Principal's Report
We, at Miners Rest Primary School, would like to acknowledge the Wadawurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
We pay our respects and thank the Wadawurrung people.
May we share your land. We promise to look after it, as well as the animals and people too.
Important 2025 Dates
School Council has approved the following Curriculum Day dates for 2025. Please pop them in your calendar.
Staff return to school on January 28
January 29 and 30 will be Assessment Days - these important assessment days are crucial in determining the exact point of learning, next steps and needs for each individual child in the areas of Literacy and Numeracy in particular. These days also provide an opportunity for your child/ren to meet their teacher and spend some time with them individually.
January 31 - This will be a Curriculum Day (student-free) where staff unpack the new School Strategic Plan, engage in essential professional learning and planning with the new Victorian Curriculum 2.0 and the Victorian Teaching and Learning Model 2.0.
February 3 - This will be the date that all students will commence school for 2025.
Class Placement Requests
Just a reminder that the last date to lodge a meeting with me to discuss classroom placement requests is this Friday. Requests have been received and meetings with Kylie will take place shortly. Due to unforeseen circumstances, meetings have needed to be delayed. We thank families for their patience with this process.
Respectful Relationships Parent Information Session
Our school commenced delivering the Respectful Relationships program at the beginning of 2019, with training for staff and an information session for parents to support implementation. Given recent parent enquiries, The Department of Education Regional Staff will facilitate an online Respectful Relationships Parent Information Session, directly addressing Topic 7 and 8 of the program.
The information session will be held online on Wednesday October 30 at 6:00pm.
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We look forward to seeing you online to receive important information about the Department of Education's Respectful Relationships course.
For those families unable to attend, a webinar will be provided following the session to share the information presented.
School Pride
We are crossing our fingers for great weather to embrace our first School Pride afternoon this Friday. Bring your shovels, rakes and brooms and a hat. Come and enjoy some outside time with your child/ren and support them in making their school environment a place to be proud of. We look forward to seeing lots of families. Please check the newsletter for further details.
We thank our families and friends for their ongoing support of Miners Rest K-6.
Kylie Nissen.