From the Principal
End of Term
We would like to thank students, parents and staff for another fantastic term at Camelot Rise Primary School. There have been many highlights this term including:
Father’s Day Pizza Night
Book Week dress up day
Year 6 Sporting events
Year 5 & 6 ‘The Launch’ Incursion
Level 3 & 4 ‘Annie the Musical’ excursion
Foundation Firefighters incursion
Foundation Myuna Farm excursion
Level 5 Hoop Time Basketball
Year 1 /2 ‘Scienceworks’ excursion
Victorian High Ability Program (Selected Year 5 & 6 students)
Ski trip for Year 5 & 6 students
Foundation 100 Days of School celebration
Whole School Footy Fever / Sports Day
Father's Day (Special Person)Pizza Night
Last Thursday night we held our Father’s Day Pizza Night.
This was a very successful event with many dads and their children spending quality time together in the hall enjoying pizzas! The games of Bingo played by all were a real hit and provided many laughs!
Thanks to Kerryn Wardle for coordinating this event and the staff that assisted to make the night so successful.
Camelot Rise Annual Sports/Footy Fever Day Friday 19th September (Last day Term 3)
On this day all students can come dressed in their favourite sporting team colours.
For lunch on this day we are offering students the opportunity to purchase a special lunch from Kerrie Road Bakery (orders are now closed)
On this day our Year 6 Captains will be arranging lots of fun activities for the students to participate in. All students will be participating in a rotation of sports activities that will be run by the Grade 6 Captains. Thanks to our Captains for coordinating and leading these fun activties for the other students.
The times for each group are:
Foundation – Year 2: 9:05 – 10:00
Year 3 & 4: 10:05 – 10:35 / 11:10 – 11:40
Year 5 & 6: 11:50 – 12:45
The students will rotate between 5 activities including bean bag race, mini hoops, obstacle course, soccer, and a relay race.
There will be a Football / Sports team parade on the basketball courts between 1.50pm and 2.20pm.
Students will be dismissed from their classrooms at 2.30pm.
It promises to be a fun way to end another successful term at Camelot Rise Primary School.
Victorian Principal's Association (VPA Conference)
Last week Ben and I attended the 2025 Victorian Principal’s Association Conference. The theme of the conference was Elevation: Shaping Futures and had a strong focus on building capable staff and leadership teams to then in turn build quality teaching practice that helps every student achieve their potential. Principals listened to a variety of speakers who explored how to perform under pressure and rise to the occasion, intergenerational perspectives on the workforce and building relationships across the generational divide, developing a culture of excellence when learning, teaching and leading, and avoiding distractions to manage risk and develop a clear and cohesive plan for improvement.
Throughout each of the sessions, the underlying message of building trust, showing empathy and making teaching and learning meaningful were a constant. The reality is that there is never a neat solution that meets every single person’s needs in a school environment, but if we are all willing to roll up our sleeves and do the hard work, the results will come. This starts with the principal and flows through to every staff member, student and parent as we work together to help each child thrive. Through identifying and understanding what we need to refine in order to improve, excellence becomes a dynamic process that is embedded within the school. To paraphrase Lee Crockett, the 3 main breakthroughs are identifying:
Intentional leadership
- Restores focus, reclaims time, creates space for culture to grow
Empowered teaching
- Ignites classrooms, renews purpose, builds culture where excellence is pursued together
Inspired learning
- Sparks curiosity, fuels ownership, creates culture where students thrive as agents of their own growth
Our key take-away from the Conference was that Camelot Rise Primary School is well on its way to achieving these aims, but as we often say, meeting every learner’s point of need is an ongoing challenge that we are constantly working towards.
Taking the Leap to Secondary School - Year 6 students
Transitioning to secondary school is a significant event for students (and their families). It's a time of immense change in their physical, social and emotional wellbeing. On top of this comes the demand of adjusting to a secondary school environment including higher academic and organisation needs. This workshop is aimed at providing students with knowledge, tools and strategies to assist them in experiencing a smooth and successful transition. Students will be provided with many tips on how to cope with the move to secondary school so they can start preparing now and decrease any stress/ anxiety they may be feeling.The workshop will be facilitated by Amanda Lecuade from Organising Students. https://organisingstudents.com.au/
Staffing News
I will be on Long Service Leave from Monday, 6th October to Tuesday, 14th October (inclusive). During this time Mr Ben Heys will be Acting Principal and Mrs Tennille Giannopoulos will be Acting Assistant Principal. During this time Mary Katsigiannis will be teaching 1G.
Parent Contributions 2026
By the end of November, we will inform the school community of the Parent Payments for 2026. The Department of Education has asked schools to itemise the payments. The cost for Parent Payments is discussed and approved at our Finance and School Council meetings prior to being announced to the school community.
Are you leaving CRPS in 2026?
We ask that you let us know if you are moving or have enrolled in another school in 2026. We require this information as soon as possible to establish grade structures for the start of the new school year. If your child is currently in Grades Foundation – 5, and will not be at Camelot Rise in 2026, please notify the school office in writing / email as soon as possible.
End of term - Timetable for the last day of Term 3 Friday 19th September
Friday, 19th September is the last day of term and the timetable for the day will be slightly different.
9.00am – 10.40am Students in class
10.40am – 11.10am Recess
11.10am – 12.50pm Students in class
12.50pm – 1.00pm Students eat lunch in class
1.00pm – 1.30pm Shortened Lunch play to allow for Footy / Sports Team Parade
1.50pm – 2.20pm Football / Sports team parade on the basketball courts
2.30pm Students dismissed from their classrooms.
Our Camp Australia, Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) program commences at 2.30pm on the last day of term.
The students return to school on Monday, 6th October. This is the first day of Term Four.
Happy holidays
On behalf of all the staff we would like to wish all students, staff and families a wonderful
holiday. It has been a great Term Three at Camelot Rise Primary School, and we look forward to this continuing in Term Four. School commences on Monday, 6th October.
We welcome the community using our facilities during the holiday break as it is great seeing children and families being active and playing outdoors, however, if you see anyone acting suspiciously or inappropriately around the school grounds, please contact the Glen Waverley Police Station 9566 1555 or contact 000
Matt Coney and Ben Heys