Principal's Message

Last Thursday's welcoming picnic and BBQ was a wonderful celebration as a school community. There was an exciting positive vibe throughout the night with parents catching up and meeting new people as well as our students playing happily with each other. It has been something we have really missed as a school community over these COVID years.

We know at SMDP that parents, families, and carers are a child's first and most important teachers. When families and schools work together children’s learning is enhanced.

Partnerships for learning and wellbeing are about parents and carers, schools and communities working together to ensure that every parent can play a positive role in their child's learning, school community, sport, and social life.

Parents and families play an important role in supporting their child's education. 

Research has shown that when schools and families work together, children:

• do better
• stay in school longer
• are more engaged with their schoolwork
• go to school more regularly
• behave better
• have better social skills

We continue to encourage parents to be involved in school activities and events such as helping supervise on excursions, joining our PIP group or attending our Mothers and Father’s Day breakfasts. However, I understand a number of you work and lead busy lives and therefore may be concerned that you can’t help your child. Don't worry, as you do not have to be at school to support the learning that goes on during school hours. 

You can assist us everyday in your child's learning by doing the obvious things like checking that your children have correct uniform, responding and commenting to Seesaw posts, reading with them, making sure they are in bed at a reasonable time, packing a sensible amount of good healthy food for lunch, dropping and collecting them from school on time. All of these efforts demonstrate the strong partnership between home and school and sends the message to your child that learning and school is a high priority for you.

I look forward to working with each of you so everyone of our students can shine and feel success. 

Warm Regards,

Dan  Ryan  

Principal

St Martin de Porres Primary School is committed to creating an environment where the safety, wellbeing, and participation of all children within our care is paramount. 

2022 School Closure Days

Listed below are our school closure days for 2022. These are student free days. Staff use these days to further develop their learning and keep informed with current practice and procedures. 

NOTE: These dates may be subject to change that may be outside of our control.