Hampton Primary School

Principal's Report

Joshua Sheffield                                                                                                                                                                                         

Twilight Carnival

What an afternoon / evening last Friday was! Our Twilight Carnival was such a positive and enjoyable experience to be a part of and to witness and bore testament to the wonderful community that we enjoy at our school. Whilst funds are still being totalled, the gains from the evening go well beyond the money raised. That said, the figure will be impressive and that is a result of thousands of volunteer hours, incredible generosity from businesses and from you in bringing in goodies from everywhere to put forward for the event. 

 

To everyone that volunteered, I thank you sincerely for this collective achievement. When our stadium is built and we have retractable seating to host frequent events with, I hope you all feel a strong sense of pride and joy. 

I thank everyone who stood on a stall or helped set up or pack up on the day, without you, it does not go ahead. I extend an extra special thank you to the people below who not only manned stalls but organised everything that was required, sourced products, created things, and ensured there was a full roster (and did it themselves when there was no one else to fill in). These people are: 

  • Jodie Cunningham for bravely instigating this iteration of the Carnival and then generating the enthusiasm and excitement which saw so many contribute. Jodie’s organisation throughout of all things carnival took countless hours and incredible drive and passion! 
  • Sally Armstrong and Chris Bauer: The financial wizards that set up all the payment systems and counted everything up.
  • Leanne O’Brien: One of the chief organisers, taking care of communications and making everything make sense.
  • Megan Lester: Side show alley Queen and all round “get things done person” 
  • Andi Payne: Food and Beverage and Fryer queen 
  • Rob Brown: Organised all the infrastructure and hiring and knew where everything had to go
  • Sam Hall: sorting out all the permits and food and beverages licences and bins from council
  • Jane Holroyd: organising all the T-shirts.
  • Sally Sweeney: sponsorship guru
  • Carlo Cajili: Sourcing the raffle prizes
  • Jane Radman: graphic designer extraordinaire
  • Jane Pendergast: script writer and director for Sparkles each assembly
  • Lindsay Stoneham: social media post curator
  • Shona Murray: coordinating all the volunteers 
  • Linda Corr, Trish Volkert: running ticketing and cutting up lots of money cards
  • Super Disco Club: for creating an epic vibe in the bar
  • Nicole Lynch: sign expertise so everyone knew where they were going
  • Rob and Sarah Matthews: for styling a fun vibe at the bar
  • Mark Watkins: Security and bins all night
  • Michelle Malone, Ben Albrecht and Mike Lyle: running the BBQ and flipping burgers all night
  • Amy Taylor, Alessandra Edwards and Cynthia Watson: carnival snacks, as well as spending the Friday night covered in fairy floss
  • Amanda Hodder, Skye Hardie and Jess Wallace: for coordinating the cake stall
  • Justin Joiner, Abbie Cooke and Sasha Carey: running and serving all night at the Stomping Ground Bar 
  • Oliva Brown and Lauren Alexander: for creating the Treasure Hunt of dreams
  • Briana Hill and Julie-Anne Vandenhoff: creative talents with crazy hair and face painting etc
  • Kirsten McKinley and Kimberly Smith: supporting the Sensory Space
  • Natalie Paszko and Victoria Brophy: gave everyone an arm workout at  Chocolate and Lolly toss 
  • Missy and Lachlan McPherson and Georgia Wilson: terrifying everyone at the Haunted House 
  • Sinead Walker-Hyer and Annie Sommerville: human sized chocolate bars that ran the Spinning Wheel.
  • Maria Morfis: for sourcing and selling Showbags
  • Katherine Lemon and Sian Adams: wrapping and selling hundreds of Tombola jars.
  • Katherine Spitalinic: bringing the photo booth to life. 

RAFFLE DRAW

The raffle draw was completed on Monday afternoon at 3:00pm by Jodie, Megan and I with the winners below; congatulations!

All winners will be contacted regarding collection of their prizes. 

