Principal's Report
Pakenham Springs Primary School acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the land on which the School stands.
Inclusive Schools Grant
We are delighted to announce that Pakenham Springs has received an Inclusive Schools grant of $130,000. Jane King, Crystal Hollow, Mara Goncalves and Katrina Spooner completed the application to enhance the 'garden area' and make it a truly inclusive space for the students to enjoy. We will be assigned an architect to work with us, the project is expected to take approximately 6 months. We will keep you updated on developments.
Super Graduates
Last week we celebrated with our graduate teachers as they all completed their assessments with the Victorian Institute of Teaching. Each Graduate teacher has worked hard on a project this year to enhance their teaching skills. They each presented to a panel from the leadership team. We are so impressed with our high-quality teachers and we are delighted to see them complete this section of their career.
Walk to School Day
On Wednesday we took part in the Walk to School day. Thankfully we had beautiful weather and a great turn out of staff, students and families walking together. This is a great incentive to get active and avoid the traffic!! Thank you to our families who joined us.
Bunnings BBQ Thankyou
Thankyou to all our staff, parents and students who assisted at the Bunnings BBQ on Saturday 20th October. We managed to raise close to $1000.00 which will be used for playground and ground maintenance.
School-Wide Positive Behaviour
Our new school values and expectations are still going strong with students striving to be acknowledged for displaying Respect, Responsibility and Resilience throughout the school day. Hopefully your children are arriving home with news of 'Frogger Dollars' they may have received.
Zumba
What a fabulous time we all had keeping fit in our Zumba lesson last week. It was great to have so many parent community members join us and participate.
Kerryn Baillie
Principal