The Weekly Wrap – Term 4 Week 4 – 2025

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Posted By: Paul Luke November 2, 2025

Scholastic Book Fair

Starting Monday 3rd November – Finishing Friday 7th November: Open Before & After School All Week!

Get ready, book lovers! Craigburn’s Scholastic Book Fair opens this Monday, 3rd November, and it’s bursting with awesome reads, perfect gifts, and stories that inspire imagination and joy! 

Check out our latest post for all the details.

Library News

A huge shout out to our Library Helpers that come regularly for cover and connect – Tarni, Kate, Hannah, Karina and Bronwen, their support has meant all our new class novels are covered and exciting new reads ready for the shelves!! 

A shout out also to Lucas from Ms Grant’s class and our other Garden Leaders who helped us set up the Fair and our Library Legends who spruced up the library, helped with advertising the book fair and helped stamp & barcode a stack of new books! What a great community we have.

Craigburn Year 6 Campers

Best wishes to our Year 6 students as they head off to Camp El Shaddai at Wellington this week. We’re sure they’ll enjoy an exciting few days of adventure, teamwork, and fun. A sincere thank you to our dedicated teachers for their hard work and support in organising and running these camps and parents who have volunteered their time to help meet supervision ratios.

Cyber Safety Parent Session – Key Takeaways

Last week, we were delighted to welcome Miranda Shaw, Craigburn parent and Executive Specialist in Cyber Assurance & Engagement at ASIC, who led a highly informative session on keeping children safe online.

Miranda shared the latest insights into the fast-changing world of cyber safety and offered clear, practical strategies for families. She reminded us that while technology continues to evolve rapidly, the most effective protection starts at home—with awareness, communication, and a few simple habits.

Key takeaways for families:

  • Enable multi-factor authentication, keep devices updated, and use strong passwords or a password manager.
  • Encourage open conversations about online behaviour in a “no fear, no blame” environment.
  • Keep younger children’s internet use in shared spaces and set clear boundaries on device use.
  • Balance screen time with offline activities, and stay informed through trusted sites like the eSafety Commissioner and Cyber.gov.au

Miranda also spoke about the importance of encouraging girls’ interest in STEM and cyber careers, helping to break stereotypes and open future opportunities.

A big thank you to Miranda for sharing her expertise and to our parent community for attending and engaging in such an important discussion. 

World Teachers’ Day Thanks

Thank you to our students and families who acknowledged our teachers last Friday as part of celebrating World Teachers’ Day. Your kind messages and thoughtful tokens of appreciation were warmly received. If you would like to share your appreciation further, you can also do so through the Department for Education’s ThankED initiative — a wonderful way to recognise staff across public education who make a difference every day.

Class Planning and Placement Information for 2026

A reminder to check in with our recent post, Class Planning and Placement Information for 2026, which outlines how this process works. This post provides full details about the considerations that guide class groupings and placements for the coming year.

2026 Materials and Services Charges Poll

This week, families will receive a Materials and Services Charges Polling Letter. As outlined in the letter, the Craigburn Primary School Governing Council has approved the proposed Materials and Services Charge for 2026 at $480.

The Materials and Services (M&S) Charge helps cover the cost of essential items and services used by students in their learning. For 2026, the Governing Council has recommended the charge be set at $480, which directly supports your child’s education by providing:

  • Classroom and curriculum resources such as stationery, printed and digital materials, and access to books
  • Library and information technology resources
  • Contributions toward whole-school programs and incursions, such as Footsteps, Book Week, Jam Band and PE Week, which enrich our students’ learning experiences — noting that these costs have increased in recent years.

We believe this represents excellent value — at just over $12 per student per school week — helping us maintain the high-quality learning opportunities that our community values.

As announced in the 2025–26 State Budget, the Materials and Services Charge rebate for the 2026 school year will remain at $200 per student.

Importantly, when families contribute by paying the full amount, it not only benefits their own child but also supports the school’s capacity to provide equitable access for all students, including those eligible for School Card assistance. Your contribution helps us keep programs running at the level our students deserve.

Because the proposed charge of $480 is higher than the legislated prescribed amount of $306 for a primary student (as referenced in the Education and Children’s Services Act), the Governing Council is required to undertake a poll to gain majority support from the school community for this charge to become compulsory and recoverable in full.

