From the Principal
Child Safe Standards
Camelot Rise Primary School is committed to safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This will be the primary focus of our care and decision-making. Camelot Rise Primary School has zero tolerance for child abuse.
Our school is committed to providing a child safe environment where children and young
people are safe and feel safe, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives. Particular attention is paid to the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, as well as the safety of children with a disability.
Every person involved in Camelot Rise Primary School has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role they play to ensure that the safety and wellbeing of our students is at the forefront of every decision they make.
To create and maintain a child safe organisation, we maintain ongoing compliance with the Eleven Child Safe Standards. For registered schools, Ministerial Order No. 1359 sets out the specific actions to meet these requirements.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/
The following policies can be accessed via our school website (Camelot Rise Primary | Glen Waverley | Policies):
Child Safety Code of Conduct
Child Safety Responding and Reporting Obligations
Mandatory Reporting
Student Wellbeing and Engagement
Our Vision
As part of our School’s Strategic Plan we are required to write a vision for our school. Writing this vision involved seeking feedback from all key stakeholders. Our Vision at Camelot Rise is:
Our vision is to be a connected community, learning, growing and achieving together. We are here to maximise student learning potential by building a desire for personal excellence, a high sense of self-worth and a love of learning.
Our Values
The following values have been defined as those that affirm life at Camelot Rise Primary School:
Responsibility
Respect
Resilience
These values are taught explicitly in wellbeing lessons and they form the basis for our School Wide Positive Behaviours / Respectful Relationships framework.
NAPLAN 2025
The NAPLAN test window starts on Wednesday 12 March 2025 and finishes on Monday 24 March 2025.
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It has been part of the school calendar
since 2008. NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling/grammar/punctuation and numeracy. The assessments are undertaken nationwide, every year, in mid-March (previously May).
NAPLAN is made up of tests in the four areas (or ‘domains’) of:
• reading
• writing
• language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
• numeracy.
At Camelot Rise Primary School, we take great pride and care in ensuring that our students are not overwhelmed by the suite of assessments that are comprised in the NAPLAN schedule. Whilst NAPLAN tests are an important system-level component of the Department of Education, at Camelot Rise Primary School they are viewed as just another form of assessment in our ongoing process of monitoring student achievement.
To alleviate any pressure or anxiety associated with the tests, a special timetable has been formulated to assist teachers and students in the implementation of the tests. The timetable provides ample time both before and after testing for students to prepare and relax. In addition, students will also have an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the types of questions, layout and expected timeframes within which they are required to work for each of the test domains.
We are confident that our well-considered preparatory procedures will enable your children to complete the NAPLAN assessment suite with minimal concern. For more information about NAPLAN please click on the link: https://www.nap.edu.au/
Working With Children Checks (WWCC)
We encourage and value parental and community support at Camelot Rise Primary School. There are many ways that parents, grandparents and friends can assist at our
school. We encourage all parents to obtain a Working with Children’s Check that will allow you to be very involved in your child’s education. These checks are free for volunteers and will allow you to be involved in as many school events as you would like. Once you have your WWCC, please come to the office so we can photocopy this, and we will add your name to our list of parents who have a current WWCC check.
Tutor Learning Initiative
The Victorian State Government has continued to fund the tutor learning initiative for 2025 to support learning catch up. The Tutor Learning Initiative (TLI) is worth $200+ million across State Government Schools which is an unprecedented investment of a program of this nature. This funding is being used to employ teachers to work with students who fell behind in their learning.
Our Tutor Learning Teacher is Mrs Sarah Martin. Mrs Martin has been working with individual students and small groups of students since the start of the year. Mrs Martin works with the classroom teachers to plan and teach a program that reflects on the work being completed in the classroom and works on the individual learning needs of these students.
Mrs Martin has communicated with all families that have their child/children attending these Tutor Learning Sessions.
The focus areas for tutoring are Maths, Reading and Writing, and there are also many incidental benefits, such as the development of confidence, independence, building self-esteem and persistence.
Parental Communication Policy
At Camelot Rise PS we are committed to effective communication and ensuring that appropriate opportunities exist for parents to raise any concerns and ask questions related to their child's education, wellbeing and progress.
Typically, parents will need to make an appointment to meet with their child’s teacher, especially if the matter needs an in-depth discussion. A meeting such as this is best done at a mutually convenient time, where there is enough time to have a proper discussion. Please contact the office if you wish to make an appointment with one of our teaching staff. You can also contact the teacher via Compass or email.
Before school is usually not convenient to contact teachers as they are usually making final preparations for teaching. A brief message is usually Ok before school, so long as a long discussion is not required. After school is the best time and our teachers will endeavour to fit this in around our regular meetings, which are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Mathletics
This year all students at Camelot Rise PS will be registered to access Mathletics, which is
an online Maths Program that the children can use both at school and at home. In the next few weeks all students will receive a password and login from their class teacher.
Some of the many benefits of Mathletics are:
Mathletics captivates and challenges students in a stimulating, interactive environment
Used by millions of students each month
Used by more than 250,000 students each day
Students are motivated and engaged
Students are able to work through the curriculum at their own pace
Students are assisted by an online support centre
Live Mathletics fosters a stimulating and exciting online learning community
Students are engaged and motivated to learn
Easy to use
Students have access to Mathletics 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Provides the perfect link between home and school, where results flow seamlessly
Hall of Fame and certificates recognise and reward participation and achievement.
Please have a look at the website link below to find out more information about Mathletics
Teachers may use Mathletics to set learning activities and set specific homework for the students to complete as part of their Mathematics program.
School Council 2025 Membership
We would like to acknowledge and thank Keean Braybon (School Council President), Cindy Zhou (School Council Treasurer), Dean Clinton, Madara Marasinghe, Xuan Li,
Bronwyn Miller and Fiona Mackenzie (Fiona has handed in a nomination form for 2025 & 2026) for their efforts on School Council as their tenure will expire at the March 2025 School Council meeting.
We would like to thank these members of School Council for their services to our school. They have been a great support, and we appreciate their efforts over the past 2+ years.
A special acknowledgement is due for Keean Braybon, who has been a long-standing member of School Council and has occupied the role of President for the last three years. Keean performed his role as President extremely well and always ensured that our conversations and discussions were always focussed on what is best for the students at our school.
Keean has been a wonderful School Council President, and we will very much miss working with him. We wish Keean and the Braybon family all the best with the next phase of their lives.
Our 2025 School Council (to date) will be:
- Paramdeep Singh
- Chris Eryurek
- Shyam Gomatam
- Kim Doan
- Terry Lyng
- Fiona Mackenzie
- Angela Gray
- Sandeep Khyalia
- Linda Dascal
Vacancy (One year term)
Staff
- Ben Heys
- Mary Katsigiannis
- Michelle Cohen Beavis
- Aggie Kurzak Reeves
- Matthew Coney
Our first meeting of the 2025 School Council will be on Thursday, 27th March at 7.00pm.
Matthew Coney and Ben Heys