From the Principal

From the Principal

Bonjour à tous, and Wanju

Before we get to Easter there is one more event to squeeze in. FOMO is real.

The Minister for Education will visit us on Tuesday.  It is late notice but a great opportunity for us to meet the new minister. He will only be here for a short time – his calendar is full too. Our current plan is to meet and greet with the student leaders of the school, school board and school executive. He will then tour the gym and music “upgrades” before wandering around just before the parents arrive to meet some of you.  We will try to put our best foot forward. If you see anything that needs “tidying” or can be presented better, please help out and “make the change” where you can.

At the assembly today I discussed the culture of high expectations and the accountability that we have for each other. This is an important trait to instil in our students. Who are we? What do we stand for? These and many more questions about our beliefs and values about teaching will be investigated next term during our SDD when we begin the work of unpacking the Teaching For Impact Strategy.

With Easter coming on Friday, it will be a short week. I hope that you have plans for the Easter break that include mind, body and spirit building activities. Enjoy the last week.

En Avant

Nuts and Bolts

Today’s assembly was a little unsettled. I don’t think behaviour was malicious or intentionally disrespectful, but we can do better.  It appeared that many of the classes in the middle section of the crowd did not have teachers sitting with them. Whether you have a class or not, in future can you please spread yourself through the crowd of students.