Every child matters. Every moment counts!

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to the 2025 school year! It was wonderful to see the excited faces of students and parents returning to school during last week. I've walked around the school and into the classrooms and it appears that everyone has settled in and the children are all on task with their work. It was so good to see everyone happy to be here. Thank you to the staff that made the classrooms look welcoming and ready for great teaching and learning.

Congratulations to the Prep students who are settling into their classroom routines and expectations with ease and comfort. Thank you to Mrs Sarah O'Hara, Mrs Marie Georgiadis and Mrs Jo Kirkham, who ensured that they were all engaged and happy on their first days with us.

School Leaders 2025

Congratulations to the Year 6 students who take on their leadership roles this year:

School Captains: Dion and Audrey

Sports Captains: Grace and Isabella - Siena (Blue)

Emery and Primrose - Padua (Red)

Andy and Austin - Xavier (Green)

Charlie and Flora - Nagle (Yellow)

Social Justice: Avana, Tanya and Tymoffi

Student Representative Council - SRC

Congratulations to the following students who will represent their class at the fortnightly SRC meetings with Mrs Belinda Hesse:

School Captains - Dion and Audrey

Prep / 1 SO - Charlotte and Oscar

Year 2TO - William and Holly C

Years 3 & 4 MN - Millie and Sofiia

Years 5 & 6 MC - Esha and Lucas

School Re-Branding

The school has a new school logo and slogan which reflects the current times at our school. You will see these in many places especially our school website. We are also seeking parents to give a short statement about why they have chosen our school, which will be included. Please send these testimonials to us when you can.

"Every child matters. Every moment counts!"

School Promotion

It is time to promote our school for enrolments in 2026. We are looking at distributing cards around the local neighbourhood, kindergartens and child care facilities. If you can lend a hand by passing the cards around please contact the office. The areas of Ormond, Glen Huntly, Carnegie and Caulfield South fall within our boundaries.

The School Tours are as follows but we also promote that every day is an open day and we are always ready to show the wonderful program that we have at school:

Wednesday 26 February 9.00am - 11.00am
Tuesday 4 March 9.00am - 11.00am
Monday 17 March 9.00am - 11.00am

Road Safety

As is always the case with the return to school, the roads, parking and school crossings surrounding our school are very busy.

Glen Eira Council has created a short, animated video that explains parking signs, how the school crossing operates and aims to promote safety surrounding our schools. It encourages students to walk or ride to school too, even if only from a few blocks away, to help ease traffic congestion, improve healthy activity and to help the environment.

To view the video please click the following link:

https://vimeo.com/795049475/01d1dc8db4

School Fees & Levies

Fee statements for 2025 have been distributed this week.

The fees and levies are payable in three equal instalments which are due on the following dates:

Instalment 1: Due Friday, 7th March 2025

Instalment 2: Due Friday, 16th May 2025

Instalment 3: Due Friday, 1st August 2025

If, for convenience, you wish to pay the full amount in advance by Friday, 7th March 2025 you may.

Families who are unable to pay in three instalments, may make arrangements to pay via regular payments (Weekly, Fortnightly or Monthly) with the account to be finalized by November. Please contact the office to arrange this.

If you hold a government concession card you may be eligible for concessional school fees. Please contact the office for an application form.

Sincerely yours

Margaret Carlei

Principal

Lord, please bless all our staff, students and families as we make our way back to our classrooms for another year. Help us to feel excitement and joy in the promise of a new start. Give us what we need to use our imagination and creativity to make wonders out of what we do. Give us wisdom throughout the year. Help us to have just the right words of encouragement for each other.

Important Dates