Principal's Report

Carols Night

Wow what a night we had on Thursday!! The rain held off and our Carols Night didn't disappoint. The students did an amazing job with their performances, showing energy and confidently taking to the stage. It was an absolute delight for all to have so many members of our school community in attendance. 

We were thrilled to have raised 

Sausage Sizzle :       $1575.00

Christmas Raffle:     $2265.10

Total:                            $3840.10

A very special thank you to the following people/organisations for their special contributions to this event:

Courtney Goodman, Mel Watt, Shannon Armstrong, Dave Bevis, the Devon Meadows CFA and Bunnings Clyde North.

Photos of the event are included in this issue of our newsletter.

Year 6 2023 Leaders

Some of our Year 5 students recently went through the process of applying for Student Leader positions for next year and were presented at our Whole School Assembly.  A big congratulations goes to:

2023 School Captains - Jack & Dhiya

2023 School Vice-Captains - Hadi & Cassidy

Sports Leader - Kody

Sports Leader - Cody

Sports Leader - Amber

Sports Leader - Harley

English Leader - Izabellah

Mathematics Leader - Blake

 ICT/STEM leader - Nicolah

 Art Leader - Jasmine

 Wellbeing Leader - Charlotte

Colour Run 

We had the most amazing Colour Run for Fun day this term. It was such a fantastic day and everyone had a great time, lots of laughs, smiles and loads of colour. We are not sure who had more fun, the teachers or the students!! We had such a successful fundraising effort for our Colour Run for Fun, raising over $11,000. Thank you to everyone that fundraised, we really appreciate it. Special mention must go to our top 3 fundraisers. Such an amazing effort. 

1. Viraaj (2A) 
2. Maverick (FC) 
3. Noah (4B) 

The top fundraising class was Foundation C with $3338 raised. The class that came second was 2A with $3212. Because those classes were so close, both classes will be getting a special PE class with Mrs Bevis to play some extra fun games before the end of term. 

Well done to everyone that participated on the day and to everyone that fundraised, we really appreciate it. We will update you next year, as to how we use the funds raised. 

Transition

The Statewide Transition day is this Tuesday 13th of December for all of our students. We will even be joined by next year's Foundation students.  On this day, students will meet their classroom teacher and spend time with their 2023 class. Students will also bring home a letter to notify parents of their teacher and class. All government secondary schools will also host a Year 7 Orientation Day (for Year 6 students) on this day.

The 2023 teams include:    

Foundation Team 

Lianne Ilejay (new staff member), Kate Brittain, Elise Edwards and Jessie Van Dyk.  

Karen McBride (Integration)

Year 1 PLT

Alyssa Naughton, Linda Presswell (new staff member), Jess Bowler and Jess Heitch.

Kylie Hamilton and Jacqui Hoiles (Integration)

Year 2 PLT

Belinda Hodges, Sarah Hancock (new staff member) and Rachel Costello.

Emma Long and Nazima Sahib (Integration)

Year 3 PLT

Mel Turner, Ashlea Hickey, Naomi Maia and Raja Manikanndan (new staff member)

Year 4 PLT

Nikki Camamile (new staff member), Katrina Smith and Sharon Barker.

Trent Hill (Integration)

Year 5 PLT

Nikki Elston, Tegan Crow and Jess Hamilton

Sherelle Browne and Leanne Waters (Integration)

Year 6 PLT

Jasmine Zunica, Ashley Blandon and Christopher Legge (new staff member)

Trent Hill (Integration)

Specialist Team

Art - Narelle Steckyj,       Music - Vindy Gunasekera, 

PE - Amanda Bevis and Elisha Langdon (new staff member)

STEM - Amanda Cecil

Tutoring Team

Beryl Campbell and Kerri Horrocks

Teachers in bold are the PLT Leaders

Professional Learning

On Friday for our Curriculum Day, our staff participated in professional development in Respectful Relationships education which became a core component of the Victorian Curriculum and is being taught in all government and Catholic schools.

Respectful Relationships is about embedding a culture of respect and equality across our entire community. This approach leads to positive impacts on student’s academic outcomes, their mental health, classroom behaviour, and relationships between teachers and students. You can read more information about the program here: Respectful Relationships

Policies

We have recently updated our school's inclusion and Diversity Policy and our Mobile Phone Policy. Please have a read and if you have any feedback please contact Hayley Taylor. This policy, along with our other current school policies can be found on our website here: https://clydeps.vic.edu.au/about-us/#policies