A Message From Anna 

⭐🎈SWPBS Celebration Day🎈⭐

🍪🍵Friday 28 November🍵🍪

Congratulations to all students for earning another School Wide Celebration Day! Their efforts in displaying expected behaviours that show Courage, Ambition, Creativity and Compassion have earned them over 4000 Egg Acknowledgements, aka 400 Chicks, aka 40 Birds this term, filling our beautiful Tree with colour and pride!

Yesterday our Junior School Councillors met to vote on our Celebration Day and they chose a Classroom Afternoon Café.

This Friday, during the last hour of the day, all classrooms will become a café. Most of the planning and preparation will happen in each class. However, we kindly ask that students bring a plate/snack to share with their classmates. Please keep it simple and avoid food that requires refrigeration or heating. If you are sending baked goods, please include an ingredients list. Students are also welcome to bring a card game to play in their classroom café.

We congratulate the students for all the wonderful positive behaviours that earned Eggs to help fill the Celebration Tree.

🏆Congratulations Marcus! 🏆

Over the weekend, Marcus (Year 5) and his dad travelled to Perth to compete in the Australian Disc Golf Championships. Marcus (11yo) competed in the MJ15 division (students aged 15 and under) as the youngest player in his category. The championships represent the highest level of disc golf competition in Australia, with junior players competing on a modified version of the professional course and performing at an impressively high standard. In fact, the top three juniors outplayed many of the adult competitors in the lower divisions!

Marcus competed with tremendous skill and determination, ultimately winning the 2025 National MJ15 Disc Golf title by an outstanding eight shots across two rounds. He played 58 rating points above his usual ranking, a remarkable indication of his growth and development this year!

Just as heart-warming was the way Marcus connected with players from across Australia and New Zealand, building friendships and earning admiration from fellow competitors.

We congratulate Marcus on this exceptional achievement and thank his family for sharing this wonderful story with our school community. What a fantastic result and a memorable trip!

2026 Teaching Team

We are very lucky to have a team of dedicated and exceptionally skilled teachers at Box Hill North Primary School. Please join me in celebrating and encouraging your children’s teachers and support staff as the year wraps up, sharing in my gratitude for the care and professionalism they have shown every day. Their commitment to high expectations, their genuine care for each child, and their relentless focus on growth and wellbeing make our school the vibrant and nurturing place it is. Thank you for supporting them, appreciating them, and partnering with us as we bring another successful year to a close. 

I am very pleased to share with you the thoughtfully planned 2026 teaching team for Box Hill North Primary School. A great deal of consideration has gone into each placement, drawing on teacher expertise, strengths and existing relationships to ensure every student is well-supported and positioned to thrive in the year ahead.

Prep Felicity Jenkins

1/2A Mie-Mie Lee

1/2B Claudia Hart

1/2C Amy McCart/Ainslie Peszynski

3/4A Kirti Krishnan

3/4B Matt Stocks

3/4C Erin Smillie - Erin is currently Education Support staff at BHNPS, and we are thrilled to support the commencement of her teaching profession next year!

5/6A Eliza Sutton/Cara Jeffers

5/6B Dylan Trenwith

5/6C Evelyn Fong - Evelyn has worked at BHNPS as a relief teacher this year. She has quickly shown her professionalism and ability to build productive relationships quickly with students, staff and parents. We look forward to having her at Box Hill North PS full time next year!

Japanese – Rachel Martin

Performing Arts – Kim Pearce

Physical Education – Tracey McLaren and Cara Jeffers 

Leading Teacher – Shannen May - Shannen comes to Box Hill North PS with significant school leadership experience, ready to support our school to continue advancing our strategic priorities in teaching, learning and wellbeing

Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader (MHWL)– Tracey McLaren - A Department-Funded initiative commencing in 2026, Tracey will step into the MHWL role to guide staff, students and families in promoting positive wellbeing and early intervention across the school community.

Farewell...At Least For Now

The following staff are pursuing alternate adventures during 2026, and we wish them all the very best in their next chapters. It has been an honour to work with them for the past year and a half, and couldn't be happier for their next steps:

Emma Hunt - Taking the year to travel, perhaps teaching overseas and aiming to bring some wordly experience back to BHN in coming years.

Yasmin Steel - Moving to the Northern Territory to combine her passion for educational leadership with her commitment to providing high-quality teaching and learning in First Nations communities.

Kristen Lawrence - Pursuing her interest in teaching EAL, perhaps even to adults, whilst looking after family.

Josie Gonzalez Gadea - Taking time to care for her ageing parents.

🐝🐝🐝Working Bee TOMORROW🐝🐝🐝

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TOMORROW Friday 28 November, 3:30–5:30pm

Our second working bee will focus on clearing and organising storage spaces, including areas under buildings and in sheds. We’ll also be breaking down old furniture to go into a skip (or two). It’s a big task but as we all know many hands make light work!

We hope to see lots of families come along to lend a hand and enjoy the community spirit that makes these afternoons so rewarding.

 

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Can you believe next week is December? Keep an eye out for all the festive-themed outfits our staff are known for, as we get excited for our upcoming Carols night on Thursday 11th December!

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Anna Johnstone

Principal