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2025 Newsletter #6


Dear Silverton families,

 

Although it is now week two, I would just like to start by saying welcome back and I hope everyone enjoyed their time over the break.

 

Term Three is set to be a very busy nine weeks including Student Led Conferences, F-2 swimming, Year Four Camp, preparation for School Concert and a lot more!

 

A big thank you to all staff and students who helped plan and run our LOTE House Day in the last week of Term Two. It was a fantastic day!

 

 

 

Chess Gala Day was held at Silverton on Wednesday 2nd July. A big thank you to Miron and well done to all of our students who were involved on the day.

 

Last week Silverton hosted the Interschool Sports Finals in which four of our Silverton teams competed. Thank you to Mrs Kittle, Mr Peterson and all staff who coached and helped out on the day. Our Rookie Rollers team and our Mixed Netball team both won their Grand Finals. Our Girls AFL team and our Boys Soccer team were both runners up on the day. Congratulations! Yesterday our Girls AFL team competed at Division level and were the Division Runners Up! A great achievement!

Good luck to our Mixed Netball team who play their division final next week.

 

Yesterday after school we held another 2026 Foundation Transition session where the children got to rotate through some of our specialist classes in PE, Music and Science. We had a BBQ to finish the evening and it was lovely to have such a great turn out! Thank you to all staff and student leaders who helped run the event for our 2026 Foundations.

 

Today is our Student Led Conference Day. I’m so proud of the effort that our students have put into their presentations. Thank you to all staff for their work in supporting our students and helping to make it such a great day.

 

A reminder to families that tomorrow is a Jump Rope for Heart themed House Day. Don’t forget to wear your house colours! Thank you in advance to the staff and students who have planned tomorrow’s activities.

 

 

I’m very proud to share with you the results from our 2025 Attitudes to School Survey which all students in years 4 to 6 completed. We have worked very hard as a school community in a number of areas, and it is lovely to see the effort being reflected in our survey data. Please see below a snapshot of the improvement from 2024 to 2025.

 

Improvements in Attitudes to School Survey Data: 2024 to 2025

Domain

% Increase

Effective teaching time

78% → 87% (9%)

Differentiated learning challenge

80% → 88% (8%)

Stimulated learning

82% → 83% (1%)

Effective classroom behaviour

73% → 81% (8%)

High expectations for success

90% → 96% (6%)

Effort

76% → 87% (11%)

Teacher concern

73% → 78% (5%)

Learning confidence

76% → 84% (8%)

Perseverance

77% → 80% (3%)

Motivation and interest

77% → 83% (6%)

Self-regulation and goal setting

82% → 89% (7%)

Attitudes to attendance

89% → 91% (2%)

School connectedness

80% → 86% (6%)

Student voice and agency

61% → 72% (11%)

Sense of inclusion

88% → 91% (3%)

Advocate at school

86% → 90% (4%)

Managing bullying

71% → 80% (9%)

Respect for diversity

74% → 80% (6%)

Life satisfaction

73% → 79% (6%)

Emotional awareness and regulation

76% → 78% (2%)

 

Later this Term I will also share our new four-year School Strategic Plan following our school review earlier this year.

 

A big thank you to all families who have made payment of their parent contributions and laptop payments via compass. If you need any help using compass or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to speak with the admin team.

 

Thank you,

Mark Pollard – Principal

 

 

 

A few Reminders

  • Please ensure that your child(ren) are in full school uniform. If you have any questions about uniformor require any assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

  • Arrival time: For safety reasons, students should not arrive at school before 8:45am. This is when staff begin before school yard duty. If you need your child to be supervised earlier than 8:45am, we have an Oshcare service which runs everyday from 7:00am – 8:45am. Please enquire if you require this service.

  • Pick up time: School finishes at 3:15pm every day. If you require your child to be supervised later than that, please also enquire with our Oshcare program.

  • Please DO NOT park in the disabled carpark unless you are permitted to do so. 

  • Please obey all street parking signs in neighboring streets to avoid being fined and do not perform U-turns outside the school gates.

  • Please ensure that everyone crosses the roads at the designated school crossings.

     

 

 

Important Dates

School Hours: 9am - 3:15pm

Assembly: 8:50am Mondays
Recess: 11am - 11:30am
Lunch:   1:45pm - 2:15pm


2025 Term Dates

Term 3: 21 Jul – 19 Sep - 2:30pm Finish

Term 4: 6 Oct – 17 Dec - 1:30pm Finish

 

Curriculum Days - No School

Thursday 31st July - Student Led Conferences

Friday 19th December

 

August
Fri 1st House Day - Jump Rope for Heart Whole School
Mon 4th Nazareth Taster Day Grade 5
Tues 5th State School Spec Dance Rehearsal Selected Students
Wed 6th 100 Days School Foundation
Mon 11th Bully No Way day Whole School
Wed 13th State School Spec Chior Rehearsal Selected Students
Thurs 14th Senior Athletics Grade 3 to 6
Fri 15th Junior Athletics Foundation to Grade 2
18th - 29th Swimming  Foundation to Grade 2
Mon 25th - Wed 27th Camp Grade 4

 

 

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