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GRANDPARENTS & SPECIAL FRIENDS' DAY
We wish to give you official and advanced notice of our Grandparents Day celebration for this year so that you can prepare your families. This year we will invite Grandparents or Special Friends to celebrate with us on Friday 7th August, from 1pm. For more information about this day please see Ray Hickey's message in our Religious Education
As we have tried to work around many competing dates in the calendar, this has meants we have needed to make some changes to assembly dates.
TERM 3 ASSEMBLIES - Date changes - please see our 2026 Assemblies page in this newsletter and note the changes to Term 3 assemblies around Grandparents and Special Friends Day.
At this stage assemblies in Term 4 remain the same.
FINAL STUDENT DAY FOR 2026
Wednesday 16th December, 12 noon finish - We notify parents now that we will have an early finish on our final student day this year. Please note the date has not changed, only the finishing time. This will enable staff to gather in the afternoon of that day to hold their annual 'handover' to the following year's teachers; a process which can often take up to three hours to complete. We hope this does not cause too much inconvenience to families, especially with the early notification. TheirCare will also be notified of the early finish on this day. Thank you for your understanding.
SCHOOL FEES & LEVIES
If you have any queries or require further information about the St Michael's School Fees and Levies, please contact Kathy at office@smashburton.catholic.edu.au or call on 9885 3105.
DATES FOR YOUR 2026 CALENDAR
As we commence planning for the 2026 year, we officially notify families of our staff professional learning days for next year and our acquittal days for Time In Lieu. We have notified TheirCare of these dates so that if there are sufficient families needing care on these days, TheirCare will make the provisions for this. Please take note of these dates in your family and professional calendars:
- Monday 23 February - Team Teach - Staff Professional Learning
- Friday 31 July - Religious Education - Staff Professional Learning
- Monday 2nd November - Time In Lieu acquittal day
- Monday 23 November - Time In Lieu acquittal day
- Tuesday 24th November- 2027 Planning - Staff Professional Learning
- Thursday 17 December - Time In Lieu acquittal day
- Friday 18 December - Time In Lieu acquittal day
EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS
Are your children interested in after school Drama, Tennis, Chess Club, Coding Club (year 3-6), Basketball, Calisthenics or music lessons (music lessons during school hours)?
Check out the fliers in our Community News section.
PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES AT ST MICHAEL'S SCHOOL
Parents who are seeking a psychologist for their child are welcome to make contact with Advanced Psychology, who run their sessions in a confidential space onsite. Sessions can take place during the school day. If this is something you are seeking, please make contact with Linda Kollind at Advanced Psychology on 03 7002 8006. Discuss your needs and Linda is able to assist with the right program and / or assessment for your child. Please know this is a completely confidential service.
ADVANCED PSYCHOLOGY BLOG
St Michael's School has partnered with Advanced Psychology with a psychologist working onsite weekly. This link takes you to a blog with podcasts / webinars that deal with a variety of topics which might be of interest to parents and teachers.