Principal's Report

UNIFORM - SPARE CLOTHES

Just another reminder that we strongly encourage families to keep a spare change of clothes in your child's bag. Many of our outside play areas get incredibly wet during the winter period. In the event that someone accidently gets wet or muddy during playtime this ensures they will have dry clothes to change into and can be comfortable when returning to class for learning. As we do not have any spare clothing at the school, phone calls to parents will be made if a dry change of clothes is required. 

2022 PARENT/CAREGIVER/GUARDIAN OPINION SURVEY

Recently, we sent out an invitation on Compass for all families to participate in the 2022 Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey (previously known as the Parent Opinion Survey).

In the past, a random sample of approximately 30 per cent of parents/caregivers/guardians have been selected to participate, this year, all families are invited to participate in the survey. Results will be used to inform and direct our future school planning and improvement.

The Survey will be open until Friday 16th September. Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential. The survey is conducted anonymously, and it is important to us that you complete the survey as honestly as possible.

To complete the survey, simply:

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the text into your browser. This link will take you directly to the survey.

https://www.orima.com.au/parent

Select the School and Campus name below.

School Name: Orchard Park Primary School

Campus Name: Orchard Park Primary School

PIN: 729946

When complete, please click on the tick button at the end of the survey to submit your answers. Please note that the survey will time out after 60 minutes of inactivity.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE DAY

On Monday, all staff were involved in their termly Professional Practice Day. Professional Practice Days (PPDs) are a day when teachers are released from their teaching duties to further develop and strengthen their teaching knowledge and practice.

The staff engaged in a series of sessions to strengthen their understanding of best practices in the teaching of Numeracy. Our staff are truly excited about their new learnings and are excited to trial some new approaches with students in the classroom with an aim to maximise student outcomes.