Principal's Log

As a lead into Harmony Week next week, we will be focusing on Pacific As A Peace Place this Friday.  P-5 students will have a casual clothes day where they will be encouraged to wear orange to celebrate the upcoming National Harmony Week and Year 4-12 students will complete the Pacific As a Peace Place Survey.  Growing young people to respect and value diversity as well as enhance each other’s wellbeing is an important part of the student experience at the College. As we shared on assembly this week, the results of the survey will be part of an ongoing project where we will be engaging with our students to reflect on ways we as a community can enhance each other’s wellbeing.  We look forward to sharing the outcomes of this process later in the year.

The Government has published the results of the 2021 Naplan tests on the My School website.  As a College, we use the detailed Naplan data provided each year, along with other data, to reflect on individual and cohort progress and to plan for improvement.  Both the proportion of students at year levels completing the assessment and the composition of cohorts can affect averaged rates of growth.  At Pacific, we have a very high proportion of students completing the assessment. This means we can focus on the growth of individual students using a range of data, including that generated by the Naplan tests. Families are invited to email Mrs Sue Zweck (P-5) or Mrs Jo Belchamber (Yr 6-9) where they have questions.

At the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Pacific on Tuesday night we had the opportunity to thank our outgoing committee for their contribution last year in keeping the focus on community connection and support.  We thank the outgoing Treasurer, Mrs Belinda Watman, and are grateful for the willingness of the majority of the committee to continue in a variety of roles, including Chair Jenny Lee.  It was good to welcome new members to the meeting and the committee and we look forward to the year ahead.

May God grant us the ability to see and celebrate our common humanity.  We pray that God will guide us and all people in the world to focus on what unites us and to work for the common good of all.  We pray in particular, for the people and children of Ukraine and that God would provide for their needs.

Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal