Dear Craigslea Community, 

Another fortnight has flown by and we are at the midpoint of term 1.    This term we are making learning visible in our classrooms using Learning Walls.  When learning is visible students have clarity about learning expectations and what they need to do to be successful. 

Learning walls include the learning intention (goal linked to the unit purpose), success criteria (what students need to know and do to be successful) and examples of student work identifying what success looks like. Teachers and students construct these walls together. Here are some examples of learning walls used in schools.

Over the next fortnight I am looking forward to visiting all our classrooms to see how our learning walls are developing and to talk with students about their learning.

Strategic Plan – 2024– 2027

By the end of this term, we will finalise our strategic plan setting our direction for the next four years.  The development of our strategic plan gives us an opportunity to continue the great work already happening in our school and to think big about what we would like the future of learning to look like.  It is very exciting.

This week through Schoolzine I sent a survey to gather community thoughts and ideas on our future direction.  We have had a very positive response to the survey.  Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to complete it.  It’s not too late to have your say.  Click on the link below to complete the survey.  Insert Schoolzine link here please

Whilst we look to the future our plan must reference the recommendations that came from the School Review undertaken in Term 2 2023.  The key recommendations from this review were:

This week I commenced meeting with staff teams to gather their thoughts and ideas.  Next week I will be meeting with student representatives and on March 1 I invite parents and carers to work with me on building our school’s plan.

I will share results of the survey and a summary of information gathered from each of the groups in future newsletters.

Principal’s Afternoon Tea

I am very much looking forward to my first Principal’s Afternoon Tea at Craigslea next Friday.  Teachers nominate one student from their class for their efforts in learning during the week to attend.  At the afternoon tea I talk with students about what they are proud of about their learning.  This week’s afternoon tea will be for students in year 4 – 6.

 
“Together may we give our children the roots to grow and the wings to fly.” 


Have a great fortnight.

 Yours in Learning,

 Melanie Rehm

 Principal