Tony Smith (Casey, Liberal Party, Deputy Chairman , Coalition Policy Development Committee) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On Tuesday, 6 March, I was privileged to attend the Wandin Yallock Primary School in my electorate of Casey to present badges and certificates to school leaders at their special assembly. I would like to acknowledge each of the school leaders. I am sure that they will do a great job this year at Wandin Yallock Primary School. The school leaders are: the junior school council representatives Joshua King, Grace Sculthorpe, Hayley Bristow, Jack Chaplin, Aaron Canale, Grace Sibley, Emma Wilkins, Alec Pullen, Holly Lancefield, Marcus Salvitti, Steven Radmanic, Elise Sibley, Brianna Barker and Carson Ford; the junior facilities team of Blayne Malony, Allannah McDougall, MacKenzie Duck, Charlotte Lancefield, Patrick Baker, Emma Pullen, Joel Williams, Erin Shaw, Katelyn Radmanic, Kayne Adams, Tammy Eastham, Oska Schelfhout, Kayla Murphy and Anthony Salvitti; and the tech team of Callan Bentley, Siobhan Pullen, Grace Sibley, Jake Lamonica, Joel Williams, Alec Pullen, Lachlan Ammann, Katelyn Radmanic, Tom Parrot, Steven Radmanic, Emily McIntyre, Nick Salvitti, Brianna Barker, Kayla Murphy, Lewis Johnson, Todd Garner and Brooke Powell. Wandin Yallock is a school with a wonderful community spirit and a fantastic history. It was founded in 1870 and was very much the cradle of the first students in the Yarra Valley. The school celebrated its 140th anniversary just a couple of years ago. It has seen so much history in its time. It was wonderful to see third and fourth generation students going through the school. I was very pleased on that historic occasion to present the school with an Australian flag—in fact it was a chamber flag—for their important commemoration.

The school takes a great interest in not just their local history but civics specifically. They make the trip to Canberra every year and in fact visited Parliament House in the first sitting week of this year. I pay tribute to the school community and to all of the school leaders and to Principal Christine Shiel, who does such a wonderful job there.