Principal's Report

Dear Parents,

Book Week – Fancy dress parade – Thursday 24th – 9:30am on the basketball courts

We welcome you to join us for the annual book week parade tomorrow, Thursday 24th of August. We will assemble for a parade on the basketball courts at 9:30am.  Please come and share in the joy and our love of books.

Parent Opinion Survey

You will have received your unique link to the parent opinion survey via email recently.  The survey is open until the 8th of September.  I encourage you to participate in our quick and confidential parent opinion survey. Your insights support us to drive positive change for your child's education and those who come after you. Thank you in advance.

Working Bee – Saturday 2nd September 9am-11am – Bourke and Curtin House Families 

The school council is committed to enhancing our community connections this year and we have re-formed our building and grounds team and will be hosting a working bee each term for the remainder of the year.  The next working-bee will be held on Saturday the 2nd of September between 9am and 11am with a morning tea provided at 11am.  We’re planning to plant out and mulch the front garden beds in front of the main school building and down the side with ground covers. Other tasks that we hope to achieve are tidying up the yard, weeding and mulching gardens, ivy removal and blackberry removal.

We are inviting the families of children in Bourke and Curtin House to come in term three and families of Hume and Mitchell to join us in late October, term four.  If you’re up for attending both, you’re more than welcome.

Father’s Day Stall

With Father's Day around the corner, we have recently sent home information about the pre-order system for ordering gifts.  There is more information further down in this newsletter.  This Friday, the 25th of August, is the last day for ordering.

NAPLAN data correction

Two weeks ago, I eagerly shared our success in the recent NAPLAN assessments.  These were fantastic results which we should be proud of and demonstrated a strength in academic achievement at our school.   Regrettably, in my eagerness to share our success, I incorrectly interpreted some of the data and stated that we were the strongest school in the Macedon Range on four measures.  I would like to correct this to, we were the strongest of the Macedon Ranges like schools for Year 5 – Numeracy and well above the network average for Year 3 - Numeracy, Year 5 - Reading, Year 5 – Spelling.  

Kind regards and Sampai jumpa (until next time),

Matt