Principal's Report 

Education Week 

Our theme for 2022 is: Celebrating 150 years of public education.

It was great to see students and staff dressed up Monday, to reflect the decades of learning in public schools across the state.

We appreciate the family support to prepare children for the day and understand the time spent in helping them all enjoy the experience and looking great.

A range of education week activities will continue throughout the week, so please prompt some conversations with your child/ren to reflect.

Rapid Antigen Test Information Update (re-run)

RATs will continue to be distributed to you as they have been throughout this school year for the remainder of this term.

However, from Monday 23 May 2022, students will no longer be recommended to undertake twice weekly RATs in mainstream schools.

RATs however will continue to be required by students who are household contacts to attend school (5 negative tests over a 7 day period) or who have symptoms.

The ongoing supply of RATs to families in our school will ensure that parents and carers will have them should they need them if their child is a household contact or has symptoms. 

Families must continue to notify the Department of Health and the school if their child returns a positive RAT result. Additionally, you should inform us (dale.power@education.vic.gov.au) if any of your children are household contacts.

Thank you also to all families who has got their child vaccinated. Vaccination continues to remain the best way to protect students and staff in our school. 

Getting vaccinated is easy and bookings can be done via the coronavirus website. If you have any questions about the vaccines, I encourage you to speak to your GP or a health practitioner. 

Thank you again for your ongoing cooperation and support during this time.

NAPLAN concludes

This Friday we conclude the 2022 NAPLAN testing, undertaken by Year 3 & 5 students across the last fortnight.  We have a few make-up tests to conclude the process and thank families again for supporting students through this process from home.

Results will be shared out to families later this year, once they arrive at the school.

I acknowledge the First Peoples of the Wathaurong, who are the traditional custodians of the land and waters on which I work and live, and pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.