From the Principal
Principal's Report
It's great to be back!
It was fantastic to have all the students and staff back onsite last Friday. There was a real buzz of excitement as the children were able to reconnect with their peers and teachers.
We are thrilled with the quality of work produced during our most recent phase of ‘Flexible and Remote Learning’. Students were able to log into class meetings, to attend English, Maths, Inquiry and Specialist lessons to ensure they had access to teacher guidance and support throughout the entire time.
If we go into future lockdowns it is great that we have a teaching and learning model in place that ensures our students continue to learn, they remain engaged and connected to their peers and their teachers.
We would like to thank the Camelot Rise Primary School Community for their support during these times.
Following Department of Education and Training guidelines our school assemblies will be held via WebEx with all students (apart from the student leaders) remaining in their classroom.
At this stage all excursions and incursions are not permitted. We had a whole school ‘Hip Hop / Dance Incursion’ booked for Thursday, 24th June. We have this event still ‘booked in’ hoping the rules might change by this date, if not we will hold this in Term Three.
Student reports and Student/Parent/Teacher (Three-way conferences)
Our student reports will be ‘live’ on Compass on Friday, 18th June at 3.30pm.
Our Student / Parent / Teacher interviews (Three-way conferences) will be held on Thursday, 24th June between 3.45pm – 8.30pm. The Year 6 interviews will commence at 2.00pm.
These interviews will be held ‘online’ via WebEx. A Compass notice will be sent to all families requesting you to book in a suitable time. The classroom teacher will email the WebEx link to ‘attend’ the interviews.
Education Week- Building Connections!-Change of date!
Now in its 77th year, Education Week aims to positively profile and celebrate the strengths and achievements of Victoria’s government education sector.
Due to the previous lockdown situation we will be celebrating our Learning Expo at Camelot Rise on Thursday, 15th July between 9.15am – 10.30am and 5.30pm – 7.00pm.. This is the first week of Term Three!
We have this date in place hoping that the restrictions will have eased sufficiently to allow this event to proceed.
If this event can proceed parents/grandparents/friends/community members will be encouraged to visit the classrooms and talk to their child/children about their learning.
People will be provided with a list of questions that will help initiate a conversation about your child’s learning. These questions are:
- What are you learning? Why?
- How are you doing?
- How do you know?
- How can you improve?
- Where do you go for help?
These questions will guide the conversations so you can see how our students can articulate their learning and why they are learning these skills/concepts. These questions are not compulsory but just a guide for parents.
A copy of these questions will be provided to all community members on the night so you are not required to memorise these!
The ‘Learning Expo’ held between 5.30pm – 7.00pm will commence in the gym at 5.30pm. Our night will commence with our choir performing a few songs. Also in the gym that night there will be stalls/displays set up by various local community groups displaying their products and services that are part of our community.
Parents and students will then have the opportunity to visit classrooms, our STEM Room and our Green Screen Room during our Learning Expo.
On the night there will also be a raffle and a coffee van and we encourage people to bring some coins/notes to purchase raffle tickets to support our school. This raffle will be drawn on the night.
We look forward to seeing as many community members as possible at our Learning Expo on Thursday, 15th July between 9.15am – 10.30am and 5.30pm – 7.00pm (This session will commence in the hall at 5.30pm).
End of Term-Timetable for the last day or Term Two, Friday 25th June
Friday, 25th June is the last day of term and the timetable for the day will be slightly different.
9.00am – 10.40am Students in class
10.40am – 11.10am Recess
11.10am – 12.50pm Students in class
12.50pm – 1.00pm Students eat lunch in class
1.00pm – 1.50pm Lunch play
1.50pm – 2.00pm Students in class
2.00pm - 2.15pm Whole school assembly via WebEx (students in their classrooms)
2.15pm – 2.30pm Students in class
2.30pm Students dismissed from their classrooms.
The Camp Australia, Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) program commences at 2.30pm on the last day of term.
The students return to school on Monday, 12th July. This is the first day of Term Three.
Happy holidays
On behalf of all the staff we would like to wish all students and families a wonderful holiday. It has been a great Term Two at Camelot Rise Primary School and we look forward to this continuing in Term Three.
We welcome the community using our facilities during the holiday break as it is great seeing children and families being active and playing outdoors, however, if you see anyone acting suspiciously or inappropriately around the school grounds please contact the Glen Waverley Police Station 9566 1555 or contact 000.
We look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday, 12th July.
How can we continue to improve Camelot Rise Primary School?
At all times staff are working to improve the education we provide for the students of Camelot Rise Primary School. We enjoy hearing from members of the school community in relation to what we can do to improve our wonderful school. Ben and I are always available to speak to parents in relation to any feedback you can provide us that will ultimately benefit the students at Camelot Rise Primary School. Please feel free to drop in at any time or contact us to arrange a suitable meeting time.
Please come and see us for a chat!
Matthew Coney