From the Principal

From the Principal

Bonjour à tous, and Wanju

It is a lovely time of year. Warm sunny days and cool nights. Perfect for sleeping. I spent the weekend camping in Ballingup and had to break out my beanie and gloves. The evening was cold. I hope that you took time to enjoy the many local activities across the weekend; Mandurah Crab Fest, The Irish festival, the long table lunch, along with the many events in the Donnybrook, Ballingup, Nannup region.

We are one week closer to the Easter holidays and have one week less to get things done before the holidays arrive. It is time to look at the Learning Area grade predictions for the school and compare them to the potential of the student. Reviewing and analysing the data means nothing if it doesn’t turn into action that produces a positive outcome for the students. This why student feedback is so important. Although NAPLAN is a one-off test it still provides a valid snapshot of a student's capability. The leadership team have been looking at data comparing NAPLAN data to current performance to look for areas where we can support students to reach their potential. They will be working with you on this.

Education is a partnership. Although sometimes it may feel more like a hostile takeover. Our job is to work with the students in; developing the aspiration to learn; creating relevance for the learning and seeking the best way to deliver the learning. Over the next couple of weeks as you are reviewing the term’s data please use the time to revisit our Best Teacher poster and the teaching and learning strategies it contains to look for ways to improve the outcomes for our students.

En Avant

Student Behaviour

Our belief is that student wellbeing is the foundation of creating an orderly learning environment that creates the environment for high quality teaching. In hand with our positive behaviour matrix approach is a tiered approach of behaviour management that at times requires consequences for students’ actions. Please make sure that you understand these well and follow up on student behaviour with the necessary consequences. You will have difficulty asking a student to behave if there has been no follow-up for a behaviour.

The standard that we walk past is the standard we accept.