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- Principal's Report
- EOI - Community Consultation - Draft Vision and Mission Statement
- PBL
- Campbell Primary School Remembrance Day Assembly
- A Wonderland Adventure - Campbell Primary School's End of Year Celebration
- Bookclub - Issue #8
- Second hand uniform shop change of date
- 2024 student-free days
- Join us for a Speechie Library Talk in November
- Three-year-old preschool list of partner providers for 2024
Last term families, students and staff were asked to complete the ACT Education Directorate Satisfaction Survey. The data from the surveys help to identify trends, areas of growth/celebration and drive school’s strategic direction. I have included some highlights from the student, staff, and family survey results:
Student Results (Year 4-6 students completed the survey) ‘Agree/Strongly Agree’ |
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Question |
ACT system results |
Campbell’s results |
Difference |
My school gives me opportunities to do interesting things |
75% |
79.3% |
+4.3% |
The school celebrates the achievements of students |
74.8% |
76.9% |
+2.1% |
Overall, I am satisfied I am getting a good education at this school |
74% |
80.2% |
+6.2% |
Staff Results ‘Agree/Strongly Agree’ |
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Question |
ACT system results |
Campbell’s results |
Difference |
The school takes staff opinion seriously |
76.6% |
84.6% |
+8% |
Staff get quality feedback on their performance |
59.3% |
70% |
+10.7% |
My professional achievements are celebrated at this school |
57.8% |
73.1% |
+15.3% |
Family Results ‘Agree/Strongly Agree’ |
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Question |
ACT system results |
Campbell’s results |
Difference |
The school takes parents’ opinions seriously |
67.9% |
79.6% |
+11.7% |
I am regularly informed about my child’s progress |
70.9% |
83.3% |
+12.5% |
Community partnerships are well maintained |
68.8% |
78.7% |
+10.1% |
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We appreciate all the families who took the time to complete the survey. A more comprehensive spread of data will be shared with the School Board at our next meeting. If you have anything questions, please feel free to contact me.
Save The Date - End of Year Performance
The school will be celebrating the end of an incredible year by hosting an end of year concert. The concert will take place on 12 December. Over the next couple of weeks our Preschool to Year 6 students will be busy practising their performance piece. The concert will take place after school at 4:30pm and will conclude with a P&C hosted picnic at around 5:30-6:30pm. More information will be sent out to families soon.
Transition Processes
It feels strange talking about 2024, however we have begun transition work for next year. This work involves, assigning learning areas, teachers, learning support assistance and class groups. Just like last year we will be running a transition session for our 2024 Year 1-6 students on 8 December. This session will be an opportunity for students to meet their 2024 teacher, spend some time in their new classroom and meet the other students in their class. That afternoon we will email families some information about your child’s new teacher and up-to-date version 9 Australian Curriculum documentation.
Erin Minehan
EOI - Community Consultation - Draft Vision and Mission Statement
Expression of Interest
Community Consultation
Draft Vision and Mission Statement
Thank you to all who completed the survey in regard to the reinvigoration of the Campbell Primary School Vision and Mission statement.
We have now collected feedback from our community members including the students, teachers and parents. We are currently collating and crystallising the information to develop a draft proposal of revised statements.
We are writing to invite expressions of interest to attend a community consultation of the revised vision and mission statement.
Vision and Mission Draft Statements Consultation
Tuesday 21 November, 2023
5pm Library
Please email Kerry Johnstone to confirm attendance kerry.johnstone@ed.act.edu.au
Hello, it’s the PBL committee! Today, I’ll be going over collaboration.
My name is Olivia, and I’m the Year Six PBL representative. In Year Five/Six, we do a lot of big projects, so we often have to work together. Like our Japanese project - we only had 10 hours, one a week, to get our information down, so we teamed up with 1-3 other children from our class, and as a result, we have a display of thousands of wonderful projects!
Collaboration doesn’t just mean doing your schoolwork in groups. It’s teamwork and sharing. It’s letting someone else have the last basketball, or letting someone join your game. All across Campbell Primary School, children are making everything work. No matter how few balls and hoops are left in the sports shed, everyone can find a way to enjoy play at lunch.
A good example is our new basketball court. First of all, we had a mess of children, all trying to have their game played. Then, our school came up with an idea: We give the older children a chance to play at recess, then the younger children can enjoy the place without enormous kids charging around shouting.
Then, we had a new problem: during recess, there just wasn’t room. But instead of fighting over the space, we’ve found a way to have as many as seven games going on the court at once! A new playspace is only the start: we don’t know whether it will be good or bad, it’s all about how we work out how to use it.
If you look around Campbell Primary, you’ll see thousands of examples of Collaboration: the worm farm took so much effort to get established, but thanks to great work from last year’s sustainability committee, we have a thriving farm, proving at the same time that we should continue the committees in 2023.
