Acting Principal

Parent Information Night

SWPBS

Book Week Celebrations 

Book Week Celebrations - 18th to 22nd of August

Next week is Book Week and to celebrate we have planned many activities which are designed to promote the love of reading.

Book Worm Competition

This year the library is hosting a Book Worm competition. Borrow a book during Book Week and you get to guess how many book worms are in the jar. Winner will be announced at Book Parade. Prize- Jar of Book Worms. 

Photo Competition

For Book Week this year, we’re hosting a photo competition. Snap a photo of yourself reading in a creative, exotic, or unexpected location. All photos are to be sent to Miss D tania.donaldson@education.vic.gov.au by 3.30pm Thursday 21st of August. Winners will be announced at Book Parade. 

Author Workshop

On Monday the 3-6 students will celebrate Book Week with bestselling author Jacqueline Harvey in an exciting online writing workshop inspired by the NGV Collection. This fun and interactive session will guide students through the fundamentals of storytelling

Guest Readers

Each morning, the Primary students will listen to guest readers read this year’s short-listed books 

Dress Up Day

The highlight of Book Week is our dress-up day, which will be held on Friday 22nd of August. We would encourage all students and staff to come dressed as a character from a book or from the theme. On Friday morning during Advisory (9.00am) the students and staff will gather outside to see each other’s costumes. There will be prizes for the best dressed. 

Parent Reading

On Friday the 22nd of August we invite P-6 parents to come in to the Primary gallery after the Dress up parade to listen to a reading of a short-listed book and undertake some reading with the students.

2025 Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey:

WE WANT OUR PARENTS / CAREGIVERS / GUARDIANS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK! 

Our school, Charlton College, is conducting the annual Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey offered by the Department of Education and is seeking your feedback. The survey is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour, and student engagement. The survey is optional, but we encourage and appreciate your participation.

Our school will use the survey results to assist in identifying areas for improvement and professional development needs in the school, to target school planning and improvement strategies. 

The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open online from Monday 18 August to Friday 19 September 2025.

All families are invited to participate in the survey.

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones.

The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Resources are also available in additional languages to assist parents / caregivers / guardians who speak a language other than English at home. Please reach out to your child’s teacher, or the school directly for survey guides in your language. 

Please speak to your child’s teacher if you would like more information.

Photography, Filming and Recording Policy Reminder

We would like to remind all parents and guardians of our Photography, Filming, and Recording Policy, which can be accessed on our school website at http://www.charlton.vic.edu.au/download/photographing-filming-and-recording-students-policy/ and via Compass under School Documents>PolicyDocuments

If consent has not been granted, please note that your child will be respectfully asked to step aside during photography sessions.

If you wish to update or change your consent at any time, please do not hesitate to contact the school office or email the college at charlton.p12@education.vic.gov.au

Thank you.