Teaching & Learning

PARENT AND CARER MATHS RESOURCES

As your child’s first teacher, you play an important role in helping develop their numeracy skills from an early age.
The Department of Education has developed some new parent and carer videos and tip sheets supporting the development of early number sense, developed by their Mathematics Ambassadors and filmed in 4 Victorian primary/specialist schools.
The resources are aimed at parents /carers with students in Prep-2 and can be found on the link here: Mathematics and numeracy at home | vic.gov.au

BULLDOGS READ PROGRAM UPDATE

The Bulldogs Read Program students have been invited to take a tour of the Ballarat Library tomorrow, May 6th May.

They have also been invited for a visit to the Western Bulldogs training facility at Whitten Oval in Footscray next Friday, May 15th.

The students look forward to sharing their experiences about both of those opportunities in the coming weeks.

TERM 2 REPORTING

This term, all students will receive a Semester 1 report from both classroom and specialist teachers. Families will also have the opportunity to attend a Parent-Teacher Interview to discuss their child’s progress.

Key Reporting Dates:

Reports available on Compass: June 19
Parent-Teacher Interviews:
- June 22 (4:00–6:00pm)
- June 24 (1:30–5:00pm)

VICTORIAN PREMIERS' READING CHALLENGE 2026

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is once again open for 2026 and will remain open until September 4th.

How to sign up:

Logging in with a Challenge passcode:

Teachers have provided students with their log-in details on a sticker that has been stuck in the home reading diary/student diary. Please see your child’s classroom teacher if you have any queries about logging in, or you can’t find the log in details.

Go to the Challenge application.

Select the School/Student button.
Select the VPRC login option.
Enter your username and password.
Select Login.

Students can log books read and also post reviews of books read. All students who participate and complete the Premiers’ Reading Challenge will receive a certificate in Term 4 to recognise their achievement.