LORIEN NOVALIS ANNUAL REPORT 2012 - Lorien Novalis School
LORIEN NOVALIS ANNUAL REPORT 2012 - Lorien Novalis School
LORIEN NOVALIS ANNUAL REPORT 2012 - Lorien Novalis School
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<strong>LORIEN</strong> <strong>LORIEN</strong> <strong>NOVALIS</strong> <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong> <strong>2012</strong> 2011<br />
Message from Education Administrator<br />
<strong>2012</strong> was a year for taking stock after an invigorating and challenging 2011, our 40 th Birthday<br />
year.<br />
It was also a year when <strong>Lorien</strong> <strong>Novalis</strong> farewelled two of its longest serving and dedicated<br />
teacher/mentor/administrators, Norman Sievers and Bruce Thurgood. These will be hard shoes<br />
to fill.<br />
<strong>2012</strong> was also a year full of events, including the holding of significant conferences, including<br />
the Techne Conference, a <strong>Lorien</strong> <strong>Novalis</strong> initiative. There was also extensive discussion about,<br />
and negotiation regarding, the direction and ethos of <strong>Lorien</strong> <strong>Novalis</strong> <strong>School</strong> as it enters its 5 th<br />
Decade. Re-crafting a relevant and creative future for our <strong>School</strong>, while honouring and<br />
growing the palpable magic of <strong>Lorien</strong> is our most pressing task.<br />
The year ended with planning for the new <strong>Lorien</strong> <strong>Novalis</strong> Parents and Friends Association well<br />
under way. We also saw the <strong>Lorien</strong> Playgroup moving on to the school site.<br />
Design work was also undertaken for a more visible school sign on Old Northern Road, a new<br />
balustrade for the inside bus shelter and for an improved pathway from the upper car park to<br />
the lower classroom area.<br />
Stuart Rushton<br />
Education Administrator<br />
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