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TERM 1 CALENDAR


Wed	15th Mar	NAPLAN Commences Year 3 & 5
Tues	21st Mar	F-6 Multicultural Harmony Day and Performance
Wed.	22nd Mar	F-6 Water Safety and Games Day at Monash Aquatic Centre
Weds.	22nd Mar	School Council AGM 6.30pm, Meeting 7.00pm (TBC)
Fri	24th Mar	Year 5/6 Round Robin Sports Day 2 (Summer Sports)
Fri	24th Mar	Twilight Working Bee 4.00- 7.00pm
Mon	27th Mar	House Athletics Carnival (offsite- Year 3-6)
Tues.	28th Mar.	GRIP Student Leadership conference at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (20 students)
Thurs	30th Mar	Grandparents & Special Friends Day (F-2) NOTE CHANGE OF DATE Flyers & Info sent home this week. We look forward to all our grandparents and special friends attending to take part in the student activities
Fri	31st Mar	Colour Run (Evening Community Event)
Fri	31st Mar	Foundation 2024 Open Afternoon (ARC)
Wed	5th April	ANZAC day at Shrine for School leaders
Thur	6th April	Easter Hat Parade (Assembly)
Thur	6th April	Term one concludes – dismissal at 2.30pm.
TERM 2 CALENDAR
Mon	24th April	Term two commences
Tue	25th April	ANZAC day - Badges for sale prior
Tue	5th May	Year 3-6 ARPS Cross Country
Thur	11th May	Mothers day stall
Mon-Thur	22nd-25th May	Education Week
Wed	24th May	District Cross Country
Thur	25th May	Biggest Morning Tea, Open Day, Open Evening, BBQ and Book Fair
Fri	26th May	Curriculum Day – reporting- student Free
Fri	9th June	DISCO
Mon	12th June	Monarch’s Birthday- No School
Wed	14th June	Parent Teacher Interviews and 3 way Conferences (Day 1) 8.45am-4.45pm
Mon-Fri	19th-23rd June	NAIDOC Week @ ARPS
Mon	19th June	Parent Teacher Interviews and 3 way Conferences (Day 2) 3.45pm-6.45pm
Fri.	23rd Jun.	Term two concludes – dismissal at 2.30pm.
TERM 3 CALENDAR
Mon.	10th July	Term three commences
Tue-Fri	8th -11th Aug	Year 5&6 Camp to Kangaroobie
Mon-Fri	14th -18th Aug	STEM Week (Book Character Parade 18th Aug)
Mon-Fri	21st-25th Aug	Book Week
Thur	24th Aug	District Athletics (Selected Year 3-6 students)
Wed. – Fri.	30th Aug – 1st Sep	YEAR 3 & 4 CAMP to Golden Valley
Thur-Fri	7th-8th Sep	Year 2 Sleepover
Sat.	9th Sep	State School Spectacular at Melbourne Arena
Fri.	15th Sep	Footy Colours Day & Walkt-a-thon
Fri.	15th Sep	Term three concludes – dismissal at 2.30pm.
TERM 4 CALENDAR
Mon.	2nd Oct	Term four commences
Wed-Thur	18th & 19th Oct	Whole School Musical Production performance at Wellington Secondary College (evening event)
Fri	27th Oct	World Teachers’ Day
Mon	6th Nov	Curriculum Day – Student Free
Tues.	7th Nov	Melbourne Cup Day – No School
Wed	8th Nov	Teacher Professional Practice Day- Student Free
Thurs	Date TBC	Foundation 2024 Information Night for enrolled students
Mon, Wed-Fri	4th -15th Dec	Swimming Program (8 days)-(Not Tuesdays)
Wed	20th Dec	Term four concludes – dismissal at 1.30pm.

Student Free days 2023

At our school Council meeting in November 2022, the following student free curriculum days were approved (please make a note in your calendars):

Friday 27th January	Planning and Curriculum, Classroom preparation
Friday 10th March (Preceding public holiday on Monday 13th March)	Curriculum (Writing) and Moderation
Friday 26th May	Data, Reporting and Assessment
Monday 6th November	Curriculum, Reporting and Assessment
Wednesday 8th November	Professional Practice Day (following Melbourne Cup holiday)

From the library-Ms Foley