Community Connection - Listening, Learning and Understanding…

I have spent a significant amount of time getting to know the people that are our staff through one-on-one meetings and listening lunches and have also thoroughly enjoyed opportunities to meet and greet our students and families through a variety of different forums.

Nothing brings me greater joy than conversations with students before, during or at the end of the school day, during learning activities when I undertake classroom visits, whilst on excursions or at school events and/or brief encounters when just in passing.

Each and every conversation that I have with internal and external community members supports me to understand the traditions of our school, what we are currently doing well today and what opportunities exist for continuous improvement tomorrow.

It is a genuine honour to be appointed as the 5th Principal of Moama Anglican Grammar. I feel privileged to join the School Community and am excited to have the opportunity to serve our students, staff and families.

During the course of Term 1 my number one priority has been relationship development and establishing community connection.

To me, relationships are the keystone of high-performance learning environments, strong school culture and are the foundation of trust.

The process of listening for understanding is enabling me to formulate a 360 degree view of our school from our greatest asset – our people. Engaging the voice of our students, families, staff and members of the broader school community is essential to support my contextual understanding of future improvement opportunities for Moama Anglican Grammar.

Mid-year I very much look forward to sharing my vision for the future direction of our School, in alignment with Strategy 20202024 and will outline a selection of exciting strategic initiatives that will enable this vision to be realised.

MR SCOTT DOWNWARD PRINCIPAL