This term has certainly thrown a few challenges our way, including a recent bout of student and staff sickness. There are some fairly nasty bugs floating around, and I trust that we are now on the tail end of these.

Community sickness is one of the main reasons our amazing P&F Quiz night (scheduled to be held last Saturday) was postponed to Term 1 next year. The P&F have done an incredible job setting everything up for it and we are now looking forward to a new, fresh ‘summery’ vibe for its revised date. Golden Hill is incredibly fortunate to have such a dynamic and engaged P&F (Parents and Friends) group- this P&F team sure know how to get things done! One great example of this is the acquisition of our treasured school bus, Rosa. Rosa is getting plenty of use and love this year, and has travelled far and wide. In the last few weeks, you may have seen her and the GHSS students out and about visiting the elderly residents at Blue Wren Lodge, at Denmark library, playing golf at the country club, trying their hands at archery in Mount Barker, or blacksmithing at the Denmark forge. In fact, just last Friday, Rosa went on three different excursions in one day! It is so beneficial to get our students out and about in the local environment and community, and we are so appreciative to have this resource at our fingertips.

The GHSS P&F are now gearing up for our biggest even of the year- Golden Hill’s Spring Fair and Open Day, to be held early next term. Parent engagement really is the glue that holds Golden Hill together, and one of the reasons for our Family Participation Scheme. GHSS requires that each family contributes 10 volunteer hours to the school each semester (20 hours in total through the year). If you don’t have an FPS sheet to record your hours for the semester, feel free to pop into the office to grab one or to check what jobs might need doing. If in doubt, we always have plenty of books that need covering! Thanks to all those parents who contribute their time and love to the school- we are very grateful to have such a supportive parent body.

Warm regards

Eliza Allan