SPONSORS

A huge thank you to the generous sponsors that will ensure our Carnival was as profitable as possible. We are incredibly grateful to you all and encourage you to support them in turn with your business.

MAJOR SPONSORS:

  • Heartbeat Digital Marketing
  • Kennards
  • Stomping Ground
  • Toybox Tales
  • AuLife Pilates
  • Recovery Lab Hampton
  • Shelter by the Bay Real Estate

EVENT PARTNERS: 

  • Bendigo Community Bank Sandringham
  • We Buy Any Car Melbourne

DONATIONS:

  • Coles Hampton
  • Woolworths Hampton
  • Woolworths Moorabbin
  • Bakers Delight Hampton
  • Hampton Fruit and Market
  • IGA Hampton

RAFFLE: 

  • Sweatmaster Hampton
  • Royal Stacks Bugers
  • Bar Blanco
  • Fromberg Klim Tennis
  • Australian Gourmet Gifts
  • Go Boat
  • Playzone South Yarra
  • Recovery Lab
  • UVSL
  • My Perfect Skin Cosmetics
  • Peninsula Hot Springs

Lids 4 Kids

Our Lids 4 Kids program has been running for over two years, with students conscientiously collecting milk and juice bottle lids to clean, sort and recycle into new plastic products. The missing piece has been having our own machinery to be able to use these lids to produce our own products, as opposed to taking them to a deposit centre. Whilst we have been fundraising hard to purchase this machine and moulds through events such as the  Man Cave event and Mother’s and Father’s Day Stalls, we are hoping to attract support from the corporate world to further aide this purchase. If you know of any grants that may be applicable to such a project or are involved with a company that might wish to be a part of a hugely exciting initiative. For students to be able to generate their own products to use and re-sell using recycled materials, whist developing scientific skills and understandings is something we’re deeply committed to and excited about. 

If you or someone you know may be connected to or aware of funding that could support such a scheme, please contact either myself, Cindi or Alicia through the office. 

Class Placement

At this time each year, it is helpful to understand the class placement process for the following year, which is equally important and complex. Please find below an overview, which is reflected in our policy.  

 

Data Collection from Teachers

Our teachers make a balanced judgement on each student in their class based on students’ academic abilities, learning behaviours and any additional needs.

 

Students - Who do you work well with?

Students will be asked to nominate five (5) other students who they ‘work well with’ in their year level.  This sometimes includes and sometimes does not include friends, as we don’t always necessarily work well with some of our closest friends. That doesn’t mean we won’t be in the same class together; what we’re focusing on here is our educational relationships, more so than friendships. 

 

Parent Requests

  • No requests will be taken into account regarding teachers. 
  • In an extremely limited number of cases, there may be an educational, health or wellbeing reason for your child to be separated or paired with another child. This may include:
    • A child with additional needs who will be supported by positive ongoing relationships with their peers;
    • A child who has been involved in ongoing and targeted incidents where another child has negatively targeted and/or impacted their learning and/or their wellbeing. 
  • Any requests from parents must be:
    • Sent to the Hampton Primary School email address (hampton.ps@education.vic.gov.au), addressed to myself and the subject line ‘Class Placement’
    • Received no later than close of business Wednesday 13th November (no late submissions will be considered). 

I expect very few, if any, requests from our families. Our teachers know our students in great depth and I trust them and the knowledge they have to make considered judgements regarding class placement. 

 

2025 Classes

Our classes for next year are then formed using a complex algorithm-based software that takes into consideration the data collection process above. Teachers then spend considerable time fine tuning any necessary adjustments before classes are finalised by Principal class and communicated on our Step Up Day which is Tuesday 10th December.  

 

I hope this provides a stronger understanding of the nature of class formation. If anything I have outlined is unclear, please do not hesitate to contact me for further clarity.

 

2025 Booklists

In preparation for 2025 we will be releasing booklists via Compass on Friday November 1.

Parents will be asked to purchase directly from our provider, KaKa Kids, who will deliver the book packs to the school prior to Term 1 2025.  Orders need to be placed by Friday December 13.