Around the School 

DAILY ABSENTEEISM  

Phone 9510 7420 or email absent@smstkildaeast.catholic.edu.au

(Please notify the school by 9:30am)

STUDENT FREE DAY

Thursday 10th March 

Friday 11th March

Monday 31st October

(Please note that additional days to be confirmed)

Staff Professional Learning  

SCHOOL UNIFORM 

All children must wear the correct school and sports uniform.  Sneakers to be worn only with sports uniforms, as they are unhealthy for children to wear every day.

SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP is open on Fridays 

8:45am to 9:00am & 3:15pm to 3:30pm  (school jumper only).

Hair is to be neat and tidy and with long hair to be tied back with a navy ribbon or hair elastic.  Girls wear navy socks with their uniform. For Health and Safety reasons, jewellery is to be kept to a minimum with no bangles or necklaces except for those of a religious nature.  However, remember that these can be lost or pulled through playing.

SUNSMART SCHOOL 

We are a sunsmart school and the policy is ‘No Hat, No Play’.  Only school hats are to be worn. 

LUNCH ORDERS

Lunch orders are available on Mondays and Thursday.  Online Order Portal – www.funfreshfoods.com.au to register. Orders must be placed by 8:30am.  If you require any assistance with getting started please do not hesitate to call 1300 116 637 or email enquiries@funfreshfoods.com.au.

HEALTHY SCHOOL, HEALTHY MIND POLICY 

It’s impossible to promise to be an allergy free school but our healthy food policy endeavours to make this as healthy an environment as we possibly can.  The teachers supervise play and lunch eating and ensure that children don’t share or swap food.  No sweets or sugary drinks are allowed.  We ask that children bring water only in drink bottles to sip on if needed. Birthdays will be celebrated in special ways in classes.  Obesity is a childhood issue and our policy aims to teach children good food eating habits. We thank you for your co-operation.

EXCURSIONS 

Throughout the year children will be going on excursions to various places.  The cost for these is covered by your Excursion Levy.  Details will be sent by Operoo to you about each excursion and you will be asked to give permission.  No child can go on an excursion without parent permission. 

NEWSLETTERS 

Communication is very important between the school and parents.  The fortnightly  newsletter gives you a general idea of what’s happening in our school.  The school newsletter will be emailed every second Thursday, a copy is also placed on our website. 

SAFETY AND TRAFFIC 

For the children’s safety, do not double park or reverse out of the flats driveway to let your child out.  No U-turn is allowed in front of the school crossing.  Please do not toot car horns as you drive past to attract your child’s attention. The police and council officers will patrol the area. 

BEFORE & AFTERCARE – Their Care

Our After Hours School Care Program is operating again.  Online Enrolment must be filled out with student’s details before they are able to use this service. 

CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund) - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school camps, excursions and sporting activities.  If you hold a valid Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card (CRN) you may be eligible for CSEF.  An application form is below, please fill it out and return to the school office by 8th April 2022.

SCHOOL ROUTINES

 Times:                 8:40 am                               Gates open (staff on duty)

                                8:45 am                               Internal Doors Open to Classrooms

                                8:55am                                First Bell

                                9:00 am                               Second Bell - Classes commence

                                3:30 pm                               Dismissal

Work will start punctually at 9:00am because we start that time with our daily prayer.  It is in their best interests that they will need to make up this work if they are late.  Parents must sign their child in if they are late and a LATE PASS will be issued to the student.

Please collect your children as close as possible to dismissal times.  After 3:45pm there is no teacher on duty and all children will then be placed into aftercare.

eLEARNING AT ST MARY'S                                    Daniela Borgese (eLearning Leader)

It is great to see everyone back at school and working hard. It is impressive to see the skills our students have developed over the past two years. I am really excited to see the developments in the area of eLearning at St Mary’s and the plans we have for this year. 

Safer Internet Day 2022 

Students will be participating in Safe Internet Day on Tuesday 8 February which is an initiative that brings families, schools, organisations and governments from 170 countries together to raise awareness about online safety. The tag for the day will be #playingitfaironline which is a message we know will continue throughout the year. 

eSafety Commission

We recommend visiting the eSafety Commision website for a number of useful resources for parents related to online safety, cyberbullying and online webinars.