Dr carmel McGrath

2020 Enrolments

This week I continued to receive emails for parent requests in relation to 2020 classes.  Please note that parent submissions for 2020 class allocations closed on 18 October.  Once classes are formed with all the information considered, no further requests for class changes will be undertaken.   

Master Plan – Invitational forum

The EQ Facilities project team will attend our P&C meeting Tuesday 12 November 6-7pm in the library to provide an update on the consultation and project progress.  The team will also will follow up with the Master Plan community workshop group     ( inviation only) on Thursday 14 November 5-6pm in B Block. The team currently plans to release plans to the broader community in December.

Lockdown Drill

This week we will conduct our term lockdown drill.  Thank you to staff and students for revising our procedures.

Community Spirit Awards Ceremony

This week we acknowledged the extraordinary work of many of our school community, including students, staff and parents.  We are incredibly fortunate to have so many people willing to contribute and support our school in so many ways.  This positive involvement and willingness to give back is a key ingredient in what creates our New Farm Community Spirit and Culture.  Congratulations to:

STEM Initiative John Rafter and Janelle Moody

PBL Art Work Arnoud Fransen

Kookie’s Walk To School Bus (KWTSB) Trey King

Grand-friends in Our School Kay Bradley

Love of Music Chris Chapman

Community Events  Libby Best

Fet Committee:-

• Mel Beikoff – Marketing
• Belinda Hill – Finance
• Sheroo Wadia – Stall Convenor
• Laura Watson – Fete Convenor
• Sue Johnson – Sponsorship
• Louise Ware – Rides Convenor
• Tisha Acuna-King – Entertainment Lisa Rogan and Emma Quigley – Raffles
• Mal and Chloe Whitehouse – Silent Auction
• Class Fete Convenors

2020 School Leader Selection

Our selection process continued last week with our House Captain selections and this week we finalise things with the selection of Project Captains.  Good luck to those Year 5’s participating.

Congratulations to 2020 Captains:

• School Captains – Olivia Basile and Finn Morris
• School Vice Captains – Claudia Wallwork and Louis Andrews

• Teneriffe Captains – Ashley Blackman and Korey Fuglevik
• Merthyr Captains – Sophie Larsen and Cooper Lowe
• Binkinba Captains – Ava Seredenko and Mika Raeli

• Wed 13 Nov 9-10am– Project Captain speeches and student voting (classrooms)
• Thurs 14 Nov 9:30-1:00 – Principal interviews shortlisted students
• Fri 15 Nov – Principal announces the 2020 Project Group Captains
• Tuesday 19 Nov Assembly– 2020 Captains introduced to school on assembly

Quadrennial School Review and Strategic Planning

I will present the draft School Strategic Plan 2020-2024 at the final P&C meeting on Tuesday 12 Nov.  The document will then we finalised and will inform the development of our Annual Improvement Plan (AIP) 2020 and Implementation for Success (I4S) Plan.  This will ensure our AIP and I4S are clearly aligned with our school priorities.