Camelot Rise Primary School Newsletter

From the Principal 

Welcome back

Welcome back to the first week of Term 3. We hope that you managed to have a break and 

spend some time as a family.  It has been pleasing to see the way our students have returned to school; they are already back into the routines of the school day. They have enjoyed reconnecting with their friends after a two-week break.

Staffing

Matthew Coney is on Long Service Leave for the first four weeks of term. Ben Heys will be Acting Principal during this time. Tennille Giannopoulos will be the Acting Assistant Principal. 

 

We’d like to welcome Rosemary Thom back to school this term. Rosemary has been on leave in term 2 and is now back to teach French to students in Foundation – Year 4. We’d 

also like to welcome Justin Ferrari to our staff. Justin will be teaching 6J for the remainder of the school year while Mr Judkins is on leave. Another new face around the school is Susan Vukovik who is joining our admin team. She will work Wednesdays and Thursdays. If you see Rosemary, Justin and Sue around the school, please make them feel welcome.

 

Some exciting events that we are looking forward to this term are:

  • Father’s Day Pizza Night
  • Footy Fun Day
  • Year 5/6 Ski Trip
  • Year 1/2 Scienceworks excursion
  • Victorian High Ability Program (Selected Year 5 & 6 students)
  • International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Assessments
  • Division AFL and hockey
  • Year 5 and 6 Hoop Time
  • Years 3/6 Athletics Day
  • 100 Days of School – Foundation
  • Book Week – whole school incursion
  • Years 3/4 ‘Annie The Musical’ excursion
  • School Disco (Foundation – Year 2 and Years 3 – 6)
  • Scholastic Book Fair

International Students

This year we have accepted a number of short-term international students to attend our school. These students started yesterday and are here for 4-6 weeks. It is a great honour that families from overseas select our school for their children to experience schooling in Australia. We welcome these students and their families to our school. We would like to acknowledge how wonderfully accommodating our students and staff are to these students. 

 

We trust that these students and their families enjoy their time at Camelot Rise PS.

NAPLAN Results

NAPLAN results are expected at school any time soon. Students in years 3 and 5 who sat these assessments will receive their results in an enclosed envelope to bring home. 

 

NAPLAN measure student achievement in numeracy, reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation. As has been the case since 2023, the results are presented in 4 proficiency levels:

  • exceeding
  • strong
  • developing
  • needs additional support

This change will give schools, parents and carers clearer information that details student achievement against new proficiency levels. Students’ NAPLAN reports will continue to 

show how they are tracking against their peers and provide an indication of their skill levels against national averages and where we would expect them to be to get the most out of schooling. This provides valuable information to teachers about how we can continue to support your child.

 

Each set of NAPLAN results is an important milestone but it’s also important that students know that one result does not define them. These results help us as a school to reflect upon our students’ results – both at the individual level and cohort level – to see areas of strength as well as areas we will need to focus on in the future.

 

When we provide you with your results, you will also receive information about what the new proficiency levels mean. Australian Catholic University’s Jessica Holloway, an expert in educational data and accountability recently noted, “conversations that parents have with their children about the results can really change the way that child thinks about themselves, not only in the immediate time but also for the future. Teachers are the ones who are on the ground. They’re the ones who know the students better than anybody. And they’re able to speak, really expertly, on the student’s progress and achievement level”. 

 

As ever, if you have any questions, please get in touch. 

Pupil Free Day - Curriculum Day

Friday, 15th August will be a Curriculum Day (Student Free day at Camelot Rise Primary 

School). Our Camp Australia Out of School Hours Care program will be operating on the day. If you need to use this service please book in directly with Camp Australia. 

Nationally Consistant of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD).  The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2020). Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

  • year of schooling

  • category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional

  • level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

  • formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools 

  • consider how they can strengthen the support for students with disabilities in schools

  • develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

 

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured.  All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information.  To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy   https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy

 

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal  https://www.nccd.edu.au

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school. 

Students at school very early

We are concerned at the number of students arriving at school without a parent onsite before 8:45am. Prior to 8:45am staff are not on duty and the school grounds are unsupervised. Whilst we understand that some parents have work commitments that require them to leave for work earlier than 8:45am you need to plan for your child. Camp Australia offers an excellent out of School Hours Care (OSHC) program to support our families. 

Year 6-7 Transition

Secondary school acceptance letters are due back to school by Tuesday, 12th August. All students attending a government secondary school need to return these forms so that we have a record of where are students are moving on to. 

Foundation 2026 enrolments

If you have a child at home who is 5 years old, or who turns 5 by April 30th, 2026, they are eligible to enrol in school for next year. To enrol your child in school, please follow this link: Home

 

Ben Heys and Tennille Giannopoulos