A very warm welcome back to Term 4. I very much look forward to a purposeful, energetic and productive last few week for the school year.

Towards the end of last term a number of students accomplished remarkable achievements in diverse activities. Our Tournament of Minds, Maths and Engineering Team won their regional competition and will be representing NSW at the National finals in Melbourne this weekend. In Athletics, three boys, Atticus Bertrams, Bili Roberton and Alec Peterson will represent the CIS at the State Carnival next week. Flynn Gannon and Toby Phillips performed exceptionally well in their Snowboard Cross event at the Australian National Championships assisting the Combined Newington team to a 6th place. Finally, Nicholas Lawton-Wade achieved a 2nd place in the National Little Bay Idea Competition sponsored by Origin. Further details about Nicholas’ ideas are included in this newsletter. Congratulations to all of these students for their wonderful efforts.

I would also like to mention and thank our Year 5/6 music students and staff who last term participated in a very successful South Coast tour where they performed with and a number of schools. Well done.

The end of the school day is a very busy time, and for safety and security reasons we do request for parents not to enter the school building (unless they have a specific appointment) but rather wait for their sons in the designated area (Playground A). Also, parents should not access the building via foot, through the carpark entry. Thank you for your co-operation with this matter.

Finally, I wish the Year 3 students and staff a very successful two day school camp at Narrabeen Sport and Recreation Centre. Such activities present wonderful learning opportunities beyond the classroom. The Year 3 students will return to school at 2.00pm on Friday afternoon.

Ian Holden
Head of Wyvern