Principal Team Updates

Congratulations and Happy Holidays

Whilst it's been a long one, and we're all ready for a break, it's been a great term! 

Congratulations on all we've done and achieved this semester. This extends from classroom learning to the learning in the Specialist domains and the extra-curricular camps, excursions and activities! Well done everyone!

Semester 1 school achievement reports are live on Compass, I hope you enjoy reading of your children's achievements. 

Don't forget to wear your PJs tomorrow as we end the term in style, while promoting organ and tissue donation awareness. If your child is intending to wear slippers, please ensure school shoes are packed to wear outside.

Teaching Excellence Program 2025 

This year, our Visual Arts teacher, Claudia Michielin, has been participating in the Teaching Excellence Program delivered by the Department's Academy of Teaching and Learning.

Claudia has attended 2 discipline days and 2 Teaching Excellence Learning Community days over the semester.We are proud to have Claudia represent our school and engage in the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership's flagship teacher excellence course this year. 

The first half of the program has seen Claudia complete an action research project on boys' engagement in Visual Arts. She drew upon a range of self-assessments of effort, scaffolding tools to increase understanding of the steps involved in the learning task, and implemented a range of tools to support creative thinking. These strategies led to improved engagement and overall outcomes, most notably, positive fulfilment for boys in Visual Arts. Love the surfboard designs!

Next semester, Claudia will be engaging in action research on 'thinking routines'. 

Updated Suspensions and Expulsions Policy - From the Department of Education

Our school is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive environment for all students and staff. You may be aware of recent changes announced to suspension and expulsion powers that will be available to Victorian principals from day one of Term 3, (Monday 21 July 2025).

We know that students’ behaviour outside of school, particularly online, can sometimes impact the safety of students and staff at school.

In exceptional circumstances, principals of Victorian government schools will be able suspend or expel students for behaviour that occurs outside of school grounds and/or hours including online, if it poses a significant danger to the safety and wellbeing of students or staff.

These powers apply only to serious incidents where there is a clear and close connection to the school and the behaviour of a student outside of school unreasonably impacts the safety and wellbeing of students or staff at school, and their ability to learn or work. Please note: 

• They do not apply to behaviours unrelated to the school or school community.
• They only apply to behaviour which occurs from Monday 21 July 2025 onwards.

Suspension and expulsion will remain measures of last resort – our primary approach continues to focus on proactive and positive behaviour support, including working with you to teach students the behaviours we expect of them, in school and in life.

Thank you for your continued support as we work in partnership to educate and support our young people.

Christian Holdsworth, Amy Prior, Bree Jennings & Jordan Tate