From the Principal

Welcome back everyone I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday and return to us with lots of great news to share.

This year we will be working a little different at our school. We will have a clearly defined Early Years Learning Environment lead by Campus Principal Chris Beare with Maria Parks as the Assistant Principal, likewise on the Middle Years where Bill Panas will lead the team with Marcus Hastings will be his Assistant Principal.

These teams will be supported by:

Renee Short:  Teaching and Learning

Lucia Poblete-Katsouris: Student Wellbeing

Annette Spence: Student Engagement

Heath Pritchard: Critical Friend, Student Manager Mentor

Marcus Finlay:  Learning Specialist STEM

Welcome to Phillip Alcock to the Year 3 team, Clare Hallahan to Art and we welcome back Claire Strasser to Year 4.

The front of school team has also seen a reshuffle with:

EY Team:  Ida & Janine

MY Team:  Marion, Brooke, Claudia, Christina, &

Belinda (shared)

Our partnership with South Morang Scouts continues to thrive and as such they will be located on the EY campus, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday while we are exploring a  new partnership with Whittlesea Pacers to use our MY gym as a training venue.  I am also delighted to share recent a conversation  with Wayne Hoare - junior president of SMFC as to the new direction of the club culture and congratulate them on uptake of The Good Sport philosophy. We are also considering a training partnership with the Junior Footy Club.

The official opening of the  Bharathi Academy a Tamil Language School operating on Sunday's. A big welcome to our extended community.

Families on EY will have noticed our new Street Library on your left just before you enter the building. A huge shout out to Laura P. and her husband Sam who created this structure to enable us to share books, promote literacy and reading. Stay tuned for details of the launch. Please send your unwanted books to school for deposit in our free street library.

I am also collecting pre loved vinyl records to create an installation in the music spaces. If you have any you can bear to part with I would be both keen and grateful to accept and treasure them.

Kerrie