From the Principal cont...
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO OUR INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY
Thank you to Pooja Jethra for coordinating this year’s Fathers’ Day stall and Alan and Ira Cook for kindly organising the afternoon sausage sizzle for dads and families on the Friday prior to Fathers’ Day. Thanks also to the parents who generously gave their time to supporting these events. We do hope that lovely family times were had over this weekend with the lovely spring weather certainly lifting our spirits.
LAST DAY OF TERM
The last day of term 3 is this Friday 18th September. The children finish school at 2.30pm; they will be dismissed from their classrooms. I wish everyone a very safe and happy holiday, hopefully enjoying some lovely spring weather and look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday 3rd October.
BIKES AND SCOOTERS
As always, we have a few bikes and scooters living in the bike shed. It would be timely to remind families to see if one of these belongs at their home. With lovely spring days ahead, they can be well used over the holidays!
LOST PROPERTY
The pile of lost property has grown since the weather warmed up. We return all items which are named. The unnamed items are currently free to good homes. Please check your child’s uniforms to ensure names are visible after the times have been washed several times. Items remaining in the Lost Property box will be washed and added to the second-hand uniform stock after the holidays.
PLANNED HOLIDAY WORKS AROUND THE SCHOOL
Shade Sail – Preparation works will commence this week with works commencing in the first week of the holidays. Thank you again to the PFA for supporting the additional costs associated with the project. Once completed it will significantly enhance this area, off our prep building, for our students and staff.
Lighting Upgrade - We have engaged a company, Shine On, in relation to upgrading some of the lights in our main building and many of our portables. The works will also occur over our term 3 school holiday break.
TERM DATES FOR 2023 FOR YOUR DIARY
Term 1:
Year 1 to 6 students – Tuesday 31st January to Thursday 6th April, 2023
Preps – Thursday 2nd February to Thursday 6th April, 2023
On 2nd & 3rd February the Prep students will have a shorter session. Times to be advised later.
Term 2:
Tuesday 24th April to Friday 23rd June, 2023
Term 3:
Monday 10th July to Friday 15th September, 2023
Term 4:
Monday 2nd October to Tuesday 20th December, 2023
Prep students don’t attend school on Wednesdays until Wednesday 15th March, 2023.
WORKING WITH CHILDREN’S CHECKS
I remind families that in line with government guidelines, all Victorian schools are required to develop and follow Child Safety Policies with a number of quite specific requirements. One of these is that Working With Children Checks for visitors and volunteers in schools. As a result, at Carnegie Primary, any parent or carer who wishes to attend an excursion and supervise a group of students (eg visiting the zoo, museum, Scienceworks etc) will need to provide the school with a Volunteer Working With Children Check. Obviously, the primary duty of care always falls to our teachers but on such occasions, parents may be the primary carer for a period of time at an excursion. Working with Children checks are free and relatively easy to obtain on line at www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au.
Such checks are not required for parents who attend sessions such as Book bags or the Parent Helpers program as activities such as this are exempt under the guidelines. If you have any questions, please see Linda or Karen.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Linda Jones & Karen Bentata-Grimm