Newsletter
Term 4 Week 9
Acknowledgement of Country
We are born from this land.
We belong to this land.
We respect this land.
We should only take what we need from this land.
There is a place for everyone on this land.
Wominjeka which means welcome. Thank you!
Dates to remember
Dates for the diary
| Date (June) | Event |
| Monday July 27th-Aug3 | Prep-2 swimming (6 days) |
| Monday July 27th-Aug3 | Year 5-6 swimming (6 days) |
| Tuesday July 28th | 3/4 Camp info session |
| Friday July 31st | Sushi lunch day |
| Friday July 31st | ISS at C.P.S |
| Friday July 31st | Preps 100 days at school |
| Friday August 13th | Subway lunch day |
| Friday August 13th | Neds Incursion performance |
| Monday August 17th | Say no to a Bully Week-a touch of purple on Monday |
| Wednesday August 19th | Year 3/4 Camp Manyung |
| Thursday August 27th | Book Week parade and dress up day |
| Friday August 28th | Year 3/4 Foreshore visit |
| Wednesday 2nd September | Crazy Hair Day |
| Thursday 3rd September | Fathers Day BBQ breakfast |
Acting Principals Message Term 3 Week 3
What a busy start to Term 3.
I hope everyone is staying warm and dry in this sudden burst of Winter weather.
Last Friday we were able to farewell Mr Langford in style. A great reflection from students, the school council and staff on his time at Carrum. It was great for our students to say goodbye and well done to Kai and Meila on their wonderful speech on behalf of the students.
Our Junior School Council also organised Pyjama Day and chose this year to donate to Guide Dogs Australia. This dress up day is a particular favourite of Carrum staff, and I know many students told me they just came straight to school after getting out of bed. I wonder if it made the morning hustle a bit easier for some families? It was great to see our teachers in their stylish and matching PJs too.
The school has been a bit quieter at the start of the week as our P-2 and Yr 5/6 students have spent the last three days participating in their first week of the swimming program. This program is a government initiative so all students can receive quality swimming and water safety education so primary school students can have the opportunity to learn how to swim and develop lifelong skills in water safety to reduce their risk of drowning and injury. This is an essential skill particularly for Carrum students to have living in a Bayside suburb close to water.
Congratulations to our Prep students as tomorrow they will celebrate 100 days of school. What an achievement and how fast this year has flown for our young students. I know the teachers have been busy planning for this day and have some great activities planned. As parents you must also be feeling very proud!
This week we have had some of our staff participate in Professional Learning to upskill in our whole school programs. We aim to have all staff educated in the Orton-Gillingham (OG) training which is an explicit synthetic phonics program that underpins our literacy programme and the Berry Street Educational Model. Both these courses are quite intensive, and our teachers are trained over four days. Like our students our teachers are continually learning to improve their practise which impacts student outcomes.
We have had our save the date flyer in the newsletter recently for the school performance, as a reminder this is September 8th and 9th stay tuned for costume requirements and more communication about official times.
Finally, a huge shout out to our Teamkids educators. Yesterday was Out of School Hours Educators Day and we are so grateful for the wonderful programmes Teamkids provide and the amazing support Renee and Declan give to our school.
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend
Cassie Kennedy
Christmas Carols
This year each class will be performaning a Christmas song on the 3/4 decking area. We invite families to bring something to sit on to set up on the Basketball Court.
BYO picnic basket with food and drinks.
There will be a BBQ on the evening with sausages to purchase (not served during concert times) tickets released soon.
The brief is a touch of festive clothing for all classes. Beg borrow or steal, nothing new is expected! This could be in the form of accessories, head bands, tutus, festive hats, tincel or christmas coloured clothes. Some students will be provided with certain props/accessories depending on the class item. (which they will be notified)
We can't wait to see you on the evening and hope Melbourne Weather is kind to us!
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Winter School Holidays
We’re bursting with excitement to let you know that bookings for our Winter Holiday Program are now officially OPEN for Carrum Primary!
TeamKids has another exciting school holiday program planned this winter!
Families can look forward to:
- Unique daily experiences, incursions and excursions ?
- Screen-free fun and active play ?
- Delicious morning and afternoon snacks included daily ?
- CCS-approved care ✅
- Flexible booking options ?
Check out what's on at your school → https://downloads.teamkids.com.au/carrum_primary.pdf
Book now → www.teamkids.com.au/venues/carrum-primary-oshc
Rum-b-run Holiday helpers
Did you know our animals need to be taken care of when we aren't at school? We have had an amazing volunteer, Peter who helps maintain this important job over the holidays.
Here is an important message from him below:
Hello. My name is Peter, I have been involved with our little Farmlet for about 30 years now. The Christmass holidays will be upon us soon. I am reaching out to Families to help out over the break to look after the animals. The children would love to go in and care for them. I can walk you through what is involved as it is easy. Please leave your name and number at the school office or contact me direct on 0425 882272.
Fundraising-Boxxi kits
We're excited to be partnering with Boxxi for an exclusive school ordering program. Our wonderful Carrum PS families and community are being offered discounted pricing and free shipping on Boxxi Maths Kits - the perfect way to support numeracy skills through play.
Each kit includes 100+ hands-on maths resources and manipulatives, plus one full year of downloadable maths activities designed for primary school children. The activities take just 5-15 minutes and make it easy for families to support maths confidence at home.
For every 10 kits sold, our school will receive a free kit to use at school. Thanks for helping us build confidence in maths at CPS!
Orders can be placed through this compasstix link, and kits will be delivered to the school in late August/early September.
Please see the attached file for further information or reach out to Kathryn Kenner with any questions.
Carrum Beach Patrol
Carrum Primary are involved in cleaning up our beautiful beach.
We would like to ask for volunteers for our Beach Patrol coming up on Sunday 26th of July at 10am.
Hope to see you there, Miss Derix and team
Thanks to our amazing volunteers from our previous sessions, we couldn't do it without you!
Wellbeing
To support the wellbeing of our students and teachers a friendly reminder on our procedures.
Visitor Procedures and Parent Enquiries
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students and staff, and to minimise disruption to teaching and learning, all parents and visitors are asked to adhere to the following procedures when visiting the school:
- All visitors must report to the school office upon arrival for all enquiries and are required to sign in before entering the school grounds. Visitors must also sign out prior to leaving the premises.
- Parents and visitors are requested not to approach teachers in classrooms, staffroom or on the playground during school hours. Teachers have a duty of care to supervise students and are engaged in teaching and learning responsibilities throughout the school day.
- If you wish to speak with your child's teacher, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment. Meetings will be scheduled before or after school, or at another mutually convenient time, at the teacher's discretion.
We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in supporting our commitment to maintaining a safe, orderly, and respectful learning environment for all members of our school community.
Respectful school communities start with respectful behaviour
Good relationships are based on:
- Open and honest communication
- Trust and respect
- Working together
- Fair and reasonable expectations by all
- Threats
- Violence
- Rudeness
- Harassment
- Discriminatory and derogatory comments
- Aggression
- Intimidation
- Threatening gestures
This includes in-person, over-the-phone, email, text message, social media and online.
For more information ask your school about the Respectful Behaviours within the School Community Policy.
Our local Carrum property expert
A BIG thanks to Shane and his team for creating our enrolment billboard for our school, we are very grateful.
Local Community Announcements and Events
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