Principal's Report

Dear Parents,

IT'S A GIRL! WELCOME DAISY RUTH SUTHERLAND BORN ON MONDAY NIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS MISS STEPHANIE AND TO HER HUSBAND JORDAN

I am very grateful and thank those who were able to support the Bunnings BBQ last weekend. Luke and Brendan and everyone that came to buy a snag or help out, it was wonderful to see the school community support our fundraising efforts. 

We had a busy week starting off with Book Week yesterday. My thanks to Clare Jenkins for a fantastic Book Week parade. The children had a great time and were very creative

with their dress ups. We hope that days like this will continue to promote a love of reading. Remember, our school policy states that Reading is compulsory homework every single night.

The SRC will hold a PJ day tomorrow, so please remember your gold coin donation. 

To round the week off, the P&F are cooking up a storm and providing children with yummy pasta. Many of you are unaware of what happens behind the scene but I can tell you that this school community is very much alive and works hard to  accumulate funds so that we can purchase resources for your child. Parents were here last week organise the Fathers Day stall as an example. They have also been involved in purchasing games for lunchtime, a shade cloth and cover for the sandpit, padding around polls for safety are a few examples of where we are spending your fundraising dollar. I know I must sound like a broken record however, 'children whose parents are involved in their education do better at school.' This is not just me ranting but a proven fact backed up by years of research. Involvement can look like many things, going on an excursion, helping at mothers day breaky, cooking hot meals and the list goes on. So, no matter how much time you can spare we appreciate and value your involvement.

We are commencing plans for 2020. The

most important and difficult decision to be

made is class groupings. How we group

children is totally dependent on

maintaining small class sizes. There is no

issue with composite classes and this is

the norm in education throughout most of

the western world. Classes are simply

organised in age groupings.

My own philosophy is that I like classes to

be small where possible. I believe this is far

more important and conducive to good

learning and teaching. Some of our

neighbouring state and catholic schools

have large classes. This can work in senior classes, but I believe it can be a challenge in junior classes. Junior classes are about consolidating skills and

teaching children to be independent. The

most important factor is not size but who is

standing infront of the class.

Therefore, I seek your help with the

planning. We cannot work on any structure

if we do not know how many children there

are in a year level. On Monday, I sent a letter

home requesting that you inform us of your

intentions for 2020. This must be returned

by tomorrow so we can commence the

planning as soon as possible. Thanky you kindly.

I am concerned that there are parents in the school who take it upon themselves to contact other parents if an incident happens in the school. This is totally inappropriate and is to cease immediately. This type of behaviour undermines all that we as professionals do. 

Have a great week ahead, regards

Dino