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Principal's Message School Review, Madagascar Jnr - The Musical, Prep 2026, Book Week IS COMING!!, Curriculum Day - Week 4, Plant a Tree Day, Save the Dates - Term 3

Upcoming Events Hillsmeade Primary School calendar:

NOTICE BOARD Book week parade & open classrooms-Monday 18th August, Next Assembly , School tours, Curriculum Day-Wednesday 13th August, TICKETS FOR MADAGASCAR PRODUCTION, COOKIE DOUGH FUNDRAISING, Kelly Sports - Term 3, Update from PSW, BREAKFAST CLUB , E-scooter Road Rules, Music lessons, Curriculum and Other Contributions, Dogs on school grounds - an adult must have full control on a leash, Food Bank Boxes, Hillsmeade Facebook page!, Canteen, ACE Foundation Free Glasses Program, How Hillsmeade will communicate with you in an emergency.

Early Learning Centre Our Learning - Weeks 2 & 3, Celebration of learning, Enrolments for free 3 and 4 year old sessional kindergarten.

Prep Update Our Learning - Weeks 2 & 3, Celebration of Learning:

100 Days of Prep! 100 Days of Prep!, We are so incredibly proud of our Preps!

Year 1 Update Our Learning - Weeks 2 & 3, News and Reminders:, Celebration of Learning:

Year 2 Update Our Learning - Weeks 2 & 3, Current Learning

Year 3 Update Our Learning - Weeks 2 & 3, ✍️ English, ➗ Maths, 🌏 Inquiry, 🧠 Social and Emotional Learning, 🗞️News and reminders , Hillsmeade Heroes , Celebration of Learning:

Year 4 Update Welcome Back! , Hillsmeade Heros!!!, National Tree Planting Day

Year 4 Camp - Phillip Island

Year 5 Update

Year 6 Our Learning - Weeks 2 & 3, Upcoming Dates, Term 3 Homework, Parliament Process Incursion

Year 6 - Urban City camp

Specialist Classes

Digital Learning & High Abilities Banner Photo

Digital Learning & High Abilities Podcasts

Sustainable snapshot Waste free Wednesday returns in Term 3!

Culture

Wellbeing ROUTINES FOR CHILDREN

OSHC - Team Kids Curriculum Day-Wednesday 13th August, To enrol for Team Kids

First Aid Update Please pack spare uniform , Medication at School, Information on Head Lice, Dental Care , How to get Care without going to Hospital

From Our Community

Useful information Keep Up to Date, Arriving Late - Late Pass Essential, Student Collection, Office Hours, Attendance, FAMILY-TEACHER CONVERSATIONS , Uniform, Canteen, Staff Carpark, Reports , Email, Excursions, Incursions & Camps, Student Mobile phones, Scholastic Book Club

Annual Report to the School Community (2024)

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Hillsmeade Primary School

82 The Promenade, Narre Warren South, Victoria, 3805, AU https://www.hillsmeade.vic.edu.au/hillsmeade.ps@education.vic.gov.au 03 9704 6313 Facebook X / Twitter Vimeo

Principal's Message

Linda Buckeridge: Principal

School Review

Week 3 is the beginning of our triennial review. There will be three onsite days where a panel that consists of an independent reviewer, Senior Education Improvement Leader, two school principal challenge partners and our School Council President, spend time learning about our school. They will undertake classroom observations, attend feedback forums with staff, students and community members and spend time looking through documentation and evidence to see what has been happening at Hillsmeade since 2021 (the last review year). Once the revision part has taken place and they have a current reality of where Hillsmeade is at, the panel then assists the leadership team to construct goals and targets for the next three years, which will become our whole school strategic plan.

We are really looking forward to working with the review panel, learning from them and listening to their feedback to help us plan forward.

I will update the community further once the process has been completed and we have a clear vision moving forward.

A big thank you to our families who have been able to participate in the feedback sessions!

Madagascar Jnr - The Musical

TICKETS ARE ON SALE - https://tickets.bunjilplace.com.au/10756

Have you bought your tickets to come and see the greatest show of 2025?!!

Our year 5 and 6 students have been working very hard to show off their learning and talents in the performing arts and music space.

Monday 25th August is the date!! Come along and enjoy the show!

Prep 2026

We are super excited to see offers to families being accepted for a place at Hillsmeade in 2026.

Don't forget to check your emails and online applications to see if you have an offer pending.

We look forward to working with families and kinders throughout this term and into Term 4, in order to prepare everyone for the transition to primary school life!

Book Week IS COMING!!

Hillsmeade will celebrate Book Week with a whole school parade and open morning on MONDAY 18th August.

Each year I am more and more impressed with the costumes our students, families and staff create. I look forward to seeing what this year brings!!

Curriculum Day - Week 4

A friendly reminder that students are not required at school on Wednesday 13th August.

TeamKids will be offering OSHC on that day, so please don't hesitate to sign up to their program.

Plant a Tree Day

A huge shoutout to Miss Dunstan, Ms Bartlett and our groundskeeper Tim for their diligent work on Plant a Tree Day. We are very grateful to have such committed staff who are passionate about our environment and constant improvement as a school in this area. I hope the students also enjoyed their class activity to acknowledge this day.