Congratulations to the students who were presented with Principal’s Awards at Assembly this week. Click read more to view a full list and photos of this week’s award winners.
From the Principal
We were saddened to hear that one of former students Keira Wilson, now in Year 8 at St Ignatius College, is undergoing chemotherapy in Melbourne. This is a very difficult time for the Wilson family who are well known to the Drysdale Primary School community and throughout the town. We […]
Keira Wilson
The school’s staff car park on Clifton Springs Road reopened last week. For the last eighteen months it has been the builders zone. The reopening of the car park should ease a few of the parking issues at the beginning and end of the school day. However it has been […]
Car Parking
Our school concert is taking place tomorrow and Thursday. The evening performances begin at 6pm with the Prep classes on Wednesday and Year 1 on Thursday. The limited seating in the hall means that entry is by pre-purchased tickets only. There is no standing allowed and no tickets will be […]
School Concert
Our Junior School Council have nominated this Friday as their fundraiser for this term. We are inviting the students to come to school wearing the colours of the sport team that they support. In return they are requesting a donation to support Riding for the Disabled. This organisation provides children […]
Sports Colours Fundraiser
Term 3 finishes on Friday of this week, September 21st, at 2.30pm. Please note the early finish. Term 4 start on Monday October 8th.
End of Term 3
Congratulations to the students who were presented with Principal’s Awards at Assembly this week. Click read more to view a full list and photos of this week’s award winners.
Principal Awards
The local soccer season is coming to a close. So many of the children are now active members of Drysdale Soccer Club and have had a great season. The Under 12 girls team as well as the Under 12 boys team both won through to their grand finals to be played this […]
Drysdale Soccer Club
On Sunday five of our Drysdale Primary School students performed at The Workers Club in Geelong. Students in the Rock Band were Caleb from Year 6, Alicia from Year 6, Archie from Year 6, Will from Year 4, who sang a solo, and Ava from Year 3. These children have […]
Rock School
Some tickets for next week’s Concert are still available through Try Booking using the links sent out last week. Tickets for the evening performances cost just $10 per ticket ($5 for children of primary school age and any preschool children who require their own seat. Entry for preschool children who […]
School Concert Tickets
Thank you to everyone who has taken part in our second student led conferences of 2018. I hope that you have found this a valuable insight into your child’s successes at school. It has been wonderful to see the children’s excitement and enthusiasm for sharing this with their parents.
Student Led Conferences
The fourth and final pupil free day for 2018 will be on Friday December 7th. Please make arrangements for your children on this day. On this day the staff will be meeting to work through the first section of the School-Wide Positive Behaviour Strategy that we shall be introducing from […]
Pupil Free Day – Friday December 7th
Congratulations to the students who were presented with Principal’s Awards at Assembly this week. Click read more to view a full list and photos of this week’s award winners.
Principal Awards
We have received the certificates from the ICAS Writing tests completed earlier this year. We will present these certificates to the children who took part in the test at assembly this coming Monday, September 10th.
ICAS Certificates
With concert fast approaching, parents are encouraged to pre-order their DVD’s so that they are ready as soon as possible! As in previous years, we are using the company Apeture Films. They have consistently produced DVD’s of the highest quality for our school concert, making it a perfect memory of […]
Concert DVD orders
Last week we received the results of the annual test in Literacy and Numeracy taken by the children in Years 3 and 5. I would like to congratulate the children for their performance and the teachers who taught them over the two years leading in to the tests. The school’s […]
NAPLAN 2018
Thank you to those parents who have already booked a time for our term 3 student led conferences. These are taking place next Monday and Tuesday evenings. Bookings can be made using the parent portal within our Sentral program.
Student Led Conferences
Last weekend five of our Drysdale Primary School students performed in the Bellarine Jongleurs play Giants in the Sky at The Potato Shed. They were Alex Year 6, Alisa-Rose Year 6, Paige Year 4, Amie Year 4 and Lily Year 4. They sang and acted admirably using many of the […]
Bellarine Jongleurs Performance
At the end of last week our Parents Group organized and ran a very successful Fathers’ Day stall in the hall. The children really enjoyed having the opportunity to purchase a gift for a father or special person. I would like to acknowledge the support of the parents who gave […]
Fathers’ Day Stall
I am aware that there continues to be safety issues arising from parents parking incorrectly. This includes immediately outside the school’s main entrance while the School Crossing flags are displayed. This is a very busy road. Cars approaching the crossing need full visibility to avoid a tragic accident. If you […]