Days of Acknowledgement

July 18^th – Nelson Mandela International Day

On the day of his birthday, UNESCO acknowledges the life and legacy of this incredible man. On this day we think about what a positive change an individual can make to their community and the futures of others through pure determination. 

7^th – 14^th - July NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week took place from the 7th to 14th of July, with the theme ‘Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud’. There is important work underway across the department to improve outcomes for First Nations learners and support self-determination.

Child safety and wellbeing at Ivanhoe East Primary School information for families and the school community

Ivanhoe East Primary School is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe. We have a zero tolerance for child abuse and are committed to protecting children from harm. On Monday we spent the morning of the Curriculum day working with Helen from Growing Futures focusing on the topic of Child Safe Standards. This was extremely in depth and comprehensive and highlighted the importance of all stakeholders working together for child safety. Therefore I would like to take this opportunity to highlight our comprehensive Child Safety Framework which outlines our school’s strategies to support student safety and wellbeing. The framework includes the following policies, codes and procedures, which are all available on our school website under our Policy section https://ivanhoeeastps.vic.edu.au/policies 

• Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
• Child Safety Code of Conduct
• Child safety Responding and Reporting Obligations Policy and Procedure
• Complaints Policy
• Student Engagement and Wellbeing Policy
• Bullying Prevention Policy
• Volunteers Policy
• Visitors Policy
• Digital Learning Policy

As mentioned our students and their families are integral partners in keeping our students safe. I strongly encourage you to familiarise yourself with the above policies. As always we value feedback and ideas on how we can continuously strengthen our Child Safety Framework. If you have any suggestions or comments please contact myself directly via tom.boyle@education.vic.gov.au

Works on Wilfred Road –East Ivanhoe Shopping Village Upgrade

Works will be commencing in Wilfred Road from the week of 8 July 2024 as part of the next stage of works for the East Ivanhoe Shopping Village Upgrade. It is anticipated these works will be under way for a period of two weeks, weather dependent.

These works will require removal of existing concrete and asphalt, and placement of new pavement and kerb.

Council will be constructing raised crossings in Wilfred Road at Lower Heidelberg Road at a later stage.

Given the nature of these works, traffic management and pedestrian detours will be in place whist the works occur.

You may also hear some noise whist the works occur, particularly during the initial demolition phases.

A member of the construction team may be in contact with the school if there are any specific access restrictions occurring during the works.

For all general communications, please contact Council on the details below.

Nick McKay

Senior Project Manager

Banyule City Council

E: eastivanhoestreetscape@banyule.vic.gov.au
Ph: 9490 4222

House Spirit Building Teamwork and Fun - Friday 28^th of June 

On the final day of Term 2, the entire school came together for a House Spirit Day aimed at fostering unity among students across different grades and strengthening their connection to their houses. The 2024 House Captains used their experience from last years’ House Spirit event to plan four new activities which could cater for all ages and large group numbers so that all students could participate equally. These activities included 25 minute sessions of yoga, Just Dance, obstacle courses, and party games.

It was wonderful to see such eager participation and wonderful respect shown by all year levels throughout the event. Special congratulations those who were awarded a House Spirit Award, demonstrating fabulous enthusiasm and support for all students in their house. Finally, thank you to the House and School Captains for your confident leadership, as well as to the Year 6 student helpers for making sure each activity ran smoothly.

Sushi Day – this Friday 19^th July 2024 

Sushi must be pre-ordered via My School Connect
Orders close today at 5pm – no late orders can be accepted!
Ivanhoe East Canteen (myschoolconnect.com.au)
https://myschoolconnect.com.au/ivanhoeeast

Please note: the canteen will be closed on Friday 19 July and Monday 22 July. Please ensure you organise recess and lunch for your child on these days.

Schools Tree Day – Thursday 25^th July

On Thursday 25th July, Ivanhoe East Primary School will be taking part in Planet Ark’s National Tree Day, Australia’s largest community tree planting and nature care event. We will be planting 21 plants, for our 21 classes at IEPS! Every class will be involved in the digging, planting and compacting of soil across the day! If there are any parents that would like to volunteer and assist the Environment Captains, Mrs Wheatley and Miss Pearce, please let Mrs Wheatley know before our planting day! We look forward to seeing many green thumbs on Thursday July 25 for Schools Tree Day.

