Camelot Rise Primary School Newsletter

From the Principal 

The Safe Migration Project

The Traffic Accident Commission (TAC) have launched a Safe Migration Project. This initiative is aimed at helping parents and carers establish safe travel habits with their children from the very beginning of primary school.  Although this is directed to families as they commence primary school, we believe it is a great resource for all our families. 

 

Please see the links below to a short video and fact sheet about travelling to and from school safely.  They are both excellent resources. 

 

We really encourage all parents to access this information.  Unfortunately, we regularly see many instances of unsafe driving and parking from some of our parents and carers.  As we always say, it is all our responsibility to keep our students safe. 

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)

Over the last few weeks our Year 3-6 students have been involved in ICAS assessments. 

ICAS is a historic academic competition that has been sat by over 10 million school students from 16,000 schools across 41 countries since 1981. It tests academic performance with engaging, fun questions designed to test students’ higher-order thinking skills.

 

 Our students were invited to participate in the Writing, English, Science and Mathematics tests. Each assessment celebrates students’ accomplishments by providing opportunities for recognition and development. Every student who participated will receive a printed certificate and an online results report. Well done to all those who participated and to Linda Bett for organising ICAS and to the staff who helped administer the assessments on the day.

Victorian Principal's Conference (VPA)

This week from Wednesday to Friday Ben Heys and I will be attending the Victorian Principal’s Conference. During our absence Tennille Giannopoulos will be Acting Principal.

 

We are very much looking forward to this conference and listening to a wide variety of highly acclaimed speakers.

 

A snapshot of these speakers include:

 

Gilbert Enoka ONZM has worked on performance enhancement for nearly 20 years with many corporate and sporting elite. He encourages individuals to take ownership of their own direction and to improve their ability to control the many variables that inhibit optimal performance. Over the past three decades, Gilbert Enoka has built his reputation as New Zealand’s leading mental skills coach.

 

Dr Louise Mahler is recognised as a Top 30 Global Guru in both Body Language and Communication and is awarded Internationally for her contribution to Women in Business. Highly qualified with multiple degrees and masters, Louise has a PhD in Business, focusing on Leadership Communication, official member of Forbes Coaches Council 2023 and was awarded the title of Adjunct Professor. Her skills as a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming pull together her academic study and a decade of professional performance on the European opera stage to put her in a league of her own.

 

Katie Illies is a communications specialist, speaker and leadership coach who brings a wealth of wisdom in multi-generational leadership, team building, change and culture.

 

Lee Crocket works with governments, education systems, international agencies, and corporations to help people and organisations connect to their highest purpose and realise their wish for thefuture.

 

Zoe Eather is an engineer and data scientist with extensive global experience. Zoe takes the overwhelm out of the technology conversation. She does this by sharing stories and insights which will surprise, engage and educate about what is possible through technology and data when you look through a human lens.

 

Afterburner is a high performing team of men and women who are real-life fighter pilots or military aviators. The Afterburner pilots are passionate about helping people learn and apply the techniques they use every day to achieve a consistent mission success rate of 98%. A fighter pilots’ workplace is like no other. They operate in rapidly changing, complex and sometimes hostile environments, yet they consistently excel in achieving successful outcomes, they’ve developed the winning habit. Each fighter pilot is the product of a $15 million training program that pushes them to the limit of mental and physical performance.

 

Future Crunch specialises in exploring the frontiers of science and technology through a lens of intelligent, courageous optimism.

Year 6 Graduation - Save the date

Please save the date of Wednesday, 10th December for the Year 6 Graduation. This is a very special night for the Year 6 students, families and staff.

Christmas Concert - Save the date

Please mark Thursday, December 18th in your calendars for our Christmas Concert. We 

are thrilled that we can host these wonderful community events. In the upcoming months, we will share more information about this night with the community. We look forward to a great night.

Father's Day Pizza + Bingo Night

We are looking forward to our upcoming Father’s Day Pizza Night on Thursday, 11th September.

We have some special activities planned for this night including BINGO! We look forward to a fun night.

We are aware that this event is after Father’s Day which will is on Sunday 7th September. More information about this event has been posted on COMPA.

 

 

Matt Coney and Ben Heys