As you will see throughout this publication, we have had a very busy three weeks since our last newsletter, with a huge variety of learning activities occurring.  Our students have access to high quality learning experiences both in the classroom and beyond and I encourage all of our young people to grasp these opportunities when they arise.

Support Staff Week

This week is Support Staff Week, which provides an opportunity for us to appreciate the people we have in these important roles and highlight what they do.  In case you are wondering what they do, they answer the phones, look after students who are sick, keep our IT running, support students with their learning, keep the finances in order, organise the Science lab, provide support in the library, maintain our grounds to look amazing and a million other things that would take me all day to write!  The short version is, they help do all of the things we need to keep the school running and we genuinely could not function without them.  We are thankful for the high quality operators we have at our school.  I encourage parents and students to thank a member of our support staff when they have a chance to speak to them this week or next.

2024 Staffing Update

Four years ago we changed our leadership structure to having two Assistant Principals instead of a Deputy Principal.  As our school enrolments have continued to climb to well over 400 students now, we are in a position to add a Deputy Principal to this leadership structure.  The key focus areas of this position will be curriculum (what we teach) and pedagogy (how we teach).  This role was advertised across the state and we are now able to announce that Kevin Kelly has been appointed as the successful applicant.  Kev comes to us with years of leadership experience, most recently as the Principal of Oak Valley Anangu School, and we look forward to working with him for the next five years as Deputy Principal.

Kimberly Walker (Wellbeing, Special Options), Ash Parsons (Wellbeing, FLO), Amber Buick (Mathematics, Numeracy) and Hannah Hoepner (English, Literacy) have all had their leadership positions extended into 2024.  We also have two other leadership positions that are advertised and, once the panel process is complete, we will announce the successful applicants.

Louise O'Halloran (Home Ec), Amy Tilbrook (Art, Design) and Hudson Noack (HPE, Maths, Science) have all been made permanent teachers at BHS.  We currently have three other teacher positions advertised for Special Options, Agriculture and Chemistry/Science and we will also announce them as soon as we are able to.

As the days become a bit longer and the weather finally warms up, I encourage families to take some time to do something together and enjoy this time of year.  A number of our students have played their last games of winter sport but I wish all teams in finals the best of luck and hope your persistence and training pays off.

As always, I invite parents to contact me at the school if you would like to discuss any aspect of your child’s learning.  I can be contacted via DayMap or email Sonia.Pringle235@schools.sa.edu.au or you can phone the school on 8862 0600 to speak to me directly or to make a time to come and see me.

Sonia Pringle

Principal