2025 Newsletter #8

Dear Silverton families,

Over the past two years, Di Rickard has been completing a Masters of Inclusive Education, specialising in Special Education. She has completed this course to support the work she does in her role at Silverton. A big congratulations to Mrs Rickard for recently completing her course!

Congratulations to our mixed netball team who competed at regional finals during week 5. A great effort to make it all the way to Regionals! Thank you to Coach Kittle also!

F-2 swimming program was a big success during week 5 and 6. Congratulations to all the students who participated. Thank you to all staff who supported our students through the program.

Our Year 4’s had a great time at the Waratah Beach Camp in week 6. Thank you to the staff who went along to make it a memorable experience for our students.

Congratulations to the students who competed at District Athletics last week. Silverton were the overall winners on the day! Thank you to the staff who went along to support the day.

Our Father’s Day breakfast was very well attended on Friday morning. It was great to see so many people there. Thank you to staff who helped with the breakfast as well as the volunteers who helped with the Father’s Day stall.

Our Chess team competed at Hampton Park PS on Monday and did really well. Congratulations to the students and a big thanks to Miron.

I want to wish all of the children participating in State School Spectacular this weekend all the best! Thank you in advance to our Silverton staff who are going along to support our students.

Mrs Luong will be back for the first week of Term Four but then taking maternity leave following that. We are wishing Mrs Luong and her family all the very best! We are also excited to announce that Mr Paynter will be taking her place, teaching 56K on Tues, Wed, Thurs throughout Term Four.

A reminder that Friday 19^th September is the last day of Term. It is also our Footy Day! We’ll have our footy parade at 1:00pm on the oval. School finishes at 2:30pm. Sausage orders close Tuesday 16th - click here to order.

As we are a SunSmart school, hats are to be worn outside from 1st September until end of term 2.

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 uniform or 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

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2025 School Concert

Tickets on Sale now at TryBooking

Pre-order your Digital Copy of the Concert below for a discount.

https://www.modevideo.com.au/product-page/silverton2025

 

 

Footy Day Sausage Sizzle

We will be holding a sausage sizzle to celebrate Footy day and Last day of term on Friday 19th September.

The canteen will be closed on this day.

Please click on this link to place your order

https://compasstix.com/e/a6t44nfqdh

Please note you need to place a seperate order for each child.

All orders must be in by Tuesday 16th September.

 

R U OK? Day

The Silverton Student Committee wanted to bring attention to R U OK? Day, which officially takes place on the second Thursday of September, however, Silverton will be marking the occasion during the last week of Term 3 – on Tuesday, September 16^th. To raise awareness, we’re holding a FREE DRESS DAY on Tuesday, September 16^th, where all staff and students are encouraged to wear YELLOW. The colour yellow symbolises optimism, positivity, hope and friendship. By wearing yellow, it serves as a reminder to check in on others, start conversations, and ask “Are you OK”?, because sometimes a simple question can make a BIG difference.

 

Term 3 Reading and Writing Workshops in Foundation

This term, Foundation students have been exploring non-fiction texts and writing animal reports about Australian animals. They have been learning to summarise key facts about each animal, including its habitat, diet, and interesting features. Students have enjoyed becoming “animal experts” and sharing their new knowledge with the class. We are excited to share their completed animal booklets with families soon.

 

 

LC1 News

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Grade 4 Camp Our Grade 4 students have been to Waratah Beach Camp, and had an amazing time. ...Read More

GAME ON! GAME ON! our 2025 School Concert  Wednesday 15th October 7pm  Tickets on sale now

Marine Ambassador Excursion to Namitjira Park On Wednesday 13 August the marine ambassadors went to Namitjira Park in Clayton. We looked at a rubbish trap being emptied by Melbourne Water, did an A.M.I report task, water testing, frog call identifying and a rubbish pick up. ...Read More

Rubbish Audit In Term Two Silverton primary school’s rubbish pickup people did a rubbish bin audit with a staff member from Greater Dandenong council. ...Read More

Fuse Cup Rocket League Tournament On Wednesday the 20th of August, Silverton Primary School competed against 7 other schools in the Fuse Cup Rocket League Tournament. ...Read More

TeamKids TeamKids have another amazing SPRING Holiday program planned! ...Read More

Burger Bar A small group of Grade 6 students wrote a procedural text about making burgers. They then invited friends and ran a Burger Bar making burgers using their procedure. ...Read More

100 Days of School We are so proud of our Foundation students and all the incredible progress they’ve made since starting school. Today, we celebrated this special milestone with lots of fun and learning! ...Read More

 

Compass Payments

The following events need permission and/or payment in Compass Events/Action Centre

• School Concert - whole school
• Gymnastics Excursion for Foundation to Grade 2
• Swimming for Grades 3 to 6
• School Fees

 

 

 

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