Luke Simpkins (Cowan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I take this opportunity to congratulate Rawlinson Primary School in Marangaroo for their great success in the 2014 National Literacy and Numeracy Week awards. Rawlinson performed strongly across many classrooms. For instance, a general prize was won by Ms Simmone Thomas's class. For the school they won the LiteracyPlanet subscription prize. A Macquarie Dictionary subscription was won by Lesley Johnson for Ella Sacco of the lower primary area of the school. Teacher Casey Hookings's class and Jennifer Thomas's class both won Penguin book packs. Alex Bleakley's class won a pack of Walker Books, as did the classes of teachers Kelly Greenaway, Tereza Dimovska and Sue Winterburn. Mr Gary Stoneman's class won an MTA voucher and dominoes.

To put it in perspective, there is normally just one prize pack per year per category for each state and territory. Rawlinson Primary School, under principal John Mistilis, have almost entirely cleaned up in WA in the 2014 National Literacy and Numeracy Week awards, given that they won eight prizes. It is, therefore, a ringing endorsement of the direction that Rawlinson is going in and the effort of the teachers, students and, in fact, the whole school community. I congratulate Rawlinson Primary School for a standout performance in winning more prizes than any other school in Western Australia and for winning their eight prizes—they were only exceeded by one other school across the country. Well done to the excellent Rawlinson Primary School from the Cowan electorate.

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