2025 Newsletter #2
Dear Silverton families,
I can’t believe we are fast approaching the end of Term One! Congratulations to all staff and students on a fantastic Term. It’s been a very busy Term!
You may have noticed in our pond area, a beautiful tribute to Kye Duclos. Thank you to Mrs Rickard for arranging this. We’ve chosen the pond area, as Kye loved spending time in the pond area when he was at Silverton and that coupled with his love of fishing, we felt it was a fitting space for us to remember Kye.
Our Foundation cohort have been attending school five days per week through the month of March and doing a brilliant job. Thank you to our Foundation team for the great work they have done in supporting our little people.
School Photos happened on Wed 5th March which all ran smoothly. Thank you everyone for your flexibility on the day and to our admin team for their work.
Our Marine Ambassadors group enjoyed an amazing excursion to Sorrento, snorkeling, swimming with seals and watching the dolphins swim around! Thank you to Mrs Blake for organising and to the staff and parents who went along to help out on the day.
Congratulations to our swimmers who competed at Division swimming on Tuesday 11th March. Some great results from our students. Thank you to Mrs Kittle for organising and coaching our swimmers.
Wednesday 12th March was an extremely busy day. We had our first day of NAPLAN for Year 3 and 5 students. We also had the first day of our School Review. Then in the afternoon, we held Play the Silverton Way for our 2026 Foundation students. Complete with a bonus afternoon thunderstorm! A big thank you to everyone for your work to make this a very successful day.
Friday 21st March was Harmony Day. Students were able to dress in their cultural dress or in orange to support the day. Thank you to Miss D, Mrs Luong and our student leaders for their work in making it a special day.
Our building project has now completed works in Learning Centre One, Two and Three. A big thank you to staff and students for their flexibility as the school undergoes this upgrade.
I’m excited to announce that we have now received funding for new roofing in several other buildings. This will include Learning Centre Four, Activities (Oshcare) room, Learning Centre Five and our Admin building. This is a great result for Silverton! I will give you an update on the construction dates when I know more in the coming weeks.
We are hoping to build on our collection of board games for our lunchtime clubs. If you have any board games that you no longer use, we would be very grateful for any games donations. If you are able to help, please deliver any games to admin.
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.
Silverton has now become a Rubbish Free school! I’m asking that all families support this change by ensuring that lunch boxes are free from plastic wrappers. Some simple changes you can make to support this would be to take snacks out of their plastic packets and put them as well as sandwiches into small plastic containers in your child’s lunch box.
Once again, I would just like to welcome everyone back to Silverton and thank you for your ongoing support. We are looking forward to a great year!
Thank you,
Mark Pollard – Principal
A few Reminders
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Please DO NOT park in the disabled carpark unless you are permitted to do so.
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Please obey all street parking signs in neighboring streets to avoid being fined and do not perform U-turns outside the school gates.
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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 1: 28 Jan – FRIDAY 4 Apr - 2:30pm Finish
Term 2: 22 Apr – 4 Jul - 2:30pm Finish
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
Thursday 18th December
Friday 19th December
| March |
| Fri 28th |
Cross Country |
All students |
| April |
| 31st Mar - 3rd |
Grade 6 Camp |
Year 6 |
Fri 4th
2pm |
Easter Raffle
Easter Hat Parade
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All students |
| Fri 4th |
Last Day of Term 1 -
2:30pm Finish |
All Students |
| Tues 22nd |
Term 2 Starts - 9am |
All Students |
| Fri 25th |
ANZAC Day - NO SCHOOL |
All students |
| Wed 30th |
STEM fun @ Silverton |
Future Students |
| Wed 30th |
FUSE Cup - Mario Kart |
Selected Students |
| May |
| Thurs 8th |
VSSS Dance Rehearsal |
VSSS Dance Students |
| Fri 9th |
Mother's Day Stall |
All Students |
| Thurs 15th |
School Open Night |
Everyone |
| Mon 26th |
Junior Hooptime |
Selected Students |
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Softball Program
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