Dear Clayton North Primary School Community

Welcome to Autumn!

I am excited to announce the commencement of an extra Year 3/4 class as of next Tuesday. We have had to add this class due to significantly more enrolments than anticipated at the end of 2023. We acknowledge that this will create some disruption to our students and staff, but there are also benefits to be had; smaller classes, which equate to students receiving more one-to-one time with the classroom teachers.

Current staff:

Class/Subject	Teacher
00A	Manpreet
00B	Jack
1/2A	Hourig
1/2B	Dilan
1/2C	Belinda
3/4A	Akshpreet
3/4B	Sean
3/4C	Leannder
5/6A	Radhika
5/6B	Ramisa
EAL	Geraldine
Japanese	Rebecca
Performing Arts	Jenny
Sport	Vimala
Visual Art	Bronwyn

Education Support Staff:

Role	ES
Classroom	Eva
Classroom	Kathie
Classroom	Mary
Business Manager	Kym
Office	Gaya
Office	Linda

We were successful in receiving the National Students Wellbeing Program grant this year, the outcome of which is the employment of a Student Wellbeing Officer to support wellbeing at Clayton North. Arne has been getting to know our students over the last few weeks. His role involves working with individual students as well as groups of students on issues as identified by staff.

Annual Privacy Policy Reminder for our School Community

Our school collects and uses student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy and the Schools’ Privacy Collection Notice.

Our Photographing, Filming and Recording Students Policy Photographing and Filming Students, describes how we collect and use photographs, video and recordings of students. The policy also explains when parent consent is required and how it can be provided and withdrawn.

We ask parents to also review the guidance we provide on how we use Microsoft 365 Workspace for Education safely at the school and what parents can do to further protect their child’s information. If after reviewing the guidance, you have any questions or concerns regarding your child using Microsoft 365 Workspace for Education, please contact the school.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents. This information is also available in ten community languages:

Amharic
Arabic
Dari
Gujarati
Mandarin
Somali
Sudanese
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

International Women's Day

Today, 8th March is International Women’s Day. It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It is also a day to mark action for equality for women.

IWD originated from labour movements in North America and Europe during the early 20th century. The earliest version was a "Women's Day" organized in New York City on February 28, 1909.

Today, International Women's Day is commemorated in a variety of ways worldwide; it is a public holiday in several countries and observed socially or locally in others. The United Nations observes the holiday in connection with a particular issue, campaign, or theme in women's rights. In many countries, it is a celebration of womanhood and the difference women make in our lives.

I ask our community to reflect on the achievements of women in the world and also to think about the women in our own lives who do so much to support and inspire us - mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, friends, teachers, doctors ……the list goes on!

It is not a day to ‘put down’ men or boys. Many men and boys help support women to achieve great things in their lives and I’m sure they can think of the women in their lives and how they make a difference.

Historically, purple was a colour that denoted justice and dignity, and now it is used to represent women. Green is a symbol of hope. Today, purple is the colour of International Women's Day, and combined with green, represents the feminist movement.

For more information on International Women’s Day, please see https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

Sue Simadri

MARCH
Wednesday 13 - Tuesday 19	Years 3 & 5	Naplan
Friday 15	Year 5/6	Summer Sport Gala Day
Wednesday 20	Whole school	School Photos
Thursday 21	Whole school	Harmony Day Rhythm of Life Drumming Incursion
Monday 25	Whole school	Science Fair
Thursday 28		Last day of Term 1. School finishes 2:30 pm

APRIL
April 15		Term 2: School returns
April 26	Whole school	Curriculum Day - no students at school

Important Dates