TOOBORAC Primary School\u2019s new principal, Nick Williamson, says he wants everyone to feel welcome.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople should be able to walk through that gate and feel like they belong,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of the Tooborac community, not just a primary school.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we have the potential for growth here, especially in our student numbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s got fantastic play spaces. There are two different playgrounds, the huge open space, the sandpit, the chickens, everything that you need here as a student, for 13 kids this is fantastic.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe grounds go all the way down to the creek, there are lots of schools you don’t get all that space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tooborac students could also benefit from an almost completed building program that has transformed an older historic building on the site.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to have the kids in there Monday ready to go, we\u2019ve got our fingers crossed,\u201d Mr Williamson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a new start for all of us. The new building, that\u2019s really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it comes to his approach to work, the new principal describes himself as logical and methodical.<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents should expect a calm and orderly environment,\u201d Mr Williamson said. \u201cI like to create systematic familiar routines and things that make them feel comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Williamson comes from five years at Heskett Primary School where he was a numeracy specialist and classroom teacher. Prior to that he taught in other schools including stints at Kilmore and Marysville.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy experience is in small schools,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is my 12th year of teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Williamson is also interested in the school\u2019s long history.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s our 150th anniversary this year,\u201d he said. \u201cAs far as I know no one\u2019s organised anything so it\u2019ll be a lot of work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn’t my school, I’ve been here for only a second, we need people from the community, our school council and people who’ve been here a long time to help drive this celebration because I know nothing about the history.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s the school review we have every four years and that’s happening in term two, so we\u2019ll organise something for term four for the anniversary.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be a really good community event.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TOOBORAC Primary School\u2019s new principal, Nick Williamson, says he wants everyone to feel welcome. \u201cPeople should be able to walk through that gate and feel like they belong,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of the Tooborac community, not just a primary school. \u201cI think we have the potential for growth here, especially in our student numbers. […]<\/p>\n