Melissa Chan-Green

And you're not only dealing with students who might be feeling unsafe and anxious, but

Parents, as you say, so they're potentially getting those kinds of anxieties at home.

Was there any lesson that you took from that into, okay, how do you keep kids safe?

Because this is a very extreme example of it.

How did you learn how to react to that?

I was just walking through school with my son the other day, he's just in year two, and I thought it's a school community that I thought, I'm going to be with these people probably for the next, I don't know, well, what would it be, 11 years of my life.

And then I've got my daughter coming through as well, so...

that relationship between the school, the community, parents, teachers is so key.

And you talk about it being kind of led by the heart or really kind of people focused.

What do you mean by that?

So do you try and create numerous opportunities where you're just going to be kind of happening upon a parent so that you've got those little moments for interacting along the way?

So do you mean that these are kind of individualised emails?

How do you carve out the time for teachers to be able to do that?

This is all the more impressive, I think, especially because you are dealing with a school that has grown rapidly.

I know many schools around the country are, but can you just explain a little about what you've experienced at Lemonwood Grove?

That's huge growth.

What has happened in the neighbourhood for people who aren't aware of that area?

Why has there been such big growth just in that area?

Yeah, what an incredible school.

And I actually want to ask you some advice for families and other educators around ESOL students soon.