Our Prep students have started school on a full time basis this week and seemed to have settled in very well.  

Family Learning Conversations are taking place this week. These are happening in person which gives the parents an opportunity to visit the classrooms of their child/children and see work that is being displayed. 

Our teachers will be talking to parents about their child’s data and what this means in terms of where to next for your child. These meetings also give you as parents the opportunity for parents to share information or concerns with teachers so we as a school can work in partnership with families to achieve the best educational outcomes for all of our students. 

I would like to thank all parents who took the time to respond to our questionnaire regarding portfolio pieces which are shared with the reports. We had over 200 responses, which is amazing and gives us important feedback about what we need to do moving forward and or any gaps in our processes.

Our staff and in particular our leadership team have been involved in a series of Professional Learning and Development in a range of areas. 

All Leaders attended the Learning and Teaching network days last week where we met with all leaders within the diocese as well as being presented to by various DOSCEL managers regarding Learning and Teaching, Religious Education and the strategic direction of our Diocese.

Our graduate teachers and their mentors are attending a professional development day today. 

I also attended a Principal briefing which had speakers presenting on the regulatory requirements of being a Victorian Primary school as well as lawyers talking about the privacy act and what is and can be shared with our families and community. 

Rian Prestwich and I attended a presentation by Professor Didier Pollefeyt and Doctor Jans Bouwens from Leuven Catholic University regarding our diocesan data and where we need to go moving forward using  the data collected through the ECSI survey over the last few years. 

From this presentation, I travelled to Traralgon to attend the Gippsland Primary Principal Association conference. We had Mass with the Bishop Greg Bennet and had many presenters including The Director of DOSCEL, Mr Paul Velten, and members of different areas of DOSCEL Secretariat.  

Rebecca Cox attended a professional Learning day on the Mathematics 2.0 c curriculum and bringing this to life for our students and their learning. 

I implore you to ensure that all drop-offs and pickups are done in a safe, respectful and cooperative manner. We are witnessing driver behaviour which is not only illegal but more important very unsafe for our children. I have been liaising with the highway patrol division of Victoria Police and Casey Council to ensure our students are being kept safe. 

We are one of the few schools which offer a drive through drop of and pick up area. Our driveway is a 5KM zone and the end is sectioned off after drive through times, to ensure our children walking down the path have a safe place to cross without being concerned about cars. 

Warm regards