⭐️ Hello! This is an invite to any parents who have either enrolled, or are considering enrolling their wee one into Chewton Primary Prep in 2024.

A few of us Mums have realised there’s quite a few families who are interested, and we’d love to gather in and meet up. 

Sun 9th July 2.30pm Red Hill Hotel Garden.  Taryn and Laura

* If it’s raining, we have an undercover area for kids to play - easy walk across the road to our place ⭐️

Maths Learning Expo

We had a fantastic turn out of family to see the students' Arcade Games and Car ramps that were made as their Rich and Authentic Maths learning this term. What an amazing amount of learning has gone into this! Congratulations everyone!

We would love to use them on our 150th Day as well, so keep them safe!

School Values

Community Kindness Respect

Thanks to students, families and staff for having a say in our school values. 

Community Kindness and Respect were the three most selected, 

with Creativity as our overarching way of learning together.

Staff are working with students next term on fine tuning a matrix of expected behaviours that has been developed following everyone's input regarding behaviours you would like to see replaced.  The matrix will be a simple way we can live by our school values every day, in all areas, with some particular behaviours for inside and others for outside. 

School Uniform

From now till the end of Term 3

Every Friday uniform is optional

Monday-Thursday Uniform: please make sure your child is wearing full uniform Monday-Thursday. There are plenty of free second hand jumpers in the office

Staffing

We would like to welcome Margot Feast as our new Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader. Margot will be working with staff, students and families to support social and emotional learning (Kimochis), wellbeing concerns for students and families as well as connecting students and families to external services. Margot will be working Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays.

Margot is also taking the Hands On Learning Program at school on Tuesdays, where a small group of student work with her on hands on projects one day each week. Next term sees a new intake of students in the program.

Thanks to J who worked with students in the Hands On Learning Program earlier this term. 

We are also lucky to have Scott Ramsay as our new school counsellor. He will be able to work with students and families and will be at school all day each Thursday. 

Bernadette is on Long Service Leave for Term 3 (taking the opportunity for some overseas travel!) and Julie Parker will be Acting Principal for the term. Julie met staff and students on Tuesday and we welcome her to our wonderful school community.

Kimochis

This week's Kotawaza: 

It's okay to be mad, 

but it's not okay to be mean.

150th anniversary celebrations Sunday October 15th 10am-2pm

Ingrid is leading this work with Julie Parker who will be Acting Principal in Term 3.

The Foundry Band will play for us at Memorial Park, followed by a parade from to the school , with stalls, a historical display, and a showcase of student learning. 

If you are a past student, or know someone who went to school at Chewton, our students would love to interview them on school life in 'the old days'!

• Would you like to help with costumes, stall organising, helping on the day? Get in touch with Ingrid or contact Kitty at the school

In Term 3 our Inquiry will be History focused and students will showcase their learning on the day. 

Community Notices