Teaching and Learning

Foundation Milo Monkey 

On Tuesday 1st July 2025, students in Foundation celebrated Milo Monkey's birthday with a surprise party. Milo Monkey is the main character from the Little Learners Love Literacy Program, an explicit and sequential literacy approach for teaching children to read, write and spell with confidence. Our Foundation students celebrated their Literacy learning so far this year with a party and many fun activities.

Level 6 Sexual Health Victoria Sessions

In the final 4 weeks of Term 2, students in Level 6 participated in the Sexual and Reproductive Health unit run by Sexual Health Victoria (SHV). A professionally trained educator from SHV ran four age-appropriate designed sessions that included information, activities, and the opportunity for students to ask questions in an environment that felt safe and supported.

For more information, please go to the Sexual Health Victoria website.

Level 1  - 101 Days of School Party

On Thursday 24th July, our Level 1 students celebrated 101 Days of Year 1! And what better way to celebrate the number 101, than by dressing as a Dalmatian like the Disney movie '101 Dalmatians'! A fabulous day for all with so many fun activities, including a party lunch. Thank you to our wonderful families for providing yummy food.

Level 2 Como House Excursion

On Tuesday 29th July, students in 2H and 2L visited Como House in South Yarra, as part of their unit 'The Past in the Present'. Como is an atmospheric town mansion presented as a family home that overlooks the Yarra River. The interior reflects the tastes and style of the Armytages, who lived at Como for 95 years. The home, built in 1847 is enhanced by a beautiful pleasure garden.

This wonderful excursion gave students the opportunity to understand how family life and general living has changed over time. 2B and 2W will visit Como House on Wednesday 6th August.

Foundation 100 Days of School

On Friday 1st August, our Foundation students celebrated their '100 Days of School'.

Students took part in so many wonderful activities all about the number 100, and dressed as people nearing the age of 100. A fabulous day!

Smart Watches cannot be worn with WIFI

Smart watches of any brand with WIFI ability cannot be worn to school, as per Department policy. Smart watches can be left at the school office daily for safe storage and can be picked up again at 3.30pm.

The only time a Smart Watch can be worn during school hours is if the Smart Watch has had ‘Schooltime Mode’ activated between the hours of 9.00am and 3.30pm. 

Schooltime blocks notifications and disables the use of all apps on your child's watch. When Schooltime is activated, the watch face has a yellow circle indicating access to apps is restricted and 'Do Not Disturb' is turned on.

For further information please see our Mobile Phone Policy.

The below instructions advise how to set up Schooltime on an Apple watch. Please check manufacturer instructions for similar modes on alternative brand smart watches.

Setting up Schooltime on an Apple Watch

1. Open the Apple Watch app on the iPhone use to manage to watch.
2. Tap 'My Watch', then tap a watch below Family Watches.
3. Tap 'Done', the tap 'Schooltime'.
4. Turn on Schooltime, then tap 'Edit Schedule'.
5. Choose the days and times you want Schooltime to be activated. 

Kate McLeod

Assistant Principal 

Teaching and Learning