with our wonderful students who have no doubt grown taller, lost teeth and collected many wonderful tales over their holiday break to share with us during the first days. I am writing today to fill you in on a few important procedures during the first day and throughout the first few weeks of Term 1. All students in Kindergarten to Year 12 will return to School on Thursday 30th January. To ensure a smooth start to the day, all students in Year 1 to Year 4 will line up in their 2013 class lines to begin the day in the JS Quad. New Kindergarten students will assemble in the Quiet Area under the shade sails. Your child will bring home a letter at the end of the day notifying you of their class and teacher’s name along with the location of their classroom. I would respectfully request that parents please wait for this letter to come home and do not remain around outside classrooms after students have left the Quad. Our aim is to settle students quickly and to give them every opportunity to transition to new routines as independently as possible. Our staff, have been allocated to 2014 classes as follows: Prep Mrs Michelle Larrea Mrs Sharon Davies (Mon, Tues, Wed) Mrs Gina Vella (Thu, Fri) Years K-4 KF Mrs Lisa Francis KG Mrs Kristen Fuller until Week 6 and then Mrs Jessica Gabin. 1O Miss Nicole Oddy 1/2H Mrs Kaelene Harris 2BV Mrs Gina Vella (Mon, Tue) and Mrs Miriam Brownlee (Wed, Thu, Fri) 2/3S Mrs Veronica Shabaya 3T Mrs Kate Todd 4B Mr Michael Brownlee Support Staff Learning Support Coordinator Mrs Fran Murphy Learning Support Aide Mrs Elizabeth Leake RFF Teachers Mrs Georgia Downes Mrs Debbie Pope We will be holding a Meet the Teacher Evening on Tuesday 11th February. I would encourage as many parents as possible to attend this evening and to get to know our wonderful staff to hear the plans and procedures for your child’s class during 2014. Further details will be released early Term 1. I have included a couple of attachments with this letter for your information and hope it will be of benefit to you in preparing for the year ahead. I look forward to seeing you all very shortly. Until then I wish you all abundant blessings. Kind Regards, Mrs Debbie Pope Head of Junior School

2014 Junior School Information Sheet

Start and Finish of the Day School begins at 8.30am each day and concludes at the new time for 2014 of 3pm. A teacher is on duty at 8.05am each morning in the JS Quad. Please do not drop your child before this time, as there is no supervision provided. In the morning we respectfully ask Parents to not enter the JS Quad. This is to ensure the safe supervision of our students within this area. In an effort to keep our students focused until the end of the day, I’d also like to remind families to please ensure that you don’t head into the Quad to collect your child until the Music plays at 3pm signalling the end of the day.

Morning Lines These will continue to be held on Mondays and Fridays at 8.30am with parents invited into the Quad for our Friday Lines where weekly awards will be given out. Communication Important communication will be contained within our newsletter delivered by email each Friday. Please ensure that your email address is up to date with our Administration department so that you do not miss out on any vital information throughout the year. Recess and Lunch We respectfully request that you do not send Peanut Butter, Nutella or ANY peanut or peanut

product to school for recess or lunch. We have a number of students within our Junior School with significant life threatening allergies to nuts. Lunch orders will continue to be delivered to classrooms in JS. Students should place lunch orders in the baskets located in the classroom at the beginning of the day. Uniform Full dress uniform is to be worn Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, with sports uniforms to be worn on Wednesdays and Fridays. School Shoes – Students in Years K-2 are permitted to wear either lace up, buckle or Velcro shoes. Students in Years 3 and 4 should wear lace ups. Sports Shoes – Shoes should be predominantly white. Jewellery – Girls earrings should be either small gold or silver studs or sleepers only. Bracelets, rings and necklaces are not to be worn for safety reasons. Hair Accessories – Girls should have hair pulled back at all times and are permitted to wear green or white headbands and/or ribbons only. The MACC Uniform shop will be open at the following times: Monday 20th –Friday 24th from 10am – 4pm Tuesday 28th – Wednesday 29th 10am – 4pm Thursday 30th – Friday 31st 8am – 10am and 2pm -4pm

Swimming Carnival This year the Swimming Carnival will be held on Monday 10th February. The Carnival will be for all students in Years 3 to 12. Kindergarten, Year 1 and 2 students will remain at school on this day. JS Assemblies These are held twice per term with our first assembly to be held on Thursday 13th March at 2.15pm. Equipment In JS, most stationary items and all books are provided, however, the following is a list of equipment that would be appreciated to assist in the smooth running of the classroom.

Kindergarten Year 1 and 2 Year 3 and 4 Headphones with name clearly labelled – over the ear style work best. Glue Stick Paint Shirt – long sleeve Box of Tissues

Headphones with name clearly labelled – over the ear style work best. Glue Stick Paint Shirt – long sleeve Box of Tissues Pencil Case with pencils, crayons and/or textas. – THIS IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL AS THESE ITEMS ARE SUPPLIED in Years 1 and 2. NIrV Bible

Headphones with name clearly labelled – over the ear style work best. Glue Stick Paint Shirt – long sleeve Box of Tissues Pencil Case with the following items: Led pencils Coloured pencils Eraser Blue/Black Pen Red Pen 30cm Ruler – plastic or wood OPTIONAL EXTRAS textas, crayons, gel pens NIrV or NIV Bible

Student Management Policy I have included our Junior School Student Management Policy. This policy has recently been reviewed and revised by our Deputy Principal, myself and our Junior School Staff for your reference.