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- Principal's Report
- Deputy Principal's Report
- Permission Notes
- Defence Mentor's Report
- Book Week reviews
- Student Congress
- Campbell Primary School’s St. John’s Food Pantry Drive
- Father's Day Morning Tea - 2 September - 8:15am
- Parentline ACT
- National Child Protection Week – Children’s Art Activity Art Entries Open
As part of our School Improvement journey, a committee has been formed to support the school’s work around building teaching capacity by implementing the Quality Teaching Model (QT Model).
The QT Model was developed in 2003 by the University of Newcastle. It comprehensively attends to Curriculum, student engagement, and equity within classroom and assessment practice. The Model centres on three specific dimensions of good teaching practice, each with six elements.
Kirsty Hollow, Cathy Dee, Rachel Thane, Esther Riebe, and Angela Lawlor have completed the training with the intention of this work beginning next term. I look forward to sharing our QT Model journey with families.
For further information please click on the link:
https://qtacademy.edu.au/what-is-the-qt-model/
Parent Portal App and Communication Methods Survey
Thank you to the families who completed the Communication Method Survey which was shared at the end of last term. The feedback clearly articulated that our families are looking forward to a much more streamlined approach to how we communicate with families, specifically the frequency of emails.
In Term 2, the Digital Strategy, Services, and Transformation (DSST) team rolled out the Parent Portal at Campbell Primary School. The Parent Portal is a secure online platform to share student information between parents and carers and their student’s teachers. The Parent Portal can be accessed on a mobile phone, tablet, or computer and will allow parents to:
- book parent-teacher interviews
- receive academic reports
- receive the school newsletter
- receive messages from their child’s teachers
- make payments
- access the school calendar and their child’s student timetable
- update their contact details
- notify the school when their child is sick or to explain an absence.
To further improve its accessibility the DSST team is launching the CPS Parent Portal App in Week 8 (11 September).
From the 50 responses, about 52% of those families utilise the Parent Portal and provided positive feedback on its functions. The families who aren't using the Portal mentioned technical difficulties and accessibility issues, so to support more families accessing this very helpful Portal, we will be running workshops with the DSST in early Term 4. As a result of increased family engagement on the Portal, the frequency of emails should lessen and be more manageable. Dates for The Parent Portal workshops will be shared closer to the end of Term 3.
ACT Public Education Awards – 2024 – nominations open now
Public Education Awards Nominations are open!
There is still time to nominate someone in this year’s ACT Public Education Awards! The Awards are an opportunity to recognise exceptional staff working across the public schools and within our Education Support Office.
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 2 September 2024.
For any questions, contact the Education Awards team, People and Performance on EducationAwards@act.gov.au
Take care,
Erin Minehan
| Upcoming events | Date of Excursion | Permission note due |
| K-2 Footsteps Dance program | weekly sessions in Term 3 | some still outstanding |
| Kindergarten Tidbinbilla | Tuesday 10 September | Tuesday 3 September |
| Year 5 Combined Band | Thursday 12 September | Friday 6 September |
| Nihongo Tanken Centre | Friday 13 September | Wednesday 4 September |
| Whole School Floriade | Wednesday 18 September | Wednesday 11 September |
| Year 3-4 Woden Cinema - Runt | Friday 27 September | Friday 20 September |
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.
Camo for a Cause
On Wednesday, 21 August, we held our fundraising event Camo For A Cause to help raise money in support of Legacy.
Our school has a significant number of defence families, and it was clear that this cause was deeply meaningful to our community.
We are thrilled to announce we raised $785.00 for Legacy.
Our celebrations started with camo face painting, which was applied while being educated on the finer tunes of the '80s. The soundtrack from Top Gun got both parents and students revved up and ready to get messy with vibrant camo paint. The best part was all the stories we heard from mums and dads who serve and have to wear the 'goop' when on exercise.
The whole school then enjoyed being energised by the Royal Military Jazz Band. For half an hour, they played the coolest music and had the whole playground bouncing around.
Even though it was too windy for the Air Force balloon to be inflated, students, including the preschoolers, enjoyed the demonstration given by Max, the extremely on-point pilot.
It was a recess to remember. Thank you to everyone who dressed up, got dirty and helped raise money for this very special cause.
Well done once again, Campbell Primary, for getting involved and helping support our cherished community.
