From the Office

School Photos

If you missed out on ordering photos, they can still be placed through the Compass app. See flyer below.

School Mobile Phone

Please note that the school mobile is not monitored and is used primarily for use in emergency situations and drills. Communications from parents can be made via email to your child/ren's teacher, or Bernadette & Kitty where applicable. If it is time sensitive information, please call the school on 5472 2557.

Notes

Please ensure you have returned the permission notes for Annual Excursion Permission & Media Consent - Please return these notes to the office asap.

Sushi Fridays

Please remember to update your child/ren's class through the ordering portal to assist with distribution at school.

Breakfast Club

Can you do Friday morning Brekkie Club from 8:30-9am? Thanks to Wendy who has been doing this for the past 12 months! We need a new person to take this on please.

Bushfire Preparedness

We have had three school relocations this term due to Extreme Fire Danger Days. While they can be disruptive to our teaching and learning program, they keep us safe in case of a bushfire emergency. We have access to enough air conditioned learning spaces at Castlemaine Primary to ensure your child is able to continue their learning in a comfortable, calm environment. These days usually involve students being indoors throughout lunchtime rather than being out in the hot, windy weather.

Student Support Services have provided us with some resources to assist you in helping your child prepare for these events.

It is really important that your family has a fire plan and talks about it together, so that everyone knows what to do. Please go to the CFA website for lots of practical information.

Plan & Prepare | CFA (Country Fire Authority) 

Helping your child to prepare for a bushfire - Emerging Minds 

Talking to children about natural disasters and traumatic events (emergingminds.com.au) 

Preparing children psychologically for the threat of disasters (video) | APS (psychology.org.au) 

Communication in an emergency

In an emergency we will send you information via text on the school mobile phone. Please respond to the text sent from our emergency mobile number. If you don't respond we have to call you, and this can cost us valuable time.

If we have to relocate we ask you to respond to the text to say you have received the message, and go to Compass to tell us if your child will attend school that day.

Please follow the instructions on the text and do not pick up your child until directed to. We want to keep everyone safe and need your help to do so.

Hands on Learning is Back!

SWPBS Value Cards – Community, Kindness, Respect

From day one this year all students have been engaged in learning about our School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) program. In start-up students learnt about the systems of SWPBS that relate to the behaviour expected of them at specific locations within the school, such as at assembly or in the library. From next week students will be explicitly taught about the behaviours we would like to see them practice throughout the school and with each other. All the behaviours taught connect back to our three school values - Community, Kindness, and Respect.

To encourage these behaviours staff will be distributing Value Cards. Value Cards will be handed out both in the classroom and the playground when staff recognise students behaving in the expected way.

Each student will have a folder to collect their cards and once a student receives 20 cards they will be acknowledged with a certificate, badge, and photo at Friday assembly.

In the classroom student Value Cards will be tallied as a class and when the class reaches 100 cards a classroom celebration chosen by the class (think bike ride, dress up day) will take place the following week.

Value Cards will be tallied for the whole school. When the whole school reaches 1000 cards a whole school celebration will take place – again this celebration will be decided by the students.

A reminder that SWPBS encourages each student to do their best but more importantly it is about all students working together to make a healthier and happier classroom and school for all. It is evidence based and has been found to improve behaviour, relationships, and learning.

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School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) is a framework that helps schools to plan and imolement practices across the whole school, to improve educational and vehaviour outcomes for all.

Parent Club

This year we are organising a parent group which will organise social gatherings, market stalls, fundraising and make us  more visible in the community. 

We already have a number of parents involved. If you are interested, please get in touch with us.

Community Notices

 First Peoples Connections and information

Djaara (Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation)  https://djadjawurrung.com.au/

DJAARA - Home | Facebook Nalderun Education Aboriginal Corporation https://nalderun.net.au/

Uluru Statement https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/ Voice https://www.firstpeoplesvic.org/treaty/voice/ 

Treaty https://www.firstpeoplesrelations.vic.gov.au/treaty