From the Principal

Principal's Report

Parents onsite & COVID Guidelines

Last week, the Department of Education provided all schools with an updated Operations Guide, including COVID guidelines. Some changes have been made in this guide while others remain the same. The rules in relation to assemblies has not changed. The current guidelines state

Assemblies, award ceremonies, and other large gatherings

If an event is held with external guests (parents/carers/visitors) then the overall attendee limit (inclusive of guests, staff and students) must be based on available floor space of the venue; with the density limit of one person per two square metres applied. 

 

As a result of these guidelines not changing we are still unable to have adults / visitors attend assembly. We are aware that this is not ideal but we are bound by the guidelines from the Department of Education and Training.

 

All schools must continue with the Department of Health and Human Services & the Department of Education compliance guidelines of: 

  • 1.5 metre distancing between adults with masks worn if this is not attainable
  • Limit of adult persons in a school space with a density limit of 1 person every 2 metres.
  • Record of all adult persons on school grounds longer than 15 minutes

NAPLAN Tuesday May 11th - Friday 14th May

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9, made up of tests in the four areas of:

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
  • Numeracy.

At Camelot Rise Primary School, we take great pride and care in ensuring that our students are not overwhelmed by the suite of assessments that are comprised in the NAPLAN schedule. Whilst NAPLAN tests are an important system level component of the Department of Education, at Camelot Rise Primary School they are viewed as just another form of assessment in our ongoing process of monitoring student achievement. 

 

In addition, students will also have an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the types of NAPLAN questions, layout and expected timeframes within which they are required to work for each of the test domains. We are confident that our well-considered preparatory procedures will enable your children to complete the NAPLAN assessment suite with minimal concern. 

Education Week- Building Connections! 24th - 28th May

Now in its 77th year, Education Week aims to positively profile and celebrate the strengths and achievements of Victoria’s government education sector. 

 

This year Education Week will be held at Camelot Rise on Wednesday, 26th May

 

The theme ‘Building Connections’ focuses on how the community can act as a support network, support students’ learning and development and enhance social inclusion. 

Education Week is an opportunity for all primary and secondary schools, higher education, and early childhood services to showcase how they are building connections with the community around them.

 

As part of our Education Week celebrations we will be holding a ‘Learning Expo’

These sessions will be held on Wednesday, 26th May between 9.15am – 10.30am and 5.30pm – 7.00pm.

 

During these times parents/grandparents/friends/community members will be encouraged to visit the classrooms and talk to their child/children about their learning.

 

People will be provided with a list of questions that will help initiate a conversation about your child’s learning. These questions are:

 

  • What are you learning? Why?
  • How are you doing?
  • How do you know?
  • How can you improve?
  • Where do you go for help?

 

These questions will guide the conversations so you can see how our students can articulate their learning and why they are learning these skills/concepts. These questions are not compulsory but just a guide for parents. 

 

A copy of these questions will be provided to all community members on the night so you are not required to memorise these!

 

The ‘Learning Expo’ held between 5.30pm – 7.00pm will commence in the gym at 5.30pm. Our night will commence with our choir performing a few songs. Also in the gym that night there will be stalls/displays set up by various local community groups displaying their products and services that are part of our community. 

 

Parents and students will then have the opportunity to visit classrooms, our STEM Room and our Green Screen Room during our Learning Expo.

 

On the night there will also be a raffle and a coffee van and we encourage people to bring some coins/notes to purchase raffle tickets to support our school. This raffle will be drawn on the night.

 

We look forward to seeing as many community members as possible at our Learning Expo on Wednesday, 26th May between 9.15an – 10.30am and 5.30pm – 7.00pm (This session will commence in the hall at 5.30pm).

 

Any visitors that attend the school for any of our Learning Expo sessions are required to scan the QR codes that will be located on our school gates and at various locations around the school.

 

During our Learning Expos there will be limits to the numbers of people in the hall and classrooms at any time. There will be a CRPS staff member recording the numbers of people in the hall to ensure we stay within COVID – 19 guidelines. To enable the school to monitor the number of people in the hall at any time we will only have the door closest to the basketball court open. Class teachers will monitor numbers within their classrooms.

 

We thank you for your support and understanding.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Ben (Football) and Goran (Tennis) who have made it through it to the Regional Trials for the Victorian teams in their respective sports. We wish them all the best at the next stage of this exciting journey.

Excursions

With upcoming excursions, we will be asking parents to consent to sharing your child’s name and a contact number with the excursion venues in line with the recommendations that have been communicated by the Department of Education and the Department of Health. Please see the information below:

 

Some excursion venues are required to collect contact details and are responsible for managing record keeping for contact-tracing in line with current public health directives.

Most venues are required to use electronic record keeping that connects with an Application Programming Interface (API) linked provider or a digital system provided by Services Victoria.

The Department of Health has strongly recommended that a contact number for each individual student is provided. A school phone number alone is not considered sufficient. Providing contact details for individual students will expedite contact tracing so that individuals can be contacted by the Department of Health if required.

Parents/carers/guardians are advised that, when required, the school will be providing excursion venues with contact details for students. The phone number on school file for the student will be provided as the nominated contact number.

Venues will be collecting student names and contact phone numbers for a legitimate purpose and are subject to Victorian privacy laws so will handle the information securely and only retain it for the required 28-day period.

 

 

Regards,

 

Matthew Coney (Principal) and Ben Heys (Acting Assistant Principal)


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