From the Principal
Moving around the classrooms, it is so refreshing to see the diverse range of teaching and learning opportunities available to our students. On Tuesday I had the opportunity to sit in on a couple of early childhood spelling lessons and I’m not ashamed to admit that I learnt quite a lot! It was refreshing to see the obvious energy and enthusiasm our students, (and teachers), had for our whole school spelling approach. Also on Tuesday, I was very proud of our Grade 3-6 swimmers who participated in the SPSSA Champions Swimming Carnival at the Hobart Aquatic Centre. In yesterday’s assembly it was great to see the amount of 100, 200 and 300 nights reading rewards, showing our students commitment to improving their reading skills.
Classes are practising their Christmas items ready for a fun night on Friday 7th December and I hope that we see many parents come along. Bring a picnic or take advantage of the BBQ and food vans on the night. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us!
This week our teaching and support staff learned of the grade and space they will be teaching on next year. We have some exciting changes happening across the school, and there is a feeling of enthusiasm towards tackling new challenges and teaching in new spaces. Students will be finding out their classes and teachers a bit earlier this year to facilitate positive transitions.
I have spent yesterday and today interviewing possible candidates for two new roles in our school. Our projected enrolments have exceeded 350 students in 2019, which brings with it the provision of another Advanced Skills Teacher, along with an Assistant Principal. These roles will help our school staff to develop a greater capacity to focus on building whole school approaches, and explore student data to ensure we are planning and teaching in the areas that will bring about maximum student outcomes. The outcome of these interviews plus all other staffing news will be published by the end of this year.
I will be sharing some more information about some of our exciting new initiatives in our last newsletter so stay tuned!
Kind regards,
Kel Innis
Principal
