Principal's Report

Term 4
Congratulations to our Year 6 Hot Shots tennis team who won their way to the State finals at Kooyong.
The matches were played on Monday
University NSW Competitions
At Valkstone 115 students participated in the Mathematics assessment. Congratulations to the following students who received awards:
Merit
Year 3 Rafaella Chait, Jonathan Chronolpouolos, Yael Lasnitzki, Emily Van Oosten & Albert Yang
Year 4 Thien Hoang, Jacob Neuenschwander & Eden Sullivan
Year 5 Duong, Harini Kollimarla, Avani Kulkarni, Aidan Patishman, Aaron Todes & Jasper Wilson
Year 6 Tim Bonham, Cody Freeman & Alan Traynes
Credit
Year 3 Winter Buntman, Elise Dong, Shaun Fan, Samuel Hicks, James Quiney, Sam Sparshatt &
Clementine Wilson
Year 4 Jake Morgan, Rhys Peel, Alan Pogreb, Alexander Polikushin, Zander Sangoor-Rye, Gil Sharon
& Anirudh Sreeramula
Year 5 Mansi Joshi, Angelina Kaminsky, Harley Karro & Lucas Xu
Year 6 Sophie Colwell, Dylan Galgut, Zherui Hu, Moonsun Jang, Bella Kaminsky, Leon Koldun,
Charlie Redman, Aniketh Sreeramula, Roger Yan & Kersia Zhu
Distinction
Year 3 Joseph Song & Ethan Xu
Year 4 Jun Chu, Cassidy Richards, William Rintoul, Ava Van Oosten & Tianyi Yuan
Year 5 Kenny Dong & Louis Sellyn
Year 6 Mia Bronson, Leo Goldberg, Jinyi Hu, Kayla Morgan, Lydia Song, Rosie Sparshatt &
Liam Spiteri
High Distinction
Year 3 Jagger Levin
Year 6 Ella Yang
Celebration Concert
Date: Wednesday 11th December
Time: 6:30-8:15 p.m.
Essential Items and Voluntary Contributions 2020
Valkstone School Council has endorsed the following parent payments for 2020:
Essential Items (books, stationery) - $295 per student
Voluntary Contributions - Library $62 ICT $82 Building Fund $102
Families will be invoiced in Term 1, 2020.
Out of School Hours Care
Programs fees will have an increase from the beginning of 2020, as approved by School Council in November, 2019:
Before Care: $15
After Care: $19 one child
$17.50 each if two siblings attend
$16 each if three or more siblings
Curriculum Day/ Half days $27.50 Full day $55
Vacation Care:
Mobile Phones Policy
The Department of Education has mandated that schools have a policy and secure storage facilities for students who bring mobile phones and devices to school. School Council has ratified the Valkstone Mobile Phones Policy. We are in the process of discussing its implementation at a practical level and procuring secure storage units. The policy will be available on our new website. Students will be informed of the expectations and practices and families will be informed through the website, newsletter and Compass.