Principal's Report

Parent Contributions for 2027

You will have noticed that information regarding our 2027 Parent Contributions has recently been shared with you on Compass. As outlined, there has been no increase in our requested contributions from 2026, just a simplified figure as opposed to items listed individually, as required under a new stipulation.

Please note that payments are not yet open. We will let families know as soon as the payment process is available. 

In the interim, the booklists are available and can be ordered from KaKa Kids using the link below.  The password is hps1412. These need to be ordered by 11 December. 

Inform and Empower – Supporting Our Students Online

Our Inform and Empower program continues this term, supporting students to develop the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the online world safely and confidently.

Parent information sheets are available below, outlining the specific learning focus for each year level this term. These provide a great opportunity to continue conversations at home and reinforce the important messages being explored at school.

This term’s learning includes:

• Foundation:  Navigating uncomfortable feelings and identifying trusted adults.
• Years 1 and 2: Becoming digital detectives, understanding advertising and demonstrating kindness online.
• Years 3 and 4: Privacy, online settings and recognising unsafe interactions.
• Years 5 and 6: Artificial intelligence, influencers and identifying online red flags.

We encourage families to take a few minutes to read the information sheets and discuss the topics with their children.

Remembrance Day Assembly

A big congratulations to our students who led our Remembrance Day assembly. They did a wonderful job presenting such an important occasion with maturity, confidence and respect.

Remembrance Day provides an opportunity for our school community to pause, reflect and acknowledge the service and sacrifice of those who have served our country.

Thank you to the students and staff involved in organising and presenting the assembly.

Please note that there will be no assembly this Friday, as our Remembrance Day assembly has taken its place this week.

School Review & Our Next Strategic Plan

Our School Review process has now concluded, marking an important milestone as we look towards the next four years of school improvement.

The review provided a valuable opportunity to reflect on our achievements, identify areas for further growth and establish clear priorities for the future.

Our new School Strategic Plan will shortly be presented to School Council, with two key areas of focus:

Learning

We will continue strengthening the consistency and quality of teaching and learning across the school. This includes ensuring all students have access to a clear, challenging and well-sequenced curriculum, supporting teachers to use proven teaching approaches, and making better use of assessment information to identify what students know and what they need to learn next.

Ultimately, our focus is on ensuring every student is appropriately supported and challenged to achieve their best.

Wellbeing

We will further strengthen our whole-school approach to student wellbeing, with a focus on identifying and responding to students' needs early, building staff capability and ensuring families and students can access appropriate support when required.

We will also continue developing consistent, positive approaches to classroom management, helping to create calm, safe and productive learning environments through the use of consistent routines and expected school-wide behaviours, so that all students can thrive.

These priorities will guide our work over the next four years. We look forward to sharing the full School Strategic Plan with our community once the Department’s quality assurance process has been finalised.

Planning for 2027 – Class Structures

We are currently finalising our class structures for 2027, including the number of classes and how they will be organised across year levels and will let you know as soon as possible how this is shaping up.

To clarify, this process relates to the overall class structures, not the placement of individual students into classes, which is a separate process.

Shave for a Cure!

This term Jack Theuma and Oscar Sharland are getting a buzz cut on the 11th of December after school at around 3:45. Oscar and Jack are doing this for the Children’s Cancer Foundation because they're both going to Brighton Grammar and the curriculum is hair above the collar and they thought that they could improve lives out of it. They chose to put the money towards the Children’s Cancer Foundation, because they thought it was a great program and went towards a good cause. Oscar and Jack love their long hair, but they thought that they could make an event out of it and donate it to the Children’s Cancer Foundation. So far they’ve raised over $1000 after just two days, but they’re not planning on stopping just yet. They plan to raise as much money as possible before Friday 11th of December, when the big day is happening. When the buzz is done, all the money will go to the Children’s Cancer Foundation to help people who are battling cancer.

If you would like to donate to this worthy cause please click on the link below.

By Jack and Oscar

Dad's Camp

What a fantastic success our Dad's Camps have been again this year, despite the weather last weekend! These weekends are such a wonderful opportunity for dads and their children to spend quality time together, build friendships and create memories that will last well beyond primary school (for kids and parents alike).

A huge thank you to Sven, who took on the enormous task of organising not one, but two camps again this year, as well as all who supported him in the various components of it! The time, energy and effort involved in coordinating these events is significant, but the reward for everyone who attended is equally enormous.