My name is Belinda Finlay-Smith and I am incredibly honoured to be appointed as the Principal for the remainder of the 2021 year.

I have been lucky enough to be the Deputy Principal at Pimpala Primary School since 2017 and in this time have formed strong relationships with students, families and staff.

I highly respect the connection between home and school and strongly encourage families to make an appointment with the classroom teacher, myself or another member of leadership if there is a conversation you wish to have.

Although there has been a few changes at the school recently we will ensure that the transition is smooth and seamless. This will provide an opportunity for our staff, students and school community to develop their resilence and capacity to adjust to challenges.

I welcome Judy Beal to the Deputy Principal position who comes to our school with a wealth of knowledge and experience to complement our leadership team. Judy has embraced our community and spent her first day begining to form connections with our students, families and staff.

Last week our 3-5 classes and this week our 5-7 classes have attended camp at Mylor Adventure Camp. The students have been amazing on camp, we have received positive feedback from the staff at Mylor who have been impressed with the maturity and respect of all of our students.

They have completed a range of activites and challenges on camp and pushed themselves outside of their comfort zones. 

Christine MacLean and myself visited camp last week and will be visiting this week. It was a very exciting experience and I will treasure the memories made, as I am sure the students and staff will also.

I look forward to supporting the children and families of Pimpala Primary School as we complete the 2021 school year together and into the future.