Principal's Report
2024 Student Attitudes to School Survey (AtoSS)
We have received some excellent preliminary results from the recent AtoSS for Grade 4-6 children. I shared these with our School Council on Monday. Our staff will analyse them in detail over the coming weeks.
I have put together a summary below. The numbers below refer to the % of students who had a positive response to the questions asked within each of these topics. The results in yellow are our results from this year, while the results in blue are those of 'similar schools' as this is the most accurate way to assess our performance i.e. they are considered to have students of a similar level of advantage/disadvantage overall. Please note that 'similar schools' results are not yet available for 2024, although these will only be marginally different from 2023, if at all. The 2022 and 2023 results are there to provide additional context in relation to our performance over time.
Our results are outstanding and would easily be some of the best AtoSS outcomes in Victoria. These results are only possible due to our committed staff and our awesome students.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the Curriculum
I just wanted to share some of the great work our Specialist teaching team have been doing in relation to their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the Curriculum Community of Practice. This work reflects the broader work we have been doing as part of the Koorie Curriculum Clusters Pilot program. This Department of Education and Training pilot program supports partnerships between Koorie communities and clusters of local schools to strengthen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives across the curriculum.
Please open the link below to see their presentation.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-teacher conferences will be held in the second week of next term on Monday 22nd July and Tuesday 23rd July from 3:30pm-7:00pm. Booking details will be made available in a Compass alert next week. Please keep an eye out for this as our teachers would welcome the opportunity to discuss the progress of your child/children at this time.
Semester 1 Reports will be released via Compass on Thursday, 27th June.
Prep Enrolments 2025
If you have a child who will be attending Spring Gully Primary School in Prep next year, you are most welcome to enrol now.
Prep enrolments for 2025 close on Friday, 26th July. Parents will be notified of the outcome of their application within a week of the closing date.
End of Term 2 – Early School Finishy
Term 2 will conclude at 2:15pm on Friday, 28th June. Please make appropriate arrangements for the safe collection of your child/ren due to the earlier dismissal time. There will be no assembly on this day.
The final assembly of Term 2 will be held tomorrow.
Bus Travelers – End of Term Pick Up
The school bus will be collecting our students an hour earlier than normal on the last day of term. This means that the bus is scheduled to arrive at our school at approximately 2:45pm on Friday, 28th June.
Happy Holidays!
As Term 2 draws to a close, I would like to wish all of our families a very safe and happy holiday. This term has certainly been packed with lots of fun and learning and Term 3 promises more of the same!
I would like to thank you all on behalf of our staff for your continued support of the school.