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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, in some pretty exciting news. I think you'd have
to say.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Leania School celebrated its fortieth birthday yesterday with a huge
event on the school oval and joining me on the
line to tell us a little bit more about the celebrations.
It is the Leania's School principal, Miss Leah.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Good morning to you.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Good morning, kay. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I am very good. How are you guys going?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
And how's the school recovering after its fortieth birthday yesterday?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Well, what I would say is our school is so
amazing and so full of excitement that there's no recovery.
It just let's keep going. I love it.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
That's what happens when you turn forty, isn't it, Miss Leah?
You have to keep going.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
That's exactly right. And we had all the three jumping
castles and a petting zoo and face painting, you know,
for all the children and the family to be able
to relax. We had food bands there and all our
classrooms where most of the classrooms were open, and each
block of classrooms did a decade, so we had the
(01:07):
eighties and just to involve our current students, they did
artwork for the eighties and then nineties and then we
had a photo booth, and we've got a school survey
coming up, so parents survey options for them to just
go into a QR code. And then we had all
the memory really that's been kept over the years, all
(01:28):
in different classroom blocks, so that people could come in
and see how amazing and innovative our teachers and staff.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Are awesome, how fun and I bet the kids and
the families and everybody absolutely loved us.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Absolutely And you know, an event like that doesn't actually
happen without your backbone to our school board and our
administration staff really did put a lot of behind the
scenes around being strategic to ensure that we did do
have a quality event, but also on a practical level,
lots of really exciting balloons and making it look like
(02:07):
a big party.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah, miss Leah, tell us how much has the school
changed over that forty year period. I would imagine that
you know that there's there's been a lot of growth.
There's been lots of different ways that things change in
terms of education too. Oh well, the.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
School was built when I was finishing school, so it's.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Been a while.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Chatty. I actually taught here in two thousand as a
classroom teacher in two thousand and two thousand and one,
so I've got a little bit of background.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Yeah, it did.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Yeah years six seven, and in those days we had
thirty five children in that class.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Yep, it's a lot of kids, lots of looking.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yeah, but if you have a look back at what
the principles have done right from the start, you can
see that, you know, there's there's been that iteration and
improvement the whole way through. And I can't but help
acknowledge Henry Gray as being here. You know, he was
a long standing principal in the community for nineteen years
(03:11):
and then an Tonkin came along for the following six
years that before I came. So amongst those principles, I'm
sure the Foundation Principles would have had a hard you know,
staff in the sense of setting the school up with resources,
but around building the community. I had first hand experience
working with Henry and then of course as a colleague
(03:34):
with Anne, and I can see that all of us
have put in a big a collaboration really around the environment,
you know, improving classroom infrastructure, but also the practice, the pedagogy.
So it's you know, we're in a good place.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
And I know that Henry Gray listens to the show
and he's a wonderful man. He was well, he was
recognized for his work as the school Prince as well,
getting that Order of Australia earlier this year.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And I know that our teachers are such a phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Part of our community, and particularly you guys that work
as principles.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
It is such an important job.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Absolutely, you've got to have strong leadership and you've got
to have not just you know, the intellectual knowledge and
capacity to be able to do that, but more importantly
the relationship and the empathy for everybody around what the
environment is like, but also the social environment and making
(04:36):
sure that we're healthy together.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Now, miss Leah, I know it's probably hard to you know,
to pick sort of one thing or you know or not, but.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
What are some of the highlights for you?
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Do you think when you've gone back through the history
of the school over the last forty years, because it
is such an incredibly long period of time for the
school to be operating, what some of the highlights as
you've gone through all that info and all through all
the history.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I think I think the staff, if you have a
look at the committed the teachers and the long term
commitment that teachers have given to this community and how
they've their dedication of actually has made a direct difference
to the generations coming through. I have to honor them first.
I think, certainly, you know, mentioning the leadership is important,
(05:29):
but we wouldn't be here without the support staff, without administration.
Stuff like their highlight that you can't that are not
tangible in one sense, but they are in another. So
I think it's really important to acknowledge that. And I
think the other big thing for Leannur is we've really
progressed with how we teach and how we deliver, and
(05:52):
we really are very innovative around our practices and we
keep abreast and I would really be able to say
that our learning environments are absolutely second to none.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
They're beautiful, oh wonderful stuff. Well, a big congratulations to
the school. Forty years. It's an incredible period of time.
