Principal's Report

Principal’s Message

Child Safety

We are a Child Safe school. In 2013, the Victorian Parliament held an inquiry into the Handling of Child abuse. As a result, the Victorian Government has developed Child Safe Standards for organisations that work with children, including schools. 

At Roberts McCubbin Primary School we are committed to child safety safety, participation and empowerment of our children and have zero tolerance of child abuse. All allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently. We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously. The school is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks and all staff undertake Mandatory Reporting training.

Please find our Child Safety Policy and Child Safety Code of Conduct attached.

Working With Children Checks (WWCC)

We are very appreciative of all the parent support we receive for all manner of school activities at Roberts McCubbin Primary School. WWCCs are required for when a parent/carer is regularly involved in a volunteer activity and working directly with children and/or the nature of the activity poses a higher risk. 

Applying for a WWCC

There is no cost to apply for a Working With Children Check in a voluntary capacity. However, you have to fill in an online form and go to a post office to have your photo taken.

Thank you to our community!

We are very fortunate at Robbie Mac to have such a wonderful community of families working together for our students and our school - thank you!

Funds from our Art Show go towards our Artist in Residence Program. This year we were privileged to have Contemporary Indigenous Artist Scott Ratham from South Australia, working with our students, resulting in our Indigenous painting on the north side of the gym! When you are in the grounds next, please come and visit the beautiful design!

‘Our Story’ explaining the design and artworks is below.

Our Art Show Opening Evening is on Friday 18th March at 7.00pm. Please book a ticket and come along. This is a great community event, with wonderful artwork to view and purchase, with drinks and nibbles provided. 

Thank you PFA!

The PFA have been fundraising to raise money for large chess pieces for our new outdoor chess board. The icypoles were a huge hit! Thank you to Nicole Perazzo and team for your efforts with icypole sales the past 2 Tuesdays. We hope to purchase the chess pieces soon.

PFA AGM is on next Monday 7th March – please come along and join the wonderful Robbie Mac PFA team. The meeting will be held in the hall.

Education Committee

Our first meeting for 2022 is on tonight in the staffroom at 7.00pm. We are looking for more members to join our team. In 2022 we will be looking at education at Robbie Mac, school policies and our parent Safe & Happy Book. In May our Student Voice Team will be leading our meeting! We are hoping to see some new faces at tonight’s meeting!

Artist in Residence- Our story! 

Our Year 56s, with Mrs Cassidy and Scot created our artworks on the gym (next to the 3/4 classrooms). The creation represents: green for the earth, blue for the sky, and the connecting lines and bubbles- capturing moments in time at Robbie Mac.

Each circular drawing represents the:

1. Specialist programs -creativity, endeavour, and with freedom of ideas
2. Robbie Mac school community - building relationships and belonging together
3. Being able to fly: learning pathways- the progression of engaging, authentic, learning experiences 
4. Building friendships: making connections and kindness for one another
5. Camps - camping under the stars and outdoor experiences

The grass area next to the mural is a key part of our landscape master plan- to create a ‘wilderness playground’ for learning and play. The proposed design (currently in a draft stage) will link beautifully with our Indigenous mural. The plans also include expanding and building a new entrance to the school via Haig St, with new fencing along the east side of the boundary.

Year 6 tops and jumpers

We are really excited that the Year 6 tops and jumpers have arrived and HOW GOOD DO THEY LOOK! The kids are even more excited! 

We would like to introduce our Education Support, office and maintenance staff to our Foundation and new families to Robbie Mac this year. If you have any questions or require support, please contact your class teacher, then then office as required: 9890 2372.

Office Administration: Sarah Kelly /Melissa Khoury & Karen Langton (Wednesdays)

Business Manager: Suzie Markopoulos                 

Education Support: Denise Anderson, Heidi McArdle, Lisa Ralling, Sophie Posselt

& Melissa Khoury

IT DET: Colin Zhi (Fridays)

First Aid: Lisa Ralling                                               

Maintenance: Mick Vorenus (internal/external & Andrew Wicks (oval & gardens)   

TuTu Twosday

Last Tuesday we celebrated 22/2/22 TuTu Twosday focusing on various combinations of number 2, and of course with a bit of fun dressing in ‘something two’ and tutus for the day!

Curriculum Days

We have a Curriculum Day booked in, (and approved by School Council) for Friday 3rd June, this will be a pupil free day. Please mark this in your diaries. Two more Curriculum Days will follow in Semester 2, dates to be advised. TeamKids will be running on each of these days to support families who are working and need child- care for the day.

Assembly

F-2 Assembly is on this Friday, followed by 3-6 assembly on Friday 11th March. A link will be sent to families!

Have a wonderful week!

Best regards,

Amanda Wigg

Principal