Principal's Feburary Report

We at Aitken Hill Primary School recognise the rich Aboriginal heritage within our community and acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung, which includes the existing family members of the Gunung-Willam-Balluk clan, as the Traditional Custodians of this land. We embrace Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander living cultures as a vital part of Australia’s identity and recognise, celebrate and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.

We have had a great start to 2025, we are really impressed with how well the students have settled into their learning. It's great that we've had such a high attendance rate and seeing students in their classrooms at 8:50am ready for learning is pleasing.

Welcome to our first newsletter for 2025. This newsletter will be posted on Compass monthly and will include a community report from each community and specialist classes about what the students are learning.  The newsletter will also include updates from the Administration team and our Leaders.

 One Community, Smiling and Succeeding Together!

Our Focus in 2025

Our main focus in 2025 will continue to be on Reading, Mathematics and student wellbeing.

Our Annual Implementation Plan goals for 2025 are:

Goal 1: To improve learning outcomes for every student in literacy and numeracy.

Goal 2: To strengthen students resilience and wellbeing.

This year we have partnered with the Resilience Projectin order to build our students Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM), along with their Emotional Literacy, Connection and Physical Health. 

We will also continue to build our staff's capacity to implement the Mental Health in Primary Schools program and the implementation of the Department of Education's approach to Disability and Inclusion.

We will also continue to focus on improving our student attendance. It's vital that children attend school every day for a full day. It's important that our students arrive at school on time every day, they should be in their classrooms when the music is on and getting ready for the day so that when the bell goes learning can start. 

GOLDEN SUN MOTH

Our school logo is based on the golden sun moth.

The golden sun moth is an endangered moth that lives in our local area. On Waterview Boulevard, at Aitken Creek, there is a protected reserve for the golden sun moth. There are fence posts surrounding the reserve. 

Our year level communities are named after moths and butterflies.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

Congratulations to our School and House Captains for 2025. 

Our school captains are:

 Adhish - 6C

Anika - 6A

Ameerah - 6E

Mehak - 6A

Our House Captains are:

Red House:

Prabhveer - 6D

Bhuvi - 6C

Blue House:

Samyra - 6D

Ishaan - 6D

Yellow House:

Levi - 6D

Kavleen - 6D

Green House:

Oscar - 6B

Maryana - 6B

At assembly this Friday, we will be presenting our School and House Captains with their leadership badges.

We congratulate our House Captains for 2025:

Our captains have begun working with Our House Spirit to begin planning our Term 1 activity for students.

Our House Spirit will be working with our student leaders throughout the year to create authentic events and activities for our students and school community.

Congratulations to our captains! We look forward to our work together throughout the year.

ONLINE SAFETY

social interactions both in person and in an online space.

In our ever changing world, it is important to be aware of our young people's online interactions. 

Commonsense media is a website that helps parents and educators navigate the content of online apps, movies, books, tv shows, games, podcasts and youtube. The site recommends age appropriate media for children and also gives ratings and information about what you will and won't find in the app etc. This is especially helpful given the vast array of content children can access and will helps parents and carers feel more comfortable about what we allow children to use.

Below is a link with advice regarding Snapchat. Students must be at least 16 years old to use Snapchat. 

TRAFFIC

I would like to ask parents/carers to be extra careful when driving during school arrival and departure times around our school.  Please be mindful of pedestrians and bike riders, especially during these busy times.

Unfortunately, we continue to witness many unsafe practices during the morning and afternoon each day. 

At the Community Centre we have witnessed:

• Illegal parking at the Community Centre next door
• Cars stopping in the middle of the carpark to drop of children
• Parking in the disabled car park without a permit
• Stopping outside the front of the Community centre which is a no standing point
• Children are running across the carpark whilst parents are trying to enter and exit the car park

On Elevation Boulevard we have witnessed:

• Parents entering the staff car park
• Parents dropping children off in the drive way
• Parents letting children out at the crossing and other spots on the road rather than the car park
• Children getting out of moving cars

We have reported these unsafe practices to the police and local council who will be coming to monitor and issue fines as necessary.

We appreciate your cooperation with this matter.

NAPLAN

Best wishes to our Year 3 and Year 5 students participating in the NAPLAN assessments over the next few weeks. NAPLAN occurs during March so that teachers across Australia can access student results earlier.