Important Dates

Whole School Assemblies	Thursday 19 December


SC1 Melbourne Museum	Thursday 12 December
Scotsburn Sleepover	Thursday 12 December
Scotsburn End of Year Celebration and picnic	Monday 16 December
Grade 6 Graduation	Tuesday 17 December
Scotsburn Pool Day	Wednesday 18 December
Last day of Term 4 for students (1:30pm finish)	Thursday 19 December
Pupil free day	Friday 20th December

Semester Two Reports and Parent Teacher Interviews

Hopefully everyone has had a chance to have a read through your child’s report over the weekend. A reminder that if you haven’t yet, they are able to be downloaded off Compass. Last night we held the first of our Parent Teacher interview night, with the second being tomorrow afternoon. These interviews provide a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the wonderful achievements and progress of each child, as well as discuss some learning goals for the future. If you would still like to book in time and you haven’t yet, please speak to your child’s teacher.

Scotsburn 2025 Orientation Day

Today we held our 2025 Orientation Day at Scotsburn. All students at the Scotsburn Campus spend the day with their 2025 classmates and teachers (including the new preps), participating in a range of transition activities to assist with getting ready and settled for next year.

This was a wonderful way to kick start the 2025 year!

Scotsburn Christmas Shared Lunch

Wednesday 11th December

As has been tradition at Scotsburn in recent years, we will hold a Christmas Shared Lunch at the Campus tomorrow (Wednesday 11th December). Students will not be required to bring lunch on this day, as a full Christmas lunch will be provided for the students to eat together. If there are any dietary requirements for your child, please see your child’s teacher.

We are asking for some parent volunteers on this day to assist with preparing and serving the food. If you are able to assist for an hour or so, please let your child’s teacher know.

There is no cost to families for this day - it is our gift for a wonderful year!

SC1 Excursion to Melbourne Museum

Thursday 12th December

This Thursday, Grade 1 and SC1 students will travel to Melbourne Museum to celebrate the end of a great year of learning. At the museum students will explore exhibitions related to topics explored throughout the year, including Minibeasts and Dinosaurs.

Students will need to be at the Buninyong Campus at 8:15am to ensure a timely departure. In order to maximise our time at the museum buses will depart school at 8:30am sharp.

Pick up will be from the Buninyong campus in the afternoon at 3:30pm.

Scotsburn Sleepover

Thursday 12th - Friday 13th December

Our whole campus sleepover is this week! Students are welcome to arrive from 6pm. Please ensure your child has the following items:

Pillow
Sleeping Bag
Mattress / stretcher etc.
Pyjamas
Suitable Clothing for the next day (free dress - no singlets please)
Closed toe footwear (no thongs)
Towel, rashie / t-shirt and shorts for water fight and closed toe shoe
(crocks, sandals, old runners - no thongs)

Optional

Torch
Teddy

Please ensure all forms have been returned to school. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher.

CFA Water Fight

Friday 13th December

This year our annual CFA fundraiser and water fight day will take place between 12 and 1pm on Friday 13th December (Scotsburn Campus Sleepover). Please ensure that your child brings along the money they have raised in an envelope or money bag with their name on it when they are being dropped off for the sleepover.

As mentioned above. Students will need to bring a set of clothes (shorts, t-shirt/rashie and closed toe shoes) as well as a towel to dry themselves as they will get very wet!!!

End of Year Scotsburn Christmas Celebration and Picnic

Monday 16th December - 2pm - 3:30pm

We are now getting very close to our end of year celebrations. If you didn’t receive information notes about our Christmas celebration, please check Compass and/or contact your child’s teacher. These notes have some very important information regarding the running of the event.

Just a reminder that Santa will be visiting and we will need all of Santa’s helpers to assist us with this! Please see earlier Compass message if you are unsure on this process or please see a staff member if you need help in arranging for this to happen.

Scotsburn Pool Fun Day

Wednesday 18th December

A reminder that our pool day is on Wednesday 18th December, between 11am – 1pm. We will be heading off to Fed Uni Pool to participate in a variety of pool activities. Students will then be treated to some pizza for lunch. If there are any dietary requirements for your child, please see your child’s teacher.

