Principal's Report

Grade 6 Graduation

The class of 2022 celebrated a great year, and in many cases seven great years, at SGPS on Thursday night. Although the weather was very chilly, a great night was enjoyed by all in attendance. 

I would like to thank our wonderful teachers, support staff and the students for their fun performance and humorous speeches. Special thanks to Miss Lockett, Mr Lidgett, Mr McClellan and Mrs Byron for supporting the children in the classroom throughout the year. Thanks also to our wonderful Specialist teachers and Education Support staff for their positive influence. I hope the families of these children are also feeling very proud of their efforts in successfully guiding their children to this point in their schooling. 

Congratulations to the following children for receiving special awards on Thursday night:

Specialist Awards: 

Excellence in Art: Lexi Orton

Excellence in LOTE: Maya Dean

Excellence in Music: Mikayla O'Donnell

Excellence in Sport: Noah Poole

Community Awards: 

Jan Osborn Outstanding Community Contribution Award: Jessica Leed

Spring Gully Awards: 

The Mark Stevens Memorial Award: Arlie Coburn

Isabella Greenwood Scholarship Award: Frankie Stevens

Cook-Comte Memorial Awards: Annie Pinniger and Emmeline Hauler

Emmett Walsh Memorial Scholarship Award: Abigail Jones and Cai Lidgett

Endeavour Scholarship Award: Elsie Patrick

Strive Award: Declan Simmons

Thank You to Parent Club 

Our extremely hard working and dedicated Parent Club have been quietly working behind the scenes all year to raise money and organise social events for our school this year. Their ongoing support is greatly appreciated and has not gone unnoticed. 

A huge thank you to our incredible community for supporting their fundraising efforts throughout the year. 

In term 4, our Mango Fundraiser raised $1281 and our Easter Raffle raised an incredible $2193.80.

For the entire year, they raised an impressive $11047.26. Our community is what makes our school so special, so thank you for all of your ongoing support to make this possible. 

And a very special thank you to our dedicated volunteers, who have made Fresh Fruit Friday possible. 

On behalf of Parent Club, Emma and the team would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. 

Departing Families 

Brett and I would like to thank the many families that have now ended their formal relationship with our school as their youngest child, or in some cases their only child, has now graduated from Spring Gully Primary School. We would like to thank all of these families for supporting our school and for supporting their child’s education. We hope you all have fond memories of your time with Spring Gully Primary School. 

We would also like to farewell those families that are moving to other schools and other locations and will not be with us in 2023. I thank you for being part of our school community and wish you all the best for the future.

I would like to make a special mention to the Stevens family. To Lauren, Pearl and Frankie, your amazing husband and father has left a wonderful legacy for our school and community. We will continue to benefit from this for years to come. Thanks for being so awesome.

Happy Holidays

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Christmas and New Year. I look forward to another great year in 2023. Don't forget to Be Awesome, and if you're already awesome, just be more awesome!

REPEAT NOTICES

Interview Day - 2023

Families will once again have the opportunity to meet with their child’s teacher on the first day of Term 1, 2023. Mr Parkes will explain the booking process via Compass during the holidays. 

Our 2023 Prep students will have a slightly different schedule for their interviews. Details relating to these interviews will be circulated during the holidays also.

 A summary of our start to 2023 is below:

 • Friday, 27th January – Compulsory Curriculum Day (PUPIL FREE DAY)

 • Monday, 30th January – Parent Interviews for Grade 1-6 (11am-7pm) AND Prep Assessments (8am-4pm) 

• Tuesday, 31st February – Prep Assessments (8am-4pm)

 • Wednesday, 1st February – Prep Assessments (8am-4pm) 

• Thursday, 2nd February – First full day at school for Prep

Curriculum Days in 2023

Below is some advanced warning of our Curriculum Days in 2023:

Term 1

Friday, January 27th – Compulsory Curriculum Day (First Day for Teachers)

Term 2

Monday, 24th April – Numeracy Professional Learning Day

Wednesday 24th May – Reporting & Assessment Day (Professional Practice Day)

Term 3

Monday 17th July – Literacy Professional Learning Day

Term 4

Wednesday 15th November – Reporting &Assessment Day

Lunch and Recess Times in 2023

To allow for a slight increase in Specialist Class duration next year, from 45 minutes to 60 minutes, we will be making a slight adjustment to our recess and lunch times. Currently we have a 30-minute recess break and a 60-minute lunch break. Next year both break times will be 45 minutes. No other changes have been made. We will still start school at 8.45am and finish at 3.15pm.

A summary is below: