A highlight this week has been the lovely letter we received from a member of the community, congratulating our staff and students on raising such wonderful layer chickens with the details of how many eggs she has collected over the past year.  It was a wonderful reminder of how we can brighten someone’s day in so many ways.

Last week I had the pleasure of accompanying our Farm Manager and one of our year 12 students to a local cattle stud to collect one of the school steers which now completes our collection for 2020. We appreciate the support of the local enterprises for allowing us to provide such valuable learning opportunities for our students.

On Tuesday we recognised Sorry Day with a flag raising ceremony and emotional recital of a poem (read by Zephie Neil).  We again put technology to the test and made this a virtual assembly, with each class viewing the assembly from the home rooms. I would like to acknowledge the work of our Aboriginal Community Engagement Officer, Judy Crosby and Aboriginal Education Teachers: Tyler Norton and Helen Gaunt for the planning they have put into the various activities they have planned for students to improve their understanding and acknowledge Reconciliation Week, Sorry Day and Mabo Day.

In recent years we have conducted an Open Day early in term 2 to allow our current parents and also prospective parents to tour the school and visit classrooms. Given the current restrictions we are following advice to reduce the number of visitors into our school. As soon as the advice changes we look forward to having current and future parents visiting.