From the Principal
Child Safe Standards
Camelot Rise Primary School is committed to safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making. Camelot Rise Primary School has zero tolerance for child abuse.
Our school is committed to providing a child safe environment where children and young
people are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives. Particular attention is paid to the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as the safety of children with a disability.
Every person involved in Camelot Rise Primary School has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role they play to ensure that the safety and wellbeing of our students is at the forefront of every decision they make.
To create and maintain a child safe organisation, we maintain ongoing compliance with the Eleven Child Safe Standards. For registered schools, Ministerial Order No. 1359 sets out the specific actions to meet these requirements.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/
Access to our school ‘Child Safe Standards’, ‘Mandatory Reporting’ and ‘Student Engagement’ policies is via the school website.
Our Vision
As part of our School’s Strategic Plan we are required to write a vision for our school. Writing this vision involved seeking feedback from all key stakeholders. Our Vision at Camelot Rise is:
Our vision is to be a connected community, learning, growing and achieving together. We are here to maximise student learning potential by building a desire for personal excellence, a high sense of self-worth and a love of learning.
Our Values
The following values have been defined as those that affirm life at Camelot Rise Primary School:
Responsibility
Respect
Resilience
These values are taught explicitly in wellbeing lessons and they form the basis for our School Wide Positive Behaviours framework.
NAPLAN 2024 Wednesday 13 May - Friday 22 May
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It has been part of the school calendar since 2008. NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling/grammar/punctuation and numeracy. The assessments are undertaken nationwide, every year, in mid-March (previously May).
NAPLAN is made up of tests in the four areas (or ‘domains’) of:
• reading
• writing
• language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
• numeracy.
At Camelot Rise Primary School, we take great pride and care in ensuring that our
students are not overwhelmed by the suite of assessments that are comprised in the NAPLAN schedule. Whilst NAPLAN tests are an important system-level component of the Department of Education, at Camelot Rise Primary School they are viewed as just another form of assessment in our ongoing process of monitoring student achievement.
To alleviate any pressure or anxiety associated with the tests, a special timetable has been formulated to assist teachers and students in the implementation of the tests. The timetable provides ample time both before and after testing for students to prepare and relax. In addition, students will also have an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the types of questions, layout and expected timeframes within which they are required to work for each of the test domains.
We are confident that our well-considered preparatory procedures will enable your children to complete the NAPLAN assessment suite with minimal concern. For more information about NAPLAN please click on the link: https://www.nap.edu.au/
Working With Children Checks (WWCC)
We encourage and value parental and community support at Camelot Rise Primary School. There are many ways that parents, grandparents and friends can assist at our school. We encourage all parents to obtain a Working with Children’s Check that will allow you to be very involved in your child’s education. These checks are free for volunteers and will allow you to be involved in as many school events as you would like. Once you have
your WWCC, please come to the office so we can photocopy this, and we will add your name to our list of parents who have a current WWCC check.
Parent Helpers Course
We are looking forward to conducting our Parent Helpers Course tomorrow (Wednesday, 28th February) in the library commencing at 2.00pm
By the end of this course, Parents/Carers will understand:
- The purpose of a classroom helper
- Some tasks you may undertake while in the classroom
- The expectations regarding confidentiality
During this course parents will learn about:
- The different roles you may have being a classroom / parent helper
- How you can support the classroom learning
- What you need to keep in mind if you become a classroom / parent helper
We look forward to seeing as many parents as possible attend this course and then welcoming parents / grandparents into the classroom to help / support our students.
Thank you to Mrs Julie Shepherd and Miss Amanda Neary for leading this course.
Tutor Learning Initiative
The Victorian State Government has funded the tutor learning initiative for 2024 to support learning catch up. The Tutor Learning Initiative (TLI) is worth $200+ million across State Government Schools which is an unprecedented investment of a program on this nature. This funding is being used to employ tutor teachers to work with students who fell behind in their learning.
Our Tutor Learning Teacher is Mrs Sarah Martin. Mrs Martin has been working with individual students and small groups of students since the start of the year. Mrs Martin works with the classroom teachers to plan and teach a program that reflects on the work being completed in the classroom and works on the individual learning needs of these students.
Mrs Martin has communicated with all families that have their child/children attending these Tutor Learning Sessions.
The focus areas for tutoring are Number, Reading and Writing, and there are also many incidental benefits, such as the development of confidence, independence, building self-esteem and persistence.
Parental Communication Policy
At Camelot Rise PS we are committed to effective communication and ensuring that appropriate opportunities exist for parents to raise any concerns and ask questions related to their child's education, wellbeing and progress.
Typically, parents will need to make an appointment to meet with their child’s teacher, especially if the matter needs an in-depth discussion. A meeting such as this is best done at a mutually convenient time, where there is enough time to have a proper discussion. Please contact the office if you wish to make an appointment with one of our teaching staff. You can also contact the teacher via Compass or email.
