Year 6

Assistant Principal's Report

Senior School News

Another super busy week in the Senior School at Pakenham Springs! It seems like we're flying towards the middle of term - it'll be camp week before we know it!

We've had a massive few weeks of sporting participation in a number of varied tournaments - from our first ever time competing in the Casey Netball Challenge, to our Hoop Time finals appearances, Regional Track and Field finals and our District Lightning Premiership competition.  Something that has been truly evident throughout these events is the ability of our Pakenham Springs senior students to show our school values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience at all times when out in the community.  It makes me so proud to be a member of the Pakenham Springs community when I see the encouragement and sportsmanship on show towards teammates and other competitors at these events, as it does when I witness the resilience of our students when results don't always go our way.  Our Physical Education department, headed up by Mr Scott Holmes do a fabulous job of encouraging our students to get involved in as many different sporting events as possible - we are able to do this because we trust in our students to always represent our school in a positive manner when out in the community.  Good luck to our T20 Blast teams who will compete this Friday! 

Well done also to our Senior Students in being such great role models at our first ever whole school Zumba session last week - your participation and positive attitude (and willingness to look a little silly at times!!) really provided a great example of what an active student at Pakenham Springs really looks like.

We have an especially busy time ahead of us in the Year 6 area.  Our annual Canberra Tour is coming up in week 6 and when we get back it will be full-steam ahead into our Graduation plans and transitions into Secondary School.   We want all Year 6 students to enjoy their last term at Pakenham Springs - please have a chat with your child and discuss the way in which they want to finish Primary School.  A positive attitude, focused manner and the understanding that our Positive Behaviour expectations apply right up until the very last day will help them in becoming successful graduates of Pakenham Springs Primary School in 2018.

Have a great week!

Renee Cotterell

Assistant Principal