SCHOOL PHOTOS

If you are missing any school photos, please contact MSP on 6772 3519 or email newengland@msp.com.au

CLOTHING POOL

With the latest COVID restrictions we are unable to open the Clothing Pool. Please contact either school office if there are uniform items you require from the Clothing Pool and the ladies will happily check availability for you.

We continue to find many items of unlabelled uniforms, often brand new, in our lost property baskets. It is impossible to return these items to students and unnamed items are donated to the clothing pool.

LOST & FOUND

Found at the Infants Campus is a child's Fitbit (shown below). Please phone the Infants' Office to claim.

COMPASS

Compass is our School Parent Portal. It will allow you to access up-to-date and meaningful information about our school and your child's progress. Compass includes many different features, including the ability to:

Approve past absences for your child.
Enter upcoming absences for your child.
Access your child's Academic Reports.
Access information regarding upcoming events and newsletters.
Book your Parent/Student/Teacher conferences.
View up-to-date class and school attendance information.
Download, print and approve upcoming excursions.
Update your registered email and mobile number (used for SMS alerts).

STUDENT ABSENCES

Please remember you have 7 days only to explain your child's absence on Compass. After 7 days you lose the opportunity to explain why your child was not at school. You will receive an SMS to prompt you to complete the task at 10:00am on the day if you have not already done it.

CANTEEN REMINDER

Please ensure that all online orders are placed on the QKR app BEFORE 9.30am for food items to be received on that same day.

If you forget to place your order on QKR before the 9.30am cut-off time, please phone the School Canteen via the Primary Office (6765 7847) as soon as possible and Mrs Dubois or Mrs Bridge will do their very best to accommodate your child's order. EFTPOS payment must also be made over the phone.

School uniform items that are available for purchase can be found on the QKR app.

ESTEEM KIDS

Before school care is available in the Infants Hall. It operates from 7:00am to 8:30am, Monday through Friday during term and breakfast is provided. After school care is also available in the Infants Hall from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Monday through Friday and afternoon tea is provided.

Families are encouraged to make enquiries or express interest by contacting William Wong on 0410 841 628 or email: info@esteemkidsgroup.com.au or visit the website at www.esteemkidsgroup.com.au

Please remember to contact (telephone or text) Esteem Kids St Edward's directly if your child is going to be absent on 0481 373 883. Thank you.

PARENTING IDEAS

Please follow the link to the Parenting Ideas blog. New articles are published each fortnight from Michael Grose, one of Australia’s most accomplished parenting and educational speakers.

Cancer Council's Healthy Lunch Box Website.....

Welcome to the Healthy Lunch Box. A lot of us are experiencing some form of restrictions due to COVID. Eating well and staying healthy has never been so important for you, your family and the school community.

Check out our new blogs for Term 3

Lock down cooking

Having more time at home is a perfect reason to get cooking in the kitchen. Our top 3 recipes to cook in lockdown use simple ingredients, are easy to make and are packed full of nutrition.

Banana bread – get on that lockdown trend and try our banana bread recipe
Mediterranean scrolls – delicious for lunch or an afternoon snack
Shepherd’s pie – tasty and protein-packed meal with 4 serves of vegies per portion!

Fun activities for kids

You may have seen our Healthy Holidays Guide that we promoted during the last school holidays? This guide isn't just for the holidays, but is a fantastic resource with lots of activities to keep kids learning through the lockdown such as design a menu or build a lunch box using our online interactive Lunch Box Builder.

New recipes for Term 3

This term we have three new recipes featuring on our website that use delicious winter vegetables.

Lamb tagine – packed with protein and vegetables, this lamb tagine recipe is perfect all year round for a tasty family lunch, dinner or leftovers for the lunch box.
Vegetable fritters – a great way to get kids eating vegetables. Delicious for brekkie, lunch or as snack and perfect for the school lunch box.
Roast pumpkin and tomato pasta sauce – this recipe is super tasty and healthy. Use as a pizza sauce, on pasta sauce or in place of tinned tomatoes in recipes.

Crossing Supervisor Employment Opportunities

Good For Kids Newsletter Snippets

Principal Reflections

A message from Dr Jake

PRINCIPAL REFLECTIONS