Dear Families,

There is an old African proverb that says, “It takes a village to raise a child”.  Over the past few weeks, I have seen many examples that have demonstrated that it takes more than one person to help us achieve our full potential. It takes a village, a community, a street, a school, a teacher, a parent, or carer. 

Last week a group of students who have a passion for sport and soccer had the opportunity to attend a match day experience, to watch the Olympia FC Warriors play. This was made possible through the generosity of staff and community members. The Olympia Warriors provided the transport and staff gave up their time on the weekend to supervise and support the students.  I would like to extend my thanks to Mr Vandermey, Mr Dand (Chris) and Mr Milne who made this happen for our students.

We have several community and staff members who support our Books for Breakfast program. They come in early, well before the school day starts, to prepare  a nourishing breakfast for our students.  Thank you for supporting our community Mrs Cooper, Mrs Berechree, Mrs Riley, Mr Bennett, Mr Dand, Mr Jones and Mrs Gregson. It means a lot to us to give our students the best possible start to the day.

Last week we said farewell to Mr Gavin (Ricki) our Garden Specialist.  We thank Mr Gavin for maintaining our Kitchen Garden over the past 5 years and providing fantastic learning opportunities and inspiring our budding gardeners. Mr Gavin is taking up a position at Taroona Primary.  We wish him all the best at his new school and for the future. Miss Jo Percy will be taking up the Garden Specialist position and we look forward to hearing about more great things happening in the garden.

Next week we welcome back Mrs Roxy Clark who is returning to us from Maternity leave. Mrs Clark will be teaching on the 3/4 P class from Monday to Wednesday and Miss Prior will teach the class on a Thursday and a Friday.  

Carolyn Brown, Principal