General Notices

Week One 2023

Video of the week - https://youtu.be/IPtav1nYoH8

- Kate McGrath, Deputy Principal Community Wellbeing

Scholastic Book Club

 - Julie Villani, Library Technician

The Resilience Project

This week we officially launched The Resilience Project for 2023. All students across the College were introduced to the 4 core principles of The Resilience Project, Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness and Emotional Literacy. We were exposed to Martin Heppell over video, who passionately and energetically got us ready for what is to come for when he visits in March! 

We are excited to be partnering with The Resilience Project for 2023. The

Resilience Project is a very well-known, research-based teaching and learning program

which we will be implementing across our college. The Resilience Project’s teaching and

learning program forms the basis of our Pastoral Group each morning from the. The daily lessons will be based around the program’s key principles of

Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM) and Emotional Literacy to build resilience.

We are so excited for Martin Heppell from The Resilience Project to present to our community. We encourage all families to register for the Community Presentation on the 29th of March! Bookings are essential. Please follow the prompts on the flyer to avoid missing out! To find out more about the Resilience Project: check out co-creator Huge Van- Cuylenburg explaining the Partnership Program. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sPkkptJJo or check out The Resilience Project Website: https://theresilienceproject.com.au/

- Kate McGrath, Deputy Principal Community Wellbeing

Financial and mental health support for people affected by floods

If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the floods and are experiencing financial hardship, you can visit the dedicated 2022 Victorian Floods Recovery page to see what support you're eligible for. Anyone in Victoria can call the Flood Recovery Hotline on 1800 560 760 for help with:

• navigating available supports
• clean-up
• temporary accommodation
• mental health and wellbeing support

The recovery hotline is open from 7.30am-7.30pm everyday. Press 9 for an interpreter. Detailed factsheets are available in a range of languages. Life in Mind has also put together a directory of mental health supports and information for young people impacted by floods.

- Kate McGrath, Deputy Principal Community Wellbeing

Every Day Counts!

Did you know, Students that attend school regularly are more likely to have higher paying jobs when they leave school and overall better health?

A day here or there doesn’t seem that much, but each day adds up. If a child misses 2 days a month, that can equal up to 4 weeks across the year. This equates to 1 year of lost learning across a child’s school journey from foundation to year twelve! Every day counts. Attendance is an important contributor to a student’s academic achievement and social engagement. When children miss days of school it can make it harder for them to catch up. They might fall behind and it impacts the ability to make important social connections and build relationships with their peers. This can attribute to increased feelings of anxiety and attribute to mental health problems later in life.

Parents play an important role in helping children develop healthy attendance patterns.

Parents can implement consistent morning routines at home and help your child to develop healthy sleeping patterns by minimising and setting boundaries around technology of a night time and setting up expected bed times.  Where possible, making appointments outside of school hours and taking holidays in the school holiday periods can also decrease your child’s rate of absenteeism.

There are few acceptable reasons why a child should be absent from school however if your child is unwell, due to bereavement or there is a religious reason,  please make contact with the college to notify of your child’s absence through calling the administration office or by logging a parent notified absence on PAM. 

If your child is showing signs of school refusal, please make contact with your child’s pastoral group leader to make a time to meet to discuss how we can work together to support your child to have success.

Set your child up for a bright future  - Every minute of every day counts. 

https://youtu.be/jp3QjsVBTcs

- Kate McGrath, Deputy Principal Community Wellbeing

Reminder about school arrival time

Students may arrive at school from 8:30am. Students should NOT arrive prior to 8:30am as they cannot be adequately supervised.

St Anne’s College officially opens for all students at 8:30am to allow adequate staff supervision to ensure student safety. Although the doors may be open prior to 8:30am, this does not indicate that students are able to be dropped off or arrive any earlier than 8:30am.

Our primary focus is on safety and students should not be left unattended while there are no staff to supervise. If your child walks, rides or scoots to school please talk to them about the best time to leave home so they arrive after 8:30am. We appreciate your support in keeping all students safe.

 - Mel Formica, Wellbeing Officer

Unsafe driver behaviour unacceptable 

Drivers utilising the college facilities and car parks are expected to adhere to our college values: Respect everyone and everything; Always do our best and Help others succeed. 

Parents and carers are reminded that:

- The speed limit on adjoining streets to the college is 40km/h as signed.

- It is an offence to block the flow of traffic on a roundabout or pedestrian crossing.

- Five-minute car parking signs must be adhered to. Parents/carers who plan to be on the college grounds for longer than five minutes when dropping off/picking up their child are advised to park elsewhere to ensure a quick turnover of available car parking spaces.

- People reside around the college and we want to support them with being able to safely get in and out of their houses.

- The college has an obligation and courtesy to get the school buses away as promptly as possible and in accordance with their route timetable.

- The speed limit within the college car park area is 5km/h.

- Drivers must obey signage and direction from college staff at all times.

- Independent and capable students are encouraged to safely make their way to a meeting point and pick-up location a bit further away from the college car park.

- No U-turns are permitted in the car park.

- All vehicles entering and using the college car park must then continue to the roundabout within the car park at the western end and then return to exit the car park at the Wendouree Drive roundabout.

- Disability parks are only to be used by those who have an approved label to do so.

- It is a particularly busy time during pick-up and drop-off and more so on wet weather days. Model good behaviour to children and students - an extra five minutes of patience and courtesy ensures everyone gets home safely and with a smile.

- Abuse of any kind is not okay!

The many ways we communicate with families

Parents/carers are reminded that the Parent Access Module (PAM) is the main platform the college uses to communicate with families. Other forms of communication include the St Anne's College Facebook page, the fortnightly college newsletter - il giornale - and email.

Families are asked to ensure that they check PAM daily for important updates and information. PAM is the portal through which parents receive activity permission forms and daily messages. The college does not use printed paper forms/notes to communicate this information. Parents/carers can also use PAM to check on their child's learning areas and to send parent-notified student absences. PAM is also the portal through which students' reports are accessed. If you have misplaced or forgotten your PAM login details please contact administration at office@sackialla.catholic.edu.au 

Parents/carers can download the SIMON Everywhere app to get live notifications on everything that happens in PAM. Just search for 'SIMON Everywhere' on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, download the app and sign in with your PAM account. 

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https://providers.dffh.vic.gov.au/mandatory-reporting-child-protection-victoria-generic-factsheet

Feedback form available on PAM

There is a link in the parent resources section of PAM which gives access to a feedback form for parents/carers to convey any feedback they would like to provide to the college. 

Learning session times for Semester 1, 2023

8:30am: Learning spaces open

8:55am - 9:15am: Pastoral Group

9:15am - 10:05am: Learning session one

10:05am - 10:55am: Learning session two

10:55am - 11:25am: Recess/supervised eating

11:25am - 12:15pm: Learning session three

12:15pm - 1:05pm: Learning session four

1:05pm - 1:35pm: Lunch/supervised eating/outdoor exploration

1:35pm - 2:25pm: Learning session five

2:25pm - 3:15pm: Learning session six

3:15pm: Dismissal