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Melissa Chan-Green

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500 total appearances

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Because this is a very extreme example of it.

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

How did you learn how to react to that?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What do you mean by that?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That's huge growth.

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

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

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

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

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

Yeah, what an incredible school.

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

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