Grade 5/6 News
Term 1, Week 2 2025
Welcome to the Grade 5/6 News Page
Reminders and Upcoming Events:
- Swimming Sports - Monday 10th Feb
- Netbooks to start coming home - Friday 14th Feb
- Confirm permission and medical forms for Camp - Wednesday 26th Feb
- Finalise payments for Camp - Wednesday 12th Mar
- Grade 5 NAPLAN Starts - Wednesday 12th Mar
- School Photos - Wednesday 19th Mar
- Athletics Day- Monday 24th Mar
- Anglesea Camp - 26-28th Mar
Welcome to 2025!
The Grade 5/6 team would like to welcome everyone for the 2025 school year. It was great meeting parents and students at the interview day last week, please feel free to check in with any of our team if you have concerns or questions regarding our program or upcoming events.
Our team (and their emails) are as follows;
Corey Greer - Corey.Greer@education.vic.gov.au
Kelly Byron - Kelly.Byron@education.vic.gov.au
Emma Clohesy - Emma.Clohesy@education.vic.gov.au
Siobhan Garmey - Siobhan.Garmey@education.vic.gov.au
Luke Staley - Luke.Staley@education.vic.gov.au
Luke Crawford - Luke.Crawford@education.vic.gov.au
This week...
This week has been lots of get to know you activities and setting up of new routines. We couldn't be happier with the way our grade 5/6's have started, full of enthusiasm and fun. It looks set to be a terrific year!
Students have received their new netbooks this week, which we will start using in the classroom. We will be setting up classroom programs and logins and learning some cyber safety tips, before they are sent home at the end of next week.
Sunsmart Swimming
Mr Smith has asked that all students wear rash vests or bathers that cover shoulders to the pool for Monday's swimming sports. Kids entering the racing events will be allowed to remove the rash tops for their races if they wish, but must be covered for the majority of the day. We will have sunscreen available for all kids, however we recommend applying some before they head to school.
Visitors
We have had two visits already this year. The first was from the Bendigo Council, to teach us about waste management and the importance of putting our waste and recycling in the right places. Our second visitors were from the Carlton Football Club, who have been training in Bendigo this week. Our kids, as always, were a terrific audience, listening, asking great questions and modelling our value of Respect to our guest speakers!
G Suite
This year students will be using Google Classroom and other software as part of the Education Departments Google GSuite. Below is some information for parents about safe and responsible usage of these products.