Principal's Report

The end of this term has crept up on us. It’s been a great term where staff and students have worked together to achieve some great things, including our recent harmony day celebrations on the 22nd of March , camps and excursions to the F1 on Thursday the 20th. There are many examples of student achievement at PLSC but the most important things is the way that staff and students treat one and another everyday.  There is a real culture building of mutual respect and care for others. 

It is a pleasure to come to work every day, the staff and students are our greatest asset at PLSC and we are very proud of what they have achieved.

Reports 

You will receive your reports via compass if you have not already and I hope you have taken the opportunity to join us at the three way conferences earlier in the year.  Please read the comments carefully and take note of the areas for improvement.  We really want to build that partnership with you. 

School Council 

We recently held our school council AGM and formed the new school council for 2025. We really are short of parent representation on school council and are looking for 3 or more parent representatives to join council.  In the past meetings have been in person but we are happy to entertain council reps attending online as well in the future which is fairly common in the commercial world.  If you feel you can contribute to the governance of the school, then please contact the school on 94640122 or come in and see us at the general office. 

Rewarding good behaviours

This year our focus has been on improving our attendance. To support this, we have introduced the AAA+ awards. 

This stands for Attitude, Attendance and Achievement. We present tasty truck vouchers weekly and larger prizes at the end of the term for those students who attend regularly, do their work and do their best at all times.

In term 1, the student leadership team are actually going to lead the assembly to present these award with Paul and the SEW team.

Term 2 Acting role

On a personal note I am just letting people know that I will be absent from the college in term 2 this year, I am taking up an acting role at the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) as Director of Schools Asset Management Systems.  This role will have started by the time you receive this, 31/3/25.  It will be a change for me having been a Principal for over 20 years and will be interesting to support schools in a different way. 

The NWVR region will fill my role through an Expression of Interest process so by early term two you will be informed who my replacement will be to guide staff in their continued good work.   

I hope all of our students have a great break and we will see them all back after the holidays refreshed and ready to go!