Principals News

Parents and Caregivers are invited to participate in this year’s School Opinion Survey and have a say about schooling during the COVID-19 lockdown. You are also given the opportunity to provide feedback about our school more generally.

Participation in the survey is anonymous and you are encouraged to take this opportunity to have your say. The survey form has been designed so that it can easily be completed on a computer or smartphone. The online survey will be available until Friday 17 July 2020, and should take less than five minutes to complete.

To access the survey, please click on the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser:

Parent survey – https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/form/Parents-HaveYourSay

Please contact us if you have any questions about the survey.

As Term 2 draws to a close, the leadership team and I have been pondering the challenges and opportunities that have emerged as a result of the pandemic. Our key learnings are as follows.

• Teamwork and partnerships with parents, students and staff are so important. When our expectations and values align, we can achieve magic!
• There is such kindness and generosity in the community. People offering to assist others, drop things off to those who couldn’t pick up book packs, offer financial assistance to those in need, show appreciation to the staff with lovely emails, cards, cakes and gifts. So thoughtful!
• Children are incredibly resilient. Despite some children missing 6-8 weeks of school, they re-engaged with enthusiasm, re-establishing expectations and friendships. It has been a joy having them back on site!
• Our staff are amazing! They dealt with the situation with optimism and drive, working hard to plan high quality @home learning materials, connect with families and support parents and children in any way they could.

There were many other learnings and certainly some challenges but I think we have emerged as a stronger, kinder, more considerate community. I wish you all a safe, restful break. We look forward to some further normality returning in Term 3 which I will outline later in the holidays. 

School resumes Monday 13 July.

Happy holidays!

Have a great week 
Tracy 
tegan4@eq.edu.au