Wednesday, 19 June 2024

 Jordan CRUGNALE (Bass) (19:03): (712) My adjournment matter is for the Deputy Premier in his capacity as Minister for Education, and the action I seek is that he join me for a school principals roundtable series in my electorate of Bass. I was actually going to stop my adjournment there, but I have been counselled to talk a little bit further. On the agenda of course will be phonics – I love phonics ‍– and I am explicitly and vociferously proud that our Allan Labor government have updated the Victorian teaching and learning model to be implemented in all government schools from 2025 with explicit teaching at its core, including the teaching of phonics as part of prep to year 2 reading programs.

This roundtable will be a wonderful and insightful opportunity for our dedicated, professional and extraordinarily hardworking principals to share and talk about what is happening within and around their respective schools, to catch up with colleagues beyond their network areas and, importantly, to feed back directly their insights, ideas and priorities across a myriad of topics, initiatives and interest areas within their schools. They know their community best and have a wealth of experience. Their commitment to teaching and learning for both students and their teaching and support teams is to be commended. I look forward to the minister visiting Bass.