Chewton Primary School
Newsletter 3rd April 2025
Newsletter 3rd April 2025
Chewton Primary School is situated on Djaara Country!
We acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrung people, the custodians and caretakers of the land. We thank them for the care they have taken and continue to take of Country: the rivers, mountains, trees and animals. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
We follow Bunjil's teachings: Care for self , Care for others, Care for Country
We commit to Be Brave and Make Change.
We will be a voice for generations.
Now, more than ever.
Iuk Season (Kulin seasons)
Read more here!
22nd April Term 2 commences
25 April Anzac Day public holiday
2 May Tabloid sports P-2
16 May Cross Country gr 3-6
17 May Wesley Hill market stall
26 May Sorry Day ceremony 10am Venue TBC
27 May Reconciliation Week opening: school captains & student council
29 May Reconciliation Week Schools activity day with Kath Coff in town
30 May Reconciliation Walk 10am
If we don't use it we will lose it!
Monday- Friday 7am-9am
Monday- Friday 3:30pm-6pm
Lots of people last year expressed interest in OSHC and have not followed through. We are in danger of losing the service at the end of next term if we don't get some more users.
On Friday our grade 5-6 netball team won the grand final in the Schools Netball competition.
Congratulations everyone on a great day. Well done to Jack who got player of the match in the grand final!
Go Chewton!!
Last year our school community fundraised to buy new furniture for the art room at our school. Here are our new tables. Thank you so much to everyone! We are so lucky to have such an amazing parent community!
More fun in the art room with lots of dress ups and fabric exploration this week. Thanks for an amazing term Kate!
Earlier this term, the 2-6s emptied the schools bins on a tarpaulin in sustainability to see if everything was going in the right bins. It was crazy what was in the bins that were not supposed to be in the bins. So we all made a list of right and wrong and sorted everything back to the way it was meant to be. Like tetra packs in the soft plastic bin! And orange peels in the landfill bin! Like chip packets in the paper bin! Or aluminium cans in the paper bin! So chewton is going to make an effort to get it right! In Term 2, we will be working to have less waste in the bin by measuring the amount of waste in the bins and checking to see if it is reducing or increasing." From Serena
Thanks to Renee for organising activities to deepen our understanding of neurodiversity. Lots of children shared their own neurodivergence and we learnt a lot about how our brains work differently.
Thanks to Margot for organising activities to deepen our understanding of how amazing our country is with so many cultures represented in Australia. Students participated in four activities to share their own cultural background and to learn about other people's heritage.
Orders close Friday 4th April
Orders can be placed online here.
Have you updated your permissions?
Reconciliation Walk: event planning, organisation of volunteers and equipment: contact Bernadette or Kellie Tori.
Hands on Learning: Can you help one or two Thursdays a month from 12-3:30? Margot would love some assistance.
Library: Returning and reshelving books.
First Nations Days of Significance:
Term 1
February 13th: Anniversary of Apology to Stolen Generations
Term 2
May 26th: Sorry Day
May 27th - June 3rd: Reconciliation Week
May 30th: Reconciliation Walk
July 7th -14th: NAIDOC Week
Term 3
August 4th: National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day
August 9th: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Meeting Place Dates 2025
TERM 1 - 21 February, March 7, April 4
TERM 2 - 9 May, 23 May, 13 June, 27 June
TERM 3 - 25 July, 15 August, 29 August, 12 September
TERM 4 - 24 October, 7 November, 28 November, 12 December.
Mid-March-April – the bush responds as the first autumn rains rehydrate the often dry landscape.
wurrak (Tree Banksia) flowers are soaked in water to extract the nectar and make a sweet drink. This is also a good time to collect sap from wararak (Silver Wattle) and Black Wattle, which can be eaten or mixed with ash to be used as glue for tool-making. gurndi (Cranberry Heath) berries ripen and are ready to eat.
At Liang-a-nhuk (Mount Alexander) mosses spring to life with the first autumn rains, while fungi send up fruiting bodies on animal dung, through leaf litter and on logs. Flowering Yellow Gums in the Muckleford Nature Conservation Reserve attract Swift Parrots, honey-eaters and lorikeets.
• Some Orchids flower – including Parsons Bands, Autumn Greenhood, Striped Greenhood
• Spreading Wattle flowers
• Brushtail Possums breed
• Mosses spring to life with first autumn rains
• Fungi respond to rain and send up fruiting bodies on animal dung, through leaf litter, and on logs
• Swift Parrots arrive from Tasmania and join many other honey-eater and lorikeet species feeding on flowering eucalypts such as Yellow Gum, Yehrip (Red Ironbark), and Grey Box
• Bibron’s Toadlets can be heard in wet gullies
• Eastern Spinebills arrive from cooler habitats to the south and feed on nectar-rich flowers
• Flame Robins and Golden Whistlers arrive from cooler habitats
• Female Common Brown Butterflies become active after summer aestivation
• Grey Currawongs arrive and are signalled by their noisy call
• Rain Moths emerge from underground larvae and scatter eggs from the air around eucalypt trees.
TERM TWO 2025
0-11 YEARS PARENT SUPPORT AND EDUCATION SESSIONS
The Loddon Children’s Health & Wellbeing Local will be offering weekly education sessions related to mental health and wellbeing for parents of children 0-11. These are available in person. The session is run by a lived experience parent and mental health clinician.
Sessions are open to any family with children 0-11.
Why join in?
· Meet and mix with other parents.
· Talk to mental health staff about your child.
· Ask any practical questions you have about parenting at the moment.
· Gain support for yourself as a parent.
Where: Activity Room 2, Downstairs, Bendigo Library, Hargreaves St,
BENDIGO 3550 Note the *dates are in an upstairs room at the library. Use the lift to find us.
Dates and topics: Thursdays
*Apr 24th 1pm face to face Sleep issues
May 1st 1pm face to face Stop the tech
*May 8th 1pm face to face ADHD What is it and how can I help?
*May 15th 1pm face to face Managing big feelings
May 22nd 1pm face to face Parent wellbeing
May 29th 1pm face to face Anger in kids
Jun 5th 1pm face to face Anxiety in kids
Jun 12th 1pm face to face What is autism and how can I help? Presented by Daniel
*Jun 19th 1pm face to face Setting limits and family rules
Jun 26th 1pm face to face Building social skills
If you have any questions, please contact Annette Clemments on 1800 433 977.
Book in here: using the QR code or email icfhwlocals@bchs.com.au