From the Principal
School Production
Congratulations to everyone for a wonderful school production last week. It was a great community event and a culmination of months of hard work.
We have already started planning for our 2026 Production and due to the ever-increasing size of our school we are looking at bigger venues to accommodate our student numbers and community. One possible venue is the Robert Blackwood Hall which is also at Monash University.
Year 6 Camp
We would like to wish the Year 6 students and staff all the best for their camp at Lorne this week.
The students will be involved in: surfing, beach volleyball, beach games, local walks and end with a mini surf carnival. They will also learn how to ‘read the surf and identify a rip’.
This is a wonderful camp and the students will learn many valuable skills that will assist them now and in future years.
I am currently attending this camp too!
Year 3 and 4 Camp
The Year 3 and 4 camp will be at Phillip Island from Wednesday, 6th to Friday, 8th November. The Year 3 and 4 students and staff are very excited about this upcoming camping experience. They will be participating in kayaking, raft-building and many other challenges.
Information about this camp has been posted on Compass. Please speak to classroom teachers if you have any queries about the upcoming camp.
Year Six Graduation and Award Ceremony - Wednesday 11th December
This incredibly special event for our Year 6 students, parents and staff will be held on
Wednesday, 11th December. This year we will be holding the Graduation Ceremony and the Awards Ceremony as one event.
Over the last two years we have presented the awards as part of the Graduation Night. The feedback from this change was extremely positive and we will continue to follow this format this year. An outline of the timing for this evening will be shared with the Year 6 families via Compass in the upcoming weeks.
Each year we present awards based on the following criteria:
Camelot Rise ENDEAVOUR Award
The student awarded the Camelot Rise Endeavour award and the Community Spirit and Leadership Award (sponsored by Member of Chisholm) has demonstrated the following:-
- Strives to do their best in their learning.
- Displays great kindness and compassion to support those in need, within and outside the school community
- Acts as a leader and a role model to others in the school, especially the younger students, in ‘living’ the school values.
Civics and Citizenship Award (x2)
The student awarded the Civics and Citizenship award has demonstrated the following:-
- Initiative and drive to create a positive school environment for everyone
- Willingness to go out of the way to help others in class, in school and in the community.
- ‘Living’ the school values
Academic (x 2)
The student awarded the Academic award has demonstrated the following: -
- High accomplishment and capability across all aspects of learning.
- Self motivation and applies their best effort in all tasks, big or small.
- ‘Living’ the school values
Value - Responsibility Award
The student awarded the Value - Responsibility award has demonstrated the following:-
- Can always be trusted and relied upon to ‘do the right thing’
- Caring and conscientious of helping others to make good choices and decisions
Value - Respect Award
The student awarded the Value - Respect award has demonstrated the following:-
- Is always thoughtful and respectful to everybody at all times
- Looks out for the welfare of others and always aims to do the right thing
Value - Resilience Award
The student awarded the Value - Resilience award has demonstrated the following:-
- Always prepared to give things a go, perseveres and rises to the challenge of trying something new.
- Doesn’t give up and listens and responds to advice.
Specialist - Performing Arts Award
The student awarded the Specialist - Performing Arts award has demonstrated the following:-
- Extremely accomplished and capable worker in performing arts.
- Self-motivated and conscientious in improving their performing arts skills and experience and can be relied upon to always put in their best effort, which is clearly evident in the work they produce.
- Good organisational skills- Using their time productively to complete set tasks
- Displays a ‘growth mindset’ and not afraid to take on challenges that are provided in Performing Art sessions.
- Taken every opportunity to participate in the CRPS Performing Arts program.
- Maintains school values in Performing Arts specialist area
Specialist - Visual Arts Award
The student awarded the Specialist - Visual Arts award has demonstrated the following:-
- Extremely accomplished and capable worker in arts.
- Self-motivated and conscientious in improving their art skills and experience - and can be relied upon to put in their best effort in at all times.
- Good organisational skills- Using their time productively to complete set tasks
- Displays a ‘growth mindset’ and not afraid to take on challenges that are provided in Visual Art sessions.
- Taken every opportunity to participate in the CRPS Visual Arts program
- Maintains school values in Visual Arts specialist area
Specialist - French Award
The student awarded the Specialist - French award has demonstrated the following:-
- Extremely accomplished and capable worker in the French language.
