Playground Opening and Closing Times

To ensure the safety of our Junior School students on the playground, students can only play under the supervision of a staff member. Staff are rostered to supervise the playground from 8.30am – 8.50am. In the afternoons, the playground is supervised from 3.15pm – 3.35pm. The playground closes at 3.35pm at which time parents and students should leave the area.

Thank you for your cooperation in ensuring the safety of our children in the playground.

NAPLAN

The 2024 NAPLAN results for Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students were sent home during the holidays. The Parent /Teacher interviews provide a perfect opportunity for you to discuss your child’s results with their teacher. Junior School interviews are Mon 5 and Wed 7 August and Senior School interviews are on 9 and 10 September.

Casey Grammar Students Achieving Excellence

Deakin Law Debate

Our Senior Debating team competed in the Deakin Law Debate for the first time this year. The team came 3^rd out of 18 teams (Korowa and MacRob came first and second). Congratulations to Tina M who won a Best Speaker Awards and to James D who won two Best Speaker Awards! We were the only team from the Southeast to compete and we competed against many prestigious inner-city schools. Debating is thriving at Casey Grammar thanks to our extraordinary coach Ms Naomi Weiler.

Monash Scholars Program

Congratulations to Tessa S (Year 10) who has been selected for the Monash Scholars Program 2024. This program is for high achieving students who will be invited to participate in a range of pre-University activities at Monash University over the next 2 ½ years. Congratulations Tessa.

Victorian Cross Country Competition

Snaver M (Year 5) represented Casey Grammar in the Victorian Cross Country. He came 33 out of 110 competitors. We are very proud of his effort and his achievement.

Congratulations Danielle

Congratulations to Danielle Searles who was recently named as Most Influential Educators in Australia 2024. The Most Influential Educators in Australia are inspirational leaders and changemakers who’ve made an impact on their students and school communities. Danielle has certainly made a big impact on the Junior School since her arrival and we are very proud to acknowledge her achievements.

New Staff

This term we have welcomed some new staff including;

• Rebecca Fernandes - Enrichment and Inclusion Dept
• Flora Basti – Senior School Science
• Sarah Browning – Year 6
• Khatera Shakeri – Senior School Science
• Fiona Mace – Year 5
• Aleisha Sutherland – Year 3
• Mathew Pendle – Junior School Learning Assistant.

The new staff are settling in well and are enjoying getting to know their students and new colleagues.

Camps

When young people look back over their years at school, it is often their experiences at school camps which they remember most fondly. Casey Grammar has a carefully designed, sequential camp program which commences in Year 3. Being away from home and being challenged to contribute to the functioning and development of their camp community teaches students important lifeskills such as responsibility, initiative, resilience, cooperation, leadership and respect. Camps from Year 3 – Year 9 are compulsory and extremely important school activities. The Year 10 and Year 11 retreats are also extremely important events which contribute to our student’s preparation for VCE along with developing skills in teamwork, leadership and initiative.

Year 8 Camp

Last week, our Year 8 students created some fond memories and new friendships at camp. Thank you to the staff who attended the camp Mrs Dwyer, Mr Murdock, Mr Clutton, Mrs Garby, Mr Chanter, Mrs Midwinter, Mrs Farrugia and Mr Brown. Without them, our students would not have had tis wonderful learning opportunity.

Ski Trip

A very successful Snow Camp was held for senior students from Sun 14 – Fri 19 July. Students learned new skills and developed new friendships. They demonstrated excellent resilience and a positive attitude throughout the camp. Thank you to the staff who made sure the camp ran smoothly and safely; Kate Morgan, Anthony Brown, Chris Bucknell, Sarah Black and Alison Blanchard.

Fiona Williams

Principal

Safety and Wellbeing at School

Our goal is that every student feels safe, connected, and respected at school, however, like every school, this is not always the case. When things happen to make students feel upset or worried, our ideal is that they have an adult at the school to whom they would be confident to raise the concern and very often this is the case.

For a variety of reasons, sometimes students do not feel confident to talk about incidents and so for these situations we provide an online reporting mechanism. On the students SEQTA ‘Welcome’ page, there is a button in the top left position called ‘Casey Cares – Report an incident’.

This button takes the students to an online form on which they can provide information about an incident impacting them or someone else. The use of this button, and a reminder about the ethics of doing so, will be part of the Senior School Assembly next week. Students in Year 4-6 will also be introduced to this reporting mechanism in coming days.

The Importance of Sleep for Academic Success

Our first Senior School Assembly this term had a strong learning focus, with speakers talking about and encouraging students to make the most of their opportunities to learn. An often-overlooked aspect of learning is sleep. Children and teenagers need adequate sleep for many reasons, but learning is one of them. The brain does some important ‘house-keeping’ while we sleep, and good sleep can assist children and teenagers to retain new information more effectively. One of the best things children and teenagers can do to improve their sleep is having a consistent routine around bedtime. 

For tips to help families support their children to sleep better, the article is available in several languages, if that is helpful - click here 

Dr Robert Jacob

Deputy Principal

Free Webinar: Prevent Bullying & Empower Your Children

TeamKids is so excited to invite you to a free webinar: Prevent Bullying & Empower Children – presented by Dr. Zach Greig (PhD). You will learn valuable strategies to help children call out poor social behaviour and become Upstanders in their community. 

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Thu, 29th Aug 

Time: 7:30PM – 8:30PM 

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