Hi Prescott Primary Northern family. Welcome to Week for of Term 2. My remarks this week are brief, but really important. I would like to honour our staff today.

You may have noticed that there is a lot of sickness going around Adelaide at the moment. Many of our PPN children and families are sick, as are many of our staff. I would like to pay tribute to our staff for the way they have been able to be flexible and cover for others who are not well. It warms my heart to see the way they all jump in for our kids and each other.

I would also like to say thank you to our Deputy Principals, particularly Mrs Charity who is organising replacement staff this term. This is not an easy job! Miss B has been helping her out, and they have been really working hard to keep our school program running in demanding times. Thank you.

I would also like to ask for your patience and understanding as we do our very best to make sure our children and their learning are given the highest priority possible. There are some days when we are really struggling to get enough staff to be able to cover those who are unwell, but with the generosity of our amazing staff and creativity in programming, we have been able to keep things working well.

There may be some times when you hear that your child has a different teacher or SSO than usual, or their program has had to be adjusted. Please know that we are doing our very best to minimise impact, but it is really hard to do that at the moment.

Thank you again for your understanding and please know we are doing all we can to provide the best learning for the children.

Have a great week with our kids,

Mark B