Principals' Weekly Update
Working Bee thank you
A huge thank you to Scott, Jemma, Richard and Brendyn for an outstanding and productive Working Bee last Saturday November 22nd where all of the jobs required to be done were ticked off! It wasn't the quantity of our volunteers but the quality that made the difference. We loved seeing the children come as well and get their hands dirty helping our school grounds look amazing! Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers, we are very grateful for your help and for giving up your time on a busy Saturday!
Webpage to help families and students prepare for a new school year
A new school year is an exciting time for students and families, but it can be a big step – particularly for those starting Prep, secondary school or VCE.
The Department of Education has a webpage with resources and information to help you prepare for the new school year.
During the school holidays, please consider reading through the resources, which include:
· tips to help transition from kinder to Prep, primary to secondary school, and Year 10 to VCE
· what to expect at school
· help with school costs and fees
· health and wellbeing guidance to support children’s mental health. Please refer to the https://www.vic.gov.au/new-year-learning
Final Captain's Corner for 2025
Thank you to those of you who took the time to complete the survey regarding our 2025 initiative, Captain’s Corner which was recently featured in the newsletter. Your feedback helps us shape this project and ensure it includes information that is genuinely useful and engaging for our school community. We truly appreciate all the responses we received.
Here is a quick summary of your feedback:
Grade Levels – What year level is your child in?
We received responses from families across all grades, from Prep to Year 6. The highest number of responses came from Year 2 and Year 5, each with six responses, followed by Prep with five responses. All other year levels were evenly represented with four responses each. This wide spread of feedback gives us a great understanding of what interests families across the school.
Do you read Captain’s Corner?
Most families said yes, with 11 responses, and another 10 said they read it sometimes. Only five families indicated that they do not read Captain’s Corner. It’s encouraging to hear that the majority of you find the information useful, and this motivates us to continue improving the content.
What information would you like to see in the future?
The most requested content was information about upcoming or recent events, receiving 18 votes. This was followed by a spotlight on a year level (14 votes) and a spotlight on a learner (7 votes). We also appreciated the additional ideas some of you suggested, and we will take these into consideration as we plan future issues.
We’re excited to keep developing Captain’s Corner and will be updating it soon with more fun, informative, and engaging content - so stay tuned!
Year 5/6 ERP Market Stall
Our Year 5 and 6 students have been enthusiastically engaging in their Economics and Business unit, exploring how creativity and enterprise influence the world around us. Over the past few weeks, they have brainstormed ideas, planned their own small businesses, created budgets, designed marketing materials, and begun producing the items they will soon sell.
Excitement is building as students collaborate in groups to develop products for their market stalls, including a range of food and craft items. They’ve been applying their learning to make real-world business decisions—from researching customer preferences to setting prices and estimating potential profit.
All of this wonderful effort will culminate in our ERP Market Stall on Friday, 5 December, from 2:20 to 3:20 pm. Families are warmly invited to join us, explore the stalls, and support our young entrepreneurs as they proudly showcase their creativity and hard work. We look forward to sharing their fantastic creations with you!
Congratulations to Jeremiah Urio
Jeremiah is in Year 5 this year and he started Little Athletics at Caulfield just this season and won Bronze last weekend at Mentone and Silver today at SMR (Southern Metro Region event that allows athletes to qualify for the respective State Championships).
He will now participate in the State Championships for the Medley Relay in a few weeks. Jeremiah's mum, Diana stated that he was motivated by his time at Districts with Armadale and we are so proud of his dedication and commitment to athletics.
He also made U14:4's in representative Basketball with Melbourne Tigers.
We look forwrad to hearing more about your sporting successes in the future.
What's Coming Up:
Friday 26 November - Year 5/6 Beach Volleyball Gala Day
Wednesday 3 December -Year 3/4 Life saving incursion
Friday 5 December - Meet the Teacher (9:30pm)
- Year 1 Strings Mini Concert
Principal
rochelle.cukier@education.vic.gov.au
Assistant Principal