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TERM DATES & CALENDAR TERM DATES 2022, Term 3 - SAVE THE DATE..., TERM THREE, Term 4 - SAVE THE DATE..., TERM FOUR

PRINCIPAL'S NEWS PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE..., School Closure Day, Parent Teacher Interviews, Father's Day, Social Club News, Police Liaison Officer, Footy Dress-up Day & Hot Dog Lunch, Working with Children Checks , Student Absences, Mad on Music Concert, Pre-loved Uniform Sale & Sausage Sizzle, Child Safe Standards

EDUCATION IN FAITH Saint Joseph's Northcote , Father's Day Mass: Sunday August 28th , **Please note that the scheduled Senior Class Mass: Tuesday September 6th will be moved to 4th Term - date to be advised**, Religious Education at Saint Joseph’s

MIDDLES in the SPOTLIGHT Inquiry in Middles: Listening to Immigration Stories, Thursday 15th September, Come at your convenience between 2:30-3:30pm

BOOK WEEK, 2022 BOOK WEEK PARADE, PREPS, JUNIORS, MIDDLES, SENIORS

SCIENCE WEEK 2022 NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK, Glass: More than meets the eye.

Prime Minister's Spelling Bee Banner Photo

Prime Minister's Spelling Bee Big congratulations goes to Samantha Keogh in Middle A and James Thomas in Senior L who took out the class champion award. , Miss Angela

STUDENT AWARDS TERM 3 - WEEK 6, LEARNER QUALITY AWARDS, TERM 3 - WEEK 7, POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR AWARDS

SOCIAL CLUB Our 2022 Social Club members are :, Our Social Club have been busy beavers these past few weeks!

SCHOOL UNIFORM Please support us by ensuring that: , ADDITIONAL ITEMS for Winter:

GOVERNANCE PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT, Our Vision

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy, Child Safety Code of Conduct, New Victorian Child Safe Standards, 1. Culturally safe environments – Organisations establish a culturally safe environment in which the diverse and unique identities and experiences of Aboriginal children and young people are respected and valued., 2. Leadership, governance and culture – Child safety and wellbeing is embedded in organisational leadership, governance and culture., 3. Child and student empowerment – Children and young people are empowered about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously., 4. Family engagement – Families and communities are informed, and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing., 5. Diversity and equity – Equity is upheld and diverse needs respected in policy and practice., 6. Suitable staff and volunteers – People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice., 7. Complaints processes – Processes for complaints and concerns are child focused., 8. Child safety knowledge, skills and awareness – Staff and volunteers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and young people safe through ongoing education and training., 9. Child safety in physical and online environments – Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed., 10. Review of child safety practices – Implementation of the Child Safe Standards is regularly reviewed and improved., 11. Implementation of child safety practices – Policies and procedures document how the organisation is safe for children and young people.

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BOOK WEEK, 2022

"Dreaming With Eyes Open"

Book Week was a roaring success this year with so many of our outstanding students dressing up and looking amazing! A big thank you to all parents, students and teachers who put in a massive effort into their costumes, activities and enthusiasm for all things reading!

BOOK WEEK PARADE

We started the morning off with our awesome Book Week Parade. Each class had chosen their own song to jam out to while they parade their costumes. It was fantastic to see so many different and unique costumes. A big thank you to all the parents who stayed to watch the parade.

PREPS

The Preps did an amazing display on the book 'Jetty Jumping' by Andrea Rowe. They used different blue water colours and created barnacles on their jetty. You can see all the fabulous faces of the preps as they jump off the jetty! The preps also had a very exciting visit from their Grade 5 buddies and did some reading and colouring.

JUNIORS

The Juniors completed their Book Week display based on the book 'What Do You Call Your Grandma?' by Ashleigh Barton. They brought in pictures of themselves with their grandparents and created a poster all about their heritage and what they call their grandparents. Such a gorgeous display of their families!

MIDDLES

The Middles created two different displays to represent their classes. Middle LT made their very own plant suitcases inspired by the book 'Amira's Suitcase' by Vikki Conley. Middle A decided to create a craft based on the theme 'Dreaming With Eyes Open' and created eye art pieces during art and beautiful dream catchers.

SENIORS

The Seniors created two different crafts as well! Senior L created a bird tree based on the book 'Book Of Curious Birds' by Jennifer Cossins. Senior B created beautiful tanzangle patterns on the map of Australia. This was based on the book 'Heroes, Rebels and Innovators' by Karen Wyldill.

The Seniors also participated in a Book Tasting! There were 9 stations where students were able to 'taste' different genres of books and read different shortlisted books from this year's CBCA awards. The students reviewed their books and some even found a new book to read during our reading rotations!