From the Acting Principal
An enormous thank you and congratulations to our entire school community for keeping the focus on learning as our number 1 priority this term. At times, in particular with the continued challenges Covid has provided, it has been difficult. I would like to acknowledge all in our community for the ongoing, loyal support of Norwood Primary School. A school cannot run in isolation and we are truly grateful for this.
Across the school, we have been most impressed by the level of Courage, Growth, Aspiration and Respect being observed. This has taken many forms, both in the classrooms and in social settings and proves that our students can be adaptive and navigate change while upholding our school wide Values. To our staff, both teaching and non-teaching who have enabled our students to shine through instilling these values and importantly modelling these for our students, a sincere thank you. This term has shown us that when we come together with a common purpose, we can make each day of learning count and achieve remarkable outcomes.
Staffing news
I am pleased to announce that Mrs Allira Hayes, our highly skilled Year 2/3 teacher, will be continuing in a fulltime capacity for the remainder of 2022. This will provide our students with continuity and stability in their learning. This is fantastic news for the class!
Mrs Susan Skinner will continue her 0.2 loading on our Year 4 class and will continue to provide us with an extra 0.2 Literacy Support for the remainder of the year.
We welcome back Mrs Lisa McArthur form Long Service Leave into her 0.4 Literacy support role and look forward to this team providing high level skill and expertise into these crucial roles.
School Association
Two weeks ago we held the Annual General Meeting for our School Association. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the school community, to sincerely thank George Walker and Ben Cunningham who have stepped down from their roles as Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the School Association. Ben in particular has been a driving force for the School Association and has served with passion in seeing the best for all in the school community. I would like to announce the new Chairperson for 2022 as Chantel Innes, who has previously been the Treasurer. I would also like to acknowledge Rhiannon Morrison (Deputy Chairperson), Fiona Baker (Secretary) and Rachel Kerrison (Treasurer) for stepping into roles and to those members of the school community, Nicole Moir, Kim Butterworth, Abby Bent, Scott Driessen and Karen Monaghan, who make up the rest of the committee. Congratulations to all involved and we look forward to working together throughout 2022.
Year 5/6 Camp 2022
The Department of Education have released the Managing COVID-19 in Schools Implementation Plan for Term 2 and as suspected, the restriction around overnight camps will continue into Term 2. Unfortunately our Year 5-6 camp is unable to go ahead. We understand how disappointing this is for our students and are investigating alternative experiences for students to participate in throughout the year. We will certainly keep you up to date.
Finally, I would like to wish you all a safe and restful holiday break. A reminder that school returns on Monday the 2nd of May and we look forward to seeing our students returning and flourishing in their learning.
Kind regards, Luke