07/08/2026
💡 THE PRINCIPAL’S BIG IDEA – OUR STUDENTS & COMMUNITY HAVE SPOKEN! 💡
What an incredible way to finish Education Week! Earlier this week, every class was challenged with one BIG question:
“How can we make Prairievale even better?”
Today, representatives from each class had the opportunity to present their Big Ideas to the Principal and they certainly thought BIG! 🌟
We heard creative, thoughtful, innovative and sometimes very ambitious ideas about how we can make Prairievale an even better place to learn, play and belong.
Here’s what our classes came up with:
* 🤝 5/6N – A buddy program with younger students
* 🥤 5/6R – A slushy machine and cooking club
* 🎨 5/6C – Chalkboards for lunchtime drawing
* 👩🍳 5/6B – Cooking lessons
* 🏃 4/5G – A running track and playground
* 🛝 3/4J – A playground with monkey bars, a m***i day every two weeks and changing the school bell to a song
* 💻 3/4N – A cooking club and computer lab club
* 💛 1/2S – An obstacle course called The Kindness Course, complete with a “Meet a Mate” bench to encourage friendship, inclusion and kindness
* 🤸 3/4B – Let’s Bounce! An in-ground trampoline
* 🌟 3/4M – Canteen vouchers to recognise our overall learners
* 🛝 K6S – A fixed playground at Prairievale
* 🌳 K6W – A playground and softfall area for Years 3–6
* 🌿 K6Z, K6G & K6P – Transforming the Aboriginal Garden into a quiet-play space
* 🍎 K6B – Updating the canteen menu
* 🎨 K6K – An alphabet wall, running track, more craft opportunities, a garden, playground and slide
* 💪 1/2R – A gym club in the hall
* ✨ KA – Making Prairievale more magical with chalk drawing boards
* 💙 KS – A buddy bench
* 🛝 K/1P – A playground with equipment
* 🚲 1/2H – A Prairievale Bike Club
* 😊 1/2Y – A Squishy Club
💡 OUR COMMUNITY HAD SOME BIG IDEAS TOO!
During our Festival of Excellence, Nadia from our Community Hub connected with parents, carers and community members and invited them to have their say about how we could make Prairievale even better.
Our community suggestions included a playground with more equipment, a Kiss and Drop zone, cooking lessons, and many more.
It was fantastic to see how many of our student and community ideas connected. Our students and families are clearly thinking about many of the same things when they imagine the future of Prairievale. 💙💛
🌟 AND NOW… LET’S TURN SOME BIG IDEAS INTO REALITY!
We don’t want our Principal’s Big Idea to simply be about collecting ideas, we want our students to see that their voice can lead to real change!
We will be doing our very best to make lots of these ideas a reality, and today we were excited to make our first commitments! 🎉
We have committed to introducing:
🤝 A buddy program
👩🍳 A cooking club
🎨 Chalkboards in the playground
💻 A computer club
🏃 An obstacle course
💛 A “Make a Mate” bench
📚🌿 A quiet space with a book-sharing hub
😊 The Squishy Club
🎟️ canteen voucher to recognise great learning
And this is only the beginning! 💡
Some of our other Big Ideas will require more planning, funding and investigation, but we will continue to explore what is possible. We want our students to know that when they think big, explain their ideas and use their voice, they really can make a difference.
A huge congratulations to every student who contributed, our class representatives who confidently presented today, Nadia for capturing our community voice, and all of our families who shared their thoughts.
We can’t wait to watch some of these Big Ideas come to life at Prairievale! 💙💛
Our School. Our Voice. Our Future.
⭐ Great leaders listen and great ideas can create change!
