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2024 Newsletter #11

Dear Silverton families,

It’s been a very busy start to Term Four! Thank you to everyone for their flexibility as we manage to facilitate so many different learning opportunities for our students.

Thank you to Miron for organizing our Chess Gala day at Silverton earlier this Term and congratulations to all students who participated. Our Chess team has also gone on to represent Silverton at the State Finals. An amazing effort! Full details below.

Our Year Four students have been to camp and had a great time. Thank you to all staff who went along and to the staff back at school for your flexibility.

Year Two Sleepover was also held in the same week and again, a big thank you to all staff involved. A special shout out to Mr Ong who attended both!!

We have had a number of students progress through to division and regional level sports this Term in Tennis, Softball, Cricket, Lawn Bowls and Athletics. Congratulations to all students and thank you to staff for their efforts in supporting our students.

A special congratulations to Lucy Thwaites who made it through to State level High Jump!

Our students have had a number of opportunities to represent Silverton in a number of extra-curricular activities this Term including the Dandenong Children’s Forum, Dandenong Maths Games and Coding Challenges just to name a few. Thank you to all staff and students involved in these activities.

Today we held our first 2025 Foundation Transition session. It’s always exciting to welcome a new cohort of students to our school. Thank you to the staff who helped with the session. We hope that all of our 2025 Foundation students can attend the remaining three sessions.

I want to wish our ESports team all the very best as they jet off to the Gold Coast this weekend for the Fuse ESports Competition!

Thank you to all family members and extra parent helpers who helped with the Bunnings BBQ to raise funds for our Esports team. A special thank you to Patricia Xiong who helped run the day as well as transport everything there!

Please remember that now we are in Term Four, all students must have a school hat on whenever they are outside. Please ensure your child(ren) have a school hat. School hats can be purchased at the school office.

A reminder that we are still taking enrolments for 2025 Foundations. If you know someone who will be starting school in 2025, please encourage them to contact the school for a tour.

So far in 2024 our Parents Association have raised $12,527.80. Amazing! Thank you so much to all who have helped us so far this year!

Once again, thank you to all members of our community for your ongoing support.

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 contact the office.
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 a before and after school service - TeamKids, 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 Oschare program.
Please DO NOT park in the disabled carpark unless you are permitted to do so or on the grass in the staff carpark.
Please obey all street parking signs in neighboring streets to avoid being fined and do not perform UTurns outside the school gates.
Please ensure that everyone crosses the roads at the designated school crossings.

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School Saving Bonus

Parent and carer School Saving Bonus code distribution 

The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.

From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code.

The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.

If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.

Parents and carers can use the School Saving Bonus code in store at school-nominated suppliers. Parents and carers can also choose to access the School Saving Bonus online system, where they can allocate part or all the $400 bonus to use at school nominated-online suppliers or for school activities. 

To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au). A step-by-step user guide will be available on the webpage on 26 November.  

If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by Friday 29 November, please contact the Department of Education by emailing school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au

LC1 and LC5 News

Grade 2 Students enjoyed a Sleepover at School and were joined on Friday by the Grade 1's for a Pyjama Day. It was smiles all round.

Please make sure you log into Compass and give permission for the Grade 1/2 Monopoly Excurion. ...Read More

Market Day

The Grade 5/6 students in Learning Centre Four are gearing up for Market Day on Tuesday, November 26th. ...Read More

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program

In literacy groups in Semester Two, LC3 and LC4 did kitchen garden with Mrs. Blake, Miss Marsh, and Yumna.

Marine Ambassador Excursion to Rickets Point

Students who are part of our Marine Ambassador program went to Rickets Point Marine Sancturay for an excursion. ...Read More

Team Kids

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Chess State Final

Three of our students qualified for this strongest chess competition of the year: James, Raphael & Darren.
Massive Congratulations to you all. ...Read More

LC3 News Waratah Beach Camp

On the 21^st of October, many Grade 4 students and a few Grade 3 students went to a camp called Waratah Beach Camp at Waratah Bay. ...Read More

Silverton Value Adder

Congratulations to Mason and Archie for receiving the Silverton Value Adder Awards for Respect.

State Chess Final

Raphael, James & Darren qualified for the State Chess Final on November 11 at St Oliver Plunkett Primary School, Pascoe Vale.

Raphael & James scored 6 points from 7 games, Raphael coming second individually James fourth. As a team they placed fourth.

Congratulations

Shoelace Incursion

The Foundations were lucky to have an incursion today about tying shoelaces from Ascent. They were able to practise tying shoelaces, win some prizes and even take a shoe/pencil case home to continue to practise with. They had a wonderful time and were keen to practise throughout the day !

Swimming Years 3 to 6

The Years 3 to 6 students are enjoying thieir swimming lessons. This Friday is the last day of Lessons and is Water Safety Day.

All students are required to bring their normal swimming items (except for goggles unless absolutely necessary for the student), as well as a standard t-shirt and pair of shorts.

Compass

Compass is a school management solution that allows parents and carers to access up-to-date and meaningful information about our school and your child’s progress.

Compass includes many different features, including the ability to:

Monitor your child’s attendance, and enter an explanation for absence or lateness
Communicate with your child’s teachers, and update your family contact details
Download and view your child’s academic reports
Book parent-teacher conferences
Pay and provide consent for events and school fees
and more...

If you are having any trouble accessing or using any of these features (some families are having issues with payments), please contact the office or come and visit us to help you.