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Blair Dravitski

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280 total appearances

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School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

Yeah, right.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

So that's 550 kids.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

Yeah, absolutely.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

So ours starts at the enrolment meeting.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

So all the enrolment meetings are done by our senior leadership team.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

We're well adverse to, I guess, what expectations cultural norms are for different ethnic groups.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

And so that starts there.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

We're also well aware of the different languages that our school speaks across the board.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

So especially if it's a language that's quite common.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

So things like Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Pasifika.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

A bit of Urdu, Afrikaans are quite common amongst our schools.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

And so, therefore, we do have other parents and other kids that do speak those languages as well.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

And also, too, the flags that we have up in the hall.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

So when walking through, just seeing their own flag up on the wall is a huge, I guess, a huge acknowledgement to go, actually, we do have that person from that country here already, which is really cool.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

Absolutely, yeah.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

And the value we place on it, because for our environment, it's built in three stages.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

So every stage is a slightly different version of an open plan learning environment.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

And coming from another country, they are very different.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

So trying to explain and understand what the process is of delivering curriculums.

School Shorts
What Happened When This Principal Prioritised School-Parent Communication, with Blair Dravitski

The physical space is what it is.