Year 6

Assistant Principal's Reflection

Farewell to 2018!

Wow!  Another year at the Springs is done and dusted!  It seems like only yesterday that we were settling in for a big and busy 2018 and now we are hurtling towards 2019 at breakneck speed!

Last week we officially recognised the achievements of our Year 6 students at our Graduation Evening.  It gives me a great amount of satisfaction to have the students run the majority of this evening - from introducing guests, presenting speeches about events through the year and also presenting their inspiring Rotary Speeches. All presenters did a fabulous job in such a daunting situation - speaking in front of 500 students and parents is a big deal!  I am so proud of each and every one of our Year 6 students for their Primary School achievements.

Our 2018 Award Winners for the evening were as follows:

Academic Achievement:  Kai Holyoak Sparrow & Tess Gilbert

Award for Numeracy Excellence:  Tareen Loku-Weligamage & Holly Falkingham

Award for Literacy Excellence:  Shaylan Cole & Olivia Sherry

Rotary award for Outstanding School Service:  Jemma Kendall

Latrobe Leadership Award:  Hayley Percy

Pakenham Secondary College SOAR Scholarships:  Kyle O'Donnell & Indie James

PSPS Sports Awards:  Melisa Murselovic, Zahri Burn, Jayden Reeves

PSPS Visual Art Awards:  Sebi Cahir & Isis Huiskens

PSPS STEM Awards:  Cody Gust & Grace Groves

PSPS Media Arts Awards:  Numam Khupno & Hayden Renton

PSPS Library Awards:  Sarah Collins & Skylah Orsolic 

Graduation was followed by Celebration Day, where all year 6 students, teachers and specialist teachers (and their Assistant Principal!!) had a great day out at Casey RACE and the Cranbourne Indoor Sports Centre, enjoying water games, indoor sports and just hanging out with friends, eating pizza and relaxing after a huge year!!

I want to take this opportunity to thank our Year 6 teachers, parents and all students for such an amazing year.  I feel so lucky to have been a part of such an enthusiastic and dedicated team in 2018.   It has been a privilege to have watched these students learn and grow throughout their time at Pakenham Springs - take care over the holidays and make your 2019 beginning of Secondary School fabulous!

Have a great week!

Renee Cotterell

Assistant Principal