- Self-motivated and conscientious in improving their French skills and experience - and can be relied upon to put in their best effort at all times, which is clearly evident in the work they produce.
- Good organisational skills- Using their time productively to complete set tasks
- Displays a ‘growth mindset’ and not afraid to take on challenges that are provided in French sessions.
- Taken every opportunity to participate in the CRPS French program.
- Maintains school values in French specialist area
Specialist - STEM Award
The student awarded the Specialist - STEM award has demonstrated the following:-
- Extremely accomplished and capable worker in the French language.
- Self-motivated and conscientious in improving their French skills and experience - and can be relied upon to put in their best effort at all times, which is clearly evident in the work they produce.
- Good organisational skills- Using their time productively to complete set tasks
- Displays a ‘growth mindset’ and not afraid to take on challenges that are provided in STEM sessions.
- Taken every opportunity to participate in the CRPS STEM program.
- Maintains school values in STEM specialist area
Specialist - Physical Education Award
The student awarded the Specialist - Physical Education award has demonstrated the following:-
- Demonstrates sporting excellence and displaying the qualities of a team leader
- Increases the morale and enthusiasm of those around them
- Competitive but always demonstrates great sportsmanship to not only to their fellow peers, but to their competitors from other schools and teams.
- Good organisational skills- Using their time productively to complete set tasks
- Displays a ‘growth mindset’ and not afraid to take on challenges that are provided in PE sessions.
- Taken every opportunity to represent CRPS in individual and team events
- Maintains school values in Physical Education specialist area
SCHOOL SPORTS VICTORIA Sport Award
The student awarded the SSV Sports award has demonstrated the following:-
- All-rounder’ qualities in achieving success in sporting endeavours.
- Represented CRPS at a high level across many events, either individually or as part of school teams.
- Displaying excellent sportsmanship and leadership in class and on the field.
- Sporting achievements, in most cases, need to be at National, or State level.
- Students must be enrolled in a government school.
Rotary Club of Waverley Award - Sporting Award
The student awarded the Rotary Club of Waverley award has demonstrated the following:-
- Attitude rather than ability, displaying a genuine spirit of fair play and sportsmanship
- Humble in victory and gracious in defeat
- Always trying to the best of his/her ability
- Supportive of teammates and courteous to opponents
- Plays the game for the fun of the game
Are you leaving CRPS in 2025?
We ask that you let us know if you are moving or have enrolled in another school in 2025. We require this information as soon as possible to establish grade structures for the start of the new school year. If your child is currently in Grades Foundation – 5, and will not be at Camelot Rise in 2025, please notify the school office in writing as soon as possible.
Parent requests for 2025
We are currently planning for 2025 and as part of this process we are determining our class structure and staffing profile to best meet the needs of all students. A great deal of thought, planning and time goes into placing children into classes each year. Every effort is made to place each child in a learning environment that is happy, productive and successful. Class placement is a complex process involving a range of factors and allocations will not be finalised until later in the school year.
We anticipate that we will have eighteen classes in 2025. We continue to increase our student numbers throughout the school. This is testament to the quality of education we provide at Camelot Rise Primary School. This is a combination of the outstanding classroom teaching practices, excellent academic results of our students, the students’ sense of connectedness to the school and their peers, the support of our families and the wonderful reputation we have in the community.
We do not accept requests for placement with individual teachers, however, we do take into consideration relevant information, based on educational needs, which can help us with the placement process, and we try to place students with at least one known friend, if possible.
If parents have any request for their child / children for 2025 we need this to be put in writing or via email, to Matthew Coney, Principal, by 4 pm on Friday, 1st November.
My email address is matthew.coney@education.vic.gov.au
Pupil Free Days this Term
Just a reminder of the dates for our remaining Pupil Free Days
- Curriculum Day on Monday November 4, 2024. This day will be used for report writing purposes.
This concludes all pupil free days in 2024.
Final Assembly for the Year
One date that our community look forward to is the final assembly of the year because we
farewell our grade six children for their final day of primary school after a 7-year journey. The final assembly will be Thursday 12th, December commencing at 9.15am.
At the assembly we will listen to the Year 6 graduates sing their farewell song, watch the Year 6 PowerPoint and celebrate the year we have had.
Matthew Coney & Ben Heys