Principal's Report

Student Leadership Presentation Assembly

Student Leaders

Nick Staikos, State Member for Bentleigh, attended Assembly on Monday to present badges to our student leaders for 2021.

Congratulations to all our student leaders as you take on these positions of responsibility.

School Captains Rachel Halperin and Josh Milner

House Captains

Acacia Eden Sullivan and Jamie Maltz

Banksia Ava Van Oosten and Jack Wein

Grevillea Chris Han and Braden Fischer

Waratah Anya Dong and Matty Milias

Leadership Team

Aarav Shah, Mateo Capurro, Alexis Lagogiannis, Emma McArthur, Samuel Tripp,

Ariella Liberman, Vivienne Bernstein, Ellie Teplitsky, Ashley Hill and Lereesha Govender

Green Team

Ariella Segal, Hanna Zhu, Louis Olascoaga, Nika Sabet, Clementine Wilson,

Charlotte Davis, Grace McMahon and Sam Hicks

Junior School Council

Aya Peres, Jayden Wang, Griffith Jones, Freya Bamber, Justin Xia, Stephanie Rousakis, Lucas Zheng, Abigail Drodge, Rianna Katsaros, Siddharth Basa, Ayda Savran, Zoe Tan, Scarlett Jones, Sam Dowling, Stephanie Qu, Lily Gregory, Jayden Velu, Cheryl Li,

Gadi Berger and Yael Lasnitzki

School Council Elections

Schedule 4: Notice of election and call for nominations

An election is to be conducted for members of the School Council of Valkstone Primary School.

Nomination forms may be obtained from the school Office and must be lodged by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday 10th March 2021. The ballot will close on Wednesday 24th March, 2021.

The terms of office, membership categories and number of positions in each membership category open for election are as follows:

Membership category - Parent member

Term of office: From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2021 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2023.

Number of positions: 3

Membership category - DET employee member

Term of office: From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2021 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2023.

Number of positions: 2

Following the closing of nominations, a list of the nominations received will be posted at the school. If the nominations received are less than the number of vacancies, a notice to that effect and calling for further nominations will be posted in a prominent position at the school.

Procedures for early collection of children

Should you need to collect your child early for an appointment please assist us so that we may have your child ready on your arrival at school.

As soon as you know about your child's appointment, please enter it on COMPASS.
Send an e-mail to your child's teacher advising of the appointment and time.
Come into the school administration office and sign your child out on the COMPASS kiosk.

If at all possible, please try to avoid collecting your child at recess and lunchtime, as it's extremely difficult to locate an individual child in the yard at playtime among the other 700+ students at the school.

Getting to Know You Interviews

Thank you to all the parents who had interviews with teachers last week. Getting to know you supports the educational partnership: teachers appreciated meeting parents and I acknowledge the commitment of teachers over these two sessions.

Road safety

Help reduce the congestion at pick up time by parking away and walking to the gates.

Pupil-free days 2021

These days are approved by School Council for staff professional learning.

Thursday 18th March - Mathematics

Wednesday 28th April - Writing instruction and moderation

Tuesday 17th August - Identifying student needs and first aid training

O.S.H.C. will be available on these days. Booking is essential.

Valkstone Values

Respect Co-operation Courtesy Consideration Fairness

Honesty Tolerance and Appreciation

Newsletters 2021

The newsletter will be published fortnightly. COMPASS will be used extensively to communicate events and activities to families.