Principals Report 

I have had the pleasure of catching up with Tim Lloyd, our former Deputy Principal, and the now new Principal, Gilgandra High School. Tim is travelling well but has expressed that he is missing the students, their families and staff from Guyra Central School. Janette Holmes, substantive Head Teacher Mathematics, Armidale Secondary College was successful, through an expression of interest process, in securing relieving Deputy Principal position for Term 2 and Term 3 2022. We welcome Ms. Holmes to our school and hope that she enjoys her time with us. During the school break period we were provided with a requisition number to commence the merit recruitment process for Guyra Central School's substantive Deputy Principal. The panel has been formed, as per NSW Department of Education requirements, and we are underway with this process. I will keep the community informed, when we have a result.

 

Congratulations again to our incoming P & C executive and welcome to your new positions. Congratulations to Mr Richard Post (President), Mr Robert Jackson (Vice President), Mrs Aimee Hutton (Secretary), Mrs Amanda Jackson (Treasurer) and Mrs Trudy Brown (Media Officer) on you 2022 positions, I look forward to working collaboratively during the year. Our P & C meet again on Tuesday 31st May, 6pm in the Primary Staff Room, our P & C would love to welcome new faces at their next meeting. Getting involved in the P & C  is a rewarding opportunity, linking our school and the community. We hope you can join us on Tuesday.  

 

Viv White, CEO Big Picture Australia, was visiting the school again during Week 4, working with students, parents and our Advisory Teachers. Richard Post, our newly appointed Guyra Central School P & C President, met with Viv and had the opportunity to accompany her into the Big Picture Advisory classrooms. Please contact me if you wish to find out more about Big Picture Education curriculum at Guyra Central School.

 

It is my pleasure to announce that Dante Lloyd, a Big Picture Education Year 11 student, has been successful with his application into the  2022 Rural Youth Ambassador program. Dante's application was a collaboration with Aurora College and Guyra Central School. Dante joined 19 other students at the 2022 State-wide Rural Youth Ambassador program Orientation Forum on Sunday, 15th May through to Wednesday, 18th May in Sydney. 

 

The beginning of Term 2 has been busy. On any given day our students have had the opportunity to enhance their learning opportunities and leave our school on the bus to experience rich, meaningful connections beyond the work that they do in the classroom.  Our Stage 3 Debating Teams visited Uralla Central School and Armidale City Public School participating and winning round 1 of the Premiers Debating Challenge.  Good Luck to both teams as they continue their journey in the Premiers Debating Challenge.  

 

We are a relatively small school setting. It makes me very proud to acknowledge the wide range of achievements of our students, and their families, and I thank our hard-working staff for their efforts, going above and beyond to provide opportunities for a beautiful kids. Well done to all of our students who represent themselves and their families and our school community in all of their