Principal's Message
St Anne's Primary School
Dear parents, students and families,
Well I hope everyone made the most of last weekend as we move into November with Advent and Christmas just around the corner. With just 5 and a bit weeks of schooling left for our year everything comes around very quickly.
Last week one of our Year 5 students represented the Victorian Schoolboys at the Australian titles in Newcastle. We are all very proud of Darcy O whose team won the Bronze Medal. Also during last week our Basketball team competed in the Northern Zone Basketball Finals at Somerville which they greatly enjoyed. Next Monday our Interschool Hot Shots Tennis Team will compete in the Northern Peninsula Zone Finals. We wish them all the very best.
Tomorrow we will be having a chocolate block collection in preparation for our Market Day which is being held on Sunday 22nd November. Thank you for your support of this initiative and thanks to the P and F for all their hard work behind the scenes with the preparation.
Our classes continue with our weekly Liturgies and I thank staff and students for these faith-filled occasions. Last week I heard the Episcopal Vicar for Catholic schooling, Fr Jerome Santamaria, speak. With All Souls' Day followed by All Saints' Day last weekend he spoke a little about Saints to the assembled principals. He said we should keep in mind that all the Saints in the Church were just children living with their families. Our mission, even as adults, is to live the best lives we can and be the best role models we can in our shared mission with the children of our school.
We are receiving on-going interest from families moving into the area for enrolling their students at a number of year levels. Equally some families will be choosing to move on which is understandable. Can I please ask that you let the office know in writing if your child, who is not in Year 6 and you haven't already let us know, will not be returning in 2027.
A note for your diaries- our new whole school photo date in Monday 16th November at approximately at 10.30am.
May God Bless You all
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 your child’s name and class with areason 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.
Both of these options are available 24 hours a day.
If you are running late, (after 9:00 am) please attend the office to sign your child into school.
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