Visiting Local PPCs
Executive members have been out and about visiting local councils, spreading the “good oil” and listening to stories & re-assuring colleagues. If you wish for an Executive member to attend your local Council meeting, please use the contact details at the end of the Newsletter.
Wagga Start Up Conference:
Deputy President Roby Evans & I attended this combined conference which also featured many of the Department’s senior Officers. They were keen to highlight some of the DoE’s initiatives and future directions as well as answer questions. Organised by the Wagga PPC, it was a great start for the year.
Sutherland:
Illawarra South East Combined Conference
This was the first of our combined Regional Conferences, held for the first time in Canberra at ANU. Principals from Wollongong, Shellharbour, Batemans Bay & Queanbeyan gathered to hear some great speakers including Dr Susan Carland and the Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof Hughes-Warrington.
Tamworth and Moree:
Deputy President Robyn Evans and I travelled to Tamworth PPC and Moree PPC and visited Tamworth South PS, Moree PS and Moree East PS. We were warmly welcomed by the Tamworth South choir singing in English and the local Aboriginal language for the Tamworth meeting.
We discussed some of the current happenings, local issues and implications for the many small schools.
We visited Moree East PS, one of our Connected Community schools, to see first-hand how the school and community were working together to meet the needs of their students and achieve great results. Principal Lorinda Potter proudly showed us through the bespoke designed school and discussed the many and varied approaches enacted at the school.
