On Friday 5 July, we were so fortunate to have three players from the Greater Weston Sydney Women's AFL team visit the school.

Hosting professional sports women was an amazing way to promote women in the sporting world.

We had a welcoming committee who gave the players a tour of our school we are all so proud of.

The students then had time to ask lots of amazing questions to the players and were generously gifted some merchandise they were able to have signed by our GWS visitors.

Thomas D

Austin H

Benjamin C

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has been a key focus at Campbell Primary this year. To enrich student's learning in this area, Year 3-6 students had the opportunity to engage in wellbeing workshops. We were incredibly fortunate to have had, Tony, a health and wellbeing coach, facilitate the workshops.

During these sessions, students had the opportunity to learn about the six areas of wellbeing: physical, emotional, cognitive, identity, financial and social. They have also discussed strategies for managing their own wellbeing, as well as supporting others through kindness.

It was a pleasure to see the engagement and enthusiasm from students during these sessions. We hope to have Tony back later in the year to run some follow up workshops.

In Week 2 next term, we will be hosting parent teacher interviews for Preschool to Year 6 classes. This will be an opportunity to discuss your child/ren’s progress and goals for the remainder of the year.

Families of students in Preschool to Year 6 will receive an email on Monday of Week 1 advising when the online booking system is open for your parent teacher interviews.

Please note, however, that Parent teacher interviews for Year 2 Superoos will be held in Week 1 of Term 3. These families will receive an email this afternoon advising when the online booking system is open with a link to the parent portal interview booking system.  Online bookings for Year 2 Superoos will be open from 3:00pm today, closing on Friday 19 at 5:00pm.

We encourage all families to register for the Parent Portal. If you have not yet registered/you are unable to book a parent teacher interview, we will have staff available onsite to provide phone assistance from 9:00am to 3:00pm on Monday 8 July, and Friday 19 July.

A friendly reminder to all parents and carers that there are 2 remaining student-free days for ACT public schools in 2024.

These are the first day of each school term:

Term 3 – Monday 22 July 2024

Term 4 – Monday 14 October 2024

Student-free days are for staff development, enabling teachers and schools to plan in a student-free environment. The increase in student-free planning days from 2024 is part of our Teaching Staff Enterprise Agreement, which prioritises better teacher workloads for educational leadership, teaching and learning.

We wish you all a safe and restful holiday and look forward to seeing all our little people returning on Tuesday 23 July.

Additional copies of all permission notes, can be found in:

• in the CPS Dropbox tab on the school website (campbellps.act.edu.au); and
• in the Documents tab in the Parent Portal.

Families' usage of the Parent Portal is steadily increasing and we appreciate your support while we navigate the most effective procedures to suit our community's needs.

While we are endeavouring to keep all platforms of communication as up to date as possible with school advice, excursion information and payment requests we appreciate your patience during periods of staff shortages and time constraints.  Please remember, additional copies of notes sent home can still be found on the CPS website in the CPS Dropbox tab within the 'Notes sent home' folder.  They can also be found on the Parent Portal in your news feed.

With regard to payment options, we have heard from many families, for them, the Portal is the easiest method of payment.  We do however, have some restrictions in the way we can create payment requests for whole school or cohort activities.

Going forward, for payment requests with a variable payment amount, the school will generate an invoice run with a nominal amount and advise to "AMEND PAYMENT TO MATCH YOUR ORDER".  Payments can be adjusted to any amount lower than the invoice request, however for amounts above the invoice request, you will need to make an additional/separate payment on one of the other payment methods (Quickweb, EFTPOS over the phone/at the front office or cash at the front office).

If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to contact the school on 6142 3580.

Optional Extension Opportunity: ICAS Assessments

Years 2 - 6

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools

Developed by the University of NSW, ICAS is designed to target students’ higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in Writing, English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Digital Technologies, through participation in an academic competition.

The assessments are optional and suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment. Your child will be presented with high-quality, expert-developed questions, allowing them to apply their learning without the need for prior study or revision.

ICAS Assessments are online. Please access the link below to register and pay: https://shop.icasassessments.com//pages/pps

You can choose any combination of assessments.

Campbell Primary School's unique access code is:   TJH967

The assessments will be carried out at Campbell Primary School during the assigned windows.

Please see below a list for the details of the assessments:

Please register and pay via ICAS by Friday 26 July 2024 in order to secure your child’s spot in ICAS this year.

If you have any further enquiries, please contact:

Kerry Johnstone (kerry.johnstone@ed.act.edu.au) or Sarah Ebbage (sarah.ebbage@ed.act.edu.au)

We encourage you to share the attached information to your school community, through emails, newsletters or the Parent Portal. Don’t miss the opportunity to recognise an inspiring individual or team for one of these awards. For more information, and to nominate, visit ACT Public Education Awards - Education. Nominations close on Monday 2 September 2024.

To further support parents and carers, the Education Directorate’s Online Safety Education team has recorded their live webinars, sliced into bite-sized videos, to offer a more convenient and flexible viewing option for families. There are currently four playlists available covering topics such as cyberbullying, sextortion, online grooming, managing screen time, building healthy digital habits, parental controls and resources and reporting.

Scan the QR code, or use the link to find a list of the available playlists: https://bit.ly/ACTEDU_Online_Safety_Videos