Acting Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

A very big welcome back to all our students and families for term 2! It has been wonderful to hear about the family holiday adventures from the students whilst I’ve been visiting classrooms and out on yard duty. I’ve been greeted by many smiling faces and, I’ve also been privileged to have some visits from some students who have been very proud to share some amazing work. 

Next week, on Wednesday 24th April, we will hold our annual ANZAC day ceremony to mark the 108th anniversary of ANZAC. A wreath will be laid under the flagpole, in memory of the men and women who gave their lives for the freedom that we enjoy today. I look forward to seeing as many parents as possible, at this special ceremony at 9:15am. 

This week were welcomed the wonderful TheirCare team into our school to commence their service for our students. The students have been welcomed warmly by the new educators and have been lucky to have new equipment to engage with, which the students have thoroughly enjoyed. The mini table tennis has been a huge hit and at the new Lego table the students have delighted in creating some amazing creations. I’ve heard that the food has been delicious, and some students have said to their parents, that they don’t want to be picked up as they’ve been having a wonderful time. 

Holiday work undertaken by School Council

Over the school holidays several planned building and grounds improvement were undertaken to ensure that our school continues to be an inviting and beautiful school.

• Repairs to a wall in one of the classrooms
• Installation of bag cubicles in some of the foundation spaces – they look fantastic!
• Modification to some cabinetry to allow greater access to a whiteboard.
• Steam cleaning of some carpet spaces
• Clean out of the storage room in the hall.
• Changeover of service providers with OSH – we now have TheirCare as our out of school hours care provider.
• Maintenance of all air conditioner units
• Arrival of, two classroom sets of student tables and chairs, a few new staff desks, mobile whiteboards, Education Support staff members lockers and new beanbags for the library (thank-you for your financial donations to make these happy!)

Grounds:

• Repairs to the astro turf on the basketball court and maintenance of the astro turf on both basketball courts
• Removal of two trees on the advice of the arborist (one near the bird aviary and between the basketball court and the prep playground)
• New safety strips on some stairs,
• Installation of the shade sail over the prep astro turf (very long awaited after initiating this project after COVID)
• Installation of bark chips under the prep playground
• Pruning of all trees around the school 

Enrolments for 2025

As per the Department of Education timeline, we are currently accepting Foundation/Prep enrolments for 2025, so if you have a child commencing next year or know of a new family, please ask them to contact the office for further information or refer them to our website.  

The closing date for enrolment application for Foundation (Prep) for 2025 is by Friday 26 July 2024. 

You can find further enrolment information from the Department of Education here:

Enrolling in Foundation (Prep) | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au)

SunSmart, we still need those hats at school.

A reminder that the 'hats required' period continues until the 30th of May as per our school policy. Even though the cooler days have commenced, sun protection is still strongly recommended due to the high UV. We look forward to continuing to see students wearing hats to protect themselves.

We look forward to a successful term with an open morning, Education week, our annual Math’s Night, Mother’s Day luncheon and stall, German Lantern Festival Cross country, Athletics day, Bangers and Bingo (Fathering Project), Soiree evening performance, educational excursions, and Gala days, to name a few events for this term.

Kind regards

Sharon Wildermuth

Acting Principal