Dear College Community,

Since my last communication, we have shared a number of significant events with you as a community, including the fun and food at the Primary School Fathers Day Breakfast. The weather allowed our Dads to spend fun times with their children on the basketball court, in classrooms, eating breakfast and generally out and about. The atmosphere of activity and fun was very evident and appreciated by all in attendance.

This week we once again enjoyed your company through the hosting of the Vision 2020 event, with familiar themes of activity, entertainment, food and catching up with good friends proving to be a winning combination. Of course, the perfect weather added to the occasion, which also provided the opportunity for me to share some of the exciting initiatives and developments planned by the College for 2020. For those of you who missed this presentation, further updates will be made over the coming weeks and months, so feel free to make enquiries as you are able.

On 12 September many of you attended the opening of the Create Arts Showcase, which will continue over the coming week. As promised, the opening performances were most entertaining, enabling students to demonstrate their talent, passion and dedication through the high-quality performances, which were packed with energy and ‘sprinkled’ with humour. A walk through the Visual Arts Exhibition also proved to be most delightful, with students’ talent once again on display.

With the Secondary Drama performances planned for next week, followed by the major Primary Learning Journey event, there is more to come. I understand very well if you are suffering from ‘Festive Fatigue’ at this stage. Of course, it is impossible to attend all events, however we are so grateful and appreciative of continued strong parent and friends support at each of these events and hope that you have enjoyed the insights gained and the opportunities to celebrate learning, growth and achievement with our students. The energy you have witnessed through each of these opportunities is a sample of what we get to experience everyday and it is an absolute delight to be able to invite you into the College and catch a glimpse of student learning and achievement.

I encourage you to visit our website, drop into Reception and communicate with your teacher contacts at the College, to continue to be updated on opportunities, developments and initiatives at the College, as we are willing to help you out in any way we can.

From the College Management Team and Board perspective, I will be keeping you informed on the major initiatives, with particular focus on the opportunities for parents, students and staff to provide feedback and to have input to the continued improvement of the College. More will come on this later.

For now, let me finish by expressing our absolute delight in meeting up with you at these events, as we continue to be so grateful for the high level of parent involvement and support at LJBC, which is a major factor in facilitating the high levels of participation, growth and outcomes for each of our students.

I am looking forward to chatting with you personally as we have the opportunity.

Daryl Pollard

College Principal