Community & Communications
Bundoora Campus Mother's Day Stall
Start saving your money to buy your special person a gift for Mother's day. The Watsonia Campus will be holding their Mother's Day stall from Wednesday 1st of May until Friday 10th of May.
Secondary Sports Day 20th May
This year the sports day will run on the school grounds. Each section will participate in a range of different sporting activities over a double session time slot. Secondary 11/12 will participate in sessions 1 and 2, Secondary 9/10 will participate in sessions 3 and 4 and Secondary 7/8 will participate in sessions 5 and 6.
Students will need to wear their sports uniform and bring their water bottle.
Open Morning for EducationWeek
This year we will be celebrating Education Week on Thursday 23rd May with a school wide open morning (please see below for specific campus information). We would love to see as many families as possible attend to visit their child’s classroom. Our students would love to showcase their learning with you and share the things they are working on in their rooms. During the week classes will also be participating in a nationwide Simultaneous Reading session of ‘Alpaca’s with Maracas’ and exploring the Education Week theme of ‘Celebrating Careers’.
Open morning times on Thurs May 23rd:
Watsonia campus 9:15 – 10:15am followed by morning tea in classrooms
Bundoora campus 9:15 – 10:15am followed by morning tea in the Discovery Centre
2019 Immunisation Program
Wednesday 22 May 2019
Year 7 1st Human Papillomavirus
Influenza Program offered to all students
Tuesday 27 June 2019
Influenza Program - dose 2 Lower Primary students. Influenza vaccine for the first time on 22/05/19
Thursday 5 December 2019
Year 7 Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
2nd Human Papillomavirus
Year 10 Meningococcal ACWY
Immunisation consent forms have been sent home with all students, as appropriate to their year level. Please take the time to:
- read the information provided
- complete all sections, regardless of whether or not you consent for your child to be vaccinated as part of the school-based program
- return consent form/s to school ASAP
Every day vaccination saves lives and makes it possible for Victorians to live free from the illness and disability caused by many infectious diseases. All Year 7 and 10 Victorian secondary students can receive these vaccines for free.
For further information please go to the following links:
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/immunisation-in-secondary- schools
http://immunehero.health.vic.gov.au/immunisation-info/parents-and-guardians/
Rosemary Van Aperen
Concord School Nurse
Meet our New Staff- Zee Munro
What is your role at Concord School? Student Counsellor
Provide us with a ‘snapshot’ into your daily routine at Concord School: Arrive at school, make a coffee, check emails and messages, visit classrooms, meet with students to chat about feelings,communicate with staff and external providers and give support to students when they are having a difficult day.
What do you love about working at Concord School? Getting to know all our families, staff and students.
Fast Seven:
Favourite Food: Is Ice Coffee a food? If not Burritos
Favourite Movie/TV Show: Pay it Foward gets me everytime
Favourite Music: Loving Sullii at the moment
Things I dislike most: People who eat soft serve or mango sorbet near me
Favourite Sporting Team/Athlete: Kanye West, Is that a basketball player,right?
Hidden Talent or Something We May Not Know About You: My last name is Munro so I am basically related to Marilyn Munroe
If You Could Pick Any 3 People as Dinner Guests, Who Would They Be and Why?
I would turn my cat into a person and have dinner with her because I have always wondered what she would say, except her dinner would stink
Heath Ledger to find out how he got his hair so soft and silky
Beyonce because I have always weanted to meet the Queen
Meet our New Staff- Deanna Cassar
What is your role at Concord School? Upper Primary classroom teacher
What do you love most about working at Concord School? I enjoy building
relationships with Concord students.
Fast Seven:
Favourite Food: Pasta
Favourite Movie: Saving Private Ryan
Favourite Music: All
Things I dislike the most: Bad coffee, bad attitudes
Favourite Sporting Team/Athlete: Essendon (AFL)
Hidden Talent or Something We May Not Know About You:Making furniture and growing veggies
If You Could Pick Any 3 People as Dinner Guests, Who Would They Be and Why?
My grandparents, Nelson Mandela, Steve Irwin (yes that’s more than three but I always prefer more people than less).