Principal's 

Message

2020 SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT & PARENT FORUM 

It gives me great pleasure to present to the school community the 2020 School Annual Report.  The report is available on the school website. We are scheduling a Q&A virtual forum on Wednesday August 11th at 6:30PM, to address any questions you may have.  At this Q&A session we will also give parents an update on the Year 2-6 playground project. Please put this advance date in your diary. 

ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TERM 3

We have appointed Sonja Branka as the acting assistant principal whilst I am on long service leave.  Sonja will be at our school every Monday and Friday until the end of term 3.  Sonja is a very experienced assistant principal who is working at Brighton Primary School.  On behalf of the school community, I take this opportunity of thanking John Painter for his work as acting assistant principal during term 2, he was a great support to Matthew Vines, staff, students, and parents.  We wish him well for the future as embarks on his new position of assistant principal at Beaumaris Primary School. 

NEW ACTING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

We have appointed Sonya Branca as the acting assistant principal for term 3.  Sonya is a very experienced assistant principal, especially in the field of student wellbeing. She is currently the assistant principal at Brighton Primary School.  Her principal has kindly approved Sonya’s secondment to South Melbourne Park.  Sonya will be at our school on Monday and Friday until the end of Term 3.  She is looking forward to joining the team. I am sure you will all make her feel welcome.

SUBCOMMITTEE VACANCIES

We have vacancies on several of our school council subcommittees, if you are interested in being a member of these teams, please let me know. We are especially needing a parent or two for the Sponsorship committee. Being on a subcommittee is a very rewarding experience and a great way to for you to utilise your skills for the benefit of our students. The committees meet virtually on the following days, eight times per year.

Environment & Facilities- Tuesday at 6:00PM

Strategic Planning & Engagement - Tuesday at 6:30 PM

Sponsorship subcommittee - Wednesday at 1:00PM

YEAR 4-6 CAMP WEEKAWAY

Welcome back to our campers who braved the cold at Camp Weekaway in Benloch this week. The students had a wonderful time experiencing the rope course, canoeing, bush cooking, flying fox and other camping activities.  I want to express my gratitude to Mr Paul Dobney, Mr Bruce Huynh, Ms Brianna Stephens, and Ms Nicole Johnson (integration aide) for taking great care of the students. Thank you also to our parent helpers Scott (parent of Tom & Luther) and Simarjit (parent of Taismeen).

QR CODES-THEIRCARE & BREAKFAST CLUB

Following advice from the Victorian Department of Health and DET, TheirCare are now required to have a separate QR Code on display at all their services.  When entering the school gym, parents dropping off or picking up children will need to register, as well as school staff using this shared space whilst the Out of Hours School Care program is running.  Parents attending Breakfast Club will need to observe these rules and register using the TheirCare QR Code on display.  We thank you for your cooperation. 

END OF TERM 2 - EARLY DISMISSAL 

I would like to thank staff and students for all their work, it has been a busy term as well as a challenging time with schools returning to remote learning. I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday break.  Students will be dismissed from their classrooms at 2:30pm on Friday 25th June straight after assembly.  Please note, parents are not permitted to attend assembly as it  will be difficult for us to observe the COVID density limits. 

See you all in Term 3 on Monday July 12. 

ROSEMARY COSENTINO