As you know on Tuesday we had a book parade and everybody looked amazing. Like some people dressed up as a Minecraft Character, Thing 1 and 2, Barbie, Odd Barbie, Kittycorn, Queen of hearts, and so and on so on.
Now here are some of people's costumes:
Joe (3/4H) Joe was: Ron Weasley, from Harry Potter.
Joe's fav was: King Arthur.
Damien (3/4HS) Damien was: Gnome, from DND
Damien's fav was: Oompa Loompa
Erin (3/4HS) Erin was: Aunt, from James and the giant peach
Erin's fav was: Cleopatra Hannah (3/4H)
Hannah was: Wish, Wizards of Once
Hannah's fav was: Queen of hearts
Thank you for reading.
bye, from Millie C
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Book Week Parade 27/8/24.
As you know, on Tuesday, we had the book week parade, a fun event where we all got to dress up as our favourite book character! Everyone came to school in colourful costumes, like Harry Potter, Cat in the Hat, and Wily Wonka. At the bell, we went down to the basketball court, and sat around the edge. We all walked around the court, and we all got to see everyone's awesome costumes! We also saw Maddie, the story dog dressed up as Trevor, from Pig the Pug. Here are some of the costumes students went as: Alex from Minecraft, Minnions, Queen of hearts, from Alice in Wonderland, Kittycorn, Darth Vader from Starwars, Storm trooper Starwars, Gnome from a DND book, Oomperloomper, Hermione from Harry Potter, Dogman. It looks like Campbell had a great time at the book weak parade. Thanks for reading!!?
Hannah A
Student Congress - by Zara, Ermunn and Hannah
Last Friday, the 23/8/24 6 students from Campbell went to the student congress; Erin, Ermuun, Edie, Hannah, Zara and Odette.
In the morning, some people waited outside with our Principal, Ms Minehan for everyone else to arrive. Once everyone was there, we went to a large hall to talk about community connections, splitting into groups, Campbell was in group A. We played a game called ‘Would you rather?’. Then we had to draw and label what we had and didn’t have at our school that could be fun or help us learn. After that, we had morning tea, where there were a variety of food options for us to eat. Most of the schools grouped together for eating time.
We went to another activity after morning tea. This time we did rotations around activities. The activities consisted of drawing your dream classroom, and talking about your favourite teachers and why they motivate you. Then some people played an ‘agree or disagree’ game where we said if we thought that we get to make decisions about our learning. After that, we had lunch, then went outside with our hats and Miss Minehan. We made daisy chains, played soccer and filled cups with daisies.
After lunch, the Campbell students went back into the hall where we heard stories about how Student Congress started and the people who made it happen. Then all of the schools got to ask questions including three from Campbell Primary.
After that we split into groups again and discussed what we liked about our school and Student Congress and what we disliked about them. Then some people played an agree disagree game, where we said if we thought that we get to make decisions about our learning.
Then, we finished at 2:30pm and went home.
St John's Food Pantry Drive
As we reach the midpoint of our Food Donation Pantry Drive, we urgently need to boost our efforts to make a significant impact. Despite our community's enthusiasm, the response has been less than expected, and our donation boxes are still waiting to be filled.
We Need Your Help Now More Than Ever! From now until Week 10, we are calling on every family to help if they are able. Your donations of non-perishable food and hygiene items are crucial in supporting those in need within our community.
Items in High Demand:
- UHT Full Cream Milk (1 Litre)
- Jam, Honey, or Vegemite
- Cereal
- Tinned Fruit
- Cooking Oil
- Canned Tuna
- School Snacks
- Rice (1 kg)
- Chunky Tinned Soups
- Pasta Sauce
Hygiene Needs:
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo & Conditioner
- Deodorant
- Toilet Paper
- Washing Powder
- Dishwashing Liquid
We appreciate every contribution, no matter how small. Each item donated makes a real difference in the daily lives of those who receive them.
Drop-Off Information: Please bring your donations to the front office, where you will find our designated collection boxes.
Thank you for your continued support and generosity. Together, we can achieve great things.
Thank you from the Year 6 Leaders!
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NAPCAN (National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect) are looking for artwork to focus on this year’s National Children Protection Week (1-7 September) which raises how every conversation matters.
NAPCAN is looking for artworks to show what children and young people think about their relationships and the conversations they have with family, friends and community. These will then be used in NAPCAN’s campaign (leading up to September) to help show that protecting children is about all of us working together.
For more information and to submit your child’s artwork, visit Art Activity Submission.