Assistant Principals' Report
Dear HPS Community,
Welcome to this week's newsletter.
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Heidelberg Primary School is excited to be taking part!
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 and aims to help young readers develop a lifelong love of reading.
It is not a competition; it is a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 5 September 2025.
Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.
All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.
This year, the Challenge is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the theme ‘20 years of words and wonder’ and a year of special activities. For details, follow the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Facebook
Since it began in 2005, more than 4.5 million young readers have taken part and together read more than 63 million books!
To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge
You can also contact our school’s Challenge coordinator, Denise Pilinis, with any questions.
Happy reading!
Cultural Diversity Week and Harmony Day
Each year in March, Cultural Diversity Week brings together Victorians of all ages, cultural backgrounds and experiences to celebrate our state’s diverse multicultural communities.
This year, Cultural Diversity Week will run from Monday 17 March to Sunday 23 March.
The theme, ‘Embrace the journey – shape our future’, highlights the unique and shared cultural journeys that define our diverse communities, encouraging us to honour our own cultural stories and those of others, fostering understanding, belonging and connection.
As a part of this special week, we will celebrate Harmony Day next Friday 21st March.
The HPS Student Representative Council would like to acknowledge Harmony Day on Friday 21st March by encouraging everyone to wear a splash of orange.
For more information about Cultural Diversity Week please go to: https://www.multiculturalcommission.vic.gov.au/cultural-diversity-week-victorian-multicultural-commission.
Have a lovely week ahead.
Helen Thomas & Monique Rankin
Assistant Principals
Heidelberg Primary School