Moama Anglican Grammar Newsletter

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Hosting Japanese exchange students

Are you interested in hosting a Japanese Exchange Student in 2019?

Students aged between 15-16 will be joining us at Moama Anglican Grammar from 17-28 August and are looking for host families during this time.

Students will attend school classes throughout the week, and enjoy spending time with their host family and exploring Echuca Moama on the weekends.

 

If you are interested in being a host family, please email:

Carmel Spry

cspry@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au

for an application pack.

Vaccination: Year 7 and 10

Each year NSW Health works in partnership with schools to offer the vaccines recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for adolescents as part of the school vaccination program.

 

In 2019 the following vaccines are offered:

 

Year 7

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine -

2-doses at least 6 months apart

 

Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine - single dose

 

Years 10

Meningococcal ACWY vaccine - single dose

 

Parent Information Kits which include an information sheet, consent form and privacy statement have been sent home to parents/guardians with students. To consent to the vaccination of their child, parents/guardians are advised to:

 

  • read all the information provided
  • complete the consent form, including signing their name next to the vaccine/s  they would like their child to receive
  • return the completed consent form to their child’s school
  • ensure that their child eats breakfast on the day of the school vaccination clinic.

Please note that students who commence HPV vaccination in school clinics in Year 7 but do not complete the course during the school year may be offered catch-up doses at school in Year 8. Students who have any HPV doses at their GP will be advised to complete the course with their GP.

 

Parents/guardians who wish to withdraw their consent for any reason may do so by writing to the school Principal or phoning the school. The Procedure for Withdrawal of Consent is available on the NSW Health website at www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation .

 

To improve vaccination completion, students will be opportunistically offered any missed doses throughout the year where possible.  

 

A Record of Vaccination will be provided to each student vaccinated at each clinic either as a physical card. Parents/guardians should ensure that this record is kept for future reference and should not assume that their child has been vaccinated if they do not receive this Record of Vaccination. 

SEQTA Teach, Learn and Engage

If you have previously used SEQTA please ignore the details below. However, if you are having troubles with logging in please contact our IT Support team at help@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au

 

New families please read through details below:

Our Teacher/Family system is called SEQTA and contains three core parts; SEQTA Teach, SEQTA Learn and SEQTA Engage.

  • SEQTA Teach, includes curriculum planning, mapping, assessment and reporting, pastoral care and analytics and is used by the staff.
  • SEQTA Learn, is the student online environment. This environment is accessible on any device over the internet and at school. Thereby giving students access to everything they need to learn more effectively, and tools that allow them to stretch themselves, be more interactive with what they are learning and achieve better outcomes.
  • SEQTA Engage, is the online environment for parents/guardians so you can access up-to-date information quickly and easily about the school and your child/rens learning.

We have implemented SEQTA Teach, Learn and Engage in stages over the last two years. SEQTA Teach has pastoral, attendance and assessment and reporting functions for staff and now supports continuous online reporting to parents.

All new families would have received an email  from noreply@seqta.com.au with the subject title "Welcome to SEQTA Engage". Please ensure to check your junk email folder if it does not appear in your inbox. This email contains the link that will enable you to set up your SEQTA Engage account. Please click on this link as soon as you get the email and follow the instructions provided. If you have difficulties or do not receive the email contact our IT Support team on help@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au

We look forward to providing families with the features and functionality of SEQTA Teach, Learn and Engage.

Canteen

Years K-4

K-4 students can have a lunch order only. Student orders will be delivered to the classroom at the beginning of lunch. Students are not permitted to attend the canteen during the day to purchase items over the counter.

The canteen offers an online ordering service for School families. You may register at https://quickcliq.com.au/

Alternatively, students / parents need to complete their lunch order on a brown paper bag with payment and deposit it in the canteen bag in their classroom each morning before 9:10 am.

 

Years 5 -12 

The canteen offers an online ordering service for School families. You may register at https://quickcliq.com.au/.

