Principals' Update

Remote Learning Update

Our teachers have been hard at work adapting the remote learning to reinvigorate and engage our students in remote learning. We have had guest speakers including Julia Cirillo from the Merri Creek Management Committee and whole cohort zoom sessions. Tomorrow we are excited to be running a whole school Zoom disco. Look out for some special visitors online.

We are so proud and appreciative of all of the hard work that our CNPS families have done supporting our students with remote learning and acknowledge how challenging lockdown #6 has been for all of us. If your child needs a break from remote learning please do not hesitate to let your child’s teacher know that they will be going offline for a day. At CNPS we prioritise the wellbeing of our students, families and staff during this difficult time.

School Council

Last night our School Council met online for our 6th meeting this year. Within these meetings we have been focusing on discussing remote learning feedback from our school community along with the overall wellbeing of our school community.

We are aware that there are some families that may be feeling isolated at this point in time and who wish to connect with other families.

To assist with this, there are a number of year level and subcommittee WhatsApp groups that are connecting during lockdown. If you would like to connect with other families from your child’s year level or connect with one of these other groups please contact School Councillors Conrad Dudley- Bateman on 0418 557 646 or Alice Knowles on 0414 749 482.

It’s OK To Be Me - Wear It Purple Day -

Tomorrow - Friday 27 August

The CNPS community is known as a very inclusive school for students, staff and parents/carers who identify as LGBTQIA+. Tomorrow is Wear It Purple Day. Wear it Purple Day 2021’s theme is focused on the important and necessary conversations we have in our daily life; that centre around sexual orientation and gender identity. It aims to remind people that the issues we reflect on Wear It Purple Day should not only be considered on that particular day… but every day.

At CNPS we will be celebrating It’s OK to Be Me Day tomorrow. We are encouraging our students to wear purple or any colour of the rainbow and post a picture to Seesaw (with parent/carer consent). We will also be running a Whole School Zoom Disco at 2:00pm.

Rachel Corben (She/Her) is inviting you to attend Whole School Zoom Disco - It's OK To Be Me Day 😊

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2816585328?pwd=ck9xZTdvVmk0WGRTMXhGeUxaWm41Zz09

Meeting ID: 281 658 5328

Passcode: 1252

What’s Your Pronoun?

Curriculum Day - Pupil Free Day - Thursday 2 September

We have a curriculum day planned for Thursday 2 September. On this day our staff are booked in with our Koorie Education Support Officer, Tyson Austin, to participate in The Community Understanding and Safety Training. This training is a key commitment in the Marrung: Aboriginal Education Plan. It is an expectation that all the schools in NEMA complete this training this year. We are going ahead with this planned student-free day as we would much prefer to complete this training during the lockdown and maximise the number of face-to-face learning days our students have throughout the rest of the year.

Big Childcare will be offering care for the children of essential service workers. If you require care on this day please contact Rosie Bacash on 0435 675 906.

Class Placement for 2022

Early next term, our teachers will start creating the classes for 2022. Within class, teachers will ask students to list 5 friends that they work well with in the classroom. Between now and next term we are asking you to please have a chat with your child at home to start identifying these friends.

If you have a request for your child’s class placement due to wellbeing concerns, please ensure that you make this request no later than Friday 8 October, so that your request is considered when organising classes for 2022. Creating classes is a very complex process and it is very difficult to make changes to the classes once they are formed. One change can have a flow on effect and impact strategic decisions and other class placement requests. We will not consider class placement requests made after Friday 8 October.

At Carlton North Primary School we recognise the importance of fostering and maintaining friendship groups. We also understand that it is equally important for students to mix and learn with peers who have different interests. We ask that requests for class placements are made in writing and are addressed to Rachel, Erin or Jane. We will not always be able to accommodate class placement requests but will endeavour to take your wishes into consideration where possible.

All teachers at CNPS are caring and committed educators and CNPS strives to ensure that all students are provided with a high quality education. Whilst we appreciate that you may believe that your child would benefit from being placed in a class with a particular teacher, we are generally unable to accommodate these requests. The Class Placement Policy can be found on the school’s website. http://www.carltonnthps.vic.edu.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/6.1-Class-Placement-Policy.pdf

Petition for Further Funding for our Buildings and Grounds

Ellen Sandell, the Greens State MP for Melbourne, has begun advocating on behalf of our school to secure significant infrastructure funding for our beautiful school buildings and grounds.

As part of this campaign, Ellen has arranged a petition calling on the Government to fund important upgrades, which include fire alarms for each building, playground equipment, fixing of trip hazards due to tree roots, air conditioning in the main building, sewage pipe replacement and new fencing.

This petition has gone live and you can find it here.

We strongly encourage our parent community, along with friends, family members and supporters to sign this petition. The more signatures we get, the greater the impact.

In addition, the school recently applied, under two separate grant streams for funding, to upgrade the junior toilets and apply acoustic treatment to walls and ceilings throughout the school. These closed on 6 August and we should know by the end of the year if our submissions have been successful.

Have a great week and sending positive vibes from the Principal Team

Rachel Corben, Erin Brown & Jane Bilby

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