From the Principal
Attitudes to Schooling Survey
Every year all Year 4 – 6 students complete an ‘Attitudes to Schooling Survey’. This survey is completed online and enables students to reflect on their experiences at school. Our results are always excellent; however, we are always looking at ways to improve these results even further.
We are still unpacking a lot of the data we received but we would like to share with you some of the initial results:
Effective Teaching Practice for Cognitive Engagement | % Positive responses |
| Effective Teaching Time | 89% |
My teachers tells us what we are learning and why | 93% |
My teacher asks questions to check what we understand | 90% |
My teacher asks me questions that challenge my thinking | 87% |
My teacher explains difficult things clearly / My teacher helps me understand things | 85% |
My reading and writing learning is well supported at school | 92% |
Differentiated learning challenge | 91% |
My teacher understands how I learn | 86% |
My teacher gives extra help when students need it | 93% |
My teacher helps me to do my best | 94% |
My teacher gives me work that stretches my learning | 89% |
Stimulated learning | 85% |
My teacher makes learning fun | 87% |
Effective Classroom behaviour | 86% |
My teacher expects students to pay attention | 98% |
My teacher sets clear rules for classroom behaviour | 95% |
Teacher – Student Relations | % Positive responses |
| High expectations for success | 96% |
My teacher expects me to do my best | 97% |
My teacher believes I can do well at school | 95% |
I usually pay attention in class | 92% |
My teacher expects nothing less than our full effort | 91% |
My teacher cares about how I am feeling / My teacher looks after me | 90% |
Learner Characteristics and Disposition | % Positive responses |
| Learning confidence | 85% |
| I am good at learning | 86% |
Motivation and interest | 87% |
I want to learn new things | 95% |
Self-regulation and goal setting | 88% |
I try very hard at school / I try my best at school | 90% |
I ask my teacher for help when I find my work difficult | 87% |
Attitudes to attendance | 92% |
I always try to attend school | 98% |
My parents believe that going to school is important | 97% |
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Social Engagement | % Positive responses |
School Connectedness | 91% |
I feel proud being a student at this school | 89% |
I like this school | 97% |
I am happy to be at this school | 95% |
I feel like I belong at this school | 91% |
Sense of inclusion | 89% |
My teacher likes my ideas | 86% |
I have lots of chances to be part of class activities | 87% |
I have friends at this school | 97% |
My teacher makes sure all students feel included | 89% |
My teachers gave me enough help to settle in at this school | 89% |
Student Safety | % Positive responses |
Advocate at school | 91% |
At this school, there is a teacher or another adult who cares about me | 93% |
There is a teacher or another adult at this school who believes that I can be successful | 88% |
At this school, there is a teacher or another adult who listens to me when I have something to say | 90% |
I have someone at school who I can share any problems with | 89% |
I know where to get help if I feel bullied / I know where to get help if someone hurts me or I feel upset | 89% |
Managing bullying | 87% |
I feel safe at this school | 93% |
There is a teacher or another adult at this school who tells me when I do a good job | 94% |
Respect for diversity | 82% |
It is okay to be different at this school | 92% |
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These are excellent results, and we will continue to strive to improve to ensure Camelot Rise PS provides the best learning environment for all our students.
Staffing news
I will be on Long Service Leave from Monday, 21st July to Friday, 14th August (inclusive).
Ben Heys will be Acting Principal and Tennille Giannopoulos will be Acting Assistant Principal.
Thank you to Ben and Tennille for doing this. They will do an amazing job.
Sharyn Newstead (Visual Arts Teacher) will be on Long Service Leave from Monday, 13th July for the remainder of 2026. We will welcome Sharyn back to CRPS in 2027!
We would like to announce that Arabella Paine will be teaching Visual Arts during Sharyn’s absence. Arabella has been shadowing Mrs Newstead this week to get to know the students before she starts next term.
Child safety and wellbeing at Camelot Rise Primary School
Our school is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.
Our child safety framework Camelot Rise Primary | Glen Waverley | Policies explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Camelot Rise Primary School. It includes our:
- Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
- Child abuse (including grooming) – identification and response, and
- Child Safety Code of Conduct, which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for all staff and volunteers at our school.
Some areas of our recent focus include:
· Completing our annual staff training which covers the guidelines and expectations in relation to child safety in the school environment
· Reviewing our private music tuition practices to confirm safe practices
· Clear messaging to students about appropriate physical contact at school. For example, replacing hugs with high 5s or fist pumps is an effective way to ensure everybody’s personal space is respected.
Our students and families are important partners in this process and we welcome your feedback on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing.
If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact Matthew Coney matthew.coney@education.vic.gov.au or Ben Heys ben.heys@education.vic.gov.au on 9803 5344.
Foundation 2027 Enrolments
Enrolments for Foundation 2027 are now open. If you have a child born between 1st May
2021 and 30th April 2022, now is the time to enrol, by using our online system from our school website.
https://www.camelotrise.vic.edu.au/enrolment
If you have any questions pertaining to enrolment, please call the office.
Ph (03) 9803 5344.
End of Term 2 Early Dismissal: Friday, 26th June at 2:30pm
Friday, 26th June is the last day of term and the timetable for the day will be slightly different.
9.00am – 10.40am Students in class
10.40am – 11.10am Recess
11.10am – 12.50pm Students in class
12.50pm – 1.00pm Students eat lunch in class
1.00pm – 1.50pm Lunch play
2.00pm – 2.10pm Brief assembly – No student awards
2.30pm Students dismissed from their classrooms.
Camp Australia, our Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) program commences at 2.30pm on the last day of term.
World Cup Soccer on Friday - Live at Camelot Rise
All students will have the opportunity to watch the Australia vs Paraguay World Cup
Soccer game both in their classrooms and in the hall at lunchtime. Mr Heys is very excited about this initiative! (Even though he is secretly barracking for England!)
This game commences at 12 noon. This will not impact student dismissal time at 2.30pm.
The Australian Parenting Website
We just wanted to take the opportunity to inform you all about the Raising Children Network. This website provides parenting videos, articles and apps backed by Australian
experts. The Raising Children Network is designed for busy families and full of tips and tricks for you to try, the content is easy to find and easy to digest.
Please click on the link below to access all the free content. It has been very useful for our own families.
https://raisingchildren.net.au/
Happy holidays
On behalf of all the staff we would like to wish all students and families a wonderful
holiday. It has been a great Term Two at Camelot Rise Primary School, and we look forward to this continuing in Term Three.
Term Three promises to be a very exciting term with our School Production being held on Tuesday, 15th and Wednesday, 16th September.
We welcome the community using our facilities during the holiday break as it is great seeing children and families being active and playing outdoors, however, if you see anyone acting suspiciously or inappropriately around the school grounds, please contact the Glen Waverly Police Station 9566 1555 or contact 000.
We look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday, 13th July.
Matthew Coney & Ben Heys