Acting Principal's Report

Hello DPW Community,

It’s certainly been a busy couple of weeks here at DPW. Our Year 6 students have been participating in sessions to prepare a special cohort dance for their upcoming graduation. It’s hard to believe that it’s almost time for another group of our students to finish their primary school learning and transition into secondary school. There are many things to finalise for them, so year 6 parents please keep an eye out for a few notes that will be coming home soon regarding graduation and the long day excursion.

At the other end of school life, our Foundation 2026 transition sessions are well underway. It’s been lovely to welcome our newest learners! The children have been very excited to come to school and participate in the sessions. If you know a family with a child starting school next year who hasn’t yet enrolled, please encourage them to do so as soon as possible. Enrolling now ensures their child can take part in our transition program and start school feeling confident and connected.

A reminder for everyone that this coming Tuesday, the 4th November, is a public holiday for the Melbourne Cup so there is no school that day. There is school as usual on Monday 3rd November.

World Teacher’s Day

World Teachers' Day honours teachers, whose passion and hard work make a real difference to student’s lives every day. World Teacher’s Day is officially celebrated on the 5th of October, however, in Australia we celebrate our teachers on Friday 31st October.

At DPW, we celebrated our amazing teachers with a morning tea on Wednesday to ensure everyone was acknowledged — especially those not working Friday. I would like to again, acknowledge our teachers who inspire, support, and empower our students every single day. Let’s keep working together to ensure our students have a bright, happy future!

SWPBS 

SWPBS stands for School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support.It’s a way schools help students learn and show expected behaviour.

The main parts to it are:

• Clear expectations: Everyone knows what expected behaviour looks like (e.g. being safe, being respectful, and being a learner).
• Teaching behaviour: Just like reading or maths, expected behaviour is taught and practiced.
• Recognising good choices: Students are acknowledged when they do the right thing.

• Consistency: All staff use the same language and approach, so students know what to expect.

   

The goal is to create a safe, supportive school where everyone can learn and succeed.

At DPW, we track data on student behaviour, especially Major unexpected behaviours. Our goal is to have as many students as possible consistently showing expected behaviours.

We use a tool to monitor the percentage of students with major behaviour reports. Since introducing SWPBS, we’ve seen a noticeable decrease in the number of students receiving frequent major incident reports — a positive sign that our approach is working.

This can be seen in these graphs, with the right side triangle in each term being our results (the greener, the better):

Kindest Regards,

Deanne Scott

Principal