IEPS Olympics

On the 26^th of July the IEPS School Olympics will be starting, this will be a two-week event. Students will be put into countries and will do an opening ceremony on the 26^th. Students will be allocated a country and will be with people from the same house. This week, students will check off the events they want to be scored in.

There will be all different kinds of events including sport, academic and specialist.

The Sports events will be happening on Monday the 5^th for Years Foundation-2 and Thursday the 1^st for Years 3-6 (IEPS Athletics Day) and students will be wearing house colours on these days.

Academic events will be held throughout the Olympics and will be in their classes.

The closing ceremony will happen on Thursday the 8^th with an assembly announcing the winning house and country.

Wear Your House Colours on:

Whole School - Friday 26^th of July

and

3 to 6 – Thursday the 1^st of August

Foundation to 1 - Monday 5^th of August

By School Captains

French Cultural Day – Wednesday 31^st July 2024

Bonjour! 

A reminder to all families that we will be celebrating our first French Cultural Day at IEPS on Wednesday, July 31st. On this day, there will be a French mime show incursion as well as a crêpe van, amongst other activities.

To avoid disappointment on the day, please remember to give permission and pay for the incursion on Compass. For those wanting to order a crêpe, you can order via the following Trybooking link (gluten-free options are available) 

https://www.trybooking.com/events/1250117/sessions/4728551/sections/2364451/tickets

One last thing - don’t forget to wear your French inspired outfit on the day. Ooh la la!

Homework Policy

Our Homework Policy was updated in Term 2 and is located under the Policy heading on our website. https://ivanhoeeastps.vic.edu.au/policies

IEPS has developed this Homework Policy in consultation with the School Council to support student learning and wellbeing by:

• providing opportunities for students to review, revise and reinforce newly acquired skills
• providing opportunities for students to apply new knowledge
• providing opportunities for students to prepare for future lessons
• encouraging students to enrich or extend knowledge individually, collectively and imaginatively
• fostering good lifelong learning and study habits
• supporting learning partnerships with parents/carers.

Students will be provided with Reading, Spelling and Mathletics tasks, and these homework expectations will also be communicated to families through the termly year level newsletter. Families will also receive communication via Compass, if a specific project or research-based task is to be implemented.

IEPS understands that students have different learning strengths, preferences and interests and may approach learning activities and homework differently. If parents/carers are concerned their child may not understand the homework tasks that have been set or is spending a long period of time completing their homework, we encourage parents/carers to speak to their child’s teacher.

2024 NAPLAN Individual Student Report

Year 3 & 5 students will receive their individual reports this Friday via a sealed envelope in their school bag. This will provide a summary of the tests undertaken by your child in the NAPLAN testing window in Term 1. It is important to note that these assessments provide a summary of your child’s assessment on one particular day. Our school and teaching staff will use these assessments in combination with our school assessment schedule and the detailed knowledge that we have of each child to ensure that we are targeting strengths and areas for improvement over the remainder of the year and moving forward, to promote learning growth in all students.

Taken in isolation, NAPLAN assessment provides a small snapshot of the performance of our students, they mustn't be viewed without taking into account the summative and formative assessment that students complete on an ongoing basis. The evidence of learning that occurs in the classroom on a daily basis outweighs the score on a NAPLAN assessment. NAPLAN is used as a tool for our school to evaluate trend data related to our teaching and learning pedagogies and is one data set that supports our continuous improvement cycle. 

Term 3 Reminders

Canteen will be closed on Friday 19th and Monday 22nd July

Please ensure you organise recess and lunch for your child on these days.

Canteen News - Recess snacks available to order through My School Connect starting in Term 3!

On those days when you just need to order a little extra something for your child's recess snack, you will be able to do so through My School Connect starting in Term 3.

The recess snack will be available for your child to have at recess.

Term 3 and 4 Lunchtime Clubs - Benji D and Miles S (Year 5 PAG Representative) 

To decide the lunchtime clubs (see below) first, we asked all the students for ideas, then they voted for all the clubs they would attend. The PAGs semester one representatives counted the votes to decide the clubs for term 3 and 4. 

IEPS Lunchtime Clubs Term 3 and 4 Timetable - 2024

Olympics: Year 6 Space/PA room TBC - No Other lunchtime clubs will run during the 2 weeks of the Olympics

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