Principal's Report

CONCERT TO REMEMBER

It had been six years since our last concert, and it was worth the wait.  There will be no such wait for the next concert, as we’re now back in the routine of a rotation of concerts and fetes.  We’re already in the process of booking Fed Uni for the 2026 concert and soon our attention will turn to organising a fete for March of 2025.

Congratulations to everyone who contributed to making the concert such a success.  We are very lucky to have staff of the calibre of Steve Skilbeck, Liz Morgan, Mark Muldoon and Jarrod Rogers looking after the production side of things.  The production team this year also included Jodi Vincent (one of our parents) looking after the lighting.  Nicole Phillips did an excellent job of working with our team of MCs to pull everything together and help everything make sense.  The combined effort of these people enabled us to put on an entertaining show.

Our teaching staff did an amazing job preparing the kids to perform and managing the kids throughout.  This is a significant and challenging task, and we appreciate the willingness of our staff to accept the challenge and make the concert a rewarding experience for all of the kids.  Our teacher aides made a strong contribution too, assisting classroom teachers along the journey and providing individual support to students to make it possible for them to participate.  And our office staff did a fantastic job on the administration side of things.  It was really nice to have past students, in Aylah Stanford and Lucy Balwin providing choreography for classes as well and appreciate their efforts.

Thanks also to the large band of parents who helped in a range of ways.  We had parents helping develop acts, making costumes, helping with front of house and ushering, collecting and escorting kids being dropped off, transporting props, guiding traffic and helping back of stage.  All of that is very much appreciated and enabled us to focus on looking after the students.  We also appreciated parents and extended family members for supporting our students and the school by purchasing tickets and viewing the concert.

We should also thank the Buninyong Bowls Club, who allowed us to use their facilities for concert practice, including a full day run through on August 23.  The Bowling Club is always generous in the sharing of their facility, which we greatly appreciate.

Overall, the concert was a fantastic community event that provided our students with a great experience in the performing arts whilst raising valuable funds for the school.  When the dust settles, we expect the concert will have raised close to $30,000, which is a great result.  We have received lots of very nice feedback, which is much appreciated.

Don’t forget that concert USB’s and class photos are available for purchase via the office or on the QKR app.

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