Principal's Report
And that's a wrap!
2021 - what a year!
Congratulations to all our students and all our families for getting through this tough year!
The resilience shown in 2021 has been amazing.
We wish our grade 6 students all the best as they move onto Secondary School.
I would also like to thank our amazing ACPS Staff for all the work they have done this year.
All our students who missed out on Surf Day have been given a voucher to have a surf lesson at Island Surf, Smiths Beach.
Alannah and Millah have already taken advantage of their voucher. Alannah wrote up her experience:
"Our own private surf class at Smith’s Beach was amazing! We had 2 hours to learn to surf, stand up and chill in the water! We had so much fun and would love to go there again. Our instructor was really nice and I loved it when we stood up! Thanks so much for organising Mrs Thornton! " By Alannah
GRADE 6 GRADUATION DINNER
What a fantastic night we had! many thanks to the Cookes family ( an ex ACPS family) - Karen, Thom and Sophie for cooking our Paella.
Graduation Award Winners 2021
At the Grade 6 Graduation, held on Tuesday night, the following students received awards in the following categories:
Academic Excellence in:
Literacy, Reading: Toby Blackburn
Literacy, Writing: Paige O'Toole
Mathematics: Amber Hissink
General Academic Excellence:
Hallie Bairstow
Evie Shaw
Community Award:
Taya Davies
Endeavour:
Angus Nardella
Melisa Saadati
The teachers are careful to base all academic awards using the formative and summative data collected over the whole school year in order to ensure fairness. The Community Award recognises the efforts of a student who has made a particular difference in their grade and Endeavour celebrates those students who have given their absolute best at all times in the classroom even learning can present particular challenges.
The Grade 6 cohort decided that this year they would donate money to Beyond Blue on behalf of our school.
The Des McKenzie Award 2021
The Des McKenzie Award is a commemoration of the contribution that a former Principal of our school, Des McKenzie, made to both the Warrandyte Community and the lives of the many students who worked with him. Des was a Principal who valued responsibility, creativity and a willingness to have a go.
After following a consultation process involving all the staff at ACPS, the recipient of this award is:
Ruby Francis!
NATASHA RANKIN AWARD
Congratulations to Maggie & Emily for being the recipients of the 2021 Natasha Rankin Award.
BIKE ED:
Finally our grade 5s managed to go for a River ride. It was a perfect day and we all enjoyed riding down to the Bridge.
FINAL ASSEMBLY
We were thrilled to watch the grade 6 students and their teachers perform their Graduation dance again.
Farewell and thank you to our departing staff: Jill Chen, Maja Rizzotto, Maria Healey, Russell Smith and Paul Barnes - all these staff received a YAGA for being awesome!
Farewell to the following families:
Belcher, Birkett, Blackburn, Bongard, Channon, Curry, Curtis, Davies, Downie, Farrelly, Francis, Fudge, Gooley, Graham, Greenstreet, Habjan, Hissink, Hyslop, Livingstone, Marczyk, McGregor, Norton, O'Rourke, O'Toole, Revell, Rubin, Smith, Stoppa, Tinker, Wynd.
Thank you
Many thanks to our staff, parents and students in our community for supporting me in this role. I have really enjoyed taking on the challenges. See you in 2022!
Merry Christmas and have a safe, happy holiday. Enjoy the moments.
Take care and be kind.
Meredith Thornton
Acting Principal
