Community News

Pakenham Springs Children's Centre

Do you know a child going into 3 or 4 year old kinder next year?  Pakenham Springs Children's Centre still has places available for 2021.  Please contact Cardinia Shire Council for enrolment.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB ORDERS

It would be appreciated if parents could fill out the 'hard copy' order form.  It can be difficult to read the child's handwriting at times and our lovely volunteer Mum who collates the orders needs to check with the office staff to ascertain the correct name.

DRINK BOTTLES

Please make sure all students bring a labelled drink bottle to school which can be re-filled at the taps.  We have had to hand out a number of plastic drink cups to students who have forgotten their drink bottles - which isn't very friendly for the environment.

MEDICATION

There are times when your child will require medication during school hours. If this happens the medication needs to be brought to the office and a medical authorization form must be filled out by a parent or guardian.  Students must not keep medication in their bags.  Thank you.

UNIFORM LABELING

Please ensure that all clothing items are labelled clearly. Children quite often put on a jumper belonging to someone else.  Show your child where you have named their clothing, so they know to look for their name before putting an item of clothing on or in their bag to take home.  Remember that the washing machine removes names slowly over time so check occasionally to make sure the name is still visible.  If your child comes home with someone else's clothing item please return it to the school the next day.

CANTEEN NEWS

Please note the Canteen is only open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday until further notice.  There have been a couple of menu and pricing adjustments to the current canteen menu. Please check the menu attached for changes.  Thank you.

FREE Counselling for school-aged children 

and young people

Thanks to funding provided by the Australian Government under the South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (SEMPHN), Family Life is pleased to announce a new FREE counselling service for school-aged children and young people.

This funded service is aimed at school-aged children, without a mental health diagnosis, who will benefit from a brief period of therapeutic support to assist them to overcome stress or anxiety resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A child or young person attending school (excluding pre-school) or living within the following local government areas, can access the service: Bayside, Glen Eira, Stonnington, Port Phillip, Dandenong, Casey, Cardinia, Kingston, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula. Priority access will be given to children aged 12 and under.

A GP referral is not required.

Anyone can make a referral to the service by contacting the SEMPHN Access and Referral Team on 1800 862 363 (8.30 am-4.30 pm weekdays) and asking about their “Family Life Covid-19 Program”. 

Alternatively, you can submit a referral to SEMPHN using their online referral form. In the Presenting Issues section of the form include “Family Life Covid-19 Program” along with any presenting issues.

For more information about the SEMPHN Access and Referral team use this link www.semphn.org.au/resources/access