From the Principal

Dear Parents,

MACSSIS Family School Improvement Survey

A reminder to access and complete your Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys (MACSSIS).

One of the main goals of the family survey is to identify the strengths and areas for improvement in our school. We believe it is important to encourage families to have a voice and contribute to shaping the ongoing improvement of the school.

The survey is available online, can be accessed from Monday 1 September and needs to be completed by Friday 19 September 2025. 

Participation is completely voluntary. All responses are completely anonymous.

To complete the survey, please access the following link: www.orima.com.au/macsfamily.

In the search box under School Name, you must type our school’s name followed by the suburb before the portal will recognise and display the relevant school.

Your family’s personal identification number was emailed to you onm 14th August. Please contact the school office if you do not receive your PIN.

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Melbourne Museum Visit

On Tuesday September 9, our Year 1/2 classes set off with teachers, staff and parents to the Melbourne Museum. It was a fun expereince for them to travel as a group by train into the city.

Our students were captivated by the towering dinosaur skeletons and the interactive displays. They loved exploring the exhibits, which brought their learning about insects, animals, and science to life in exciting and engaging ways. The visit provided a hands-on experience that made classroom learning more meaningful and memorable.

Austrialian Mathmatics Competition

Selected students competed in the Australian Maths Competition.  This is a national competition for Years 3-6 where students are encouraged to do their best at problem solving, creative thinking and mathematical application.  Well done to all our award winners:

PRIZE Winner:

Zi Han Wo

DISTINCTION Winners

Alexander Archibald

Max Lin

PROFICIENCY Winners

Charlotte Archibald

Elisha Lai

Mikayla Leung

Allan Lin

CREDIT Winners

Vihaan Chatla

Thinu Deegalla

Tony Lin

Ethan Cheng

Christof Fonseka

Mayon Kuruvita

Gabby Li

Olivier Ng

Samara Rajasooriar

Haniel Zhang

Rotary Club Writing Competition

Congratulations to Josiah and Sahana (pictured below) who were selected as winners for their outstanding writing pieces in the Glen Waverley/Monash Rotary Club School Writing Competition. They were presented with their award certificates and a book voucher each by Don from the Rotary Club.  The Rotary Club supports many causes and this is one way to promote their work and commitment to building community.  Well done Josiah and Sahana!

Athletics Achievement

Charlotte and Alexander at the inter-school athletics on Friday.  Both came 1st in the 1500m to go to the Monash divisional athletics.  Well done!

Jump Rope For Heart Campaign

St. Christopher's have launched their Jump Rope For Heart Campaign and already Raised $1000 of our $4,000 goal to help heal Aussie hearts! 

The Students are very excited to contribute to such a worthy cause and skipping fever has truly set in. If you would like to sign up your child, please head to :

https://www.jumprope.org.au/parents

We have our whole school Jump Rope Day during week 3 of Term 4. We welcome everyone to join our team of Heart Hero's and support us in reaching our goal.