Message from the Principal Team
Principals' Update
Outdoor Learning Space Update - Official Opening Ceremony Tomorrow Friday 14 May at 2:30pm
We will be conducting the Official Opening Ceremony for our outdoor learning space tomorrow Friday 14 May at 2:30pm. This will include a School Assembly with Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony conducted by a Wurundjeri Tribe Council Elder, Aunty Di Kerr. Bruce Pascoe will be in attendance and will be conducting two author talk sessions with our students in Years 3/4 and 5/6. The following guests have also confirmed that they will be in attendance:
Sarah Bekessy - CNPS School Council President
Jane Garrett MP - Member for Eastern Victoria
Councillor Sophie Wade - City of Yarra
Tyson Austin - Koorie Education Support Officer Yarra Network DET
Jela Ivankovic-Waters - Coordinator Advanced Planting Design, UniMelb
Natasha Ward - Education Officer Ecolinc (previously Research Officer RMIT)
Rosie Bacash - Area Coordinator Big Childcare
We have been in correspondence with the Wurundjeri Tribe Council for assistance with naming the Outdoor Learning Space in the Woi-wurrung language. We have also asked for recommendations for names for our two school buildings based on the local iconic species. As soon as we have heard back from Wurundjeri Elder, Aunty Gail, we will share her feedback with the school community.
Whole School Picnic Tomorrow Friday 14 May after Opening Ceremony for the Outdoor Learning Space
We would like to invite all CNPS Families to stay at school at the conclusion of the Assembly and Ceremony to have an afternoon picnic on the school grounds. Our school community has been missing community events over the past 12 months, including two of our Lee Street Fetes. We hope that the rain holds off so that we can still go ahead with this community event.
Eid al-Fitr
Our Muslim families have been celebrating Eid al-Fitr over the past two days. Eid al-Fitr
also called the "Festival of Breaking the Fast" or Eid, is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. We would like to share out best wishes to all CNPS families celebrating Eid today.
National Walk to School Day - Tomorrow Friday 14 May
Tomorrow is Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) an annual, national event when all Primary School children are encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a Community Event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport and the Environment. Tomorrow morning, our local Greens MP, Ellen Sandell will be visiting our Junior School Council along with two olympians to celebrate the day.
Annual General Meeting - Next Wednesday 19 May at 6:00pm
Next Wednesday 19 May, we will be conducting the school’s Annual General Meeting. Within this meeting we will present the 2020 Annual Report to the School Community and outline the school self evaluation and school review process leading up to our next School Review in 2022.
We will be conducting the meeting on Zoom, please see the invitation details below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2816585328?pwd=R1JDS0RyYWp6UjB1ZXkwb29XajZWdz09
Meeting ID: 281 658 5328
Passcode: 3054
Staff Professional Learning - Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) Action Teams
Yesterday afternoon, our teachers met in AIP Action Teams to commence work on key improvement strategies outlined within our AIP. This term these AIP Action Teams will meet three times to continue this important work to improve the teaching and learning and community engagement within our school and school community.
For the first time we also invited interested parents/carers to attend these meetings to assist with this work. We very much appreciate the levels of engagement that we have with our school community in supporting us with our ongoing school improvement.
The four AIP Action Teams are:
Respectful Relationships/Schoolwide Positive Behaviours (Happy, Healthy & Active Kids Priority)
Reconciliation Action Plan (Connected Schools Priority)
Writer’s Festival (Learning Extension & Catch Up Priority)
School Production (Happy, Healthy & Active Kids Priority)
Actions and work completed by the teams were:
RR/SWPB Team - This team is working towards presenting a school community information session on Respectful Relationships. This session will be conducted on Wednesday 9 June from 3:40-4:40. This session will be conducted on Zoom and will be recorded for families to access if they are unable to attend this session.
RAP Team - The action plan consists of 14 actions so the team met together to prioritise this list and began to look at the Acknowledgement of Country. The school wishes to embed student agency within the acknowledgement and make it unique to our school.
Writer’s Festival Team - This looked at setting a whole school date in term 4 – Wednesday 20th October. A call out was made to all parents and carers, seeking anyone in the literacy field who may be willing to run workshops with our students on this day.
School Production Team - This team discussed where each class and leads were at with rehearsals and where to next in supporting the students to learn their lines, blocking, dances and songs. We looked at the roles and responsibilities that need to be filled to support the production. We also discussed costumes and will send out information to families in the next week to allow families time to source the items.
We are looking for any parents who have skills in music, dance, drama, costume design, set design, stage management, hair and make-up, sound and lighting skills or would just like to be involved in the production.
Please email Rachel or Chris:
rachel.corben@education.vic.gov.au
christopher.atkins@education.vic.gov.au
Teacher Professional Practice Days (PPDs) and Staff Professional Learning (PL)
The following staff will be taking Professional Practice Days next week:
Monday 17 May - Susie, Sophie, Mary - Graduate Teacher PL
Tuesday 18 May - Billy PPD
Wednesday 19 May - Susie PPD
Thursday 20 May - Jacqui PPD
Friday 21 May - Mary PPD
The Principal Team
Rachel Corben, Erin Brown & Jane Bilby