From the office
Staff Parking
We request that parents please do not park in the car parking area at the top of Smith Street, as this is designated for staff to park during the day. Thank you.
Spare Clothing
Please pack some spare clothing for your child/ren. Especially with the start of the year, children can have accidents. We have a limited amount of clothing in sick bay and cannot always give children spare clothing. If your child is excessively wet and muddy you will be contacted and asked to bring in a change of clothes.
Working With Children Checks / VITs
Would all parents please ensure their WWCC is current prior to nominating to help with activities during camps, excursions or any child related activity. It is a legal requirement for those assisting with child activities to hold a current WWCC (either volunteer or employee) OR a current VIT card (for teachers).
WWCC applications are free for volunteers and can be obtained online at https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/.
School's Privacy Policy
Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.
Please take time to remind yourself of our school’s collection notice, found on our website https://macedonps.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Collection_Statement-primary_school.pdf. For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/Schools-Privacy-Policy-information-for-parents.aspx
Insurance
A reminder for parents/guardians and staff the Department of Education does not hold insurance for personal property brought to school and it has no capacity to pay for any loss or damage to such property.
Parents or guardians of students, who do not have student accident insurance, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance or transport as well as any other transport costs. Parents/guardians can purchase insurance policies from commercial insurers.
Contact With Teachers
During class time (bell times listed below) teachers are busy teaching. If you need to make contact with a teacher by phone, please do so outside of class time. Alternatively, you can email them. Parents are reminded that staff are not required to reply outside of school hours or over the weekend. All staff emails are available on the school's website under 'staff'. Please note new bell times for this year.
Bell Times
8:55 am Bell signals as a prompt for the commencement of the school day.
8:57 am Music commences as a prompt for students to assemble outside of their classrooms.
9:00 am Bell signals the start of the school day.
11:00 am Commencement of morning recess
11:27am Music commences as a prompt for students to assemble outside of their classrooms.
11:30 am Bell signals the end of morning recess
1:30 pm Bell signals lunch, students eat lunch inside
1:40 pm Bell signals students can go outside for lunch break
2:20 pm Bell signals 10 minutes until the end of lunch break
2:27 pm Music commences as a prompt for students to move to their classroom ready for the afternoon session.
2:30 pm Bell signals the commencement of the afternoon session.
3:30 pm Bell signals for dismissal for the end of the day.
The dismissal time for the last day of terms 1, 2 and 3 is 2:30 pm and 1:30 pm at the end of term 4.
Late Student Collection
If you, or the person collecting your child, are going to be later than 3.30pm, please contact the office to notify us. Your child is welcome to wait at the front office until 4pm.
After this time, there will be no-one to supervise your child and they will be sent to Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) in the JCB if your child has a
temporary enrolment at OSHC, as they require the correct details including contact details for you. Please see below for an enrolment form.
If your child is sent to OSHC, you will be charged for this time.
A reminder that the office is staffed from 8:00am - 4:00pm Monday to Friday.
Thank you,
Julie & Salina.