Some words from the Principal

Dear Karoo PS Community, 

2026 Student Leadership

Over the past few weeks, the Year 5 students, teachers, specialist and leadership teams have worked with our current student captains to work through the process to help us identify next year’s school leaders. The aim is to create a process that provides students with a realistic experience of an application scenario. This began in the Year 5 Writing sessions, where students worked to create a speech for their preferred role. Students then delivered School Captain and Student Voice Captain speeches to the entire Year 5 cohort. From there, students were shortlisted by teachers and current School Leaders to progress to the interview stage. 

In their interview, students that had been shortlisted were asked the questions like: 

• What do you think are some characteristics that an effective leader has?
• What are your current strengths as a leader and what do you believe you need to enhance? 
• What are some of the Actions you would like to do as a Captain? 

Below are some of the key highlights of the student interview process: 

• Students spoke with confidence 
• Students overcame their nerves 
• All students mentioned the school values and how they display them
• Many students spoke about the fact that they are 'still a leader' regardless of whether they received a leadership title or not 
• All students demonstrated their strengths and individuality 

On Thursday the 16th of November our shortlisted student leader applicants were notified of the successful 2026 School Captain and Student Voice Captain candidates.

                                                               2026 Karoo PS School Captains

                                                     2026 Karoo PS Student Voice Captains

The next step in our 2026 Student Leadership process will be finalising our Wellbeing Captains, Visual Arts Captains, Sport Captains, Performing Arts Captains, Library Captains, Media Captains and Mandarin Captains.  This process involves the students' presenting speeches to their peers, classroom and specialist teachers and then the final captains identified based on student and teacher feedback.

All 2026 student leaders will be presented their leadership badges at the Leadership Assembly on Friday 13th December. 

KPS 'Karnival' Fundraising Outcome

What an amazing KPS 'Karnival' we had on Friday the 7th November.  I am thrilled to be able to share our final fundraising outcome with our school community. 🌟 

                                               KPS 'Karnival' Fundraising Announcement 

A heartfelt thank you to our whole school community who joined us for such a wonderful day. It was fantastic to see everyone come together and we appreciate your support in making this event such a success to have a positive impact on our students.

Thankyou Morning Tea for Community Helpers- Friday12th December

We are thrilled to invite all our wonderful community helpers to a special morning tea on Friday, 12th December, from 10:30 am to 12 pm in the staffroom.   This event is our way of saying a heartfelt thank you to the parents, carers and our community members who have dedicated their time and effort to support our student's learning throughout the year. Whether it’s helping in classrooms, volunteering at events, or assisting in countless other ways, your contributions make a huge difference to the educational experience at Karoo PS.

Your support embodies our vision of partnership, showing our students that we all work together to support their growth and success. We believe in a strong school-community connection, and your involvement demonstrates to our children the importance of teamwork, collaboration, and shared goals.

Please RSVP your attendance at: https://forms.gle/AVmD1vrRzzMnZbWs7

We hope to see you there so we can celebrate all you do for our school. Thank you once again for being such an integral part of our Karoo PS community!

Student Transition Sessions for 2026

This Friday our students will take part in Step Up Day 1.  During this time, students will move into their 2026 year level and learn about the exciting learning and events that occur in their new year level and the expectations.  The purpose is to support our students during their transition process.  On Tuesday 9th December, our students will participate in their Step Up Day 2.  On this day our students will find out their 2026 class teacher and classmates and will receive a letter from their 2026 teacher welcoming them to their new class.

End of Year Extravaganza and Christmas Raffle

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  With only 1 month to go until the end of the 2025 school year, our traditional Christmas Raffle Stocking will take centre stage in our office from this week!  We welcome our community's donations, as all donations will go towards our final assembly Christmas Raffle!  Raffle tickets will be on sale in the coming weeks.  We will be drawing the raffle at the end of our Award Ceremony on Wednesday 18th December so there is still plenty of time to donate or buy tickets.  All money raised is going toward the upgrading of our basketball courts.  I thank you in advance for your support.

I look forward to seeing you around our wonderful school!

Warm Regards, 

Courtney Hoffmann

Principal