And Leah Crockford, the principal at Lean, your primary school,
or as the community knows you, Miss Leah, thank you
very much for your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Thanks Cottie, thank you
Well, in some pretty exciting news. I think you'd have
to say.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Leania School celebrated its fortieth birthday yesterday with a huge
event on the school oval and joining me on the
line to tell us a little bit more about the celebrations.
It is the Leania's School principal, Miss Leah.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Good morning to you.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Good morning, kay. How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I am very good. How are you guys going?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
And how's the school recovering after its fortieth birthday yesterday?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Well, what I would say is our school is so
amazing and so full of excitement that there's no recovery.
It just let's keep going. I love it.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
That's what happens when you turn forty, isn't it, Miss Leah?
You have to keep going.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
That's exactly right. And we had all the three jumping
castles and a petting zoo and face painting, you know,
for all the children and the family to be able
to relax. We had food bands there and all our
classrooms where most of the classrooms were open, and each
block of classrooms did a decade, so we had the
(01:07):
eighties and just to involve our current students, they did
artwork for the eighties and then nineties and then we
had a photo booth, and we've got a school survey
coming up, so parents survey options for them to just
go into a QR code. And then we had all
the memory really that's been kept over the years, all
(01:28):
in different classroom blocks, so that people could come in
and see how amazing and innovative our teachers and staff.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Are awesome, how fun and I bet the kids and
the families and everybody absolutely loved us.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Absolutely And you know, an event like that doesn't actually
happen without your backbone to our school board and our
administration staff really did put a lot of behind the
scenes around being strategic to ensure that we did do
have a quality event, but also on a practical level,
lots of really exciting balloons and making it look like
(02:07):
a big party.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yeah, miss Leah, tell us how much has the school
changed over that forty year period. I would imagine that
you know that there's there's been a lot of growth.
There's been lots of different ways that things change in
terms of education too. Oh well, the.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
School was built when I was finishing school, so it's.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Been a while.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Chatty. I actually taught here in two thousand as a
classroom teacher in two thousand and two thousand and one,
so I've got a little bit of background.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Yeah, it did.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Yeah years six seven, and in those days we had
thirty five children in that class.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Yep, it's a lot of kids, lots of looking.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yeah, but if you have a look back at what
the principles have done right from the start, you can
see that, you know, there's there's been that iteration and
improvement the whole way through. And I can't but help
acknowledge Henry Gray as being here. You know, he was
a long standing principal in the community for nineteen years
(03:11):
and then an Tonkin came along for the following six
years that before I came. So amongst those principles, I'm
sure the Foundation Principles would have had a hard you know,
staff in the sense of setting the school up with resources,
but around building the community. I had first hand experience
working with Henry and then of course as a colleague
(03:34):
with Anne, and I can see that all of us
have put in a big a collaboration really around the environment,
you know, improving classroom infrastructure, but also the practice, the pedagogy.
So it's you know, we're in a good place.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
And I know that Henry Gray listens to the show
and he's a wonderful man. He was well, he was
recognized for his work as the school Prince as well,
getting that Order of Australia earlier this year.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And I know that our teachers are such a phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Part of our community, and particularly you guys that work
as principles.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
It is such an important job.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Absolutely, you've got to have strong leadership and you've got
to have not just you know, the intellectual knowledge and
capacity to be able to do that, but more importantly
the relationship and the empathy for everybody around what the
environment is like, but also the social environment and making
(04:36):
sure that we're healthy together.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Now, miss Leah, I know it's probably hard to you know,
to pick sort of one thing or you know or not, but.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
What are some of the highlights for you?
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Do you think when you've gone back through the history
of the school over the last forty years, because it
is such an incredibly long period of time for the
school to be operating, what some of the highlights as
you've gone through all that info and all through all
the history.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I think I think the staff, if you have a
look at the committed the teachers and the long term
commitment that teachers have given to this community and how
they've their dedication of actually has made a direct difference
to the generations coming through. I have to honor them first.
I think, certainly, you know, mentioning the leadership is important,
(05:29):
but we wouldn't be here without the support staff, without administration.
Stuff like their highlight that you can't that are not
tangible in one sense, but they are in another. So
I think it's really important to acknowledge that. And I
think the other big thing for Leannur is we've really
progressed with how we teach and how we deliver, and
(05:52):
we really are very innovative around our practices and we
keep abreast and I would really be able to say
that our learning environments are absolutely second to none.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
They're beautiful, oh wonderful stuff. Well, a big congratulations to
the school. Forty years. It's an incredible period of time.
And Leah Crockford, the principal at Lean, your primary school,
or as the community knows you, Miss Leah, thank you
very much for your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Thanks Cottie, thank you
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