Teaching and Learning

Education Week - Showcase your school

Hello Families,

Education Week is an annual celebration of public education in Victoria. In 2026, Victoria celebrates Education Week from Monday 18 May to Friday 22 May.

The theme of 2026 Education Weekis Showcase your school, encouraging school communities to celebrate what’s great about their school.

There are so many great things about Ballan Primary School, from our people to our school facilities, our learning programs and our supportive school community. It's all here at our school!

To celebrate Education Week at Ballan PS, we will be hosting an extended edition of our Monday afternoon assembly and having an open afternoon.

• Monday 18th May - we'll be hosting a special Education Week assembly starting at 2.30pm. Selected students from each class will share what makes our school great and their favourite things about Ballan PS.
• Friday 22nd May - whole school open afternoon from 2:15-3:15pm with families invited into classrooms to participate in class activities with students.
• Keep an eye out on our school socials for other related Education Week posts.

XUNO Progress Reports

Our Writing progress reports were made available to families to read via  last week (May 7th). Our next progress report will be Inquiry report comments which will be made available to families via XUNO on May 28.

If you have any questions about the reporting comments, please get in touch with your child's classroom teacher.

Literacy and Maths Challenge

Get your brain buzzing every day with our Wordle and Numble Challenge of the Day - fun, quick puzzles to sharpen your vocabulary and number skills at home!

Wordle - https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Numble - https://numble.wtf/

Book Club

Scholastic Book Club is a service offered to students, parents, and teachers. Brochures advertising a variety of books and computer software are sent home with each student, approximately twice a term.

Purchase of the books is not compulsory and there is no obligation. If you do wish to purchase any goods, simply log into the Book Club site www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and follow the prompts. All Book Club orders must be ordered and paid for via LOOP. Do not send order forms and cash to school. When the order arrives at school, books are sent home with students.

The School earns “Bonus Points” for each order which can be used to purchase new resources for classroom libraries. 

Click here for the Scholastic Book Club Parent Log in page or to register for new users.

You can have a look at the online catalogue here: https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/issue-preview/. 

How to order 

Click on ORDER in the top menu or REGISTER first to save your details for the first time.  Select Ballan PS and your child’s class.  Add your child’s name and last initial. Enter the item number from the brochure.

You can order for multiple children at once. All orders are linked directly to the school.  

Our school receives bonus points, which are redeemed for a variety of books for the children; therefore, we thank you for your continued support.

If parents wish to collect orders personally, please let the school know.

Please go to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and find Ballan Primary School to order or alternatively you can download the LOOP app via the App Store or Google Play.

Happy learning!

James Baker

Assistant Principal - Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

james.baker@education.vic.gov.au 

Ph: 5368 1072