A Message From Anna
Principal's Report
Regular School Attendance
At Box Hill North Primary School, we firmly believe that regular school attendance is the single most important part of your child’s education. Students learn new things at school every day – missing school puts them behind.
Please be aware that if you are planning an extended absence for a family holiday, you are required to seek approval for this absence from the school. You can send an email to the school email address – box.hill.north.ps@education.vic.gov.au with, ”Attn: Anna Johnstone” in the subject line.
SCHOOL IS BETTER WHEN YOUR CHILD IS THERE
Why it’s important
We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day.
If students miss school regularly, they miss out on learning the fundamental skills that will set them up for success in the later years of school.
There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes.
Each missed day is associated with progressively lower achievement in numeracy, writing and reading.
Getting in early
Attendance patterns are established early – a child regularly missing days in kindergarten or in the early years of school will often continue to miss classes in the later years and receive lower test scores than their classmates.
It’s vital that students go to school every day – even in the early years of primary school.
FOUNDATION 2025 Transition
We are very excited to welcome our 2025 Prep students into school for Transition Sessions this year. During these Transition sessions, we will be offering parent information sessions and morning tea in our Community Room. A schedule of these Parent Information Sessions will be distributed to all enrolled families next week.
2025 Prep Information Night - Thursday 28th November, 5.30pm-6.30pm
We will also hold a 2025 Prep Information Night on Thursday 28th November, 5.30pm-6.30pm. We look forward to meeting with as many of our 2025 Prep parents as possible at this event. Tea/Coffee/Biscuits will be provided.
2024 ICAS
We want to congratulate the following students for their participation in the 2024 ICAS Assessments. This year our students from Year 3 to Year 6 had the opportunity to participate in ICAS English, Mathematics and Science.
The following students participated and were rewarded with certificates in the English, Mathematics and Science assessments.
| ENGLISH | MATHEMATICS | SCIENCE |
| Ben E | Ben E | Ben E |
| Akshara P | Mikael F | Hayagriv J |
| Ishaana P | Hayagriv J | Jun K |
| Mikael F | Jun K | Faith N |
| Hayagriv J | Faith N | Akshara P |
| Jun K | Akshara P | Ishaana P |
| Faith N | Ishaana P | Minh T |
| Hugo H | Magdalene T | Reilly W |
| Keiva O | Hugo H | Andre A |
| Minh T | Kieva O | James T |
| Reilly W | Minh T | Seamus L |
| Danah I | Reilly W | Yvette O |
| Alex E | Alex E | Tiffany S |
| Andre A | Riarn F | Luna X |
| Riarn F | Danah I | |
| Ahaan A | Andre A | |
| Leo H | James T | |
| Seamus L | Ahaan A | |
| Tiffany S | Leo H | |
| Shuang W | Seamus L | |
| Luna X | Tiffany S | |
| Shuang W | ||
| Luna X |
A special recognition goes out to the following students who received either a Merit, Credit, Distinction or High Distinction. These certificates will be handed out at school assembly on Friday 1st November.
Please note students who received High Distinction were in the top 1% of students and students with a Distinction the top 10%.
| ENGLISH | MATHEMATICS | SCIENCE | |
High Distinction
| Ben E – Year 3 | Ben E – Year 3 | |
Distinction
| Alex E – Year 5 James T – Year 5 | Ben E – Year 3 | |
Credit
| Kieva O – Year 4 Riarn F – Year 5
| Ishaana P – Year 3 Reilly W – Year 4 Tiffany S – Year 6 | James T – Year 5 |
Merit
| Akshara P – Year 3 Ishaana P – Year 3
| Mikael F – Year 3 Jun K – Year 3 Alex E – Year 5 Leo H – Year 6 |
Congratulation to all of the students who participated in ICAS 2024.
Anna