Leadership Badge Ceremony

It was wonderful to see so many parents at our Leadership Badge Ceremony on Monday this week. Thank you to Mr Gordon for organising this special event in our school calendar. To see how proud our parents were when pinning the badges on their students’ chests, and the pride our students were displaying with their well-earned achievement, was a special moment for our school community. I would like to congratulate all of our leaders again and share a quote that Mr Gordon presented through our school captains at this Ceremony –“Leaders are not born, they are made. No matter where you are at in your leadership journey, you have the potential to be a great leader.” - Vince Lombardi

School Uniform

The wearing of the full school uniform is compulsory for all students at all times, as endorsed by the P&C. Sports uniforms are to be worn on days when classes have HPE or sport. Dress uniform is to be worn on all other days. For special occasions such as ANZAC Day students will be instructed to wear dress uniform. The school hat is a part of the school uniform and must be worn when outdoors. Hair accessories need to be navy blue or bottle green. Hair needs to be clean and tidy and if it touches the shoulders, then it is required to be tied back. Hair should not cover the face and if is long needs to be pinned back.

Parents, could I please ask you all to take a moment to read through our Uniform Policy attached and discuss these expectations with your child/ren. We are a Team; Team Robertson, and we wear our uniform with pride. I appreciate your support with this, thank you.

Student Lunches

I know how much of a challenge it can be to make lunch for your children every day and as a father of two fussy teenage children, I absolutely understand the complexities.

However, I want to encourage you to make sure that your children have lunches that are satisfying, filling and good for brain work. They need a balance of protein, carbs and other food groups. Rice, pasta, and bread are good to feel full and satisfied; eggs, cheese, meat, chicken, fish and tofu are good to feel full for longer; vegetables and fruit provide excellent nutrition for productive brain work.

Some ideas to make lunch box veggies fun and interesting for kids include:

• Ants on a log – fill celery sticks with low-fat cream cheese or hummus, and place sultanas across the top
• Sticks ‘n’ dip combo – offer crunchy veggie sticks like carrot, green beans, capsicum, celery and cucumber with a small container of beetroot dip or tomato salsa
• Corny cobs – steam corn on the cob and put in the lunchbox. Alternatively, use a small container of canned corn (no added salt).
• Roast vegetable, chickpea and couscous salad – fill a small tub (with a tight-fitting lid) with salad and top with a dollop of hummus or natural yoghurt
• Falafel wraps – make a delicious lunch wrap with baked falafel, tomato, lettuce, cucumber and dip (for example, tzatziki, yoghurt or hummus).
• Grilled or oven-baked vegetable chunks or wedges – serve with yoghurt dip.
• Veggie muffins – try pumpkin and zucchini, carrot and sultana, cheese and corn, pumpkin and date and sweet potato, zucchini and poppy seed.
• Veggie slice – mix grated vegetables (such as zucchini) with chopped onion, cheese, flour and eggs and bake in a moderate oven until golden brown.
• Snap pack – fill a snap lock bag with sugar snap peas and cherry or Roma tomatoes.

Visit the Better Health channel recipe page for more ideas.

This is not about weight loss or gain; this is about being healthy enough to maximise learning.

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