Before school is usually not convenient to contact teachers as they are usually making final preparations for teaching. A brief message is usually Ok before school, so long as a long discussion is not required. After school is the best time and our teachers will endeavour to fit this in around our regular meetings, which are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
French Language Assistant
We are thrilled to announce that we will have a French Language Assistant starting at Camelot Rise Primary School from the commencement of Term Two.
Juliette will be working at Camelot Rise Primary School every Thursday alongside Mrs
Rosemary Thom, our French Teacher. Juliette will be working at Vermont Secondary College every Monday – Wednesday.
We are very happy to welcome Juliette to our school community and providing another avenue to promote and enhance our French Program.
Mathletics
This year all students at Camelot Rise PS will be registered to access Mathletics, which is
an online Maths Program that the children can use both at school and at home. In the next few weeks all students will receive a password and login from their class teacher.
Some of the many benefits of Mathletics are:
- Mathletics captivates and challenges students in a stimulating, interactive environment
- Used by millions of students each month
- Used by more than 250,000 students each day
- Students are motivated and engaged
- Students are able to work through the curriculum at their own pace
- Students are assisted by an online support centre
- Live Mathletics fosters a stimulating and exciting online learning community
- Students are engaged and motivated to learn
- Easy to use
- Students have access to Mathletics 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Provides the perfect link between home and school, where results flow seamlessly
- Hall of Fame and certificates recognise and reward participation and achievement.
Please have a look at the website link below to find out more information about Mathletics
Teachers may use Mathletics to set learning activities and set specific homework for the students to complete as part of their Mathematics program.
Extreme Heat
We are currently experiencing some hot weather and student safety is always the priority at our school. To support this the following guidelines are in place to support the health and safety of both students and staff.Students at our school are encouraged to make
healthy choices. They are supported to understand effects of sun exposure and are encouraged to be involved in initiatives to promote and model sun protection measures to the whole school.
If the temperature reaches 35 degrees Celsius outdoor school events including, but not limited to, PE classes, recess and lunch time play, concerts and sporting events will be cancelled or postponed.
At 35 degrees or above the students will spend recess and lunch times inside their classrooms. These will be called 'Hot Day' timetables . PE classes will take place inside the gymnasium.
The temperature will be determined by the Bureau of Meteorology websiteAustralia's official weather forecasts & weather radar - Bureau of Meteorology (bom.gov.au)
School Council 2024 Membership
We would like to announce that the School Council nomination process for 2024 is now completed and we would like to announce that our School Council for 2024 will be:
- Cindy Zhou (2024 & 2025)
- Keean Braybon (2024 & 2025)
- Paramdeep Singh (2024 & 2025)
- Chris Eryurek (2024 & 2025)
- Shyam Gomatam (2024 & 2025)
- Dean Clinton (2023 & 2024)
- Madara Marasinghe (2023 & 2024)
- Xuan Li (2023 & 2024)
- Bronwyn Miller (2023 & 2024)
- Fiona Mackenzie (2023 & 2024)
Staff
- Ben Heys (2023 & 2024)
- Wendy Yoong (replacing Hayley Lonsdale until March 2025)
- Michelle Cohen Beavis (2024 & 2025)
- Aggie Kurzak Reeves (2024 & 2025)
- Matthew Coney
We would like to acknowledge and thank Carrie Foster, Saugat Dey, Chrissie Sandford-Ricci and Hayley Lonsdale as their current tenure on School Council will expire at the March 2024 School Council meeting.
We would like to thank these members of School Council for their services to our school. They have been a great support and I appreciate their efforts over the past 2+ years.
We would like to acknowledge and thank Carrie Foster for her and her family’s involvement in Camelot Rise PS for many years. Carrie has been a long-standing member of School Council and was our President for many years. Carrie performed her role as President extremely well and always ensured that our conversations and discussions were always focussed on what is best for the students at our school.
Carrie has been a wonderful School Council President, and we will very much miss working with her.
We wish Carrie and the Foster family all the best with the next phase of their lives.
Our first meeting of the 2024 School Council will be on Thursday, 21st March at 7.00pm.
onPsych is now available at our school!
Do you find that your child is having emotional or behavioural issues? Are they struggling socially, academically? Camelot Rise Primary School now has an accredited mental health social worker to support your child.
Tracy Harris is an accredited mental health social worker who specialises in child and adolescent mental health. Their services are provided at the school at NO OUT OF POCKET COST through Medicare bulk billing, NDIS and other services. They will work collaboratively with you, your child, and the teachers to maximise opportunities for positive growth.
If you believe that this might benefit you child, please contact Ben Heys ben.heys@education.vic.gov.au and request a Parent Pack for further information.
Matthew Coney & Ben Heys