Principal's Report

This Friday, 31st October, we’ll be celebrating World Teachers’ Day. A chance to recognise the incredible dedication, care, and passion our teachers bring to their classrooms every single day. This year’s focus, “Recasting Teaching as a Collaborative Profession,” highlights the teamwork, shared expertise, and collective effort that make great teaching possible.

At RGLPS, we are proud of the way our teachers work together, learning from one another, planning collaboratively, and supporting every student to reach their potential. Teaching is truly a team endeavour, and our staff exemplify what it means to learn and grow together.

We’re proud of our exceptional teaching team who work tirelessly to make learning engaging, inclusive, and meaningful. Whether it’s planning creative lessons, supporting individual student needs, or cheering on our young learners at events, their impact reaches far beyond the classroom.

The 31st is quite the day. We’ll also enjoy a Halloween dress-up day and incorporate a learning focus on Day for Daniel, reinforcing messages about safety, respect, and community responsibility.

So this Friday, let’s all take a moment to say thank you, to show our appreciation and tip our hats (literally or figuratively!) to our wonderful teachers who make a difference every day.

Hats off to teachers, we see you, we thank you, and we celebrate you!

Transitioning to 2026

Don't forget, we are currently preparing for the organisation of grade placements for 2026. This is always a tricky process as multiple considerations must be made to ensure that our students are placed in an environment that will best support their learning needs. As such, this does need to be a collaborative process where students, parents and staff combine their collective knowledge to ensure success.

The Process:

Upon our return to school, children will be asked by their teachers to nominate peers they would like to be with in 2026. Conversations will be had regarding what makes a good learning friend, and students will be able to nominate those who support their learning and reduce distractions. During the process, teachers will ensure that every child is placed with at least one of these friends.
Parent considerations are also collected and valued during this process. Parents often have specific insights into student need, including but not limited to health, emotional or learning matters, peer or sibling relationships, or changes in the home situation. Please note that selecting a particular teacher does not fit within the realm of special circumstances. If parents wish to provide additional information to be considered, please email the school office address rosanna.golf.links.ps@education.vic.gov.au. Letters should be addressed to “The Principal” and reach the office no later than November 3rd.
Classroom teachers will predict where students would be best suited based on learning, behavioural and social needs and any relevant information they have gathered throughout the year.

This year, we will also be transitioning to a new software system to support with class creation called Class Solver. While we will transfer past data into the program, we anticipate there may be some issues during this first year of use. For this reason, we strongly encourage families to clearly articulate any previous or ongoing needs in their letter to ensure that nothing is overlooked.

Specialists will check the lists for anomalies and then the leadership team will confirm placements.
Towards the end of term, children and their new teacher will have an opportunity to spend the whole day in their 2026 classroom and step up into the next grade level. During this day, the children and new teacher will complete an activity notifying parents of their new grade.

Moving to 2026

As we work through all our 2026 preparations, we are also looking to determine how many classes we will have in each area. At this time of year, we traditionally ask families to let us know if they intend to move schools in 2026. Typically, it is at this time that people move suburbs, states, and even countries. If you are in this situation, please give us a call or email to let us know of your plans.

Take care,

Kirrily Lamers

Principal