Principal's Report
Dear parents, carers and students,
Today is Teachers' Day in Australia. I want to take the opportunity to pay tribute to our dedicated teachers who work so hard for our students each and every day. Thank you on behalf of the whole school community.
Naranga School will be undergoing a review in term 1 of next year. In preparation for the this, we are reviewing all school policies and ensuring that all of our Child Safe Standards meet requirements. It is vital that the school community is informed of our policies and have the opportunity to give feedback. Over the coming weeks, I will be posting links to recently reviewed policies on this page. You can follow the links to our website and read the policies. Please get in touch with me at school if you have questions or feedback on anything related to these policies.
Important school policy updates
Naranga School is scheduled for a School Review in term 1 of 2023. As part of this process the school is currently undergoing a whole-scale review of all of its policies. It is important that the school community is aware of our school policies and has the opportunity to provide feedback. In case you didn't know, all school policies are available to the public on our website: https://www.naranga.vic.edu.au/
To raise awareness of our policies, each week in the newsletter I will include links to a number of policies which have recently been reviewed and approved.
This week I'm featuring the following policies. Please click on the link to read the policy directly from our website:
>Anaphylaxis Policy https://www.naranga.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/anaphylaxispolicyseptember_2022.pdf
>First Aid Policy
https://www.naranga.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/firstaidpolicyseptember_2022.pdf
>Administration of Medication Policy
>Health Care Needs Policy
https://www.naranga.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/healthcareneedspolicyseptember_2022.pdf
>Duty of Care Policy
https://www.naranga.vic.edu.au/page/174/Policies
If you have any questions or feedback regarding these policies or other policies on the website, you can ring or email the school and let me know.
Kai Pukarinen
Principal
Other important messages you may have missed...
Changes to transport
We sometimes have changes made to transport arrangements for students. This can result in some last minute changes so that students access the correct bus, or are at the back gate for parent pick up. The office staff does a great job of managing student transport. Please help us keep transport operations running smoothly by contacting the main office by 2:45pm each day if there are any changes to how your son or daughter is getting home from school.
Teacher communication
Communication channels between home and school became much more open and regular over the past two years. This is a direct result of the pandemic and the periods of remote learning that required close contact between teachers and parents. Good communication between home and school and strong relationships between parents and teachers is key to positive student outcomes. Current email and other electronic communication can blur the lines between our working lives and home lives. As a staff, we've discussed having boundaries and limiting parent communication after hours unless it is an emergency or a critical matter. Please support us by communicating with teachers between 8:00am and 5:30pm. Or if you are emailing outside of those hours, please accept that you may not get a reply until the next day.