Newsletter
Term 4 week 10
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 |
Welcome to week 10 from Cienna and Mason
Welcome to our week 10 Newsletter
Hi Carrum families,
We can't believe there is only one week left! How exciting, but also sad.
In our last few exciting weeks we have many things still to enjoy.
Last Thursday we had an open afternoon to showcase our learning, thanks to our families and other classes for visiting.
Last week our marine ambassadors were lucky enough to swim with some dolphins and see some seals and had a great day out.
We know the 1\2s enjoyed their mini beast incursion learning all about creatures and more.
Our school also had an environment day that Ruby in year 6 organised for the whole school with different activities and prizes. Thanks to the leaders that worked hard wih her on this day
For an end of year celebration the year 5\6s and their teachers went to the gravity zone which was so much fun!
On Thursday we had an amazing Christmas concert and a big thank you to Miss Chivotti for all her hard work arranging that for us! The Christmas songs were spectactular!
Next Wednesday the year 6s also have their bike ride to Bicentennial park.
On Monday the 15th of December its' the grade 6 graduation which will be a sad but an exciting night for our year six parents and families.
It's so exciting that there is only one week left of school!! Soon the year sixes will be off to their high schools! How crazy is that? We know you will miss us!
This is also our last newsletter piece for the year, we hope you have enjoyed reading our front pages.
What type of photos do elf's take?
Elfies!
Cienna and Mason your vice school captains
Have a great week
From your Captains Mason and Cienna
Environment Day
Hi i’m Ruby and i’m the environment leader for 2025
Last week on Wednesday we had our environment day and it was great to see everyone in their touch of green.
I’m grateful to our environment team and the teachers for helping me with the rotations with the 1/2s and preps. I know our wonderful goats and chickens got spoiled.
A big thank you to Leanne for coming in, a Vet who has her own clinic and hopefully bringing new information for 3/4s and 5/6s about our animals.
I hoped everyone loved Charlie and Dudley (Leanne's dogs) coming in and giving them pats. We raised a total of $289 and thanks to Jane, my amazing teachers fir believing in me and Mrs.Riley for organising and putting this whole event together.
I managed to get prizes donated from Bunnings to hand out on the day too
From your environment captain Ruby. 
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Marine Ambassadors day out
Marine Ambassadors day out
On Tuesday the 2nd of December the Marine Ambassadors went on their last workshop which was swimming with dolphins and seals.
All the marine ambassadors went on a boat named the moonranker, we were so excited about the adventure that was ahead. When we went to the front of the boat we spotted a dolphin swimming under and next to the boat. A little bit later another dolphin came to meet with it's friend and we rode along with the dolphins for a bit, before diving into the water ourselves. Although we got to be with the dolphins before, we couldn’t swim with them. There were 3 pods of dolphins and there were about 5 in each pod. A pod is a group of dolphins.
After having our hot chocolates everyone jumped in the freezing cold water next to a rock formation that was packed with seals and gannets (a type of bird that hangs with the seals). We couldn't touch the rocks or seals but we got very close and when you looked underneath the water there was thriving seaweed and swarms of all different kinds of fish. They liked Miss Shew very much!
Thank you so much Mr Langford for driving us and thank you to the i sea i care team for hosting us and Miss Shew for being our supervisor.
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
Lost Property
Please come and have a look or encourage your child/ren to check.
Some things do not have names. There is even expensive FRANK GREEN drink bottles
We also have items second hand at the front office if you need more for next year.
If the clothes on the table and basket of drinkbottles are not collected by the end of term they will be moved on.
There is also a tub at the office with toys, earrings and more valuable items if your child has lost anything recently (these will also be donated at the end of term)
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.
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!
Local Community Announcements and Events
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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.
