Principal's Message
Messages from Mr Tim Callaghan.
Artwork by Caitlyn Davies-Plummer
Fortnightly reflection
Another wonderful fortnight at Ceres. We've had Wellbeing Day, RSPCA Safety Squad visits, a Remembrance Day service beautifully led by our School Captains Emmy and Felix, a great professional learning day for all staff and lots of other little yet memorable moments throughout.
Frightening to think there are only 5 weeks to go for the school year and still so much to achieve!
Kelly Club Before School Care -EOI
Due to a lack of interest from families I will not be able to engage KellyClub to reinstate before school care in 2025. Apologies to those who did complete the expression of interest form.
Parent and carer School Saving Bonus code distribution
The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.
From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code.
The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.
If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.
Parents and carers can use the School Saving Bonus code in store at school-nominated suppliers. Parents and carers can also choose to access the School Saving Bonus online system, where they can allocate part or all the $400 bonus to use at school nominated-online suppliers or for school activities. To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au). A step-by-step user guide will be available on the webpage on 26 November.
If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by Friday 29 November, please contact the Department of Education by emailing school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au
CDS Fundraising
Ceres PS is now a registered donation partner with Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic). This new fundraising initiative will not only benefit our community but will make a difference to the environment.
What can you do?
- Start collecting eligible containers – please do not crush the containers, because you will need to be able to scan the barcode.
- We suggest you put them in a bag or box to transport them to a recycling depot.
- Insert eligible containers into the machine and select donation point – Ceres Primary School
- You can choose to download and use the CDS Vic West App to find Ceres Primary School, as a registered charity partner. This will allow you to set up donation payments as your preference. Alternatively at the depot select our school as a preferred payout option and the funds will be directly paid to our school via our Donation Partner ID - C2000027291.
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Our newsletter is private to our school community and is not shared on our website or social media. However, you may want to have a grandparent or other family member be able to receive our newsletter. If you do, you can subscribe to our newsletter with the link below and then when the newsletter is published it will go to them. You can also subscribe if you would like to receive the newsletter directly to your email instead. Subscribe here
Reminder: Our student led Assembly is on today at 2:30 pm.
Our assembly is an important part of our school. It is an opportunity to proactively reinforce our school values and expectations through the acknowledgement and celebration of our students and school.
Have a great fortnight.
Tim Callaghan
Acting Principal