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Last day of Term

This Friday marks the end of Term 2, with an early dismissal at 2:30pm. It has certainly been a busy and productive term, filled with rich student learning and a wide range of engaging events across the school.

Student reports will be available on Compass from 4:00pm on Friday. This is a valuable opportunity to celebrate achievements and reflect on progress. It is also a timely moment to set goals at both home and school—supporting students who are excelling, those working consistently well, and those who may benefit from some additional encouragement.

Education is not a linear journey. For all learners, there are peaks and troughs, periods of rapid growth and times when progress may feel slower. The upcoming holidays provide a chance to pause, reflect and recharge before moving forward into the next phase of learning.

The mid-year point is an ideal time to talk with your child about goal setting for the next Semester. Encourage them to think about what they feel they are “good at” and what they would like to “get better at.” Positive language and a growth mindset can make a powerful difference.

Finally, we value the strong partnership between home and school. Parents, carers, teachers, support staff and, most importantly, our students all play a role in the learning journey. When we work together, aligned in purpose and direction, we maximise opportunities for success and achievement for every child.

Green and Gold Day on our Last Day of Term

World Cup fever has certainly hit our school, with excitement building across classrooms and the playground! As a proudly multicultural community, it has been wonderful to see staff and students sharing their passion for different teams, engaging in friendly rivalries, and celebrating their cultural connections to countries around the world. Most importantly, it has been fantastic to see everyone come together in support of Australia, demonstrating our school values of respect, inclusion, and community spirit.

Watch the Socceroos Live in the Hall

On Friday, everyone is encouraged to dress in green and gold in support of the Socceroos and the game will be screened live in the hall at 12noon.

Let's hope the Socceroos win, ending our term on a high note and an early finish at 2.30pm!

Lost Property

There are quite a few belongings without names still in lost property boxes. Please make sure you check all the lost property locations:

In the hall foyer.
Under the shelter near the Collaboration Space (Old Canteen).
Outside the Beehive.
Outside the Out of School Hours Care Program.

*For health and safety reasons food containers and drink bottles will be disposed of over the break.

Whole School House Lunch

Our House Captains did a terrific job of organising and running the House Lunch this afternoon. There was singing, dancing, chanting and relay racing and lots and lots of shouting with excitement to cheer on each house and Annette donated $300 from each lunch purchased today to go towards the Year 6 Canberra camp! Thank you for your support and generosity Annette.

What a fantastic afternoon to wrap up the term and celebrate together as a school.

Year 6 Arcade Games: A Huge Success!

Massive congratulations to our Year 6 students for the resounding success of Arcade Games Day this week. Throughout the term, students worked collaboratively to design, engineer and build their own arcade games, showing creativity, teamwork and impressive problem‑solving skills.

Their hard work paid off! Arcade Day was not only packed with fun, colour and excitement, but also served as a highly successful fundraiser for the Year 6 Camp.

A heartfelt thank you to our wonderful school community for coming along, playing the games and supporting our students. Your enthusiasm and generosity helped create a day full of joy, laughter and community spirit.

Well done, Year 6: you should be incredibly proud of what you achieved.

Head over to the Student Voice page to see more photos!

Thank you to families from across the whole school for their support of this project too!

Foundation Enrolments

If you have a child of a current student beginning next year, please don't wait to enrol, as early accurate figures allow us to plan classes and staff them appropriately.

School Tours for Term 2 have now ended. Keep an eye out for new dates for Term 3!

Once they've been published here and on our website, you can book a school tour by calling the office on 9499 1880 to organise.

Bookings are essential as places are limited.

Athletics Day (Years 3-6)

The year 3 -6 House Athletics Day will be held at the Collingwood Track on Thursday 16th July.

Students will be transported by bus to the and from the venue. Please make sure you provide consent on Compass as soon as possible.

The event will run from 9.45am to 2pm

Events include:

100m
200m
800m
long jump
High jump
Discus
Shotput

Students can wear house colours, they will also need warm clothes for the day plus their food including recess snack and lunch. Lunches can be ordered MySchool Connect using the Athletics Day menu. (See Canteen News below).

Canteen news

Years 3-6 Athletics Day THURSDAY 16th JULY

Annette will be present at the Athletics track to supply lunches and small snacks.

If you require a lunch order for anyone in grade 3 to 6 for that day, it is vitally important that you order from the ATHLETICS day menu on MY SCHOOL CONNECT . Thank you

The canteen will be open at school as per usual for all other grades.

Please only select Athletics menu if you are at the track all other classes use the lunch menu .

Order ASAP

Thank you Annette

Talking the Talk

A parent information session will be held next term on Wednesday 22nd July 2026, from 8.00 pm - 9.30 pm via Zoom

Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/sexuality-ed-parents-ivanhoe-ps-2026

Access the Talking The Talk Virtual Classroom parent platform:

Our School’s Initial parent sign up link: https://www.talkingthetalksexed.com.au/offers/suvNEjyF?coupon_code=IVPSPAR156

Subsequent Log ins here (bookmark it!): https://www.talkingthetalksexed.com.au/login

2026 Year 6 Camp Fundraiser

Come along and support our Year 6 Canberra Camp fundraiser. Come along to Bunnings Fairfield between 8am and 4pm and buy a sausage!

To help reduce the costs of the Canberra Camp for every family, we will be running a Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser on Sunday June 28th, from 8:00am to 4:00pm.

Huge thanks to Pete Munt for taking on the role of BBQ Captain, and to all our volunteers for the day.

Your generosity, time, and community spirit will directly support our students and help ensure that every child can participate in this unforgettable learning experience. Together, we can make this fundraiser a success and lighten the financial load for all families.

Sincerely,

The Year 6 Team

Holiday Program - update

TheirCare would like to provide an update regarding the upcoming Winter Holiday Program at Ivanhoe Primary School.

Unfortunately, The Department of Education has not been able to to grant approval to operate the service at IPS in time for the upcoming holiday period. Whilst this is disappointing, TheirCare are working closely with the Department and are confident that the program will run at IPS for the September holiday period.

Families who require care should proceed with making bookings at the Ivanhoe East PS TheirCare program.

Please see the link below for more information on this program.

Ivanhoe East PS Flyer

Families will be notified as soon as we receive the approval, and we will be happy to move any bookings accordingly.

We appreciate your patience, understanding, and flexibility while we work through this process.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our team on 1300 072 410.

Thank you!

TheirCare Support Team

P: 1300 072 410 | E: info@theircare.com.au | www.theircare.com.au

NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week is always celebrated in the first week of July, which falls in our school holidays. At school this week we have marked NAIDOC Week as a special time for all Australians to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for us to learn more about the world’s oldest continuing cultures, to listen, and to show respect for the deep connection First Nations peoples have to Country, community and tradition. It also reminds us of the importance of working together towards understanding, reconciliation and respect.

As a school, we are celebrating NAIDOC Week by being curious, asking questions, and showing kindness and respect to one another. Every small action helps us grow our understanding and in our final week of term, we have been taking this as a chance to learn, reflect and celebrate together.

Finally

Please remember not everyone is aware that it is school holidays so sadly drivers are not always on the lookout for children.

I take this opportunity to thank all of the staff for their dedication to IPS. Their dedication is integral to making our school a great school.

I hope you all are able to take some time out from your busy schedules and find some downtime for simple pleasures and to enjoy the company of family and good friends.

Stay safe everyone and I'll leave you with a couple student performances from Monday's assembly.

Thank you for your continued support.

Pam Wright

Co Principal

http://www.ivanhoeps.vic.edu.au/

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Victoria and pay respect to the ongoing living cultures of First Peoples.

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