Newsletter ~ Term 2, Week 10, 2026

Principal's Message:

Dear Parents, Carers, Families and Friends of St Mel’s Primary School,

Our second term of school learning has come to a close this week with our children and Staff Team set for a well earned two week break and our families a break from the usual school routines.

Thank you all for your ongoing support of your child/ren and their learning, growth and development across this term.

I wish all our students, parent, carers and members of our Staff Team all the very best for the next two weeks and look forward to the resumption of school learning on Monday 13 July when we open the school gates at 8:30am.

2027 Foundation Enrolments:

Offers of places in our Foundation Learning Community for next year have been made to families who have toured our school and met with Danae Napier and/or myself across this term. Further interviews will be scheduled for families with Foundation enrolments for next year who have children in the school currently.

Available places are filling fast for our Foundation Learning Community for next year.

Families still yet to present for enrolment are reminded to commence the process by completing ONLINE enrolment forms via our school website now:

www.smshepparton.catholic.edu.au

2027 Year 1 to Year 6 Enrolments:

We will consider enrolments for Years One through Six based on available places as we draw ever closer to the new school year.

Magnify Sandhurst'

Every Student - Every Teacher - Every School - Every Day!

Future Staff Professional Learning Days (Student Free Days):

A reminder of the following days coming in Term Three:

CESL Spirituality Day - Wednesday 5 August 2026:

Our school will host four other CESL schools and the staff of the CESL Central Team (Tatura Office) here for this day of reflection and faith formation. Last year we hosted St Anne's College Kialla for this annual CESL Spirituality event. The staff of St Anne's will also be joined by the Staff Teams of:

Sacred Heart PS, Tatura
St Mary's PS, Mooroopna
St Joseph's PS, Nagambie

We look forward to hosting these school and office staff here in our lovely school environment for this important day.

CESL Teaching For Impact PL Day - Thursday 13 August 2026:

Our teachers, Learning Support and Wellbeing staff will travel to St Mary of the Angel's College for a professional learning day facilitated by Teach Well, an organisation focussed on enhancing teaching, direct instruction and supporting student learning. We look forward to this day of professional learning with colleagues from local CESL schools and colleges.

Staffing Update

Charlotte Wilson (Yr 2 teacher), Annalei Moon (Yr 5 teacher) & Lis Rodriguez have recently experienced periods of unexpected illness over the last fortnight.
With a continued run of staff illness we are ever grateful for the support of our list of quality Classroom Relief Teachers who provide short and longer term support to ensure we are able to continue our learning programs with few disruptions. The availability of these valued staff has avoided splitting Pastoral Groups across the school.

St Mel's Uniting Outside School Hours Care - Vacation, Student Free Days and Before School Care:

NOTE: Registering your child/children in St Mel's Uniting Outside School Hours Care can take up to a week to process, given the documentation required.

Parents and carers are recommended to register NOW if there is a possibility of using this service at any time this year. Once registered, children are booked in via the registration app.

Parents and carers seeking more information or wishing to register children for Vacation Care are directed to contact Uniting Vic Tas directly by:

Phone: 1800 183 103

Email: earlylearning@unitingvictas.org.au

St. Mel's Uniting School Holiday Care:

The St Mel's Uniting Outside School Hours Care service has created an exciting and interesting program for the approaching school holidays. Students can be booked in from one day through to the ten days of the program.

Please find the exciting Winter School Holiday Care program below:

Be sure to BOOK IN NOW to secure your child's place over the holidays.

St Mel's Uniting Outside School Hours Care - OSHC Staff Professional Learning Day:

To ensure our staff remains at the forefront of early childhood education practices and to continuously improve our services, we have scheduled our annual professional development day for our statewide team.

Please be advised...

...that all OSHC services will be closed for the day on Friday 31st July 2026.

We understand that a closure may cause some inconvenience, and we apologies for any disruption this may cause to your routine. However, we firmly believe that investing in our team’s professional growth directly benefits your children's development and learning experiences.

If you have any questions of concerns, please feel free to reach out to your service Director.

Thank you for your continued support.

Early Learning Team - Uniting VIC TAS

School Dates:

Please check the Upcoming Dates & Events section of the newsletter regularly.

Did you know? ~

Breakfast Club Sponsors

Thank you to Bakers Delight City & Plaza, who sponsors our St. Mel's Breakfast Club!

Thank-you to St Vinnies Shepparton South Community House for sponsoring our breakfast club.