Good afternoon everyone,
I hope you have enjoyed your week; I know our students have been making the most of the sunshine here at school! We held our School Advisory Council and P&F Meetings this week and I would like to thank all the parents involved for their positivity, engagement and dedication to our school. We are very lucky to have such a supportive community. Our staff really appreciated the lunch that was set up for them today by the P&F for Staff Appreciation Day – thanks guys!
We are currently seeking nominations for both of these committees, so if you are interested and would like to support the school, please fill in the paperwork below.
I would also like to thank the P&F for the contribution they made to our literacy resources this year! The final load of reading resources (Lexiled library books), has also now arrived! There are already some very excited students who are keen to start reading! Thanks to Miss Roberts who spends a lot of time choosing the best resources and giving our students a say in this process too!
This week, our staff have begun the process of forming new class lists for 2023. Many hours of time and effort go into creating these and there are many factors that need to be considered, including:
- Gender
- Academic ability
- Student behaviour
- Individual learning needs/support
- Friendship groups (student nominations and teacher judgement)
- Student interests and talents
- Teacher and support staff strengths
Throughout the year, parents have typically had many discussions with their child’s teacher in regard to their child’s needs, and these will all be carefully considered when creating class lists. While we can never guarantee a parent’s request, rest assured that we take all discussions and reasonable requests into consideration.
In saying this, in terms of parents requesting specific teachers, unless there is an exceptional circumstance, we expect and trust that all our teachers (and staff) are highly professional, build positive relationships with students, are flexible and adaptable in their teaching and provide engaging learning experiences for the students in their classrooms. We will be finalising class lists in the next few weeks, general staffing will be shared at the AGM and class lists and teachers will be posted on our Transition Morning on Friday the 2nd December.
I hope you have a great weekend
Geordie Thuijs
