Teaching & Learning
Student Reporting
We will be providing student achievement reports for Semester 1 this year as usual. The reports will be made available this Friday, June 19th via Compass at 4pm.
The reports will continue to provide important details about student learning attainment, but full descriptive comments may not be included as a result of industrial action taken earlier this term by the Australian Education Union members.
In addition to student reports, teachers will be available to discuss with you your child’s progress at our upcoming parent-teacher interviews scheduled for June 22 (4-6pm) and June 24 (1:30-5pm).
Bookings are currently open for parent-teacher interviews and will close this Friday, June 19th at 4pm.
As always, please give the office a call if you have any questions or require support to make your bookings.
Young Authors' Program
Last Friday, June 12th our year 4 and 5 students who are participating in the Ballarat Young Authors’ Program attended their first workshop, with the theme for the day being: ‘Characters, Chaos and Creativity’.
The workshop was held at the Ballarat Library and was hosted by Pleasant St and Dana St Primary Schools. Students participated in 4 sessions throughout the day, as set out below:
| Author Talk with Ben Sanders - Visual Storytelling, Show Not Tell |
| Author Talk with Garry Fay - Characters causing chaos |
| Tamara Sheward - BALLARALPHABET |
| Anthony Kearle - World Building & Map Creation |
The day was thoroughly enjoyed by all our BPS participants, providing many inspiring opportunities. Each one of them represented the school beautifully, which we are very proud of- well done!
Home Reading Awards
Last week at our year 3-4 assembly we acknowledged students in those year levels who have successfully completed 50 or 100 nights of home reading.
These students have also demonstrated a great deal of commitment and organisational skills by recording all books that they have read and submitting those details on time each week as part of the homework expectations. A huge congratulations to the following students:
50 Nights
| Harrison D | Halle D | Ethan A | Annalia M | Finn M |
| Lenni S | Addison B | Sully C | Bentley N | Ariella O |
| Jordy S |
100 Nights
| Addison M | Emmerson C | Joey S | Azra E | Leo S |
| Marlow S | Maisie C | Raffael S | Daisy S | Levi C |
| Jordie L | Oscar W |
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.