 

Alternatively, students will need to drop their orders to the canteen in a paper bag with payment and their full name, class and order written on it prior to school commencing. Collection of lunch order will then be available from the small side window at lunchtime. Recess and lunchtime snacks can be purchased over the counter.

Don't forget about the delicious fruit cups that can be purchased too, perfect for these hot days.

Term1 Canteen Menu.pdf

Anaphylaxis Strategy

All children with a known allergy or anaphylaxis require a health care plan including an anaphylaxis plan.

Nut Minimisation Strategy - The School is unable to guarantee a nut free environment. However, it will endeavour to reduce the risk of exposure to nuts by:

  • Requiring the School Canteen to ensure meals produced on site are nut free. Packaged foods may contain nuts, so children need to check labels and avoid such products
  • Requiring the Food Technology staff to ensure a nut free food preparation area for use by students with nut allergies and to provide a nut free food technology program for the student
  • Ensuring all staff involved in the direct care of students are trained in the use of epi-pens
  • Requesting that all parents avoid sending food to school which contain nuts
  • Insisting on any foods brought for sharing (birthday cakes) are only provided after the prior agreement of the class teacher and are sent in with a list of ingredients showing the items are nut free and were prepared in a nut free environment (ie adequate precautions were taken to avoid contamination – benches washed down, etc).

For more information, refer to Anaphylaxis & Severe Allergic Reactions Guidelines for Schools – Second Edition 2006 as provided by AIS NSW. This guide can be located on the AIS Website www.aisnsw.edu.au

Buses and Transport 

Bus travel is optional and eligibility for free bus travel is based on the student residential address. Our students may access Moama Anglican Grammar via Echuca Moama Transit (for Echuca and Moama Township residents), Transport for NSW (NSW rural residents) and the Victorian School Bus Program (for districts outside of Echuca). Our Bus Supervision Duty teacher will assist students at the end of each school day. 

 

2019 PTV Student ID and VSP applications

Applications for Echuca Township residents for 2019 PTV School Student ID and Student Passes have been generated here at the school to be processed at Bendigo PTV Hub. Thank you to those families who have completed their applications. 

If you are yet to do so, please provide  2 hardcopy identical colour passport style photographs of each child and come to the main administration office to sign the forms.  (Photos must include head and shoulders. School photos are perfect or photos taken using a smartphone against a white background may be used. Make sure they're colour, in focus and identical.)

In the meantime, if your child has their 2018 pass they should continue to use it until their 2019 passes arrive.   Thank you to Echuca Moama Transit operators who are allowing our students to access the town service to and from school without charging fares while this is being resolved.

Bus enquiries should be directed to Mrs Lou Kennaugh at the School Office. Click here for more information.

Summer Uniform Requirements

Boys

Short sleeved white School shirt; formal blue School shorts; plain navy school socks (no logos); polished, laced, black leather school shoes.

 

Girls 

Summer School dress; plain white school socks (no logos); polished, laced, black leather school shoes. Girls’ dress length should be to the top of the knee.

 

Hats During Terms 1 & 4, at Recess and Lunchtime, and while engaged in any lessons outside a classroom (eg. PDHPE classes or any class doing practical work outside), ALL students are expected to wear School bucket hats, even if under shade. Hats are not to be worn in the class room and should be removed prior to entering the room.

 

A 'no hat, no play' policy operates in Terms 1 and 4 and students are required to wear their hats for all outside activities. For Kindergarten to Year 2 students, please note: if you wish your child to wear his or her hat to and from school, please supply a spare school hat to remain in your child's classroom at school. This will ensure that your child will always have a hat available. Sunscreen is available.

Uniform Shop

Regular opening hours during term time:

8:30 am to 9:15 am on Tuesday

2:45 pm to 3:15 pm on Thursday

 

Alternatively you may download a uniform order form and price list here.