Principal's Report
As a school community, we enjoy sharing the successes of our students and staff. Often it may be the efforts of individual students, or of a larger group or team where we celebrate the great things that are happening. In the past few weeks, our community have been recognised at a state and national level for going above and beyond in making a difference in our local area. The Penguin Surf Club was announced as the Club of the Year at the National Surf Lifesaving Awards. Considering the size and scale of clubs on the mainland, this is an extraordinary effort by all involved. Penguin was also announced as the Tidy Town of the Year at the state awards, with our town now representing Tasmania at the national event. One criteria is the involvement of schools and youth programs in the community, and this is something we have had a concerted focus on in recent years. Earlier this year Riana Cricket Club were acknowledged with the Community Partnership of the Year in Cricket Tasmania’s state awards for engaging their local community in fundraising efforts for bushfire relief. We are a community where we have much to be grateful for and we don’t need to look too far to see ordinary people doing pretty amazing things. Congratulations to everyone involved in these initiatives that have been recognised at a state and national level.
Capital Works Update
Our school redevelopment is progressing as scheduled. The demolition of the old music, textiles and administration area is complete and framing up of new rooms in this area has commenced. A number of people are curious as to the layout of the redevelopment and what is happening with the primary campus at the completion of the project. The primary campus is being retained by the Department of Education and will be a regional base for Learning Services. We have attached a link to a 3D flyover that gives a bit of a perspective of the completed redevelopment. This doesn’t include the playground and other external sports courts.
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Mat Grining - Principal |