Assistant Principal's Report

Welcome back to our final term of 2025. The weather is picking up and we’ve got lots of exciting events on the calendar to finish off the year!

Planning for 2026

We are busy planning for the 2026 school year. If you know that you will not be attending LPS in 2026, could you please notify the office as soon as possible. This will then show up in our student numbers as we plan classes for next year.

Classes

Speaking of classes, we are currently starting the process of creating them. Creating classes is an arduous task and takes several weeks to complete. When making classes, the following needs to be considered to ensure our school runs successfully:

even numbers of students in classes
close to even numbers of boys and girls
a range of academic abilities
a range of social and behavioural abilities
special considerations from parents
LPS teachers putting in their considerations for what works best for students
student friendships
new students starting at LPS in 2026

Each year we give parents the opportunity to submit any ‘special considerations’ they would like us to look at prior to making classes.

Any considerations submitted by parents must focus on issues that impact the educational wellbeing of their child.

Requests for specific teachers will not be taken into consideration. We have complete confidence and respect for all staff who work at Langwarrin Primary School.

It is also important to remember that these are just considerations. Making a request in no way guarantees that the request will be fulfilled.

In preparation for 2026 class creation, could you please send any special considerations you have for 2026 to my email address- rowan.balzary@education.vic.gov.au and as always we will do our best to accommodate your consideration. However, as you can see from the above, there are many mitigating factors that may stop a consideration from occurring. It is a very mathematical process and one that we’ve been doing now for a long time. All requests are due to me (not the class teacher) by Friday 31st October.

As we did in 2024, students will have come home with a list of the five friends they have listed at school, who they’d like the opportunity to be in a class with in 2026. When your child’s list is sent home, please discuss it with your child, make any changes, sign it and then send it back to the classroom teacher. This alleviates any problems where parents believe that their child has been placed in a class with no friends, as parents will be aware of the students that their child has listed and will have had the opportunity to make any changes at home. It is also important to note that the names are not preferential – we don’t look at first choices, second choices, we just guarantee each student has friend from their list. These sheets are due back to classroom teachers by Friday 31st October.

Division Basketball

This time last year our Year 6 girls had just competed in the Division basketball finals. In 2025, it was our Year 6 boys team representing LPS. The boys came up against some tough opposition at Somerville Rec Centre. Their level of play improved with each match and after dropping the first two games, they finished off with a win in a match they controlled from start to finish. Outside of their high level of skill, which was on display in each match, it was great to see the way they put the team first, supported their teammates after missed opportunities and then celebrated every made bucket, steal, rebound and block. Congrats on the way you represented LPS guys! Thanks must also go to the parents who came down and supported the team and Cooper Burke, one of our former students, who did a great job of coaching the boys at the district and division competitions.

Reminders - Curriculum Days

Just another reminder our next Curriculum Day is on Monday 3rd November. We will have one final Curriculum Day likely to be at the end of November. Team Kids are available on both days.

Please remember that the Community Calendar is available on Compass.

Until next time,

Rowan Balzary

Assistant Principal