Principal's Report

Father's Day

This Sunday is Father's Day, and today Clyde PS students enjoyed time with their dads ahead of Sunday, with our annual Father's Day Picnic.  It was lovely to see the sun out and so many special guests come to visit.  I would like to make a special mention to our parent helpers who helped with our Father's Day Stall this week. Please see some photos of the event in this edition of the newsletter.

Book Week Celebrations

Last week, our school community celebrated Book Week and the importance of books and reading for children in many fun ways.  It was wonderful to see the many different book characters parading class by class around the gym, cheered on by one of the largest audiences we have seen before.  Thank you to everyone who came along.

Footy Parade

 Our annual Footy Day Parade will be held on the last day of term at 9:15 am in the gym.  Students are encouraged to wear their favourite team's colours, this may include a range of sporting teams including AFL, soccer, netball etc.   During the parade, we will announce the winners of our Longest Kick Footy Competition (which will be held earlier in the week).

We are also using our new BBQ, donated by Bunnings Clyde North, to cook a sausage sizzle for students later on in the day to raise funds for school projects.  Each sausage in bread will cost $2.50 and sauce will be provided please note there will be no onions.  To ensure that we have enough sausages for all interested students, pre order slips have been sent home.  The closing date to pre order and pay for sausages is Thursday 7th

 September.  Please note that late orders or orders on the day will not be accepted.

Principal's Award Recipients

Congratulations to these latest recipients of the Principal's Awards presented at the latest PLT assemblies.

School Production 

The excitement is growing for our students as our production dates grow nearer.  Classes have been very busy organising their scene, creating the characters and practising their dancing moves.   Most classes are now practising without the use of scripts to give the students time to add facial expressions and stage movement to their characters.  Script reading at home is a great way to help your child develop confidence and create their character.  

As previously outlined, our production is held over two nights with the school split into two casts.  Please see the split cast list below as a reminder of what classes will be performing each night.  If you are unsure what night your child is performing, please see your class teacher for guidance.  

Cast A  Cast B 

FA               FC 

FB               FD 

1A                1C 

1B               1D 

2A               2B 

Half 2C           Half 2C 

3A               3C 

3B               3D 

4A               4B 

Half 4C           Half 4C 

5A               6A 

5B               6B 

5C               6C  

Tickets will be available for purchase via Trybooking (an online ticketing platform) on Monday the 4th of September at 10am via the website link that will best sent home via compass.  Tickets are $10 each, included in your ticket price is a download for the filming of our show.  Zoo Trouble will run from 5:30 -7:30pm with students required at school at 5:00pm

E-scooters

We remind parents and carers that e-scooters are only legal for people over 16 years and over and please ask them to play their role in keeping their kids safe.  E-scooters are banned from our school.

Victoria Police have reminded us of the following

Riders of e-scooters must:

• wear a helmet 
• be aged 16 or over
• ride at a maximum speed of 20 km/h hour 
• ride on shared-use paths, bicycle paths, or roads with a speed limit of up to 60 km/h
• have flashing or steady front and rear lights if riding at night or in low-light 

Riders must not:

• ride on the footpath
• use a mobile phone while riding
• ride while under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• carry passengers or animals or ride in tandem
• ride a high-speed e-scooter – capable of more than 25km/h (this is considered an unregistered vehicle and penalties apply)
• ride on roads with a speed limit over 60 km/h

Thank you for your support

A big thank you to all of our families who supported our Student Representative Council, who recently ran a book drive for the 123Read2 Me organisation.  The 123Read2Me program currently provides children in low socioeconomic communities with free quality children’s books through recycled books or new ones purchased with cash donations. 

Our Clyde PS students and families donated a huge pile of books that will be passed on to the program.

Term 4 - Student Free Day

The Department of Education and Training has provided schools with the option to hold each teacher’s allocated professional practice day on the same day for all staff, similar to what occurred last year.  This is to enable the most effective and efficient use of this day.

As a result, we have scheduled our professional practice day for Friday 13th October (the day after our 2 Production Nights). Students will therefore not be required to attend school on this day.   Team Kids are operating on this day.

End of Term Friday 15th of September, early dismissal at 2.30pm

Beginning of Term 4, Monday 2nd October 9am