Whole School News
Consents & Payments for Excursions & Events - COMPASS
To secure your child's participation in any organised school activity such as excursions, incursions, sports events or camps please ensure that all consents and associated payments are completed via the Compass Parent Portal before the due date. Once the due date has past, Compass access to consent/pay for the event is automatically disabled and can no longer be extended.
Should consent/payments not be received your child will not be able to take part in the scheduled activity and alternative supervision at school will be arranged.
Due dates are typically set for a week prior to the event, to ensure that there is time to confirm numbers and final costs with outside companies and allow time for teachers to prepare for the activity.
If your child cannot attend any planned event, please email the office so they can be removed from the event reminders.
Visual Arts
Visual Arts News in the Community
Artz Blitz is an annual community visual art and creative writing competition where artists and writers of all ages and abilities have 24 hours to create a piece of work based on a secret theme for exhibition at Kingston Arts. There is an entry fee of $10 for Juniors and all entries close on Tuesday 10th March at 5pm. The secret theme is announced on Friday 13th March at 5pm and then all Visual Artworks and creative writing must be submitted between 3 and 5pm on Saturday the 14th March. The opening is a free event on Sunday 15th March between 4-6pm and the exhibition will then run until Friday 24th April. There are also a range of prizes and categories.
For further information and registration please visit
Good luck with your entries!
Helen Kupfer
Term 1 Art Competition
This term, our Visual Art captains are holding an Art competition to raise funds for the Australian bushfire victims and their communities. The theme will be "Bushfires and Koalas".
The Visual Art captains put posters up around the school with more information about the Art Competition. If your child would like to enter please tell them to bring their artwork in on a Friday with a gold coin donation, this will go to the Wildlife Victoria Relief Charity. There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner and a prize for each year level.
Please note the entries will close on the 10th of March!
Thank you very much.
By Chloe C
VA Captian
Year 3 News
As part of their unit on the First Australians, the Year 3 students will be attending the Melbourne Museum this Friday. They will learn about the history, culture and customs of the indigenous custodians of our wide, brown land as they immerse themselves in the First Australians Exhibition. The students, and teachers alike, are looking forward to this adventure and a chance to experience education in a setting outside the confines of school.
Year 5 News
Readers Workshops
The last couple of weeks the Year 5 students have been getting into the routine of our Readers Workshop. Students have been choosing their own books and learning about different thinking tools to help them explain their thoughts while reading. So far they have learnt how to use a Double-Journal Entry and Quotables. We will continue developing a bank of tools to help us explain our thinking while we are reading over the coming weeks.
Year 5 Camp
Camp is on the Tuesday 10th of March. Please arrive at school at 8:15am for a prompt 9:00am depart. Any medications must be received on the day to Miss Mason. Staff attending camp are; Michael Pannam, Courtney Mason, Kerri McLeod, Ryan Serpanchy, Emma Milliken and Amelia Delaney. We are looking forward to a great experience!
Maths
Currently we are running Year 5 differentiated maths groups on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Our focus for these sessions are place value, fractions and decimals and the four operations.
Homework Books
A reminder that students are to bring their homework books in every Friday. They will then be sent home each Monday with their new spelling list. Nightly reading is also part of Year 5 homework.
Student Representative Council (SRC)
Congratulations to Sophie and Zoe for being chosen as the Year 5 student representatives.
Year 6 News
Year 6 Life Saving Program
We’ve been waiting so long for this moment, all the year sixes have done it in the past, and it was finally our turn. On the 11th of February, the year sixes went to Hampton beach. It was our first lesson and we were all ready to go. We worked in teams on various activities and each one taught us a different life saving skill. We participated in many activities such as, the flag race, nipper boarding, safety lessons, and much more. We loved the first day and we were so excited about what was next to come. The next day, we went to Elwood beach to participate in activities requiring teamwork. These activities included relay races, triathlons, obstacle courses and even a game of baseball! The year sixes had a lot of fun on this excursion. We learnt what to do when you’re stuck in a rip, how to save a victim and how to be safe on the sand. We were working on our hands and knees in the sand activities and we were sailing the waves in the water. We would like to thank the instructors for showing us these important skills to keep us safe in the water.
By Max M and Max J
PE & Sports News
Upcoming events for Term 1
District Swimming
On Tuesday 3rd March, 26 students will be competing in the District Swimming Carnival at the Carnegie Swim Centre, Moira Avenue, Caulfield.
Please ensure payment/consent has been completed on Compass to confirm your child's attendance for the selected students. Below is the program for approximate event times.
School Cross Country
This year’s school Cross Country will be held on Thursday March 26th. Students are allowed to wear their house colours to school on this day.
Foundation to Year 2 will be at Ormond P.S on the oval and court area.
Year 3 to Year 6 students will be held at Wattle Grove Park. The timetable and maps for each age group are attached below. Please ensure Compass consent is completed for Year 3 to 6 students.
Training for students in Year 3 to 6 will be on the following dates
- Tuesday 3rd March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Wednesday 4th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Wednesday 11th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Tuesday 17th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Wednesday 18th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Tuesday 24th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
Parents/carers who are able to assist at the District Swimming or at the School Cross Country as marshals please respond to the 'volunteer' invitation on the Compass event, or contact Ms Milliken directly .