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Carlton Gardens Primary School
Por$olios At Carlton Gardens Primary School, the purpose of the por9olio is to provide authen;c evidence of students’ learning that demonstrates growth and progress over ;me. Each por9olio is owned by the student and is generated through close collabora;on with the teacher. A por9olio is a record of students’ involvement in learning which is designed to demonstrate success, growth, higher-­‐order thinking, crea;vity, assessment strategies and reflec;on. A por9olio is a celebra;on of an ac;ve mind at work. It provides a picture of each student’s progress and development over a period of ;me both as individual and group learners. It enables students to reflect with teachers, parents and peers in order to iden;fy their strengths and growth as well as areas for improvement, and then to set individual goals and establish teaching and learning plans. This year por9olios will form part of the mid-­‐year repor;ng process. Class teachers will refer to them during the parent teacher interview. Grades 3 to 6 will present their por9olios as a digital collec;on or presenta;on that will include the same documents and achievements as physical por9olios, but that may also include addi;onal content such as student-­‐created videos, mul;media presenta;ons, spreadsheets, websites, photographs, or other digital ar;facts of learning. Instagram
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Calendar Events
25th April - ANZAC Day
8th May - Ride 2 School Day
19th May - School Council
20th May - Open Morning
28th & 29th May - 1/2 Camp
4th June - 5/6 NGV Excursion
5th June - Curriculum Day
8th June - Queen’s Birthday
16th June - School Council
22nd June - Reports go home
24th June - Parent Teacher Interviews
26th June - Last Day of Term 2
Message from the Principal
Harmony Fete
What a fantastic day we had on Saturday the 28 of
March! It was great seeing our diverse community
come together and support our wonderful school.
Thank you to everyone that helped out on the day and
supported the school. A special thanks goes out to
Claire Sowerby and Robyn Pollock for putting all this
together. I understand there were many people who
helped on the day and leading up to the fete, but it
would not have been such a success without these two
wonderful ladies’ hard work. It’s remarkable that for a
school of our size we were able to raise the money that
we did – approximately $20,000. Sometimes, however,
it’s not about ‘fundraising’. It’s about getting everyone
from all the various cultures together. At Carlton
Gardens it’s Harmony Day every day! Thank you once
again! It was a wonderful day. Well done to all involved!
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Enrolment Policy
Due to an increase in student enrolments, school council revised the
enrolment policy last year. The new policy takes into account our
enrolment ceiling and the DET’s own enrolment policy. Our school
has had to restrict enrolments – and the number of students we can
take – to a particular zone around our school.
The zone is determined by the Department of Education and
Training and means that we can only take students from a specific
neighbourhood area. Where your permanent residential address is
will determine whether your child is eligible to enrol in our school.
Zones ensure that all students are able to enrol at their local state
school. Your local state school (primary or secondary) is the school
which is closest to your home. This is measured by the shortest, most
direct route by road—to and from the main entrance of the school.
Our school’s policy enrols students in the following order:
1. Students for whom the school is the designated
neighbourhood school.
2. Students with a sibling at the same permanent address who
are attending the school at the same time. Please Note:
siblings of students currently enrolled at Carlton Gardens PS
who live outside the designated neighbourhood zone will
not be enrolled while the demand for places exceeds the
spaces available.
3. Where the regional director has restricted the enrolment,
students who reside nearest the school.
4. All other students in order of closeness of their home to the
school.
If you currently do not live within the school zone you may still apply
for enrolment at our school but
enrolment is not guaranteed and your child will be placed on a
waiting list. Applications are processed and assessed in the order
they are received.
Our school’s ability to accept students who live outside its zone
depends on whether our school:
1. has capacity once all in-zone enrolments are met
2. needs to allow for students relocating into their zone area
during the year
3. can ensure an even spread of students across all year levels
while maintaining class size targets and
can ensure our out-of-zone enrolments do not reduce our capacity
24 April 2015
School Council
Our new school council
line up for 2015 is:
Parent representatives
President – Martin
Symes
Mary Sartinas Treasurer
Vrinda Mulik
Sinem Doyran
Lakshmi Bhasker
Preethi Sadasivan
Anabel RosalindCurphey
Praveen Thakur
DET representatives
Tina McDougall
Bobbie Cameron
Hollie Winfield
Joy Meredith
Congratulations to all
newly elected
members and a huge
thank you to our
outgoing members –
John Krbaleski, Neelam
Ranjan, Chris Yong and
Mathilda Martin. Your
input and ideas have
helped shape our
school policies and
direction.
The next school council
meeting will be held in
the PD room (main
building) on the 19
May at 6pm.
to meet in-zone enrolments.
Cheers
Tina McDougall
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Some Images from our Harmony Fete
Carlton Gardens’ Green Team and Junior School Council are collabora;ng to hold a Ride2School day in Term 2, on Friday 8th May 2015. Our inten;on is to promote healthy lifestyles and environmentally-­‐friendly transport op;ons as students make their way to and from school. We are hoping students will make an effort to ride, walk, scoot or skate on this day, as well as in the future. It would be great if students could decorate their bike, scooter or skateboard for the day as there will be prizes for best decora;ons and a few other prize draws for students who wheel or walk that day. We understand some people live far from school and we are looking into op;ons so everyone can par;cipate, such as walking or wheeling from a parking spot around the corner. Our recently appointed School Captain, Millie Clarke, and Vice Captain, Lily RigheX, worked together to prepare a submission to the Bicycle Network, puXng Carlton Gardens in the running to win a prize. A big congratula;ons to all involved, as we were successful! Carlton Gardens Primary School students will be the lucky recipients of $2,500 worth of ACTIVEpaths surrounding the school’s premises. ACTIVEpaths seek to provide signage to promote safety and the most direct routes for pedestrians and cyclists. CGPS News
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