Dear parents, students and families,

Last Saturday some of our Year 6 students received Confirmation at St Patrick's Cathedral alongside their peers from St Joachim's and St Joseph's, Chelsea in a blessed occasion lead by the Bishop for the East, Fr Thinh Xuan Nguyen, and Fr Martin. Our students who receieved Confirmation are Lola, Amelia, Sebastian, Paige, Harry, Grace, Macey, Jacob and James and may God Bless them.

On Monday morning we raised awareness and some donations to support Indigenous Literacy through a walk to school activity called "Together We Walk". I thank Mrs Ward for her organisation with this and for all the families that joined in with celebrating this.

Tomorrow our Foundation students celebrate "100 Days of School". That time has certainly flown. We also have the Year 1/2 students leading a Mass dedicated to Australia's only Saint- Mary MacKillop which is called the Feast Day for St Mary of the Cross. Our senior students commence their Winter Sport Program against Aldercourt PS away and we wish them every success with this and hope they have a great time.

On Saturday 9 August some of our Year 4 students will commence their celebrations of their First Eucharist over the next month at Parish Masses. We pray for and congratulate Austin, Audrey, Patrick, Darcy, Haven M, Ben, Joseph, Will and Nathan with this.

Next week our Year 3/4 classes are off to the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens on Wednesday as part of their studies. On Friday we will celebrate the Feast of the Assumption and then our senior students will play against Kananook PS with their Winter Sport Program.

Thanks again for a wonderful week.

God Bless

Rod Shaw

Principal

School Attendance and Unexplained Absence

Please contact the school if your child is going to be absent by leaving a message on

9786 4736 and press 1. Please give details of your child’s name and class with a reason for their absence such as: unwell, appointment, holiday or family reasons. Alternatively an email can be sent to office@saseaford.catholic.edu.au with cc to the child’s teacher.

If you are running late, (after 9:00 am) please attend the office to sign your child into school and collect a late pass.

If you are picking up your child early you will need to collect them and sign them out from the office.

As per our policy this will be our morning routine for absences:

Parents will be contacted as soon as practicable on the morning a student is absent via a text message.

If parent does not contact the school after receiving the text message, the school will contact the parent by phone. If the parent is unreachable the emergency contacts will be contacted by the school.

If there is still no response, and the school feels that the child is in danger, the police will be contacted.

Ongoing unexplained absences or lack of cooperation regarding student attendance will result in a formal conference being organized. Unresolved attendance issues will be referred to D.H.H.S.

This is a legal requirement.

Democratic Principles

The six (6) principles of Australian democracy include:

(a) elected government; and

(b) the rule of law; and

(c) equal rights for all before the law; and

(d) freedom of religion; and

(e) freedom of speech and association; and

(f) the values of openness and tolerance

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