SCHOOL NOTICES

GENERAL OFFICE

Office hours are:   8:15am - 4:30pm

Telephone:             8520 9000

Parents should always make contact with the General Office first when visiting the school or trying to make contact with their children.

Appointments with teachers must be made via telephone or email them directly.Student absences should be reported to the school before 9:00am.  Please email the Attendance Officer Alison Pollock (alisonp@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au) or telephone 8520 9050 on the day of the absence by 9:00am.  A note on the day of return to the General Office is required for absences where no parent contact has been possible.  Proformas for absence explanations can be downloaded from our website (www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au).

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday – Thursday       8:15am - 5:30pm

Friday                                 8:15am - 4:30pm

Staying open late after school for students to complete homework, study, research, to print, read and browse online etc.  Closed at recess.

Queries to:  library@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au

LOST PROPERTY

Please ensure all school clothes, books and personal property are clearly labelled with the student’s name.  Many items are not returned to their rightful owners because they are not labelled correctly or clearly.

USBs should include a folder with the student’s name and form to assist in returning it to the correct person.  If you have lost anything see Mrs Plate in the Sick Bay during recess, lunch or end of day.

MCKINNON UNIFORM SHOP

Phone/Fax No:  9578 2151

Normal Shop Trading Hours

Tuesdays                                8:15am - 12 noon

Fridays                                    12:30pm - 4:00pm1st Saturday  every month     9:30am - 12 noon

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS – FOR DECEMBER 2013/JANUARY 2014

December 2013

Friday 13/12         12.30 - 4.00pm

Saturday 14/12      9.30 - 12.00noon

Tuesday 17/12       8.15 - 12.00noon

Friday 27/12         11.00 - 3.00pm

January 2014

Thursday 2/1          11.00 - 3.00pm

Friday 3/1               11.00 - 3.00pm

Saturday 4/1           11.00 - 3.00pm

Tuesday 21/1          11.00 - 3.00pm

Wednesday 22/1     11.00 - 3.00pm

Thursday 23/1         11.00 - 3.00pm

Friday 24/1              11.00 - 3.00pm

Saturday 25/1            9.30 - 12.00noon

Tuesday 28/1          11.00 - 3.00pm

Wednesday 29/1     11.00 - 3.00pm.

Normal Trade Hours resume

Friday 1/2                12.30 - 4.00pm

Saturday 2/2            9.30 - 12.00noon

Cheques must be payable to Fashion Clubwear.

2014 EDUCATION MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE (EMA)

Education Maintenance Allowance forms for 2014 are now available from the College.  EMA is provided by the Victorian Government to lower-income families to help with education-related costs.  If you have a child under 16, and you hold a valid Health Care Card, Pension Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible to receive the EMA.  

Further information provided by the DEECD can be accessed at:

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/financial/Pages/ema.aspx

The closing date for EMA applications is 28 February 2014 and must be strictly adhered to.

THANK YOU – SECONDHAND BOOKSTALL

Every year we have hundreds of students bring back their books to sell and even more parents coming in to buy books for the following year.

None of this could have happened without the enormous amount of time and effort put in by our Volunteer parents on a daily basis.

A BIG special thank you goes to Joanne Robinson for all the time she has put into this endeavour.

A big thank you to the canteen ladies for providing bookstall volunteers with beautiful lunches and to Rosie Patterson for all her photocopying.

Left over books will be returned via Student Managers when students pick up their 2013 Thistle on Tuesday 17 December.