Assistant Principal Report
Highvale Primary School
Dear Highvale Families,
We are well into Term 4, and it has certainly been a busy and exciting start to the term, with plenty to celebrate across our school community.
Just this week, students from across the school showcased their creativity and artistic talents at our annual Art Show. This year, we introduced a new feature with each class creating a collaborative artwork that was auctioned to our community. The talent on display was exceptional, with all 18 class pieces sold. Many of the artworks looked as though they belonged in a museum, and we thank our families and community members for their generous support.
We were also thrilled to introduce a new community event this year, our inaugural Maths Night, hosted in partnership with Mathnasium. The MPC was filled with families enjoying a range of engaging games and activities designed to highlight just how enjoyable learning mathematics can be. With plenty of treats to enjoy and prizes to be won, the evening was a wonderful celebration of learning and community.
On Monday, we welcomed our wonderful grandparents and other special people to spend the afternoon in classrooms across the school. Visitors had the opportunity to see what students have been learning, participate in classroom activities, and share stories about how schooling has changed since they were students themselves.
In addition to these special events, we have been busy welcoming our future students through Prep Transition sessions, supporting students who progressed to the Regional Track and Field Championships, facilitating Human Development workshops for our senior students and hosting Inform & Empower eSafety incursions across the school. All of this has occurred alongside the amazing learning that takes place every day in our classrooms, where students continue to be supported and challenged to develop new skills and understanding.
To read more about some of these events, please continue through the newsletter and explore the dedicated pages highlighting each occasion. To hear directly from our students about what they have enjoyed learning over the past fortnight, be sure to read the Student Voice section below.
Please take the time to read each of the corresponding newsletter articles and celebrations from around the school, and thank you for your continued support of our wonderful school community.
Did You Know?
Did you know that Friday 30th October is World Teachers' Day?
World Teachers' Day is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the important role teachers play in the lives of children and young people every day. It is a chance to acknowledge their dedication, expertise, care and commitment to helping students learn, grow and thrive.
On behalf of our school community, we have organised a special thank you for our teachers to recognise the incredible work they do. We would also encourage families and students to take a moment on Friday to reach out to their teacher/s and let them know how much they appreciate all that they do.
The calibre of staff at Highvale Primary School is truly outstanding and we feel incredibly fortunate to work alongside such passionate, dedicated and talented educators each and every day. Thank you to all of our teachers for the positive difference you make in the lives of our students and families.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Kind regards,
Kelly Soccio
Student Voice
This Student Voice section highlights what students have learned, discovered and enjoyed during these special events. Their reflections provide a wonderful insight into the experiences that have made this term so memorable and showcase the enthusiasm, creativity and curiosity of our students across all year levels. Over the past few weeks, there has been so much happening across our school that there has been plenty of student voice and chatter to share!
Art Show
Alice 2L - I liked the art show. It was really fun because we could see people's amazing artwork. It was very good. I also enjoyed seeing each class's canvas.
Rovin 1P – I liked looking at the beautiful artworks on the wall.
Boey 3A - Working together as a class to complete our painting in 1 week was stressful but EXCITING! And we managed to get it done because we all worked together and we patient when putting all the dots on the painting.
Amber 2M - My favourite was the Art show. I got to see other people's art.
Astera PA - The Art show was good! I liked the paintings. My painting glows in the dark.
Akith 4C - I enjoyed the class painting because the colours were a nice combination.
Griva 1P – I enjoyed painting our class artwork and bidding on it.
Avah 1P – I like painting and using water colours.
Elise 4W - I really liked seeing each classes collaborative work. I also liked the BLOOM entrance with all the flowers and information about Margaret Preston.
Grandparents Day
Casey 1GC - My grandparents liked the Art show. I showed them my artwork and they took a photo of it!
Sean 2L - I enjoyed grandparents' day because I liked doing an activity with my grandma and grandpa.
Remi 4W - I liked filing out the interview sheet with my Granny because I learnt things about her that I didn't know.
Ella 4C - My favourite thing about the art show was the class paintings. I liked when I got a turn to paint our class painting.
Meera 4C - I liked that we all got to paint our own part of the class painting and that I won the auction, because it’s a nice memory of the year.
Harriet 1GC - I loved spending time with my Grandad. I got to give him a tour around Highvale.
Eliana PA - I like colouring with my grandma!
Vinnie 4C - I liked that we could write to our special person and tell them what they mean to us.
Masa 3A - I enjoyed working with my grandma and having her come into my classroom to do fun activities with me. It was really fun making a pretty card to ice to my Grandma.
Sia 3L - I enjoyed seeing everyone's artworks, and I enjoyed learning about Margret Preston's printing technique.
Maths Night
Calvin 4W - I enjoyed doing fun maths activities such as Heads Up and Addimorphs and the snacks were AMAZING!
Aaron 3A - I enjoyed learning Math while playing games and having fun!
Vishruth 2L - Maths night was my favourite. There was a spin wheel and there were maths questions to answer. I liked calculating different addition and subtraction questions.
Nathan 3L - I enjoyed the multiplication heads up game and guessing my own number.
Prithvi PA - I had fun playing games! I used counters and I played with Rakith and Akith.
Kushita 4C - I loved that we got to play different math games and we had goodie bags. My favourite math game was the addition cards!
Inform & Empower eSafety
Omar 2M - I liked our Inform and Empower incursion. We learnt about technology and being safe on the internet.
Jackie 4C - We are learning to be kind and keeping our personal information to ourselves.
Kezia 3A - I loved learning about settings and safety. I learnt how to be safe online and how not to share my personal information. It’s very fun doing the “would you rather” activities because we get to have movement breaks. The songs that they come up with is AMAZING!