Please remember to provide consent and payment for your child to attend on Compass

Last Day of School Reminders

Thursday 19th December

This year the last day of school is Thursday 19th December. As we did last year, we will start the morning at the Buninyong Campus for the whole school assembly. Our Grade 6 leaders will be presenting at assembly as well as many other end of year celebrations. As it is a 1.30pm finish, we will spend the entire day at Buninyong, so please remember pick up arrangements will be at Buninyong. We will meet parents and carers in the courtyard at 1.15pm for a final campus farewell. If your child is planning to give any cards or presents at the end of the year to friends, It may be easier to do this by Wednesday 18th December, as this will be our last day at the Scotsburn Campus for 2024.

SC1 Learning Snapshot

We are certainly counting down the days now until the end of the year, as well as making sure that we are appreciating all the special things that come with the end of year excitement and the time we spend together as a class! Throughout the remainder of the school term, SC1 will be integrating lots of fun Christmas activities across, Spelling, Reading, Writing and Maths. We will be sending home lots of work that has been completed during the day so please have a look in your child’s bag for some great work.

Thank you to all our families that booked Parent Teacher Interviews. It has been lovely to celebrate your child/children's progress and everything they have achieved in 2024! All activity books will be sent home throughout the week. Please take the time to look through these and acknowledge all their hard work and growth across the year.

We have our Melbourne Museum excursion this Thursday. Please make sure to read all the information above. Our Scotsburn sleepover will take place after the excursion, starting at 6pm. Please see Compass and above information for everything related to that event.

Throughout the next week we have quite a few special events so please make sure you reach out if you require any further assistance or have any questions.

See you all during the week.

Thanks,

Ana and Hayley.

SC2 Learning Snapshot

There is a whole mixture of emotions in the air in SC2 this week, including excitement with just a little bit of nerves! We have three of our Grade 6 students off on their Secondary School transition days today, along with welcoming our new 2025 class for our Scotsburn 2025 day.

In Maths over the last week we have been filling some gaps in our learning by revisiting some concepts that we need to revise. These have included calculating angles in triangles, area, perimeter and volume, and of course more work on vertical multiplication. The success and sense of achievement that the students are gaining in this area is amazing to see. We certainly have some motivated mathematicians at the moment.

Students in SC2 last week spent some time drafting and publishing their student report comments. They did such a great job with these, being able to express their personal school experience, as well as show off their writing skills. They were all a pleasure to read!

Thank you to everyone who has attended a parent teacher interview this week. This is always a wonderful opportunity to celebrate all the achievements of our students across the year. Monday night was certainly no exception!

In the coming days and week we have lots happening, with our shared lunch first up tomorrow. Don’t forget that you won’t need to pack lunch for your child tomorrow (Wednesday) or Friday this week, both will be provided. As always at this time of the year, keeping an eye on Compass and the newsletter is very important. Thank you so much for all of your organisation and assistance so far!

Well done everyone, we are nearly there!

Jarrod and Liz

Scotsburn Intercampus Travel

At times, Scotsburn students will be transported between campuses in order to attend classes, assemblies, special days and events. On most occasions, transport required through the day will be by bus and occasionally private car for smaller groups of students. Parents may be asked to drop off or collect from the Buninyong campus if sessions are at the beginning or ending of a day.

We will always let you know of any upcoming travel arrangements via our newsletter, Compass, or via phone for smaller, more specific travel arrangements.

If you ever have any questions or concerns regarding intercampus travel, please contact your child’s teacher.

Staff Contacts

Mr Morgan: jarrod.morgan@education.vic.gov.au

Mrs Anderson: anastasia.anderson@education.vic.gov.au

Mrs Inglis: hayley.thomas@education.vic.gov.au

Mrs Morgan: elizabeth.morgan2@education.vic.gov.au

Ms Middlin: rachel.middlin@education.vic.gov.au

The Scotsburn Team

Community Events

Buninyong Playgroup

Buninyong Mt Helen Fire Brigade

Summer Connect 2025

Buninyong Anglican Church