Principal’s Message
By Mrs Kath Boyd
Dear Parents, It was marvellous to see so many parents at school this week. Thank you for making the effort to join us and for following our Covid Protocols so diligently! Congratulations to the children and their inspirational teaching teams for the joyful End of Year Celebrations & Stage 4 Graduation Ceremony. I have no doubt that you will cherish the Christmas Gifts and enjoy looking through your child's Portfolio & Creative Scrapbook. As I reflect on 2021, I am incredibly proud of how our classrooms have run despite the challenges we have all endured together. The children have continued to inspire us with their resilience, their positive attitudes and ferocious appetite for learning. Their smiling faces have made it a joy for us to keep pushing forward and provide the best educational program we can offer them. It has been heart-warming to witness the confidence, growth (academic, social, emotional & physical) and a genuine sense of ‘being, belonging & becoming’ develop within each child. Congratulations to the teachers for all they have achieved and for the creative learning experiences they facilitated throughout 2021. What an amazing team! I really appreciate and admire each and every one of them, and thank them for their dedication and support. Special mention must be made of my brilliant Executive Team of Core Teachers (Natalie, Charity, Sara, Mia, Grace, Deb, Veronika & Lauren), the magnificent Luan, Jennifer (my PA & Enrolment Officer Extraordinaire), Jasmine (our indispensable Kitchen Manager) and Rob (our hardworking gardener/handyman). Under the guidance of the nurturing Stage 1 teachers, our littlest ones have blossomed into enthusiastic participants and confident learners. Our Stage 2 children were likewise supported and challenged by loving teachers. The inspirational Stage 3 teaching team provided a diverse play-based Reggio Inspired learning program and the talented Stage 4 teachers had a fabulous year preparing their students for Kindergarten and beyond. I marvel at the maturity these children are now demonstrating towards their friends and class projects – it is evident that the children leaving our ELS have become learners for life. I am immensely proud of the educational programs that are offered at our Early Learning School and humbled to lead such a powerful team of passionate and kind Early Childhood Educators. We are so grateful to you, our families, for your ongoing support, your trust, for working in partnership with us, your generosity, but most importantly, for allowing us to be a part of your children’s early years education. It’s been a privilege to educate and care for your beautiful children. Thank you, parents and extended family members, for working with us in partnership and for being such proud advocates for our school. Messages such as the following are a delight to receive and are very much appreciated: “I am so excited to find out that my daughter has enrolled in one of the best early learning schools in Sydney. Thank you for creating an environment where learning can be so much fun. We appreciate all the attention you put into making sure that she is ready for the next stage of her life.” (EX – Stage 1 Parent, December 2021) Pictured above: Henry, Ashton, Ellia, Hugo, Joanna and Alison (2R & 2E) having a merry ol’ time.