Loch Primary School

Important Information for Parents

Before & After

School Activities

There are a number of after school activities on offer this term. These have been arranged to provide further experiences for our children and to assist parents with child care.  Parents are to book into these activities on a termly basis or on a casual basis. 

  • Term bookings are to be confirmed and paid for via COMPASS
  • Casual bookings must be made at least the day before to ensure staff can be prepared
  • Children who are not booked in will not be able to participate.

Term Three activities include:

Monday:  Drumbeat or Cooking

Tuesday: Table Tennis

Wednesday: Science

Thursday: Art

Friday: Drumbeat or Cooking

All activities are $8.00 per session.

Compass bookings will close on Friday 3rd August.

 

Before School activities can be provided on a needs basis. Please book in at least the day before for this program.

Little Loch Lyrebirds

Play Group

Due to demand from our families we have started a playgroup at school. This is currently being held on a Thursday morning (day may change dependent on family needs) from 9.15am until 10.45am in the Kookaburra Room.   There is no cost for this playgroup however all participating families will need to arrange from membership with Playgroup Victoria.

Parent Opinion Survey

WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO

TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!

Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents. It is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of parents’ perceptions of school climate, student behaviour and student engagement. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.

All parents will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. This year the Parent Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday 23rd July to Sunday 26th August.

 

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 10-15 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. 

The survey results will be reported back to the school at the end of September.  Please come and speak to me if you would like more information. 

Parents will receive their invitation to complete the survey and log in details via COMPASS.

Working With Children Checks

Working With Children Check

On August 1st 2017 amendments were made to the Working with Children Act. The Act now states that even if a person’s contact with children as part of child-related work is supervised by another person, they will still need a Working with Children check.

 

Loch Primary School’s  Working with Children Check policy states that we require any person undertaking volunteer work at our school to have a valid Working with Children check. This includes helping out in the classroom, participating in working bees, attending camps, accompanying classes on excursions, helping at disco’s etc.

 

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

*If you are volunteering at Loch Primary School and already have a Working With Children Check can you please present it to the School Office where they will take a photocopy and your name will be added to the School register.

 *If you don’t have a valid Working with Children check you can fill the form in online and lodge it at Australia Post. The link to the website is provided below for your convenience.

http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/home/applications/apply+for+a+check/apply+in+victoria

Working With Children Checks are free for volunteers.

 

People who are exempt from holding a working with Children Check are:

  • Student volunteers (e.g. work experience students)
  • Registered Teachers who have a permission to teach from the Victorian Institute of Teaching
  • Police Officers
  • Visitors to the School (e.g. grandparents who visit the school for Grandparents Morning Teas, visitors who come to watch Assembly) The decision on which events require a Working with Children Check is made by the authority of the Principal.

Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Loch Primary School is excited to be participating.

 

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 7 September 2018.

 

Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.

 

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and can choose to have their name included on the online Honour Roll. If you would like your child‘s name to appear on the Honour Roll, please sign the attached form and return it to your school.

 

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklists and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

TERM DATES

2018

Term 1: 29 January (school teachers start) to 29 March (Thursday) *

Term 2: 16 April to 29 June

Term 3: 16 July to 21 September

Term 4: 8 October to 21 December