Principals Report

Dear Parents, Carers and Friends of St Brendan’s,

As I am sure you are aware, at St Brendan’s, we place the safety and wellbeing of our students at the forefront of everything we do. Our Child Safety policies ask us to do many things to ensure that our students are safe in our school environment.

We ask that you please remember the following:

• That you sign in at the office BEFORE going to a classroom or being on the playground during school hours
• If you have younger children with you at school, they must remain with you at all times. Please refrain from allowing them to wander into places where you cannot see and supervise them
• That you notify us if there will be any change to the ‘pick up’ arrangements for your child/children on a school day. We need to know who will collect them and where.
• That you notify the school office team if you will be late collecting your children. Teachers and administration staff have obligations such as meetings and preparation time from 3.30pm each day. 
• That you notify the school administration team if you will regularly arrive at school after 3.30 pm. If this is the case, your child/children will need to be booked into our after school care program.

Thank you for your ongoing support in these matters.

One thing we do at St Brendan’s twice yearly is to share with our students our Child Friendly version of our Child Safety policy, This work will be done with the children before the end of the term. Please see below the slide presentation that teachers will discuss with our students. Thank you to Tess Haddock, our Wellbeing leader for updating this slide deck. We are particularly excited by the inclusion of a new component of our Student Voice/ Child Safety approach. 

The following wonderful students will make themselves known and available to all students so that if ever they need support on the playground, they can reach out to one of the Student Voice Team. Congratulations to; Parker S, Alexis B, Toby B, Toby P, Poppy L, Chase G, Hunter D, Will W, Gemma W, Milla M, Ted C, Taylah B, Leah G, Evie J and Annabelle C.

Child Friendly Child Safe Policy

 2024 St Brendan's Child Friendly Child Safe Policy PLT

Sacrament of Eucharist

On Saturday evening, nineteen students from St Brendan’s school came to Mass to receive their first Eucharist. It was a beautiful and sacred celebration of the Mass led by Father Shymon. These children, supported by their parents and teachers have prepared well in their learning about the Eucharist and shown considerable  commitment to their faith journeys as they attended commitment Masses and workshops. I want to most sincerely thank Father Shymon, the parishioners of St Brendan’s, our wonderful teachers Marg Van Der Peet, Kate O’Leary, Julie Kloppenborg and Kim McKeown, Emma Chapple, our Religious Education leader and our beautiful choir members who sang at the Masses. I was a proud and happy principal on Saturday night.

Week Nine

I will be absent from school from Tuesday 11th June until Monday 17th June, Our daughter and her husband are welcoming their third baby on Tuesday. I will be on grandparent duties for four days of that week. I want to thank Bernie Turner, our wonderful Deputy Principal for leading our school during this time. I look forward to sharing happy news with our community very soon.

Have a great week.

Sue