Grade 5/6 students have had a focus this term on our Australian government and democracy. Yesterday was Politician's Day and we were fortunate to have had Lisa Chesters MP Federal Member for Bendigo come and share her story.

Ballarat Wildlife Park - Grade 1 Excursion

On Wednesday 18th September, the Year 1s excitedly headed off for an adventure to the Ballarat Wildlife Park. We were greeted by a beautiful day in Ballarat. The zoo is home to many native and exotic animals and the children were keen to see them all! Armed with a clipboard, map, worksheets and a pencil the children broke off into groups and explored the park. We have been focusing on a specific animal each week over the past four weeks. These animals were the meerkat, komodo dragon, kangaroo and tiger. When visiting each of these animals, the children had an activity to complete. We were very impressed with their knowledge of each of the animals we had been learning.

The meerkat encounter, penguin talk, seeing "Crunch" the saltwater crocodile up close and feeding the kangaroos were all highlights!

We hope the children had a fun day. We will be off on another adventure next term. Stay tuned for updates!

School Phone Numbers

It has been noted that calls from the school number are often coming up as unknown and are therefore going unanswered.

Please add both of these numbers to your contacts in some way to be St Monica's

(03) 5447 7832 and (03) 4433 2719.

Parent Notified Absence

If your child is going to be away, please remember to do a parent notified absence on Simon Everywhere App/PAM or phone the school office (even if you have mentioned the upcoming absence to the classroom teacher).

If you need any assistance setting getting SimonEverywhere on your phone or logging in please see the office.

We often send reminders via push notifications so if you would like to receive these please make sure your notifications are turned on for SimonEverywhere App.

Before School Care - YMCA

Please see the After School Care page for more information regarding Holiday program and Before/After school care in Term 4.

Hats

We are a SunSmart School and hats will be compulsory for outside play in Term 4.

Please make sure a clearly named hat comes to school and is kept at school or in your child's bag.

If you need to purchase a new hat please click the link below to order through CDF Pay or pop into the uniform shop on Thursday afternoons or Tuesday mornings.

Fresh Fruit Friday

Thank you to Mckern Steel Foundation for our weekly delivery of fresh fruit.

Canteen

Orders must be placed by 9am Thursday Morning on CDF pay or cash in lunch order bag and lunch order bags placed in class tub.

Please note: the office cannot accept late orders over the phone.

Absent on lunch order day

If your child is going to to be away on a Friday and you have ordered a lunch order please call or email the office by 9.30am on Friday to notify of absence and to hold lunch order.

Absences are not automatically communicated to the canteen so lunch orders get made and will be wasted.

Sharing Money

Please talk to your children about bringing and sharing money on canteen days. This is not permitted as it is very difficult to monitor. Children are responsible for their own money and ideally they would have the correct amount for what they would like to purchase at break times but we know this is difficult to predict.

Please remember to supply a lunch order bag/container when you place a lunch order. Students place these bags in the lunch order tub in the classroom by 9am Thursdays and their lunch order will be packed in it on Friday. Please make sure it is clearly labeled with students name and class.

Lunch order wallets are available through the Uniform Shop for $12.

Uniform

Term 3 is Winter uniform.

Football/Netball Club hoodies are not part of our uniform. Please do not wear them to school.

There are lots of bomber jackets in lost property both at school and YMCA after school care. Please check lost property and be sure to label uniform items clearly so they can be returned to owners.

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