Thursday, 30 November 2023

 Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (18:27): (490) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Education, and the action I seek is for the minister to join me in visiting Reservoir Views Primary School to hear from the staff and students about the great work that is underway at that school. I do appreciate that I am the final speaker for 2023, so I will try and whip through it, but that primary school is really going from strength to strength under the leadership of Steve Stafford and assistant principal Hayriye Ali. They have done tremendous work to support their diverse student body and improve the school’s inclusive practices. They have increased the number of students funded through the program for students with disabilities. They have brought health professionals onsite. They have let NDIS-funded health professionals work onsite, which we know parents really appreciate. They have funded more inclusion directly. They have embraced this government’s fantastic tutor learning initiative. They did recently commission a new First Nations mural by artist Brendan Kennedy, which I got the chance to check out. It was well underway and is probably finished by now, so thank you Brendan for your work on that. They have introduced a weekly preschool playgroup, and they have introduced a whole-of-school music program.

I could go on and on, but I will not. I just want to say it is a great school where they really do go the extra mile. Every time we doorknock in that area – and we were up in Banff Street the other month – people are very positive about the school. We know it is incumbent upon us in government when people are going that extra mile and doing great work in the community to get in and help them where we can. I ask the minister to come up so he can hear what they are up to, check out the great school and support them where possible. We thank the minister for his consideration, and I wish everyone a safe and happy parliamentary break.