The Lakes South Morang College Newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT
PRIMARY CAMPUS MARCUS ABNEY - HASTINGS PRIMARY CAMPUS PRINCIPAL
Dear Parents/Carers,
transition program and Prep teaching team. We will be running a Year 1 - 6 feedback session for families later in the Term for interested families. More information to follow across the next few weeks. This Term will also see the College opening the Secondary Campus to prospective students and families entering Year 7 on Tuesday 23rd April for a 2025 Year 7 Information Night.
As we gear up for another exciting Term, l wanted to extend a warm welcome back to school after what l hope was a restful and rejuvenating break for you and your family. It certainly was great to see the smiling faces of students as they arrived back to school to see their friends. A massive welcome to new families that have joined us at The Lakes. I am immensely proud of the progress our students have made academically, socially, and emotionally. Yes, there are always bumps along the way, but your unwavering support and partnership have been invaluable in creating a nurturing and enriching learning environment for our students and as a school, we look for to this continue throughout the Term. As we embark on this new Term, l want to assure you that our commitment to providing a safe, supportive, and stimulating educational experience remains our priority. I encourage you to stay engaged and involved in your child ’ s education journey. Communication between home and school is essential, and l welcome your feedback, questions, and suggestions.
YEAR 5 TRANSITION PROGRAM
This Term we will begin our transition program for Year 5. This will see Year 5 students remain on the Secondary Campus on a Friday (after 5/6 sport) to complete their Health and Wellbeing program. In addition, for the last week of Term 2, the Secondary campus will welcome Year 5s to further experience life a secondary student and provide opportunities to trial some of the specialist offerings available. More information will be sent out to Year 5 families leading up to the end of the term.
FACILITY UPGRADES
COMMUNICATIONS - COMPASS
We have had a number of improvements across the holiday break with a new path now in place for students entering and exiting the school via Lakes Boulevard. This will ensure a safer journey especially when it gets wet in the winter months. You will have also seen a new electronic gate for the staff carpark. This will support safety for students and staff when entering and exiting the carpark. Regarding safety, CCTV has also been installed across our Primary Campus over the holiday break. Sadly, we continue to have out of hours activity where a number of items become smashed or broken. Replacement of these items comes at a great cost to our school and hopefully the installation of cameras will support the responsible use of our school grounds.
This Term will see the Primary Campus communications shift significantly for both students and families. Our uptake of Compass on the Primary Campus has been outstanding thus far, and we expect to see full integration of the platform throughout Term 2. This will enable access to calendars, timetables, excursions, interviews, and learning plans, as well as assessment and reporting via Compass. If parents/carers are having any issues accessing Compass, please come in to the school and speak to us for support.
STAFFING IN TERM 2
We have appointed the following staff to cover for teachers who are out on leave this term:
COMING EVENTS
Mother ’ s Day Stall – Wednesday 8th May 2024
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Ms A Kelly (Mon/Fri) who joins us to cover Ms Georgiadis in Year 3 who has long service leave in Term Two.
Mother ’ s Day Breakfast – Friday 10th May 2024 @ 8am - 8.45am – Please come and join us on the Primary Campus to celebrate our wonderful Mum and Special females in our lives. To say thank you for your wonderful support, pancakes and coffees will be on the menu, provided by the school. Education Week Open Morning - Thursday 16th May 2024 from 9am - 10am – We will open our classrooms for parents/carers to come in and see their children in action. School Tours will also run throughout the morning for interested parents/carers.
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Mr Zull will resume after family leave and the welcoming of their second child.
We wish all of our new and returning teachers a warm Lakes welcome and our teachers who are on leave a safe and tremendous time off.
2024 FEEDBACK SESSIONS
Thank you to our 2024 Prep families who came into school on the last day of Term 1 to give their feedback about our school, how they have settled in, things that are going well and anything that may need some tweaking. The overwhelming response was very positive especially around our small class sizes, our
Have a great Term.
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