Nerae Preece Principal From the Principal  Teachers have been busy making lots of phone calls or WebEx chats this week. These wonderful conversations have revived them. Every teacher has been so pleased to connect with families. If you haven’t heard from your child’s teacher they will be in touch in the coming days, you may notice that the phone calls will be from a No caller ID. If the call is during school hours it is pretty likely it will be your child’s teacher. In week 9 there will be another opportunity to participate in 3 way interviews. [...]

Nerae Preece Principal From the Principal  This week I have lots of different things to share with you, so let’s get started… Ms Nerole Blair is leaving  It is with sadness that we say farewell to Ms Nerole Blair today. We would like to thank Nerole for the care and support she has shown at our school for the past 2 and a half terms. I am sure you will join me in wishing her well on her future pursuits. Book Week!  Next week is Book Week and we are about to go through “Our worlds, New Worlds, [...]

Nerae Preece Principal From the Principal This week I had a revelation. My brain has always told the narrative that when things were tough I felt like I was “running out of fuel”. That for some reason I was always nearly depleted. It made sense, and as a result of this, I lost the motivation to actually do the things that are good for me, like going for a walk, making a phone call to chat to a friend or read a book. My excuse? I had run out of energy to do even the things I enjoy! [...]

Nerae Preece Principal From the Principal  My week was a really interesting week of learning. After several cancellations our State-wide Principal’s Conference during the year, it went ahead on Tuesday morning (we used Air Meeting, now that was a great tool for big events!) We were privileged to be able to hear John Hattie (University of Melbourne) and Kristen Douglas (Headspace). Both speakers provided some really insightful ideas around lockdowns and learning and the importance of making time to reflect. One of the lenses that I have been looking through recently, and was highlighted on Tuesday, is the [...]