Kambrya NewsWeekly News Term 4, Week 9 2016

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Dear Parents and Guardians,

I am thrilled to be appointed to the position of Principal of Kambrya College. I trust that my experiences as both Assistant Principal and Acting Principal, coupled with my dedication to the Kambrya College Community, will ensure continued improvement across all areas of the College. This is an exciting time at Kambrya with 326 new Year 7 students joining us in 2017 we anticipate that our enrolment will be close to 1400. We will also be welcoming a number of new teachers to the team as the College grows.

I would like to take this opportunity to share some of our 2016 attitudinal data, as this is key to helping us to identify the priorities and strategies for improvement moving forward.

Parent Opinion Data

Overall parents rate the College above the 90th percentile for School Improvement, closely followed by Approachability at the 88th percentile and General Satisfaction at the 76th percentile. There is much to celebrate. The increased focus on communication and associated transparency are one of many factors that underpin these positive results. Our newly formed Parents and Friends Group meet once a month and provide a forum on how to provide support to the school. Any parent who is interested in finding out more about this group should contact Mrs. Nalini Naidu at the College at the beginning of 2017. I am always open to hearing from any parent who has ideas about school improvement. Please feel free to contact me via the College.

2014 (percentile) 2015 (percentile) 2016 (percentile)School Improvement 96.6 71.6 91.5Approachability 93.2 63.5 88.6Teacher Morale 93.2 75.4 81.8Parent Input 74.6 32.3 54.4Stimulating Learning 91.5 63.5 78.4Behaviour Management 84.8 58.8 76.3Reporting 43.4 12.2 54.4Learning Focus 97.0 77.5 78.0Transitions 93.6 54.6 72.9Homework 87.3 54.6 73.8General Satisfaction 94.9 78.3 76.3Student Safety 82.2 25.8 62.8Connectedness to Peers 86.9 31.3 70.4Student Motivation 83.9 47.0 61.1Social Skills 92.4 38.1 60.7

Key DatesMonday 5th - Friday 16th DecemberEnd of Year Activities for Years 7 - 9

students

Thursday 15th December

Presentation Evening

2017

Monday 30th January Staff Return, Office reopens

Tuesday 31st January First day of Term 1 2017,

students return

Thursday 2nd February Student photos

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I would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the achievements of one of our students, Caitlyn Navarra. Caitlyn was fortu-nate to be part of the Operation Newstart Program this year. Her hard work and dedication to the program were recognised with the Outstanding Achiever Award. Caitlyn would like to thank staff members of the program, as well as her brother Domi-nic and staff at Kambrya College.

Rebecca Kent (Kambrya College Wellbeing Team) and Caitlyn Navarra

As a reminder School Council met on Wednesday 14th September and discussed the implementation timeline for the new school uniform. Consequently, we are pleased to advise our community that the timeline has been revised and is reflective of the fact that many of our students still have another 6-12 months of wear out of their existing ‘original’ school uniform. It is important to note however that any student can opt into the new uniform at any point in time. The revised timeline is as follows:

Students in the relevant year levels will wear all aspects of the new uniform in the nominated year as per below

Kind Regards

Joanne WastlePrincipal

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