Principal's Report

From Christian's desk....

It’s learning time for us all at Croydon Hills Primary School

This week our staff have re-engaged with our school’s professional learning plan, following a period of specific professional learning supporting their needs during remote learning. Staff have engaged in a number of formal professional learning (PL) endeavours including:

Literacy: Think Alouds and Rich Texts. Internal PL presented by Paul Brock and Bree Jennings
Literacy: Text complexity. DET PL presented by Misty Adoniou
Literacy: System and School Improvement (Reading). DET PL presented by Lyn Sharratt
Student Engagement and Wellbeing: Protective Intervention Training. PL presented by Clint Cassell from TESSA
Teaching and Learning: Scaling up formative assessment. DET PL presented by Dylan William
Student Engagement and Wellbeing: Classroom management for Beginning Teachers. Internal PL presented by Gen Stephens and Carol Wyatt

Next week a number of staff are scheduled for:

System and School Improvement (Writing) with Lyn Sharratt

If you’d like to understand more about our school’s views on developing our staff or the professional learning programs they engage in please view our Professional Learning Policy.

COVID-19 Re-entry Plan: Update and Traffic Management

There is no update to the school’s COVID-19 Re-entry Plan. Congratulations again to our community for the way we have all handled each stage of the pandemic. Most notably this week has seen the easing of traffic around the school at 8:50am – 9:00am. It seems that families are getting out of the house early with very few cars banked up at 8:55am. There are still some concerns around unsafe driver and pedestrian behaviour between 3:30pm and 3:40pm. During this time, with safety in mind, it is in all of our best interests to use the school crossing and follow traffic rules to the letter of the law.

Parents should note that new (signed) parking restrictions now apply in some side streets (eg: Goulburn Crt) and Maroondah Council has advised that Local Laws Officers will be enforcing compliance.

Prep Information Evening

At 7:30pm on Wednesday 24th June and 17th June we will be hosting a ‘Virtual Prep Information Evening’. The evening, dedicated to those who have either submitted an enrolment or are committed to enrolling at Croydon Hills in 2021, will involve a detailed presentation of the 2021 Prep School Year, followed by a Q&A session.

If you would like to register to be invited to the evening or submit questions prior please complete the enquiry form on the Enrolments page of our school website.

Christian Holdsworth - Principal