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Principal Melanie Ludke with Prep students Ella Wells, 5, from Tarong; Taylah Parsons, 4, from Maidenwell; and Emma Cullen, 5, from Maidenwell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 7, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Life has turned full circle for Melanie Ludke who has literally “come home” with her appointment as principal at Tanduringie State School.<\/p>\n

Melanie, who took up her position at the beginning of this term, attended the tiny school herself from Years 1-7.<\/p>\n

She grew up at nearby Pimpimbudgee where her parents have a cattle property.<\/p>\n

After leaving Tanduringie School in 1995, Melanie went on to Yarraman P-10 and then finished her last two years of high school at a boarding school in Toowoomba.<\/p>\n

After graduating from the University of Southern Queensland she started teaching at Mt Isa where she worked as a field teacher for the School of the Air for five years, visiting students at home on properties from Birdsville to the Gulf of Carpentaria and into the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n

“Working more closely with families like this helps a lot when you’re working in smaller schools,” she said.<\/p>\n

After Mt Isa, Melanie transferred back to the South Burnett in 2010 where she worked for a year at Taabinga State School before heading off to Thargomindah State School as principal for three years.<\/p>\n

When she heard the position at Tanduringie was open, she applied for the transfer … and came home.<\/p>\n

Tanduringie is a three-teacher school with multi-age classes.<\/p>\n

Melanie teaches Year 6-7. Former principal Vicki Gorton – who received a National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEiTA) last year – looks after Prep-Year 2. Megan Livingstone has Years 3-4-5.<\/p>\n

There are 43 students at the moment.<\/p>\n

“When I went through there were 17 and we only had a teaching principal. The school has grown a lot over the years,” Melanie said.<\/p>\n

The Tanduringie school community is a close-knit family but in Melanie’s case this is really the case as her nieces and nephews are among the students.<\/p>\n

“This community is just wonderful and the kids are awesome,” she said.<\/p>\n

“This makes it so much easier to transition into a new job.”<\/p>\n

Another new member of the Tanduringie State School family to start this year is cleaner Darryl Stone, a very important part of the team according to Melanie.<\/p>\n

Also new at Tanduringie State School this year is an “eKindy” program for pre-preppies.<\/p>\n

Melanie said four students and their mums meet three times a week to work through a program delivered remotely by the Brisbane School of Distance Education using the school’s facilities.<\/p>\n

“eKindy is popular with a lot of country families,” Melanie said.<\/p>\n

And while everything is going well at the moment, there could be worries ahead for Melanie at the end of this year.<\/p>\n

Like all Queensland schools, Tanduringie will be losing Year 7 next year. This means the current class of eight Year 6s will be going directly to either Yarraman or Nanango schools.<\/p>\n

The school is already just under the level for three teachers – which means the school is topping up with its own funds – but the sudden loss in Year 7 numbers may push Tanduringie well under the level and mean it may have to drop back to a two-teacher school unless a few new families move into the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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