Principal Report

Welcome back to school to all of our families and a special welcome to our Prep and new student families for the 2026 school year. Well done everyone for such a great start to the school year. It has been another great start to the school year. When our Principal Team visit classrooms it great to see students smiling and engaged in their learning.

This term will be a very busy one and includes our Getting to Know You Interviews, Cyber Safety Project incursion, Grade 6 camp to Wilson’s Prom, Grade 3 and 5 NAPLAN testing, Grade 6 Summer Sports, Oatlands Swimming Trials (grades 4-6) and Grade 6 leadership development.

At Oatlands we are a values driven school and these values form the foundation of everything we do – including students, staff and broader school community. A key part to this is the value of RESPECT. How we treat and talk to others at school matters. It is very important that we accept each other for who we are, even if we are different from you in some way. Respecting people means saying “Good Morning” and “Good Afternoon”. It means listening to people and taking an interest in them. What we do and how we behave matters a lot and influences the type of day that other people have and the type of day we have. Respecting Oatlands PS means helping to keep our school looking good and following our rules that help our school. It is also important that we respect ourselves and care for ourselves by eating healthy food, drinking lots of water and exercising. Respecting doesn’t take a lot of effort, but it makes a BIG DIFFERENCE!

During Semester 2 of last year our Grade 5 students went through a process to become a 2026 school leader.

Congratulations and well done to our 2026 OPS Student Leaders.

School Captains – Mia and Shayla

School Vice Captains – Alishba, Nivein, Onalee and Promit

Sports Captains – Sia and Ky

Sports Vice Captains – Kenzie and Haaroon

Boyle House Captains – Ella, Zoey and Max

Elliot House Captains – Lyam, Charlize and Moksha

Fraser House Captains – Ayman, Micaela and Yahya

Perkins House Captains – Osharya, Shaimek and Indi

Art Leaders – Keesha, Melody and Anna

Environmental Leaders – Simon, Charlee, Carly, Zoe, Alyssa and Jess