Important Dates & Information

2022

Commitment to child safety

Our culture of child safety at Mackellar Primary School ensures that the school prioritises the safety of the children in our care and has a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse. At Mackellar Primary School, child safety is part of everyone's everyday thinking and practice, and an ongoing, dedicated process of improvement. Such a culture is achieved through proactive leadership in demonstrating appropriate values, attitudes and behaviours. For more information, please visit our website to see our Child Safety Standards.

For Your Diary

2022 Victorian School Term Dates
Term 1	31st January - 8th April
Term 2	26th April - 24th June
Term 3	11th July - 16th September
Term 4	3rd October - 20th December

Dates:

Term 2 Important Dates:

Friday 24th June 2022

Last day of Term 2 with a 2:30pm finish

Term 3 Important Dates:

Monday 11th July 2022

First day back for Term 3

Wednesday 13th July to Friday 15th July

Grade 5 Camp to Amberley Retreat Centre

2022 Grade 5 Camp AMBERLEY RETREAT CENTRE CAMP – LOWER PLENTY

Educational purpose of the program:

Amberley Retreat Centre aims to provide unique camping experiences in the great outdoors that inspires all people to be healthier, happier and more connected to their community. Learning experiences at Amberley aim to build resilience, reinforce a positive outlook, develop new physical activity skills, set goals, make healthy choices, develop independence and provide leadership opportunities. Amberley Retreat Centre also encourages students to solve problems in a team setting while appreciating the natural world around them.

Costs: There is no charge for this camp

Departure details Wednesday July 13th @ 9.00am

Return Details Friday July 15th @ 3.00pm

Why the Grade 5 Camp is free in 2022?

Positive Start Initiative.

The Victorian Government is taking action to re-engage primary and secondary students and boost their physical and emotional health and wellbeing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic through the $112.9 million Positive Start in 2022 initiative.

Students who attend a government or low-fee non-government school will get a positive start in 2022 with access to school camps.

After two years of disruption to their schooling, friendships and connections with learning, the initiative will help to get students back into the world and experience the richness of Victorian life and culture.

Through Positive Start, students will have more opportunities to attend camps with their peers and enjoy adventure activities at the camps.

Positive Start in 2022 is all about reconnecting and helping school communities to join in the rich activities on offer to connect with friends and schools again.

If you would like your child to participate in the grade 5 school camp please provide consent for your child on XUNO under events before Wednesday 15th June 2022.

Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Mackellar Primary School is excited to be participating!

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by Friday 2nd September 2022.

Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 6 are challenged to read 15 books.

Teachers have provided students with their Challenge login details to access the online platform (click on the VPRC login option), where they can:

access a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
record books they have read
be rewarded with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review.

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge

Happy reading!

Lost Property

Please ensure that all children's belongings are clearly labelled with their name (not just initials) and grade. Sometimes items are not returned to their rightful owner because they are not labelled correctly or clearly. If you find named belongings in your child's possession, could you please return them to your child's classroom. Our lost property is stored outside the office (white bin).

Student Absences

Absent all day?

Parents can enter absences directly into Xuno by 9:05am (this can also be done in advance) OR phone the school office on 9364 0200

Arriving late?

When you arrive at school, the student must be signed IN at the school office prior to going to class.

Leaving early?

Parent/Carer must sign the student OUTat the school office prior to picking them up.

Parent Contact Details

Have your contact details changed? If so please let the office know so we can update our records. This includes changes to emergency contacts and additional numbers to call if needed.