Dear Parents/Carers,

YEAR 6 LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

At assembly on Monday were proud to present our Leadership students to the school and community. The students received their badges in front of their peers, staff, parents and friends.

Our Student Leadership for 2025 is:

Community Team

Kobe Lamb, Marlie Downes, Amelia Stutchbury, Tyler Els, Shylo Clarke

Sports Team

Rikki McDonald, Emily Jephcott, Ryleigh John, Samuel Turner, Zac Traill, Eli Doukas, Paige Serra, Shayla Murphy, Amaya Townsend, Alexandra Cameron, Tom Farley, Reyansh Pawar, Billy Kent, Eli Williams-Wright

Wellbeing Team

Cheelle-May Eccles, Maya Billington, Matilda Stuart, Lexi Cooper, Nimrat Sandhu, Lorna Conheady, Amber Homburg, Nate Taverna-James, Scarlett McKinnon

STEAM Team

Montana Dertilis, Sandin Hewage, Nevaeh Green, Libby Leslie-Thom, Aiden Lugton, Natalia Lopez, Dayna Buckley, Alex McRae

Library Team

Eldrick Mlambo Scarlett Knowles, Kasey Dalton, Brodie Duncan, Makayla Norval, Riley Cowell, Pippa Herbertson, Zakary Vincent

Administration Team

Sienna Rye, Ruby Ryan, Sophie Wallace, Naia Nicholson

Koorie Team

Lyric Elliott, Kaley Grayson, Layla Herbertson, Preston Miller

Multicultural Team

Zhiyang Chen, Kairui Jin, Nicole Chivovo

NAPLAN 2025 YEAR 3 AND 5

Students in Years 3 and 5 are required to sit the National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests in March.

This is an important program to assess the consistency of student outcomes across our state and the country.

The schedule for this year is as follows:

DATE	YEAR 3	YEAR 5
Monday 3rd March 2025	Practice Test	Practice Test
Wednesday 12th March 2025	Writing (Paper) 9:30am - 10:30am Reading 11:45am-12:45pm	Writing 11:45am - 12:45pm
Thursday 13th March 2025	Conventions of Language 11:45am - 12:45pm	Reading 9:30am-10:30am Conventions of Language 11:45am - 12:30pm
Friday 14th March 2025	Numeracy 9:30am - 10:30am	Numeracy 9:30am - 10:30am
Monday 17th March 2025	Catch up all tests	Catch up all tests
Monday 24 March 2025	Testing Closed	Testing Closed

Ideally, we would encourage your children to participate and be in attendance on these sitting days.

Where students are unwell or unable to be at school on those days, they will be made up where possible in the following week.

If you have concerns regarding your child’s participation in these tests please contact your child’s class teacher.

Parents are able to withdraw their children if required.

Please see the Parent/Carers information below.

CAMPS 2025

We have a packed School Camping Agenda for 2025 so please put these dates in your diaries.

Please note that staff are working to ensure consent and medical forms along with costs will be provided as soon as possible.

These are fabulous learning opportunities for our students.

Wednesday 26th - Thursday 27th March 2025	Year 2 - Port Fairy
Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May 2025	Cottage By the Sea - Queenscliffe Selected Year 5-6 Students
Wednesday 18th - Friday 20th June 2025	Year 6 - Melbourne
Monday 28th - Wednesday 30th July 2025	Year 5 - Ballarat
Wednesday 20th - Friday 22nd August 2025	Year 3 - Kangaroobie
Monday 20th - Wednesday 22nd October 2025	Year 4 - Roses Gap

ATTENDANCE – LATE ARRIVAL AND EARLY DEPARTURE

While it is important that students are at school on time every day, we know that this isn’t always possible.

If your child is arriving to school after 9.00am, they must come to the school office to sign in and collect a late pass.

This will mark them as ‘present’ at school. If a child goes straight to the classroom, they will still be marked on the roll as absent.

If you are collecting your child early for any reason, they must be signed out from the school office before collecting them from the classroom.

SICKBAY NOTIFICATION

Parents and carers will be notified via email if their child has attended sickbay.

Information will include student’s name, details of the injury, sickbay check in and check out time and treatment provided.

Parents will still be notified via phone call if your child has a knock to the head or is unwell and needs to be collected from school.

UPDATING FAMILY CONTACT DETAILS ON COMPASS

To ensure that we are able to contact you, or your emergency contacts should an emergency arise, please ensure you update your contact details in Compass.

Please check to confirm the phone numbers and email addresses on your details are correct, or alternatively amend as required.

Our office staff can support families who need some guidance on using Compass.

Have a great weekend.

Peter Lee

Principal

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