From the Principal

The Melbourne Cup provides a welcome distraction this week. I hope that you get the chance to get in a sweep or two and have a win. More significantly it signals that the term is half over.  Panic can set in. Don’t let it. I am reminded of the words of Lao Tzu

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished”.

There will be time to get everything done.  Your PC’s can always find ways to create time. It is probably prudent to map out your significant events to the end of the year and discuss them at your next LA meeting, to ensure the school has enough support structures in place for you to get the required work done. 

When we feel rushed or time is closing in we stop doing the little things or stop tackling the difficult things that have made us successful. I urge you to keep consistent throughout this term.

• Question a student every time you see them out of uniform, even if they have a uniform pass. Ensure that the student is ok, that is the context of them being out of uniform.
• The inconvenience of being asked repeatedly is a consequence of being out of uniform.
• Keep your students working right up the bell. The only critical bell is the end of the day for buses. Have some reflection, closure strategies and pack up strategies up your sleeve. If you need to increase your repertoire please speak to your PC, an experienced peer or one of our Teaching and Learning Committee.
• I will keep my visits up to classrooms.

Consistency is the key factor for building trust in each other. The trust we have in each other to act in the manner above gives us a sense of purpose and collective efficacy. We cannot do it alone but together we can sustain the orderly environment that we have built right through to the end of the term. 

Have a great week. 

En Avant

Mike Sinagra