From the Principal
CONGRATULATIONS to our Preps on
100 days at School!!
A big congratulations to our amazing Foundation students who completed 100 days of school this week. What a wonderful achievement!
The whole school had the opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge this special achievement at our school assembly in the afternoon. Our Foundation students were presented with a certificate.
A BIG Thanks you to our Amazing Junior Staff!!
Victorian Catholic Education Authority
Dear parents and carers,
Please see attached a letter from the Victorian Catholic Education Authority outlining the work that is currently underway to secure a funding commitment for capital investment in Victorian Catholic schools. This would support ongoing improvements to our schools and provision of new schools.Please take the time to read the letter.
Sincerely,
Christine White
Planning for 2027
We have commenced the process of planning and setting budgets for 2027. We have increased numbers for Prep 2027 with just a couple of spaces left as well as new enrolments at other year levels, with some starting this year and others in the new year.
We ask families who are not planning to return to St Francis de Sales in 2027 to please notify the school Office by the 10 August to assist with our planning .
We strongly support wage rises for our teachers. They are a necessary and well deserved recognition of the vital role teachers play and the work they do. The current EBA estimates is unprecedented and will naturally place additional pressures on school budgets, for our school and for schools across the system.
St Francis de Sales, Lynbrook will continue to engage in prudent and responsible financial planning that aims to ensure the best learning outcomes for our students. We are proud of our consistent achievements over the years that makes us a high performing school. We are absolutely committed to continue to enhance our school to provide a high quality Catholic Education now and into the future.
Staff News
We wish Taryn Bartlett the very BEST as she goes on maternity leave and prepares for the birth of her first child in August. We cannot wait to hear the exciting news and share the first photos with our SFS school community. Taryn will be on leave for a year and plans to return to SFS in Semester 2, 2027.
MACSSIS 2026
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys (MACSSIS): will be held from the 31 August –18 September 2026
We encourage all parents to take a few minutes to provide us your feedback and support as we use this information from students, staff and parents to set our goals and to improving our school.
Letter regarding the MACSSIS Survey to our parents.
Prep Enrolments for 2027 and 2028
Well done Australia on the Commonwealth Games results.
Christine White
Principal