Primary News

Primary Leadership Positions

Year 5 students who have nominated for a Primary Captain or House Captain Leadership position have presented speeches to the primary school students and voting has taken place. Year 5 students who have nominated for a Sports Captain position will meet with Mrs Bryan and Ms Simpson for a short interview on Monday 20 November. The successful applicants will be announced at Primary Presentation Day on Friday 1 December. We wish all students the very best in their quest for a leadership position.

End of Year Class Parties

Primary classes will have their end of year celebrations on Thursday 30 November. Please look out for correspondence from your child’s classroom teacher with further details.

Final Day Arrangements – Friday 1 December

School will finish for the year for all students (Pre-Prep to Year 11), on Friday 1 December at 12.00pm.

Pre-Prep to Year 6 parents attending the Primary Presentation are welcome to take their child/ren at the conclusion of the event at approximately 11:00am, with notification to their teacher.

Remaining students will stay with their teachers with the following arrangements:

• Pre-Prep students to be collected from their classroom at 12:00pm
• Prep to Year 6 students to be collected from Circular Drive at 12:00pm. 

Class Allocations 2024

As we plan for the 2024 school year, the class teachers will be organising class placements. Much time and effort will be placed into these decisions, with the teachers' knowledge of friendships and how their students work best in the classroom. Considerations are also made on new students to the College and student learning needs across the cohort, to support a balanced class in all areas.

We appreciate your trust in our expertise in forming our classes, which are prepared with thorough review and discussion with the Primary Teaching Staff. Whilst we understand parents may have requests for specific teachers or peer groups, this is not our process and would appreciate your understanding. Classes will be shared with our families in the new year, ahead of the 2024 school year. If you have any questions or concerns with this, please contact Mrs Fellowes.

Year 5 Entrepreneurship Fair

Chantal Carter, Head of Business, Entrepreneurship and Performance has been working with our Year 5 cohort on a Young Entrepreneurs Program. The students have formed small business enterprises and are busy working on generating a Christmas themed product or service for their Christmas Fair. All Primary students will be given opportunities to earn tokens to spend at the fair, on Friday 24 November. 

Illuminate Showcase Event

To celebrate the end of our inaugural Illuminate Program, all parents/carers of students involved in the Illuminate Program are warmly invited to a breakfast showcase event. This event will provide an opportunity to hear what students have experienced during the Illuminate Science, English and Creative Arts programs and view their final products. 

This event will begin with a light breakfast, followed by a tour of student work.

See below for further details and booking information!

'myON' Digital Library

Open to Clayfield students until 20 December 2023

We have joined the Renaissance myON Summer Reads Challenge, which gives our students access to a digital library with over 6000 books. We will teach the students how to use the platform during their upcoming literacy lessons, and you are welcome to read with them as we embark on the long school holiday.

Books are categorised into Fiction, Non-fiction and Graphic novels and students can browse through multiple genres. They can also search through ‘recommended reads’, ‘popular books’, ‘because I like…’ or books in Spanish. Students may need some guidance to choose the right books – when you click on the title, a blue ‘info’ tab appears which gives details about the book and helps you to decide whether the book is suitable for your child. If they click on something a little too hard for them to read independently, consider reading it with them (there are some favourite classics on the platform, that you might enjoy re-reading!) or use the audio narration tool.

Students can also highlight unfamiliar words and look up the meaning in a dictionary tab. A blue bar at the bottom of the page shows when a reader has spent long enough on the page to have read it carefully, preventing students from flicking through without reading thoroughly. This can help you to see their progress through the book. At the end of reading, students can choose to rate the book and even write a review.

As the platform works on multiple devices, students can access their reading anywhere you have an internet connection! Happy Holiday Reading!

Go to https://www.myon.com/school/2023mrc and enter your login information:   

Username: CLAYFIELD            

Password: lifelongreader

Select a book and start reading!  

Campion Student Resources and Textbooks 2024

Please refer to the communication sent to parents on Friday 27 October from Mrs Miranda Cavaliere – Teaching & Learning Department.

Orders are to be placed by Wednesday 6 December. Orders placed after this time will incur additional charges.

Term 4 Gallery Walks

Parents and caregivers are invited to attend your child’s/ren’s Primary Term 4 Gallery Walks on the following dates:

Important Dates for Term  4

Year 6 Celebration (Service and Function) – Friday 24 November 

Our Year 6 students and parents/caregivers have been invited to an end of year Celebration & Function commencing at 5:00pm in the Chapel. All Year 6 students are to assemble in the Rose Garden near Circular Drive at 4:45pm. Please ensure your sons/daughters are wearing their formal uniform for this special occasion.

Christmas Carols Service - Tuesday 28 November 

Primary Presentation Day (Pre-Prep to Year 6) – Friday 1 December 

Primary Presentation Day is a celebration of our students’ leaning and personal growth over the school year. We will reflect on the year, with memories shared from Pre-Prep to Year 6, enjoy performances from our music ensembles and students, and acknowledge individual students’ achievements.

All students from Prep to Year 6 are to wear their formal school uniform.

Please note: RSVP is essential to attend. Please register your attendance by Friday 24 November, via link in the invitation, as seating is limited.

Key Dates