Principal News

LABOUR DAY LONG WEEKEND

I hope everyone enjoys the long weekend with Monday being a public holiday. Next week we have two camps with students in Grade 3 and 5 sitting the NAPLAN tests.

SOMERS CAMP

I hope our six boys and four girls will attend this Camp from Tuesday 10/3 to Wednesday 18/3. This week Parent Circular 2 was sent home, with more information about the Camp.

GRADE 6 CAMP

I hope our students and staff have a great time away at camp next week from Tuesday – Thursday. Some of the activities they will engage in include IMax, Ice Skating, Parliament House tour, Shrine of Remembrance tour, ACMI (formerly the Australian Centre for the Moving Image), Eureka Skydeck and Melbourne Zoo. Thanks to parents/carers for preparing the children for the Camp. A BIG thanks to the staff for organising the camp and completing all administrative tasks. Also, for giving their time to be away from families allowing for students to attend camp.

NAPLAN (March 11-23, Gr 3+5)

All students in Grade 3 and 5 will sit these tests from Wednesday.

Grade 3: Wednesday 11/3 is Writing, Thursday 12/3 is Reading, Friday 13/3 is Conventions of Language and Monday 16/3 is Numeracy.
Grade 5: Wednesday 11/3 is Writing and Reading. Thursday 12/3 is Conventions of Language and Numeracy.

Parents/carers have the option of withdrawing their child from the tests if they do not want them to sit the tests. For more information, contact the school. There is a NAPLAN Public Demonstration Site available if parents/carers want their children to practice the tests at home. It can be found by clicking on this link and scrolling down to the appropriate grade https://nap.edu.au/naplan/public-demonstration-site

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IMPROVEMENTS

Last week I mentioned some improvements made to our buildings and grounds to provide comfortable classrooms for children to learn in and quality places to play in. I neglected to mention that we purchased over $8,000 in new books for the children to read during English and Maths lessons. Thanks to our librarians in Lorraine, Jane and Sue for cataloguing the books and covering them.

ASSEMBLIES. Everyone is welcome to attend our Assemblies to be held on:

Friday 20/3 from 2:30-3:00. Some Gr Prep, Gr 2, Gr 4 and Gr 6 students will share their learning.
Thursday 2/4 from 9:15-10:00am. This is our end of term Assembly.

GRADE 3-6 HOUSE ATHLETICS AT LANDY FIELD (March 6)

This event was held today at Landy Field in Geelong. Well done to the students for participating so well and the parents/carers/visitors for supporting them. Thanks also to our staff for running the events and to Mrs Burns, Mrs Liversidge and Mrs Russell for coordinating everything and completing all the administrative tasks.

GRADE 5+6 SUMMER LIGHTNING PREMIERSHIP

This event was held yesterday and well done to the students for representing our school so well. Thanks again to the teachers for supporting the children and to Mrs Burns, Mrs Liversidge and Mrs Russell for coordinating everything.

RISE VALUES

We teach the children to demonstrate our RISE (Responsibility, Inspiration, Strength and Empathy) to assist promote a positive school climate to improve student learning and wellbeing. We are proud to acknowledge students who demonstrate the values, with the process being:

Each time a staff member sees a student showing our RISE values, they receive a stamp in their diary.
If they receive ten stamps, they get their first leaf.
Once they have three leaves, they receive a RISE Award and Zooper Dooper!