From Christian's desk....

Pancake Tuesday!

When it’s 37C outside what better way to cool down than have pancakes with icecream! Better yet, be sprayed by the hose whilst you’re in line!

Thank you to Karen, the canteen team, our volunteers, and our classroom educators for their efficient distribution of the yummy treats!

School Council Nominations

Tomorrow, 16 February 2024, via Compass, I will formally be calling for School Council nominations for School Council. The short form details of the vacancies are:

4 Parent Vacancies (Two-Year Term)
1 Casual Parent Vacancy (One-Year Term) - Co-opted
2 Community Vacancies (One Year Term) - Co-opted (historically reserved for CHAPS and MOTHS)
2 School Employee Vacancies (Two-Year Term)
1 Casual School Employee Vacancy (One-Year Term) - Co-opted

Nomination forms will be attached to the Compass post and available in hard copy from the office. They must be returned by 4:00pm 23 February 2024.

Child Safety and Wellbeing at Croydon Hills Primary School: Information for Families and the School Community

Croydon Hills Primary School is committed to providing a child-safe and child-friendly environment, where students are safe and feel safe.

Our child safety and wellbeing policies outline the measures and strategies we have in place to support, promote and maintain the safety and wellbeing of our students:

Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy Suite:

Child Safety Policy
Child Safety Code of Conduct
Child Safety Responding and Reporting Obligations Policy and Procedures
Appendix A: Legal obligations relating to reporting child abuse
Appendix B: managing disclosures of child abuse. Important information for staff
Aboriginal Learning, Wellbeing and Safety Action Plan
Child Safety Risk Register

As valuable partners in promoting and maintaining child safety and wellbeing at Croydon Hills Primary School we welcome and encourage your feedback.

If you have any suggestions, comments or questions in relation to our child safe policies and practices, please contact Julie Reid (Assistant Principal - Wellbeing and Inclusion).

Game On - Our Synthetic Sports Field is Ready

This week students have been giving the school’s upgraded Middle School Oval a test drive! The multi-purpose sports field has provisions for Soccer/Futsal, AFL Auskick, Blasters Cricket, Softball/Tee-Ball, and a running tack.

The field will greatly benefit the PE and Sport program, Middle School students during recess and lunchtime, all students before and after school, and of course, the broader community outside of school hours.

The next steps of the school’s sports field redevelopment involve flattening the lower Soccer pitch, re-shaping the surrounding landscaping with the spill, and re-turfing it with traffic-tolerant kikuyu grass. It is hoped that these improvements will provide students with more opportunities to play all year round.

Special Celebrations Today

Today the school has two very special celebrations.

Afterschool past and present Croydon Hills Primary School staff are farewelling long-standing staff members David Moreland and Lesley Wilson. David began his teaching career in 1981 at Hawthorn West Primary before joining our community in 1994. Lesley began her teaching career in 1979 at Wandong Primary before joining our community in 2013. They have contributed extensively to the school community and its history. Notably, the School Productions. Over the past 30 years, Lesley and David have been ‘on call’ as regular and favourite relief teachers of students and staff. All the best in Beechworth David and Lesley, you’ll be missed!

The school had a visit from the Honourable Sonja Terpstra MP to celebrate the State Government's initiative 'Prep Book Bags'. It was an opportunity for her to see the completed ceiling reinstatement - a project she advocated funding for as well as our fantastic new field. At the special assembly held this morning, our students acknowledged CHAPS and their incredible fundraising efforts for the new synthetic field.

Christian Holdsworth - Principal

February 12	Zoe 2BJ, Lochlan 3SH, Lloyd 4AH, Elliot 4BW & Luke 5WS
February 13	Samantha 3AH
February 14	Leo PKB & Billy 5LC
February 16	Tim 4AH & Jayde 4BW
February 17	Olivia 2AS
February 18	Anvitha 3LG & Matilda 5KT

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