Teaching & Learning

VICTORIAN HIGH ABILITY PROGRAM

We have a number of Year 5/6 students who have been selected for this term’s Victorian High Ability Program (VHAP). The students listed below will meet weekly and participate in the program run by Virtual School Victoria (VSV) throughout the term, along with other likeminded students from across Victoria. 

Congratulations to the following students who will participate in the English Program:

• Reuben C
• Harvey N
• Maddie P
• Yolandie V
• Avigail W

Congratulations to the following student who will participate in the Maths Program:

• Jackson B
• Archie M
• Lucy S

Swimming and Water Safety Program

Our 2025 swimming and water safety program commences later this term for our Prep- year 4 students and Scotsburn campus and early term 4 for our year 5/6 students. Lessons take place at the Federation University pool by qualified instructors and run for 45 minutes over a 5 day period.

More detailed information will be sent home via Compass in the coming week for parent/carer consent, along with payment details.

In the meantime, please see the dates and times for each set out below for your calendar.

BUNINYONG CAMPUS

SCOTSBURN CAMPUS

CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK

Children’s Book Week is coming up in week 5 of this term.  This event is always a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and promote books and reading.  This year the theme for Book Week is ‘Book an Adventure’, which ties the exploratory aspirations of the artist and our invitation to join us in celebrating 80 years of Children's Book Week.

There will lots of fun activities happening throughout the week that students will have the opportunity to participate in and, we are bringing back our whole school Book Week dress up day, which we know is very popular!  Dress up day will take place on Friday, August 22 and we encourage everyone to get involved.

More information will be communicated via future editions of the newsletter and Compass, but in the meantime, mark your calendars and start talking with your child about which character they might like to dress up as.

Keep up the great work with your participation in the Premiers’ Reading Challenge everyone and don’t forget to write a book review to share with others as well.

Every student who completes the challenge will receive a certificate at the end of the Challenge. The Challenge ends on September 5th, which is 39 days away, so keep up the reading!

How to register:

Teachers have provided students with their log-in details on a sticker that has been stuck in the home reading diary/student diary. Please see your child’s classroom teacher if you have any queries about logging in, or you can’t find the log in details.

Steps to follow:                                                                                     

1. Go to the Challenge application.                                 
2. Select the School/Student button.
3. Select the VPRC login option.
4. Enter your username and password.
5. Select Login.