A Message From Anna 

8 Birds to go!

It's been a huge week of positive acknowledgements at Box Hill North Primary School with students adding a whopping 4 Birds to our Celebration Tree since last Thursday. Students have earned a total of 32 Birds for Compassion, Ambition, Courage and Creativity since our last Celebration Day. I wonder how many Birds they can earn in the coming week?

Box Hill WHO? Box Hill NORTH!

We have finally installed some new, very loud, very professional signs for our school and Kindergarten. We think they look fantastic, let us know what you think!

and coming soon....

🚘Elizabeth Street Safety🚘

Thank you to all the parents and students who have adjusted to the new, safer approach to drop-offs and pick-ups on Elizabeth Street. Having now closed the main driveway gates, students and parents are redirected to enter and exit via the pedestrian gates only, leading directly to the Kiss and Drop area or to the pedestrian crossing closer to Woodhouse Grove. 

Staff on Yard Duty have been vigilant in reminding parents about legal parking on Elizabeth Street and parents have been very responsive to the new approach. Thank you to everyone for keeping our student safe when entering and exiting the school!

You must only stop in the Kiss and Go zone, but must not leave your vehicle while stopped. This is so the cars can keep flowing as more parents arrive to collect or drop off their children. 

A reminder that any section of road with a YELLOW LINE is a NO STOPPING zone.

WE WANT OUR PARENTS / CAREGIVERS / GUARDIANS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!📢📢📢📢

Our school is conducting the annual Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey and is seeking your feedback. The survey, offered by the Department of Education, is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour, and student engagement.

Your opinions are important to us and will contribute to identifying areas for improvement and professional development needs in the school, to target school planning and improvement strategies. The department will use the results from the survey for research purposes and to improve outcomes for students.

The survey will be conducted online and only takes 20 minutes to complete. It can be completed on any internet enabled device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone) and is compatible with most browsers.

The survey is available in English and 10 other languages: Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and

Vietnamese. If you require assistance in another language, resources may be available for you. Please reach out to your child’s teacher, or the school if you require assistance in another language.

The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open online from Monday 18 August to Friday 19 September 2025.

To complete the survey, simply:

1 - Click on the link below, or copy and paste the text into your browser. This link will take you directly to the survey.

https://research.orima.com/parent

2 - Select the School and Campus name below.

School Name: Box Hill North Primary School

Campus Name: Box Hill North Primary School

3 - Enter the School PIN below:

PIN: 446603

When complete, please click on the ‘Submit’ button at the end of the survey to submit your answers.Please note that the survey will time out after 60 minutes of inactivity.

PLEASE NOTE: Only one parent / caregiver / guardian from each household is invited to complete the survey on behalf of the student’s family. To protect your responses, please DO NOT share the survey link and PIN with others, or on a public website, forum or similar.

Please be assured that your responses are completely confidential.

The survey is conducted anonymously, and it is important to our school that you complete the survey as honestly as possible.

ORIMA Research, a private research company, is conducting this survey on behalf of the Department of Education. ORIMA Research Pty Ltd has not been and will not be provided with the contact details, names or any other personal identifying information about the parents / caregivers / guardians invited to complete the survey.

The department, the survey supplier (ORIMA Research) and the school can never personally identify you, or see your responses linked with the PIN.

The department and ORIMA protect your responses in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic), the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and the Public Records Act 1973 (Vic). ORIMA Research also adheres to the Privacy (Market and Social Research) Code 2021, as well as relevant State and Territory legislation. For more information, please visit ORIMA’s Privacy Policy here: http://www.orima.com.au/home/privacy-policy and the department’s Schools' Privacy Policy here: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/schoolsprivacypolicy.aspx.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any general queries about the survey. For specific technical or participation-related queries, you may also contact the department or the supplier administering the survey, ORIMA Research.

Should you have any technical queries regarding the survey, or questions regarding the privacy and confidentiality of your survey responses, please do not hesitate to contact ORIMA Research on 1800 654 585 (toll-free during business hours), or by email: pos@orima.com  

Should you have any participation or survey-related queries, please contact the school, or the department by email: school.surveys@education.vic.gov.au

Anna Johnstone

Principal