Happy New Year.  As usual we are very much looking forward to the coming term at Rainbow and one & a half weeks into it we are encouraged by the attitude and enthusiasm of the staff and children and how the many new students seem to have settled in.  We are also pleased so far with the performance of the new school transport provider, White Lines.  With regard to the school bus service, we still have several students using the bus who have not yet returned the signed code of conduct or the rules and regulations form signed by their parents.  The bus service obviously has more chance of operating smoothly with cooperation from all parties concerned.