Principal's Report

Dear Parents, Families and Community members,

End of Term 3!

Another rewarding and busy term done!

As we head in to the holidays, I would like to thank our wonderful school community for your ongoing support. 

End of Term Awards

Congratulations to:

PREP LC

Care: Paige Haining - for being a good and caring friend at all times.

Collaboration: Alfie Rogers - for always looking out for ways to help others without being asked to do so.

Commitment: Archie Lillingston - for outstanding progress with his learning across all areas of the Curriculum.

Principal's Award: Lance Challis - for outstanding academic and personal growth.

1-2 LC

Care: Celeste Taljaard - for continually looking out for her peers and supporting all with their learning.

Collaboration: Madelyn Bettschen - for always including others and ensuring that everyone in the group has a voice. 

Commitment: Billie Johansson-Waites - for consistently applying her best effort to all learning experiences and applying feedback from teachers to improve her learning.

Principal's Award: Callan Hayes - for applying himself to all learning experiences and continually looking out for and supporting his peers with their learning.

3-4 LC

Care: Harrison Pearce - for consistently demonstrating care by packing his own classroom supplies away, helping his friends and always speaking kindly.

Collaboration: Brooklyn Innes - this term Brooklyn has included others in learning and play, has helped others with their learning and has shared equipment and resources with students in the learning community.

Commitment: Jordi Gemmill - for consistently demonstrated commitment to his writing and reading through not giving up and working hard on his learning goals.

Principal's Award: Iris Nguyen - for showing consistent care, collaboration and commitment towards her learning.

5-6 LC

Care: Sylvia Tapia - for continually showing a caring nature towards her peers both inside and outside the learning community.

Collaboration: Solomon Blowers - for being an active participant in all partner and group work, and showing strong leadership skills.

Commitment: Samuel Reddy - for working really hard to build new friendships with his classmates and supporting his peers with their learning.

Principal's Award: Mia Pearson - for being a positive member of our learning community who shows care for others, works hard to achieve success and is very inclusive with her peers.

7-9 LC

Care, Collaboration, Commitment: Oliver Jackman - for showing persistence and amazing improvement when writing recounts and narratives.

Principal's Award: Jasmin Gemmill - for enthusiastically following instructions, taking care and completing all of her jobs when working in the Cool Creek Café.

3-4 Learning Community Celebration

As part of our school wide positive reinforcement strategy, students have been earning Creek Coins for showing Care, Collaboration and Commitment. The 3-4 Learning Community had a goal of 1000 Creek Coins, which they reached! The reward for achieving this goal was to have a whole day celebration.

On Wednesday they celebrated this success by playing tabloid sports, having a family picnic and watching a movie. The weather was perfect and it was wonderful to see so many family members come along and join in! A big thank you to everyone who came and for all your support of our students.

Prep Learning Community

Nash, Wayne, Parker and Abbey came up to the office to share their imaginative writing pieces. It was hard work choosing just four children; Peta wanted to send all of her Prep writers along to show off their incredible work! Well done to all on such fantastic commitment to wonderful, creative writing.

School Crossing

A reminder that work on our new and improved school crossing will commence during the holidays. We will have a new crossing supervisor from the beginning of Term 4. 

Geelong Animal Rescue

Our SRC organised a 'Onesie'/Footy Colour day to raise funds for the Geelong Animal Rescue (GAR).

GAR is a 100% volunteer run organisation that relies on the community to help rescue and re-home animals. Through the placement of Donation Bins, GAR are able to provide food and supplies (beds, leads/collars) to the foster animals in their care.

It is always great to see so many students support such an important cause and we greatly appreciate all the donations, raising a total of $242.50!

We will be collecting donations for GAR over the first 4 weeks of Term 4.

We are asking for donations of canned food, blankets, toys etc, please bring your donations in to the office.

The GAR guide is attached below for more information on the amazing work they do.

Leading Senior Constable - Robbie Noggler 

We invited Leading Senior Constanble, Robbie Noggler to talk to our school community about Cyber Safety and the law.

Thank you to all the parent who attended the Cyber Safety and law parent information session on Monday night. Robbie presented to parents on their role in managing their child’s screen time as well as who access the various online platforms. He urged parents to monitor their child’s online activities such as checking that websites are appropriate for a child's use and keeping an eye on the screen. The biggest advice to parents is to monitor often, as well as keeping the device in a shared family area.

The following morning he met with the Grade 3 - 6 students and continued with the discussion around how to  safely use online platforms. He also talked about cyber bullying. Feedback from students, parents and teachers has been very positive. We hope to invite Robbie back again in Term 4 to talk to our Grade 1 and 2 students.

Please find below some valuable information Robbie shared with our parent community.

School Hats

A reminder that students must wear a hat at recess and lunch play during Term 4. 

Enrolment Intentions for 2020

As we near the end of our second year of establishment, we are currently in the process of developing our workforce plans and Learning Community models for 2020.

To assist us in this, we would be grateful if families could advise us of their enrolment intentions for 2020 by completing the link below:

https://forms.gle/YcwbNvfE4iNCJHdB9

End of Year Raffle

This year, we will be holding our first ever major school fundraising event in conjunction with our End of Year celebration day on November 22nd (details to come!)

Do you own a business? We are looking for sponsorship and would appreciate any donations of vouchers or products that you would be willing to offer. Haircuts, house cleans, beauty treatments or more!

As one of our generous sponsors we will promote your business in our school newsletter and also at our end of year celebration. Please drop your donations into the school office before October 11th.

As a minimum, we are asking all families to donate one non-perishable gourmet food item from the list below, which will be included in a gourmet food and wine hamper for the end of year raffle:

• Crackers
• Chocolates
• Wine
• Gourmet Nuts
• Non-perishable antipasto jar (sundried tomatoes, roasted capsicum, artichokes etc)
• Non-perishable preserves (chutney, pickles, relish, lemon curd etc)
• Dried fruit
• Gourmet style sauces
• Gourmet confectionary (peanut brittle, rocky road etc)
• Wooden serving board (brand new condition)
• Cheese/Pate Knives (brand new condition)
• A packet of Markers/Crayons/Pencils
• Colouring Book
• Stickers
• Craft activities

Please drop your item to the school office before October 11th.

Walk to School Week

Walk to School is back for 2019 and we can’t wait to get walking, riding and scooting to and from school! 

Every October, Walk to School encourages Victorian primary school kids to walk, ride or scoot to and from school. It’s a great way to help students learn healthy habits and achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity, every day. It also encourages primary schools, local councils and communities to make active travel easy, safe and accessible.  This year, we will be participating for the week from Monday 14 to Friday 18 October.   Students will have the opportunity to secure house points for simply walking, riding their bike or scooting to school!

Along with the health benefits, walking to school has benefits for the whole community. It reduces traffic congestion, saves on parking, helps us connect with family and friends and even saves the environment! There are so many great reasons to participate in Walk to School this October.

Walk to School creates positive health outcomes. It’s based on extensive research and evidence indicating that increased physical activity in Victorian children can provide real health benefits. To promote physical activity in Victorian communities, VicHealth has funded 71 councils. They play a crucial role in supporting schools and ensuring it’s safe, easy and fun to walk, ride or scoot to school this October. 

Have a happy and safe holidays everyone.  

See you all back at school on Monday 7 October.

Evan Savage

Principal