School Board Report
As this year – and this decade – draws to a close, it is worth reflecting on our School's motto of Learning Together.
The learning aspect is a given and it was great for the MPPS Board to hear at our Term 4 meeting how well students in Year 3 and Year 5 had performed in their NAPLAN tests this year. MPPS continues to perform strongly academically, which is a credit to both the teaching staff and the students who apply themselves so well.
As we approach another Year 6 Graduation Ceremony, it is also worth reflecting on working together.
Earlier this year, I described our School as a tree whose health relies on the strength and well-being of the various roots that make up the MPPS community – for example, the School's staff, our students, the Year 6 student councillors, parents and caregivers, the P&C and the Board.
The Board asks our student councillors to address us at the start of each year to tell us a bit about their ambitions and targets, and again in Term 4 for a summary of their year.
Two weeks ago we heard from Alysha Trinh, Samson Pozzi, Kai Kabugua and Ashleigh Bolton about their joy and pride at being this year's student councillors, their feelings of responsibility and duty to help and look after other students, the respect with which they were treated by their fellow students, and the challenge of achieving the goals they had set themselves at the start of this year. And it was wonderful to hear their desire to introduce and prepare next year's student councillors.
This year's councillors have represented MPPS extremely well and should be proud of their achievements. I wish them – and indeed our graduating Year 6 class – all the very best in secondary school.
The Board also extends best wishes to retiring teachers Robyn Trend and Heidi Kellner-Marshall, who have been part of the teaching staff since MPPS first opened its doors in 2004.