Principal's Report

This is the final newsletter for the 2021 school year. 

It is a good opportunity to thank you all for another fantastic year, we have many things to look forward to in the New Year, including the completion of our new gymnasium and Administration building, which is expected to be completed around early Term 2. We are also hoping for a less disrupted 2022, with the ability to hold our usual school program of events, camps and assemblies, many of which we missed out on this year.

2022 Starting Dates and Times

Year 6 Graduation

It was a pleasure to see our Year 6 students graduate on Thursday evening.  Please see more information in the Graduation page of this newsletter.  

We wish all our Year 6 students the best as they take their next step in their education. 

Congratulations goes to our Graduating Class of 2021:  

Zara A, Farzad, Angelina, Ayla, Sharleen, Evina, Sania, Ruby, John, Taige, Hamish, Mackenzy, Oliver B, Esme, Kaitlyn, Lee-Roy, Max, Seth, Mason, Chayse, Emma, Jet, Sophia, Trent, Ethan H, Levi, Harpar, Ethan J, Joash, Micah, Nevaeh, Paige, Blake, Reuben, Edward, Jesper, Nandini, Yom, Te Ao Marama, Zara M-C, Ashton, Hadi, Shelby, Thomas, Paul, Oliver P, Abbie S, Saxon, April, Jazmine, Hailie, Caylob, Alex, Hayley and Abbey W.

Christmas Raffle

Christmas Raffle tickets are still available for purchase, we thank those who have already purchased some, as money raised will go to our school. The Christmas Raffle will be drawn from 3:00pm on Wednesday afternoon over the loud speaker and student winners will come to the office to collect their prizes. We have around 15 hampers made up to give away, made from family donations.

Breakfast Club

Our Breakfast Club program has finished the year stronger than ever, with over 50 students visiting to get some breakfast, juice or fruit each morning. It is wonderful to see so many students getting such a great start to their school day.

We would like to take this time to acknowledge all of our wonderful parents, friends and staff who have volunteered their time to making this program a success. This program would not be available to our students without your support, so thankyou; and we hope to see you all back in 2022 for another successful year.

Our final Breakfast Club for 2021 will be next Tuesday. In 2022, Breakfast Club will reopen on Tuesday February 8. We look forward to seeing you there!

Inflatables

This morning all students participated in the Inflatables incursion on the school oval. There was lots of bouncing and laughter had by all.

End of Semester Reports

The Department of Education and Training has adjusted the expectations around student reporting for Semester 2 in recognition of the disruption caused by COVID-19. On Friday 10th December students will be provided with a modified written report for Semester 2, 2021 focusing on what progress has been made and what has been achieved by each child.

These reports will include a description of the areas of the Victorian Curriculum taught this semester. English and Mathematics student achievement information will be the only standards represented on a continuum of learning (dots). These will show progress made since the last time the curriculum areas were reported on in a five-point scale. For all other curriculum areas taught, a short comment on progress and achievement across the semester will be provided.

Parents/carers are welcome to contact their child’s class or specialist teacher by Compass to arrange a time to discuss your child’s report either via phone or a WebEx conference. 

2022 Class Structures

It’s that time of year when we have a few changes and say ‘farewell’ to some staff and ‘welcome’ some new members to the Clyde PS team. We have finalised our class structures for 2022 and I can confirm the following: 

Foundation Professional Learning Team: 

Ms Alyssa Naughton (PLT Leader)

Ms Kellie Davis

Ms Elise Edwards

Ms Karishma Chand

Year 1 Professional Learning Team: 

Ms Tegan Crow (PLT Leader)

Ms Sharon Barker

Ms Jessie Van Dyk

Ms Jess Heitch

Year 2 Professional Learning Team:

Ms Allie McQueen (PLT Leader)

Ms Ash Hickey

Ms Alex King

Ms Jess Bowler

Year 3 Professional Learning Team: 

Ms Amanda Cecil (PLT Leader)

Ms Katrina Smith

Ms Melanie Turner

Year 4 Professional Learning Team: 

Ms Naomi Maia (PLT Leader)

Ms Nikki Elston

Ms Zoe Evans

Year 5 Professional Learning Team: 

Ms Jess Hamilton (PLT Leader)

Ms Ashley Blandon

Ms Jasmine Zunica

Year 6 Professional Learning Team: 

Ms Belinda Hodges (PLT Leader)

Ms Kate Brittain & Mrs Foden (Mondays)

Ms Louise Vidoni/Mrs Foden (Tuesdays)

Specialist Team: 

Ms Bec Forester – STEM  

Mr Sam Schubert – Music

Ms Narelle Steckyj –Visual Art 

Ms Katherine Lee – LOTE (Auslan)

Ms Amanda Bevis & Mr Chris Ziebell- PE 

We say good luck to Mrs Harris who leaves us to teach at Karoo Primary School for 2022.  Also, goodbye to Miss Steen who will be teaching at Banyan Fields PS, Mrs Harry and Ms Mlakar at Chelsea Heights PS and Mrs Sandl who will be doing some CRT work before her baby is due.  Miss Arnold will be teaching at Mooroduc PS and Miss Morrison will also be leaving us at the end of the year.

On behalf of the staff at Clyde Primary School, we wish all of our students and their families a safe and enjoyable Christmas break, and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

We also say goodbye to a number of our Clyde PS families at the end of the year. To those families moving to new schools, and also our Year 6 families we thank you for your support over the years and we wish you the best of luck for the future!

Ms Mackenlay