Dear Parents and Carers,
The Learning Street comes to Life!
In early 2018 the idea of the ‘Learning Street’ was first discussed when the building committee met with our architects to design and develop a comprehensive Master Plan for the school, looking ahead to the next 15 years at St Joseph’s Tranmere. Five years later and we see today the result of the many hours of planning and preparation finally come together as our Reception and Year 1 students experience the Learning Street for the first time this term.
It was delightful to see the many happy faces of students and parents coming through the complex for the very first time. It was a very proud and joyful start to the term, especially for our new mid-year Reception students as they start their school journey.
The Learning Street has now provided our school with amazing contemporary learning spaces and the latest facilities - already we can see how effective the space is for both teachers and students as the classes become a very connected learning community.
We hope to complete the landscaping over the next few weeks and will then organise a time for families to come and visit the Street.
Thank you to all who have assisted with this second staged project. We would like to acknowledge and thank the State Government for their contribution of a $1.6M grant to assist with this timely development.
Recently we completed the construction of our new Sports Shed and hope to move into this space over the next few weeks. This will finally centralise all our sporting equipment and complete our multi-sports development project. This will provide easy access to the equipment for all our Physical Education Lessons, training sessions and our sports academy coaching programs. This project has been funded by our wonderful P & F fundraising initiatives. A huge thank you to all who have contributed in any way - as you can see, when we work together we can achieve many great things for our school.
Our next project will be the construction of the new Early Years Playspace including a new sand and water play space. More information soon.
Catholic Education Open Week August 19 -23 2024
Catholic Schools Open Week is next week and is a great opportunity to see how a Catholic education can set your child up for life. If you know of any families who might be interested in attending our school, they can simply book in for a tour by contacting the office. We will be holding our next school tour on Wednesday 21 August at 9:15am – 10:30am for interested families to see our school in action.
Living Learning Leading (LLL) Survey
Last week all families received an email/letter promoting our Living Learning Leading (LLL) survey. As mentioned in the letter, this short survey (3-5 mins) provides us with feedback from our families on our school’s performance. All responses are confidential and will be used for school improvement purposes.
It is important that we capture as many responses as possible to the survey, so I strongly encourage you to spend a moment of your time to complete the survey which will close on Friday 23 August 2024.
Important Dates
Adrian Grbin
