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Bayswater Education Plan
Bayswater Secondary College
Bayswater Primary School
Bayswater North Primary School
Bayswater South Primary School
Bayswater West Primary School
[Liz Swan, Principal – Bayswater Secondary College]
The Bayswater Education Plan has supported me, particularly as a new principal coming into the school to build really strong connections with the primary principals in the area – so our four Bayswater primary schools – and get the collaboration happening that we need to lift education in the area of Bayswater.
[Ben, Bayswater parent]
I think it's exciting that this education plan is going to bring opportunities for the kids through primary school, through high school. It's going to make education cohesive through all the different years and also link in with the local industry and universities in the area as well. Just to make sure that kids get a well-rounded education and opportunities when they leave to go on the rest of their lives.
[Brooke Cross, Principal – Bayswater Primary School]
So we had school focus forums and then we had our plan-wide student forums. All of our kids, which was fantastic from the five schools, got together and brainstorm, really dig deep and work out what it was that the kids wanted. We've been working at raising the aspirations of our students and showing them what a growth mindset can achieve and how much they, as individuals, can do.
[Liz Swan, Principal – Bayswater Secondary College]
So we've got a lot of really exciting things in store for 2022, and the Ed Plan has been fantastic and Denise, our leader, has been wonderful at, you know, really keeping us all together and keeping us on track and making sure what we're planning is achievable. So continued moderation across the school, particularly with the writing stuff that we've already started, but also increased opportunities for collaboration.
[Ben, Bayswater parent]
The consultations were really good. It was great to be a part of a group being able to put our ideas forward and be part of formulating what education's going to look like in Bayswater into the future. I think we've got a really good look at what people in the area want.
[Brooke Cross, Principal – Bayswater Primary School]
We want the residents of Bayswater to have all of the opportunities that anybody else, anywhere else would have. We want them to have a choice as well. Choice of the best schools in the area, which are Bayswater schools.
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