NAIDOC March and Family Fun Day The NAIDOC 2021 theme – Heal Country! – calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction. Country that is more than a place and inherent to our …
As part of the Year 7 transition process to high school, we are offering a free parent workshop about adolescent mental health run by headspace. This will take place on Monday 28th of June at 6.00pm in the Craigburn PS Library. Getting relevant firsthand information is really vital in managing …
A massive shout out to our Student Ambassadors, Louise, Carol, Cooper, Jamal, Akash and Ruby for doing a fantastic job co-presenting our Reconciliation Week Assembly. Thank you to our students and teachers for embedding this year’s theme ‘It’s more than a word’ into their teaching and learning. ‘More than a …
Blackwood High School is offering a seminar for parents and carers about adolescent mental health. This will take place on Tuesday May 25th at the Blackwood High School Performing Arts Centre, all details are on the flyer. These sessions are for Y 6 – 7 parent body. Getting relevant firsthand …
NATIONAL WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY! Let’s all get our walking shoes on and get into the groove this Friday for National Walk Safely to School Day. National Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is on Friday 14 May 2021. Now in its 22nd …
Harmony Week celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. It is a day to celebrate Australia’s diversity. It is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home – from the traditional owners of this land to those who have come …
We will be having our final casual clothes day on Tuesday 8th December. The Student Representative Council (SRC) and Student Leaders Committee (SLC) having chosen to support The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal program. The lead up to Christmas can be a very busy time for families and people in the community …
We began our first transition visit program last Wednesday, welcoming new parents and reception students for 2021. Our year seven students enjoyed helping out in the classrooms, ensuring our new receptions’ first experience at Craigburn Primary School was fun and successful. We would like to give a big shout out …
YEAH! IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN – BOOK WEEK Curious Creatures, Wild Minds This year’s theme is ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds.’ Each year across Australia, The CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) brings children and books together celebrating CBCA Children’s Book Week. During this time schools, libraries, booksellers, authors, illustrators and children …
This month is global awareness for Children with Cancer. We have decided to organise a casual and odd socks’ day to raise money for children with cancer. To do this we would like you to donate a gold coin, dress in casual clothes and wear odd socks. The money will …
As you would be aware from our previous post Craigburn has introduced Interoception – being activities and processes to equip all children with skills to self regulate. To further implement Interoception across the school, School Service Officers, Aimee and Jack, visited Hackham East Primary School who have implemented a highly …
Prepared by: Jack Walton & Nicky Taylor Interoception Update Your children have most probably been coming home from school, talking to you about their day and may have dropped Interoception into the conversation. Due to this, there could be some unanswered questions that you may have and leave you wondering …
We are excited to announce the new dates for Book Week. Traditionally Book Week is held in August Term 3. As we all know during these unprecedented times many events have been postponed. Good news! CBCA Book Week 2020 will now be held in October on the following dates: OCTOBER …
Scholastic Book Club Term 2 In these unprecedented times we’re all being asked to change the way we work and live. Our tradition of putting books into the hands of kids isn’t going to change, but for Term 2, we’re doing things a little differently. To access the Virtual Catalogue to …
Last year our staff engaged in professional learning in the area of Interoception. After trialling this we found it to have many benefits for our students. We will be implementing interoception activities a minimum of 2 x day after recess and lunch. What is Interoception? Interoception is our 8th sense. …
The 11th November 2019 marks the 101st anniversary of the Armistice of World War 1. It is an important day – a day to remember all of those men and women who have fought for their country. We will mark this occasion by having a whole school assembly on Monday …