Hi everyone and welcome to 2019! Welcome to our new families in our Reception classes as well as our new families coming from other schools. It is great to see so many new faces eager and happy to start their learning process.

As you may know, this year I will be working in the Year 6 class on Fridays. I have really enjoyed getting to know the children and their families. Lisa and I have already developed a great working relationship as we have collaborated and planned some of the years learning together. I am excited about the possibilities of what this year may bring.

This year we will also have Matt Richards back to help us make the most of our Apple products. Matt is an experienced Apple consultant and we are happy to once again have him working with us. Matt works with staff and students and has made a positive contribution to how we think about and use IT. Matt and I have developed a scope and sequence for all year levels that we will roll out over the next 12 months.

We are pretty close to completing our new hard ware integration. As it stands now, we are 1:2 iPad in Rec-Year 2, 1:1 iPad Year 3-5 and the Year 6s are using Macs. The Year 3-5 students are loving their new iPads and have already taken to them like a duck to water. These iPads have added keyboard to that students can still learn important typing skills with the added flexibility of being portable.