Important Dates & Information

2022

Commitment to child safety

Our culture of child safety at Mackellar Primary School ensures that the school prioritises the safety of the children in our care and has a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse. At Mackellar Primary School, child safety is part of everyone's everyday thinking and practice, and an ongoing, dedicated process of improvement. Such a culture is achieved through proactive leadership in demonstrating appropriate values, attitudes and behaviours. For more information, please visit our website to see our Child Safety Standards.

For Your Diary

2022 Victorian School Term Dates
Term 1	31st January - 8th April
Term 2	26th April - 24th June
Term 3	11th July - 16th September
Term 4	3rd October - 20th December

Dates:

Term 3 Important Dates:

Tuesday 19th July

Parent - Teacher Interviews 3:45 - 4:45pm Bookings via XUNO

Thursday 21st July

Parent - Teacher Interviews 2:00 - 6:30pm Bookings via XUNO

Students are dismissed at 1:30pm on this day

Tuesday 2nd August

Parent forum seeking input from parents online from 6pm

Tuesday 9th August

Grade 1 - Werribee Zoo Excursion

Grade 4 - Crazy Chemicals Incursion

Monday 22-26th August

Book Week

Tuesday 30th August

Book Week Incursion

Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Mackellar Primary School is excited to be participating!

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by Friday 2nd September 2022.

Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 6 are challenged to read 15 books.

Teachers have provided students with their Challenge login details to access the online platform (click on the VPRC login option), where they can:

access a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
record books they have read
be rewarded with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review.

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge

Happy reading!

Lost Property

Please ensure that all children's belongings are clearly labelled with their name (not just initials) and grade. Sometimes items are not returned to their rightful owner because they are not labelled correctly or clearly. If you find named belongings in your child's possession, could you please return them to your child's classroom. Our lost property is stored outside the office (white bin).

Student Absences

Absent all day?

Parents can enter absences directly into Xuno by 9:05am (this can also be done in advance) OR phone the school office on 9364 0200

Arriving late?

When you arrive at school, the student must be signed IN at the school office prior to going to class.

Leaving early?

Parent/Carer must sign the student OUTat the school office prior to picking them up.

Parent Contact Details

Have your contact details changed? If so please let the office know so we can update our records. This includes changes to emergency contacts and additional numbers to call if needed.