Out and about at Surfside

Welcome Back to Term 4

A warm welcome back to term 4 for our students, staff and wider school community . We look forward to a term with a deep focus on learning and engagement while celebrating many school community based and celebration events. It has been nice to experience some warmer weather and longer days definitely allow more opportunity to head outdoors and be more active.

It has been great to see our students settle back into the routines of school and hit the ground running with a settled first week back after holidays! Term 4 is always a very busy one in the life of our school. In addition to our day to day busy teaching and learning program and our Swimming program we also have the Fresh Food Fair, Art Show, Transition program for Foundation 2026, F-2 Sports Day, assessment tasks and report writing, year 6 graduation events and transition programs and preparations for 2027 classes and end of year celebrations - strap in for a busy ride for term 4!

We want to wish our school community all the best for the term ahead and we look forward to celebrating our student achievements and experiences each fortnight via our newsletter or at our fortnightly assemblies. We have also released a Fresh Food Fair Newsletter today that provides everything that you need to know for the weeks ahead so please take the time to have a read in preparation for Friday 6th November.

CLICK HERE FOR FRESH FOOD FAIR NEWSLETTER SPECIAL EDITION

Swimming and Water Safety

We are very thankful to the way our Foundation-2 have settled into the swimming program during week 1 and we know that the program takes a lot out of the kids, especially our preps (but they are doing an amazing job). It has been great to have completed our 3-6 program in term 1 and allow some more focus on other upcoming school events. A big focus of the program is on Water Safety which is essential due to the environment that we live in. Our main water safety day for our Foundation-2 students is on Wednesday 14th October where the students are encouraged to wear clothes over their bathers. Click here lo learn some more about the Victorian Water Safety Certificate that the students are working towards. A big thank you to the team over at BASC who have been super engaging with the kids but so well organised!

Hats Compulsory for Term 4 

Term 1 and term 4 are the terms that hats are compulsory for all students to be outside at recess, lunch, PE lessons and outdoor activites. This is supported by the Surfside and Department of Education Sun Smart policy. UV levels increase significantly during these terms and it is an important aspect around keeping our students safe. Students are required to wear a broad brimmed hat (caps are not ok). Students have been given a grace period in week 1 of term 4 but all students will be required to wear hats from week 2 or they will be required to be indoors during play periods and outdoor activities. Hats can be ordered from DCS UNIFORMS - CLICK LINK TO ORDER HATS HERE

2027 Planning & Preparation 

As a school we have started considerable planning for 2027 and look forward to starting our 2027 Foundation transition sessions early next term. We hope to confirm our Foundation team for 2027 prior to transition beginning. 

We are planning class numbers and composition based on our known enrolments for 2027 so it would be great to know if you won't be with us in 2027. If you are relocating could you please notifiy the office administration team on 5256 1411. We plan to update you throughout term 4 regarding our 2027 planning. 

2027 Enrolments

Enrolments for 2027 have officialy closed but if you fulfil one of the following criteria enrolments can still be completed at the administration office:

Prior to completing an enrolment application for Surfside Primary School, it is important to note that all enrolments are confined to the following two criteria:

1. Students for whom the school is the designated neighbourhood school.

2. Students with a sibling at the same permanent address who are attending the school at the same time.

To correctly identify if Surfside Primary School is your designated neighbourhood school, please use this link:  www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au

Please check in with the administration office if you have any questions - 5256 1411.

School Council 2026 - October Meeting

Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday 20th October

• Finance Meeting - 5.00pm
• School Council Meeting - 5.30pm