That’s not all the school has accomplished for itself last year: we have a well-working podcast team, with their channel Schoolyard Banter. You can enjoy an episode or two here, and there will be more coming out all the time, hopefully continuing into next year. All this is thanks to our big word: Collaboration!
After these successes, you won’t be surprised to see that we’ve continued this year. The committees are a big part of year six, and we meet every Friday to discuss the next step. You’ll probably know about Benny The Banana, and possibly the numerous other fruits: Penelope The Pineapple, Spice The Pumpkin, Alice the Apple, Alice the Apple 2…
Our fundraising committee has organised a cancer fundraiser, one of the school’s most successful, and a brilliant food drive that we plan to do again this year. As you can guess, it takes all hands on deck to accomplish this, and I think that it’s Year Six’s best example of collaboration yet!
Collaboration is that perfect spot in the middle between teamwork and doing whatever you like. Campbell Primary School is full of it, not just Year Six. It lets us create amazing work, get the most out of our amazing school, and make everything better for next year’s students. Thanks for reading this week’s PBL committee message.
Campbell Primary School Remembrance Day Assembly
Beneath our lovely Friendship Hill trees, and in the shadow of the pines that are descendants of the Gallipoli Lone Pine, Campbell Primary gathered just before 11am to commemorate Remembrance Day 2023. With the beautiful remembrance mural as our backdrop and the highly polished soldiers, sailors and airmen from the Australian Federation Guard forming the flag party it was a lovely opportunity to come together as a whole school community for this very important occasion. Led beautifully by a small group of Year 5 students from ADF families, supported by the combined Junior and Senior Choir, and attended by a number of families, it was a short but meaningful traditional service.
A huge thank you goes out to those that supported the service; especially our keynote speaker Captain James Hawley (RAN), our amazing bugler Sergeant Justin Lingard of the Royal Military College Band, Lieutenant Colonel Maureen Montalban (ARA) who delivered the ode with her girls, and the amazing team from the Australian Federation Guard. We are so fortunate to have such a wealth of talent and experience to draw from on these occasions within our very own CPS ADF community. Appreciation also goes to Lyle Williams for his help with the sound equipment, the students and teachers of the CPS choir, the students who presented througout, and our admin and BSO team for their logistical support with the setup.
Respectful commemoration of the service and sacrifice of Australian Defence Force personnel past and present is a whole community responsibility, and it takes a village of support to do this in a meaningful way each ANZAC and Remembrance Day. We would like to extend a sincere thanks to all of our staff, students, families and community for their attendance, respect, and support.
Lest We Forget.
Issue #8 for the Scholastic Bookclub is out now!
Orders are due online by Tuesday, 28 November.
This is a fabulous opportunity to stock up on Christmas gifts for all your family.
Second hand uniform shop change of date
Please note, our second hand uniform shop is no longer open on a Tuesday.
Our second hand uniform shop is now operating on Friday afternoons out of the new canteen, from 2:30pm till 3:15pm.
Orders can also be placed online by emailing uniformshop@campbellpandc.com.
Get planning for 2024 with upcoming student-free days
From 2024, there will be 4 student-free days for ACT public schools - the first day of each school term. Student-free days for 2024 are:
· Term 1, Monday 29 January 2024
· Term 2, Monday 29 April 2024
· Term 3, Monday 22 July 2024
· Term 4, Monday 14 October 2024.
We use student-free days for staff development, enabling us to plan in a student-free environment. Student-free planning days have been expanded from 1 to 4 days from 2024 as part of our new Teaching Staff Enterprise Agreement which prioritises better teacher workloads for educational leadership, teaching and learning. For all school term dates, visit the Term Dates page: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/term_dates_and_public_holidays
Join us for a Speechie Library Talk in November
Do you have a child between the age 0 and 5? Are you interested in supporting their language and literacy development? There is an exciting event coming up at Libraries ACT that you won't want to miss.
Speech Pathology Australia's Speechie Library Talks are being held in November, connecting libraries and their community with local speech pathologists, or 'speechies'. These free presentations are designed to assist parents and caregivers in building their child's language and literacy skills. This wonderful program is being conducted in collaboration with the Australian Library Information Association.
To find out more information or to register for these talks go to Speech Pathology Australia's Speechie Library Talks.
Contact Libraries ACT on 02 620 59000 or Library.customerinfo@act.gov.au
Three-year-old preschool list of partner providers for 2024
Universal access to quality early childhood education for three-year-old children is a key initiative under Set Up for Success: An Early Childhood Strategy for the ACT. From the start of 2024, free three-year-old preschool will be available to all Canberra families for 300 hours per year. The three-year-old preschool program will be delivered through participating Early Childhood Education and Care services (long day care and non-government school settings). Over 130 services across the ACT have partnered to deliver three-year-old preschool in 2024.
A list of partner provider services is now available on the Education Directorate website, along with Frequently Asked Questions and further information for families.