MISSING LINK
Term 4 2024
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Term 4 Principal’s Assembly Address Congratulations on receiving your reports and recognition at this assembly today and a very special recognition to Year 10 who are receiving their Records of School Achievement. Congratulations to Year 9 who a completing their junior years and will start in the senior school next year. Special congratulations to Year 8 who have the highest GPA average in the school. And a special congratulations to Year 7 who have become a team and to the Year 7 Ambassadors for providing great leadership. I hope when you read your reports and think about what you wrote about as your strengths and progress during both personalised learning and in evaluating your goals in each subject you can see your growth and academic improvement. On Tuesday 10 December, our executive staff looked at the grades and grade point averages for every year group and we had a moment of pride as we looked at what we can do together. And that is what I want to speak about today. On 14 December, 15 principals from all the schools in the Eastern Creek Network came to Rooty Hill and presented on the highlights of their year. I was one of them and I was not sure what to say or to include in the slide we were asked to provide. (The slide will be included in my Missing Link report for this term). After speaking with Ms Mattimore and Ms Vuki, I decided to speak through the school motto PERSIST and its 7 core values. Each year we choose one focus value. In 2024 we chose Teamwork and Leadership – because we believe nobody succeeds alone, nobody takes the credit on their own. We are, after all, #TeamRooty Hill and when you study here, teach here, administer here and work here, you join our team. Outside the school, it has been a tough year. We did not get funding from the federal government, we did not get our asset projects, and many of the proposed HSC NESA syllabuses for 2026 are not fit for purpose. We had to work together to do our best. I want to acknowledge some teams whose leadership and teamwork made sure our school culture, values and purposes were delivered. • The head teachers and teachers made sure students had continuity of learning by just doing more and doing it better when we had 9 permanent and 8 temporary staffing vacancies. We are excited that we have new teachers appointed this term and more will come in 2025. • In the subjects you studied and in wellbeing programs, we were able to provide personalised, expansive and culturally inclusive learning. Class teams and year-based teams completed a big program of academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular tasks. This is a busy school built on student teams working with each other and the staff.