From the Principal

Term 1 Important Dates

25th to 26th March - 1/2A Parent/Teacher Interviews

25th March - District Athletics

31st March to 2nd April - Parent/Teacher Interviews

3rd April - Year 5/6 Melbourne Museum Excursion

4th April - Last Day of Term 2.30pm Finish

Curriculum Days 2025

10th June (Term 2)

20th June (Term 2 ) TBC

(Term 3) Dates still to be determined

(Term 4) 5th December 

(Term 4) Date still to be determined

Camps Program Dates

Year 2 Sleep In - Friday 7th November

3/4 Ballarat Experience Camp 15th to 17th October

5/6 Lorne Camp - 12th to 14th November

Swimming Program Dates

Prep/1 Swim and Gym program (Term 3)

• Friday 1st August
• Friday 8th August
• Friday 15th August
• Friday 22nd August
• Friday 29th August

Year 2 - 6 Swimming Program (Term 4)

• Friday 31st October
• Friday 7th November
• Friday 21st November
• Friday 28th November
• Friday 12th December

Student Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the following students celebrating their birthdays in the upcoming 2 weeks or over the holidays. 

• Caleb (3/4B)
• Evelyn (PrepA)

Acting Principal

Just a reminder that I will be away for the rest of the week while I'm on long service leave with my family. If you need to contact the school, call the front office on 5349 2490 or email Mr Shuttleworth at joshua.shuttleworth@education.vic.gov.au.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parents are now able to book in their Term 1 Parent Teacher Interviews via XUNO. The majority of these interviews will take place next week, except for 1/2A which are on this week. Please log into XUNO to make a time to chat about your child's teacher. These interviews are strictly 15 minutes, so if you require greater time, please speak to your child's teacher to arrange an alternative meeting. 

THANK YOU

A huge thank you to the Bendigo Community Bank (Beaufort) who supported our grant application in 2024 and assisted in the purchase of 50 new laptops. This generous support now means that we have one-to-one devices for all students to access, from Prep to Year 6. 

Thanks also goes to Stockyard Hill Wind Farm who have provided us with a grant that was used to complete the last section of tiered garden beds near the basketball courts. Our school captains Henry and Lyla will be attending an official presentation of these grants next week.

We have also been lucky enough to receive funding from the Pyrenees Shire Council to assist with installation of a drink fountain near the basketball courts. Thanks to the Council for approving our grant application, and to Central Highlands Water for donating the drink fountain. This will hopefully be installed over the holidays.

Also, thank you to our Parents and Friends and all those who contribute to the fundraising efforts of the school. Money raised through school fundraising also contributed to the overall costs of these devices. 

District Athletics

Congratulations to all of our students who attended the district athletics carnival at Llanberris:

Elsie, Hunter, Macey, Ben, Jasmine, Harry C, Eliza, Dakota, Lyndon, Mason, Ruby G, Chelsea, Henry G, Olliver, Benji, Finn, Jack, Aria, Stella, Jayden, Taiden, Sierra, Gambit, Lyla, Luka, Ruby P, Tempy, Tyler, Asher, Darcy, Anna, Ava, Braxden, and Pippa.

See the District Athletics page for photos and initial results.

P.S.

Apologies that this newsletter has gone out late. We've had a number of staff absences and interruptions to our normal program over the last fortnight.