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Headmaster Novel Coronavirus
Start of Term One Information Evenings
Edition 75, 31 January 2020
From the Headmaster
Welcome back to the 2020 School year. A special welcome to all of you who are new to Camberwell Grammar School, and I hope that you will all feel very much a part of our learning community very soon.
Uniforms and Presentation
Novel Coronavirus
Flexischools – Cashless Payments
I recognise that many of our students who had been looking forward to returning to School this week have had to postpone this for two weeks, as they have recently travelled back from China. I would like to thank those students and families, for your support and understanding in helping to ensure that everyone in our community remains as safe and healthy as possible, as novel coronavirus outbreak across the world increases in severity. We look forward to them rejoining our community as soon as they are able.
Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis Year 7 and 10 Immunisations Virtual Tour of our School Grammarian Academic Excellence and Scholars of the School
Start of Term One
Term Dates 2020
All staff members at the School attended two intense but very productive Professional Development Days earlier this week, and we welcomed the students yesterday. As always seems to be the case the hot weather appeared just in time for School! It has already been a busy first week! Last night we hosted an Information Evening and a Welcome Back drinks for Junior School parents, and tonight we have our welcome back drinks for Middle School parents in the Camberwell Room in the new Sports Centre at 6.30pm. Our Senior School Welcome Back Evening will also be held at the same venue on Friday 7 February commencing at 6.30pm. These functions are an excellent way to meet other parents and to discover important information about the year ahead. I am very grateful the members of our Parents’ Association who organise and host our welcome back functions each year. We value greatly the support we receive from our parent support groups and I thank them for the warm welcome they extend to all families at the beginning of each year.
Start of the Year
Information Evenings
University of Melbourne Kwong Lee Dow Scholar Year 12 Scholars of the School Lyrebird Awards Mathematics Assistance Cabrini Malvern’s Emergency Department
Middle School Friday Afternoons
Annual Student Photos Year 8 Camp
As outlined in my recent email to the whole school community, I encourage you to attend the relevant information evenings, as outlined below: •
Year 12 Information Night and Parent Education Evening On Monday 3 February in the Performing Arts Centre commencing at 7.00pm there will be a Year 12 Information Evening followed by a presentation at 8.00pm by or guest speaker, Adolescent Psychologist, Mr Andrew Fuller.
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Head of House and House Tutor Evening On Wednesday 5 February at 7.00pm, there will be an opportunity for Year 9 parents and parents of new boys to the Senior School (Years 10-12) to meet their son’s Head of House and Tutor.
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Year 11 Student and Parents Information Evening On Monday 10 February in the Performing Arts Centre commencing at 7.00pm. The purpose of the evening is to provide an explanation of the structure, procedures and rules of the VCE, and to suggest some strategies which the School, from its previous experience, believes will help to make this year successful in every sense.
Welcome Back Drinks Uniform Requirements in Term 1 Year 7 Sports Orientation Morning Year 6 and 7 Meet the Form Teacher Year 8 Outdoor Education
Junior School Welcome Back
Key Dates Ahead
Sport
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Uniforms and Presentation At the beginning of each new School year I ask for the support of our parents in ensuring that all students are properly attired, and that their hair is neat and tidy and in keeping with the guidelines set out from pages 24 and 25 of our School Diary. I ask those few students who need to take some action about their hair, shoes, socks or belts to do so as a matter of urgency. It may be that some boys are asked to return home until they are able to get an appropriate haircut. Heads of House will be the final arbiters of what is considered ‘appropriate’! Our students have an excellent reputation in the community for the way that they wear their uniform and I am keen to ensure that we maintain this. I would also like to remind parents that it is important that the correct School sports uniform is worn when having a Physical Education lesson or competing in sporting events (p.26/27 in the School Diary). Our students represent us in the way they behave and also in the care they take with their appearance.