Principal's Report

Dear parents, carers and kin,

Congratulations to everyone on making it to the end of term 3!  What a busy term its been and even busier this week with our swimming program wrapping up the term.

This week we were visited by our architects, surveyors and landscapers to discuss our school master plan.  Consultation was held with all members of our staff and our students. They spend the whole of Tuesday in the school and got a really clear picture of how the school operates on what works well for our students.  As I get more details of the master plan, I'll begin sharing them with our school community.

These students took part in a consultation with an educational design expert to share their ideas on how the design of the school could help them learn best.  Its a very exciting time and a great privilege to help outline a vision for Naranga School 10, 15 and 20 years from now.

I hope you have a wonderful school holidays and look forward to seeing you at the concert early next term.  

Kai Pukarinen

Principal

Other important messages you may have missed...

Changes to transport

We sometimes have changes made to transport arrangements for students.  This can result in some last minute changes so that students access the correct bus, or are at the back gate for parent pick up.  The office staff does a great job of managing student transport.  Please help us keep transport operations running smoothly by contacting the main office by 2:45pm each day if there are any changes to how your  son or daughter is getting home from school.

Teacher communication

Communication channels between home and school became much more open and regular over the past two years.  This is a direct result of the pandemic and the periods of remote learning that required close contact between teachers and parents.  Good communication between home and school and strong relationships between parents and teachers is key to positive student outcomes.  Current email and other electronic communication can blur the lines between our working lives and home lives.  As a staff, we've discussed having boundaries and limiting parent communication after hours unless it is an emergency or a critical matter.  Please support us by communicating with teachers between 8:00am and 5:30pm.  Or if you are emailing outside of those hours, please accept that you may not get a reply until the next day.