Principal's Report

Open Night

Thank you so much to all the Kalinda families who were able to make it to our Open Night this week. It was a fantastic opportunity to complete educational activities with your children, see your child's learning area and have some fun.

Research indicates that parent engagement with your children's school has a significant impact on their learning and wellbeing outcomes. Kalinda has had a strong history of teachers and parents working together to achieve great things for our students. We are committed to ensuring this continues and is further strengthened in the years to come.

It was a fantastic atmosphere at the school and a lot of preparation went in to ensuring the school looked great and into the performances on the night.  I would  like to thank all of the staff, P&F and all members of our community who contributed to the success of the night.

Maroondah Youth Wellbeing Survey

The Department of Education & Training and Maroondah City Council want to improve the wellbeing of young people and children in the Maroondah community. They are therefore working with The University of Melbourne to measure the wellbeing of students, parents/carers and school staff through the upcoming Maroondah Wellbeing Surveys. The results of these surveys will be used to help build the wellbeing of young people, children and families in Maroondah.

All schools in the Maroondah Network have been offered this opportunity and our school has excitedly agreed to participate. These surveys are being offered to students from Grade 4 through to Year 12, as well as parents/carers and school staff, and will be delivered during May-June this year.

The surveys are voluntary, so anyone can choose not to participate if they wish. Parents/carers also have the right to opt their child out of the survey, via an ‘Opt Out’ form that will be sent to them along with further information about the survey. 

Additional information about the surveys will be provided directly to all students, parents/carers and staff. In the meantime, for further information please do not hesitate to contact myself or the research team at The University of Melbourne (either Isabelle Stevenson, the Project Coordinator, at i.stevenson@unimelb.edu.au or on 03 9035 7542 or Dr Tan-Chyuan Chin, Director of the Wellbeing Profiler, at tanchyuan.chin@unimelb.edu.au or on 03 9035 8976).

Child Safety

At Kalinda we are committed to the safety of every child within our school community. Ongoing monitoring of our Child Safe policy and procedures is crucial in ensuring we are equipped to respond to safety needs and have best practices in place to ensure your child will be safe.

As part of our commitment to Child Safety, we will be running a parent information session on Thursday 6th June, following our Sex Education Parent Information Night. During this short session we will go through our Child Safe policy and practices at the school and will be available to answer any questions.

Throughout this term, we will also have Child Safety training for all staff members (this occurs annually) and for School Council members.

I have attached our Child Safe policy below.

We are kind. We are resilient. We are respectful.