Assistant Principal's report
lauren.hopkins@education.vic.gov.au
Kalinda Primary School
World Teacher's Day
Last Friday, we celebrated World Teachers’ Day with a special presentation at assembly, recognising and thanking the wonderful teachers who make Kalinda such a special place to learn and grow. Thank you to Nicole Werner MP who presented special booklets made by our students, as well as a donation of library books to our school library.
Teaching is about so much more than delivering lessons. It’s about building relationships, inspiring curiosity, encouraging resilience, celebrating achievements and making a difference in the lives of young people every single day.
To all our teachers, thank you for the care, commitment, creativity and passion you bring to your work. The difference you make in the lives of our students is immeasurable, and we are so grateful for everything you do!
“Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection.”
— Rita Pierson
2027 classes
I want to take a moment to thank our teaching and ES teams who are already working on building class groups for next year. They have begun work on this amongst their other 2026 priorities of great teaching and learning, school reports, monitoring student wellbeing, preparing for carols, excursions and graduation - and not to mention budgets and program and curriculum planning!
To build classes we use a program called Class Creator that allows us to place equal emphasis on not only student friendship choices and pairings, but also academic strengths and weaknesses, social/wellbeing and welfare needs and group work dynamics. If you have information regarding class placement that you think specifically pertains to your child's wellbeing in 2027, please send it in writing to kalinda.ps@education.vic.gov.au by Friday 13th November.
Whilst we cannot absolutely guarantee that we meet every request (and do not accept teacher requests) we will acknowledge your input and work to ensure that in 2027, your child can thrive.
We are kind. We are resilient. We are respectful.