Assistant Principal's Report

Prep Transition

This week, we had the pleasure of facilitating our third Prep Transition session, where we hosted Market Information Stalls. It was wonderful to see our new families exploring the hall, engaging with various groups and asking questions. The stalls provided valuable insights into the many ways they can get involved in our school community and learn more about the exciting extracurricular activities available for their child during their time at primary school.

Our final Prep Transition session, Orientation, will be held on Wednesday, 3rd December. This will be a special day for our new Prep students, as they will find out which class they will be in and meet their teacher for 2026. It’s a moment filled with anticipation and excitement for all involved!

We look forward to sharing this milestone with the 2026 Prep students and their families as we prepare for a wonderful year ahead.

Below are some photos from the transition session today:

Family Life Program

We were fortunate to welcome Cath McCallig back to our school this week to offer the Family Life Program for our Year 3 to 6 students and their parents. Cath ran two engaging, interactive and informative sessions, which were well attended. I would like to thank Cath for her work and for her support of our school. I would also like to thank Celeste Oosthuizen who organised the information sessions.

Wellbeing – Resilience

Resilience is the ability to be able to bounce back from problems and setbacks. 

Resilience is such a valuable life skill because it's key to learn how to get back up and carry on after you face a difficult challenge, as we cannot escape difficult situations in life. When we're resilient, we're more confident in ourselves and our capabilities which in turn, motivates us to succeed.

There are personal and social skills that children need to learn to become more resilient and cope with problems and difficult times. 

They need to develop:

• Self-Management Skills – the ability to manage strong emotions, such as anger and fear, manage impulses, can predict problems and solve them and be able to focus on positive things in negative situations

• Self-Awareness Skills – can articulate their strengths and challenges, able to self-reflect on their behaviour and decisions and can accept setbacks as a normal part of life 

• Social Management Skills – have skills to make and keep friends, work through conflict with friends and ask for help when needed

• Social Awareness Skills – being able to read and respond to other people’s feelings and the ability to empathise with them, appreciate other people’s point of view, know where to go for help at home, at school and in the community and value relationships

Georgia Despotellis

Assistant Principal