The Governing Council therefore seeks your support for the proposed 2026 Materials and Services Charge of $480 to be made compulsory.

Each family is entitled to one vote per student per poll, with the majority determined by the number of respondents. If the majority supports the proposal, all parents and carers (excluding approved School Card holders) will be liable for this charge.

If you have any questions, please contact Clare Aikens (Business Manager), Paul Luke (Principal), or myself via the front office.

Kelly Howlett – Governing Council Chairperson

Bushfire Response Plan

Please take time to read through our Bushfire Response Plan for 2025/26, which forms part of our local emergency management procedures.

The bushfire response plan ensures what action we need to take on days of increased fire danger or in the event of a potential or actual bushfire threat. The bushfire response plan also assists the Department’s Security and Emergency Management (SEM) unit in providing emergency services key information regarding the location of students and staff during a bushfire emergency.Read more here.

Friends of Craigburn 

Craigburn Pyjama Disco – Friday 7 November 2025

Reminder –  Pyjama Disco on Friday 7 November 2025 in the school gym. Further details here.

Lucky Square

Lucky Square $10.00 per ticket. Limited to 300 tickets so be quick before they all sell out. Epic prizes to be won – see below.

Recent Posts

If you haven’t had the chance yet, be sure to catch up on our recent posts – as below.

Friendly Reminders

Library Cover and Connect

All welcome – next dates are:

  • Week 5 – Thursday 14th November
  • Week 7 – Thursday 28th November

Each session will run from 9:00 – 10:00am in the library. New volunteers are always welcome, and we’ll happily give you a quick demonstration of how we like to cover books before you get started. Thank you again for supporting our library and helping get more books into the hands of our students.

Planning for 2026

Planning is underway for the 2026 school year, which includes organising staffing, class structures and placements. To assist with our planning, we would appreciate it if you could advise us if your child(ren) will not continue their schooling at Craigburn next year. If this is the case, please contact the school via phone 8270 4144 or email dl.1226.admin@schools.sa.edu.au This does not include any current Year 6 students. Thank you.

Remaining Student Free Day 

A reminder that our remaining student free day for 2025 is in Term 4 Week 7 on Monday 24 November. OSHC will be open for bookings.

Reception Transition 

Reception Transition days for our start of 2026 Reception Intake will occur on Wednesdays of Weeks 5, 6 and 7, being the 12th, 19th and 26th of November. 

Reporting Absences

Please inform us if your child will be absent. You can report absences via:

If your child is absent from school with no explanation, you will receive a text message from the school on the day of absence.  Please respond promptly to this message so that we can update our student absence records for your child.

For absences that require an Exemption (Family Holiday, Ongoing Medical or other reasons that will extend beyond 3 days), please come in to the Front Office and pick up a “Principal Approved Application For Exemption From School” form.

Change of Contact Details

To help us keep up to date with family and emergency contact details please contact the front office with any change of contact details.

Yearly Planner

Term 4

  • Year 6 Camp – El Shaddai – Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 November
  • Melbourne Cup Day – Tuesday 4 November
  • Year 5 Camp – Arbury Park  – Monday 10 to Wednesday 12 November
  • Remembrance Day – School – Tuesday 11 November
  • Reception Transition 1 – Wednesday 12 November
  • Governing Council Meeting – Monday 18 November 
  • Reception Transition 2 – Wednesday 19 November
  • Year 3/4 excursion – Woodhouse – Wednesday 19 November
  • Student Free Day – Monday 24 November
  • Reception Transition 3 – Wednesday 26 November
  • Learner Achievement Assembly / Volunteers Morning Tea – Thursday 27 November
  • Gala Day – Friday 28 November
  • Craigburn’s Got Talent – Tuesday 2 December
  • Celebration Night Rehearsal – Friday 5 December
  • Celebration Night – Monday 8 December
  • Class Transition Visits / Reports Sent Home – Wednesday 10 December
  • Year 6 Graduation – Wednesday 10 December
  • Year 6 Graduation Lunch – Thursday 11 December
  • Last Day School – Friday 12 December – Early Dismissal
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