Dear Parents and Carers,

The Minister for Education has announced changes to the guidelines for Kindergarten Orientation. This is welcome news as our Kindergarten students will now have the opportunity for an on-site orientation, COVID style. The children have been placed in pre-school groups and will attend two sessions with their new teachers for 2022. As per current guidelines, one fully vaccinated parent or carer per Kindergarten child will bring their child onto the school site for the Orientation. The nominated parent will only be allowed outdoors and will not be in-close proximity to other cohorts of students.

Community is so important at St Pius X and this will be a great opportunity to build connections with our new students and families. My hope is that in 2022 we can acknowledge our new parents with a special Welcome BBQ.

We are also in the process of ensuring that we farewell our Year Six students in a safe way. I am pleased that under the current restrictions our Graduation will be able to take place .

Finally, this week I had the pleasure of signing off on our strategic vision for 2021. We have achieved a great deal, and never lost sight of our vision, even when faced with challenging circumstances. I am delighted to report the following 2021 achievements:

• a re-imagined Vision Statement endorsed by the community
• completion of our Adventure Playground (It has been a big hit!!)
• an emphasis on analysing data to ensure learning outcomes are precise and meet the needs of the learner
• audit of our Awards System leading to consistent awards and processes

I would like to leave you with a beautiful quote that I certainly felt was timely. It has been music to my ears to listen to the noise and excitement of school once again!

Yours Sincerely,

Pauline Chrostowski - Principal