Dear Parents,
We are excited to welcome the Primaries back to school on Wednesday 17th July 2024. We hope you have enjoyed this Winter break and had some opportunities to spend time outdoors
For your convenience, you will receive a SEQTA message on Monday from your child’s Home Group teacher outlining uniform schedules and upcoming events for Term 3
God bless you! The Primary Team
Monday 15th – Tuesday 16th July 2024
Camp Australia will be available for onsite full-day care on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th July 2024.
If you would like to use this service, please register your child by: Calling 1300 665 257 Via the Parent Portal care@campaustralia.com.au
Downloading the Camp Australia app
Please be reminded that the basic costume items for Shrek are due at the end of Term 3, Week 1, Friday 19th July 2024.
All items should be sent to school in a plastic bag labelled with your child’s name and year level.
Tuesday 23rd July 2024, 9:00am – 7:00pm
The Parent Student Teacher conferences will take place on Tuesday 23rd July 2024, between 9:00am – 7:00pm.
The booking portal closes on Friday 19th July at 12:00pm, no further bookings can be made or changed after this time. If you have not yet arranged an appointment to see your child’s teacher, please follow the instructions below.
Please be reminded that this is a student free day. Camp Australia will be available for onsite care all day.
Tuesday 30th July 2024
The Primary students will enjoy a day to celebrate the Olympics by participating in mixed-age country groups and competing in a variety of activities.
All families will receive their child’s allocated country. Students may attend school on this day dressed in colours representing the country they were allocated to. Dressing up is not compulsory. Students who are not dressed in their country colours must come to school in their sport uniform.
Fridays 9:00am – 9:45am
Northside has a regular parent prayer team who gather together to pray for the College community every Friday from 9:00am – 9:45am Parents and grandparents of Northside students are welcome to join. Please contact Reception or email prayer@ncc.vic.edu.au for more information.
Term 3, Week 6 is Book Week. This year the theme for book week is “Reading is Magic” and we have some amazing ideas for how to celebrate book week together
One way we all come together to celebrate is our Yearly Book Week Parade. This is where everyone has the chance to dress up as their favourite book character or a character you think would be fun to dress up as Our dress-up day will be Friday 23rd August, so why not have a go at making your very own costume? We love to see what you can come up with.
Another way we always celebrate Book Week is the running of our yearly Book Fair. This year things will be run a little bit differently. The Fair will be held during Week 8, after Book Week, and is brought to us by Lamont Books. This will provide students with a different selection of books than those found in Scholastic Book Club
Term 3 also marks the conclusion of the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge, so if your child is taking part, please make sure you have all books logged by Sunday, 1st September so that our Library staff can verify all books before the site closes.
Look out for more Library messages, as we get closer to these amazing events
*While Northside does not support or endorse the use of witchcraft or spells, the term ‘magic’ in this theme is making reference to ‘a quality that makes something seem special or exciting’ We hope that the use of this term does not detract from our celebration of reading.
Northside has read at least 3,800 books so far!
Keep up the great work!
Please note Mini Hooptime change of date from 2nd August to 21st August
Forexample;softtoys,dolls,tennisballs, bouncyballs,smallfootball,smallsoccer ball,(withapumpifnecessary),small musicalinstrument,skippingrope
Forexample;sunglasses,hair accessories,hat,scarf,mittens(no camouflagecoloursorskullimages please)
Forexample;puzzles, illustratedbooks,colouring books,playdough(store bought)
Forexample;Lego,handpuppets, plastictoys,toyfigures,yo-yo, smallfrisbee,smallkite,marbles, playingcards(notoysrelatedto warorfightingplease)
Forexample;colouredpencils,pens, markers,exercisebooks,erasers
Forexample;puzzles,illustrated books,colouringbooks,playdough (storebought)
Forexample;dress,t-shirt,top, pants,shorts(nocamouflagecolours orskullimagesplease)
All donations are due by Monday 5th August to Homeroom teachers. Please ensure that all items are NEW.
Have you already tried swapping?
Next week, why not challenge yourself to try one of these sweet swaps:
Muesli bar to pikelets
Dairy dessert to reduced fat custard
Juice to water with fresh fruit
Making these sweet swaps can protect kids from tooth decay.
Dairy dessert Reduced fat custard
Years: 3 - 7
Your OSHC by Camp Australia provides enriching experiences for children during term – before school, after school and on pupil free days At Your OSHC we give children a supportive space to continue their development, build confidence and socialise with their friends.
Please feel free to visit the program with your children to meet the team and see what happens in our great program each school day.