Message from Principal Sarah

Victorian Government Schools Principal Conference

Last week the executive leadership team attended the Victorian Government Schools Principal Conference. The conference theme was Excellence in Every Classroom. We had the opportunity to network with other principals, and hear from influential and insightful speakers, as well as learn more about the Department of Education’s evidence-informed direction.

The conference keynotes and workshops aligned with the following statewide priorities:

• teaching and learning (including implementation of the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0)

• wellbeing and engagement

• cultural inclusion

• network collaboration 

• leadership

• engaging and working with the community.

Winter is here…

Winter has well and truly begun, and we are feeling the cold weather! 

Please ensure your child is appropriately dressed for the colder days. Where possible, we try to give students time outside at recess and lunch each day, which might mean additional layers of clothing are needed to keep warm. 

While we encourage those extra pieces of clothing for outdoors, please remind students that outer wear such as beanies and jackets must be taken off when in classrooms. For this reason, we encourage families to name all clothing belongings.

Thank you to families for supporting our focus on wearing the correct school attire during the colder months of the year.

Staff and Student Illnesses

Covid and the flu is currently prevalent across our school community. As such we have had a number of staff absent due to illness. In these circumstances, we try to cover teachers with consistent casual relief teachers (CRTs), however at times we have difficulties finding replacement teachers and have needed to split classes. Please know this is not our preferred method of managing staff absences, however in the case where classes are split, students are receiving consistent teaching and learning. 

To help minimise the spread of illness across the school, we ask that if your child is displaying flu or covid symptoms, they are kept at home in an effort to reduce the spread of infection. Please update Compass with an attendance explanation for their absence. We thank families for their support with this matter.

2024 Annual Report to the School Community (as published in the last newsletter report)

The Annual Report to the School Community provides principals and school councils with an opportunity to share the year’s achievements and progress with the school community. This includes reflecting on the school’s performance and explaining the positive impact of school improvement efforts on student outcomes. 

Our 2024 Annual Reporting Community Meeting will be held at 7pm on Thursday 19th June. If you would like to attend this meeting, please register your interest via this link. This meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting. The meeting location and link will be shared with registered attendees closer to the date.