These last two weeks have truly been some of the most memorable of my career with so many changes happening all of the time. I would like to acknowledge our amazing students, families and staff for coping with a constantly changing environment that has provided so many challenges.
In our latest staffing news we welcome Kate Seidel to our leadership team in 2021 as she takes up the position of Middle School Coordinator. Congratulations also to Kelly Pedler, Nicola Ettridge and Ali Gulin on all winning a variety of SSO positions commencing in 2021.
Behind the scenes we have been madly planning and reorganising the variety of end of year events that we usually have. With the current restrictions in place and the inability to look into a crystal ball and know what the next few weeks look like we have made some decisions that we will continue with even if the restrictions do ease so that we can have as much certainty as possible.
The Year 12 Formal will go ahead with limited numbers, which meet the restrictions of the venue.
The Presentation Night has required many more changes due to its size. We will have a Year 8-11 Presentation Assembly on Monday 7th December starting at 11.10am. Unfortunately no parents or family members will be able to attend. We intend to take lots of photographs to have a record of the event.
In the evening we will have the Year 12 Presentation Evening in the stadium. Each Year 12 student will be able to bring no more than two guests and we will need to have RSVP’s for contact tracing purposes. Matilda Zander will be the guest speaker on the night.
During the last week of school we are still planning our annual excursion to Port Broughton, activities and also the final day at the swimming pool. They are obviously subject to change and very much dependent on the weather conditions as well.
The good news is that transition will still go ahead for year 7 students next Thursday and Friday. We are looking forward to getting to know all of the students a little bit more during these two days.
In other exciting news this week I would like to congratulate our Student Leaders for 2021: Casey Cleggett and Max Crouch as Captains and Tanisha Wakefield and Isaac Willsmore Vice Captains.
Thank you in anticipation of your understanding of the changes we have made.