On Tuesday every child in the school was given the opportunity to have his/her voice heard. An important part of school excellence is to elicit feedback from our community. Quite often, students are the most under represented when we are making decisions in the school. That seems quite strange when they actually represent a large proportion of our community.
Cathy, Miss Castle and I led three different areas where we asked the students questions and asked for their feedback and ideas. Part of the process involved placing a paddle pop stick in a container to show the extent to which they agreed with a statement presented to them. The other part was students offering ideas which were written on a post it note. Each student was given a sticker at the start of the session and when they contributed one idea, they stuck it on a giant paddle pop! When the paddle pop was filled .. we ate paddle pops! This ensured that every student at the session contributed at least one idea. It was so wonderful to see all of our students engaged and involved in the process.
I will be looking at our results this week as I complete the situational analysis for the re-development of the 2023 - 2026 Strategic Improvement Plan (SIP). I will also be looking at the Tell Them From Me parent survey. Thank you for the fantastic response - 44 parents completed the survey this year.
Have a great final week of Spring. Bring on some summer weather .. please!
Lisa Hughes
Principal
