Kaya, Parents & Community Members,
Once again, I enjoyed attending the P&C meeting on Monday evening and continue to be in awe of the amazing work the wonderful team contribute to our school. Fittingly, we celebrate “P&C Day” next Friday (i.e., the 19th), and look forward to showing our (staff and students) appreciation on the day.
Our Public School Review was undertaken on Tuesday of this week. A team of external validators scrutinised a wide range of documentation across a vast array of areas. The Review group spoke to students (our Student Councillors), a significant number of staff, the leadership team and a number of members of the school community, i.e., Board and P&C Executive community members. While the report relating to the review will not be received for approximately three weeks (and published on the school’s website), the three main take-aways from the day were:
- The commitment and professionalism of teachers is outstanding with a noted intent to develop and improve best practice.
- Student data is used in a highly productive, genuine manner to improve outcomes – the school should continue using data and expand to link to greater use in ECE and moderation of student progress.
- The school has a significant positive determination to address student needs and would be able to increase this intent if additional resourcing was available.
Finally, how wonderful was it to see Running Club up and “running” again this week. The effort and attitude of the runners was incredible and the support of parents assisting certainly appreciated.
Peter Meston
Principal