Dear Friends and Parents,
What an amazing year we have had at Sum of Us. Many thanks to everyone who has supported us this last semester with the transition from Stephensons Rd to North Road. After 14 years working with students in Mt Waverley it is fantastic to finally be in our own purpose built place delivering again our one on one services with a passion. Bentleigh East is a great location and the new place is working so well, thanks for the positive comments from so many of you. We would love to hear more feedback.
Once again at this time of year we have been receiving wonderful reports, with so many students achieving great results in their school examinations and end of year progress reports. We continue to award the Student of the Month to an outstanding individual. Congratulations Anthony Naggar, Teri Selalmatzidis and Esther Flynn for winning this award in September, October and November, respectively.
Our year 12 students should now be enjoying a well-earned rest; whilst everyone else is moving on and making a head start on their new year.
As usual we have a variety of programs running throughout the school holidays at Bentleigh from 15th January. These include Intensive English, all maths courses for VCE, Middle years science, transition programs year 6 to 7 and a variety of primary workshops. Following several requests we are running a study skills course for Year 9 -12 at the start of the school year. For more details please email Sara directly (Sara@sumofus.com.au) or ring her on 0419342150.
Sum of Us term ends on Friday 15th December although teachers may be available for make up lessons the following week or if you prefer to leave this until January school will reopen from the 15th January when classes can be made up too.
Our traditional break up party and celebration of student success has been moved from the busy time of Christmas to the New Year. A date for your 2018 diary is the weekend of the 3rd/4th Feb at East Bentleigh. We hope this makes it easier to attend.
Sadly, after 7 years of working at Sum of Us, Pam B has decided to step back a little next year as she is planning to travel more in 2018 and wants to spend more time with her grandchildren before they start school. We would like to thank Pam for making such a valuable contribution at Sum of Us her experience commitment and passion she has shared with us will be missed. We secretly hope she will be back when the time is right.
On another note we welcome back, after a couple of years away from us, Brenda Brighton. Brenda brings with her a wealth of experience in middle years and a passion for educating the whole child. This year she was presented with an award from the Education Dept. in recognition of her services.
At Sum of Us we are proud of the individual tuition we provide. We are committed to nurturing our students so that they develop the belief in themselves, their confidence and their self-esteem. This area including building resilience and combating anxiety will be a large focus at Sum of Us in 2018.
We will be back in touch again in Jan at the start of the new year with further details but please feel free to contact us if you want to change times or days for 2018. There are limited spaces and times available in Term 1 for those students who remained at Mt Waverley, most students have informed us already of their commitment and preference to stay in this location. If you haven’t already done so please inform us by 14th Dec. so we can try to organise this for you.
Finally don’t forget to put party weekend in your diary. Have a browse on the website for programs in January or pick up the phone so we can discuss your individual requirements.
In the meantime everyone at Sum of us would like to wish you and your family a very safe, happy and healthy Christmas with every good wish for 2018.
Sara and Graeme and our team of inspirational teachers.