School holidays

Once again, we have managed to pack lots of learning, fun and excitement into Term 2. Thanks again for your We hope that all of our students and their families have a restful and enjoyable break. Just a reminder that school finishes at 2pm on Friday. After School Care services are available tomorrow from this time. Our holiday program will also be running throughout the 2 week holiday period. Please book through Camp Australia's processes.

School Reports

Student reports will go live on Compass at the end of the day on Friday, the 23rd of June. The reports will provide families with detailed insights into the learning that has been covered throughout the first semester of the year.

If you have any questions about your child’s report, we ask that you email your child’s teacher on Compass. The classroom teacher will arrange a time to explore these questions at the beginning of Term 3.

Surprise visit from Premier

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting both the Premier of Victoria, Mr Dan Andrews our local State Member for parliament Ms Emma Vulin on a tour of our incredible school. We only received a short amount of notice (about an hour!!) before our guests arrived, however our students did an incredible job in showcasing the positive culture that exists within Orchard Park Primary School and the great learning they are doing. A special acknowledgement must be made to Mieke and Brax, our School Captains who without much notice took the lead on our school tour and answered a number of questions the Premier threw at them.

Student Excellence Art Excursion

This Tuesday, a group of Senior School students who have a real passion in Visual Arts went on an excursion in the Mornington Peninsula to further develop their skills and knowledge in Art.

Mrs McEachern and Rachael took the students to the Paint Your World art studio, where students created their own stencil painting on canvas with local artist, Michele Clever. This was an extensive process (over 3 hours!!) that the students worked through. This certainly tested their stamina, but they came through the challenge and produced some brilliant pieces. The students were so excited to show their creativity in their artwork. These pieces are now going to go up on display in our adminstration building.

The group also visited Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery to explore other local artists.It was a fabulous day for all students and staff involved!

Indigenous Incursion

On Wednesday the 14th of June, we were lucky enough to have a First Nations incursion delivered to our whole school.

Baz taught all of our students about the meaning behind the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islands flags, the stories found in Indigenous songs the classes have learned, and taught our staff and students some new ones! He played the yiddaki (ask your children what this!) and taught everyone some new indigenous vocabulary.

Thanks Baz and Cultural Infusion for such a rich and engaging learning experience. We are so grateful for the learning you provided us all with.

Prep Enrolments 2024

Just a reminder that all Prep 2024 applications for enrolment are due by the 28th July 2023. If you have any family, friends or siblings who would like to attend our school in Prep 2024, please direct them to our website to complete the 2024 Pre-enrolment Form or use the link provided below:

https://forms.gle/XDXokavCnzsdqkHi7

All siblings are required to complete this form, and please do not assume that we know who all our younger brothers and sisters are.

The Department of Education have introduced new timelines for 2024 and all enrolment applications need to be submitted by Friday 28th July.

Please make sure if you have a child or know of anyone who would like to attend our school in Prep next year, to complete the pre-enrolment form on our website by the 28th July 2023.

Regional Cross Country

On Wednesday the 14th of June we had Jacob and Harley represent OPPS at the Southern Metro Region cross country event. the boys have done a phenomenal job to reach this stage, having been top performers at school, district and division level to get to this point. They ran well against some tough competition and should be proud of their effort! Well done on making it to region boys!

Victorian State School Spectacular

Our amazing Middle/Senior choir will be performing in the Victorian State School Spectacular on Sat 9th of September alongside 900+ kids at John Cain Arena. They will be performing in both the matinee and evening shows. If you are interested in coming along, tickets will be going on sale on Wednesday the 7th of June via,

Victorian State Schools Spectacular tickets | John Cain Arena | Ticketek Australia

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Going Further Together

Issue 10 · 22 Jun 2023

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