Principal’s Report

Dear Fortians, Parents and Carers,

Term 1, 2019 has been another successful term. The last day of school was particularly eventful and busy including a Year 7 drama incursion, year meetings, and an all day visit from a team of producers from the Department of Education’s Communications Team who were onsite at Fort Street filming a small section of the 2019 NSW Education Week promotional video starring Jean Hinchliffe – Year 10. The focus of this short video is student voice. When this video is made available I will ensure that there is a link to this on the school website. On the last day of term the Fort also had a visit from the Inner West Courier who are putting together an article for their next edition on successful NAPLAN results, if you live in the area, keep an eye out for the article.

Week 11 kicked off with the Year 10 PDHPE dance assessment periods 1-4 in the school hall. It was such a delight to watch so many students dressed for the occasion and obviously having a lot fun participating in the various dances. Clearly many students had put a lot of time and energy into this assessment task. The school cross country at Petersham Park on Wednesday was another great success with most students participating – some more seriously than others.

Unfortunately, on a more negative note, it has been disappointing to see such a deterioration in the compliance with school uniform over the past few weeks. The weather has shifted as we move into mid-Autumn, however, there are suitable warm uniform options for students available in the uniform shop. The next second hand clothing sale will take place in Term 2 on Wednesday 8th May, before school between 7.45am and 8.45am outside the administration block. All students are expected to be in full school uniform at all times and I would ask parents to please assist the school in supporting the school uniform policy.

Over the holiday period the school annual carpet cleaning and pest control will take place along with a number of other maintenance jobs. I would like to wish everyone a great break over the Easter holiday and look forward to catching up with the Fort Street community in Term 2.