Hello and welcome to the newsletter.
From a personal viewpoint, I wasn’t all that keen to be visited by COVID, but it certainly makes you appreciate feeling well! I’d like to thank the staff who went the extra mile to ensure everything ran so smoothly while I was away. It’s clear our teachers take ownership of student learning and step in for one another to support positive outcomes in any circumstance. They operate as a team and “get the job done”, and we all benefit from such a positive and united approach.
I also had the pleasure of meeting two ex-students, Ciana Larsen and Immy Salter, who kindly came in to speak with our Stage 6 students. We are working to strengthen the connection between school and the workplace through guest speakers and workplace visits, and I hope students took as much from Immy and Ciana as I did. Their message centred on being organised, doing your best, and continually looking for ways to improve. A couple of standout ideas for me were:
Your habits become your reputation.
When you step into the workforce, it becomes very clear that your attitude means as much as your skill.
I can’t thank the girls enough for giving their time to support our students. Doing so reflects positively on their respect for, and commitment to, others—values we hold in high regard at OSG. Thanks also to James for helping to organise this visit.
Mr Travis Hopgood visited this week to work through our Campus Quality Rubric—the first of two such visits this year. As you know, last year OSG Condobolin achieved outstanding growth, the highest outside of North America. Realistically, it may be difficult to replicate that result, but we are very keen to keep the momentum going.
Two highlights of Mr Hopgood’s visit were our SLT assembly—which he described as the best he had seen in terms of students driving the L2L framework—and the way our primary students responded to his questions about child safety. He also commended our leaders, who were challenged to step up and did so with excellence. Our primary students received accolades for being the most child-safe-aware group he had met, based on the answers they provided.
Next week we have parent–teacher interviews. Please make time to talk with teachers and share information about the progress being made at school. Friday is Sports Day at Griffith—hopefully all students commit to having a fun day with their peers from other sites.
I’ll finish with another gem from the girls: when people think about school, they often think about grades, exams and assignments, but school is bigger than that. It helps you build the habits and skills you will use long after you leave. Things like setting goals, planning how you’ll get things done, using the resources around you, and learning how to improve when something doesn’t quite work the first time.
I couldn’t agree more!
Have a great week,
Greg Mullins, Campus Principal
