From the Principal
Happy Father's Day
Father’s Day is the perfect time to honor the incredible dads and male role models in our community. Whether they’ve been a guiding light, a source of endless support, or simply a great friend, our fathers and special friends deserve to be celebrated this Father's Day.
We wish our father's and father figures dear to us a very special day and we thank them for the vital role they play in the lives of our children by their everyday acts of love, support, care and understanding. On Father's Day we hope you do get to relax and know how important and precious you are.
On Friday 30 August at St Francis de Sales, we had our annual Father's Day breakfast. For the first time it was held in our new hall and it was a great success. It was wonderful to see father's and children relaxing together in our garden and hall. It was great to have so many able to enjoy a scrumptious bacon and egg roll prepared by our P&F.
Thanks to the members of the P&F who were up early to get breakfast ready and organised the Father's Day raffle and stall. It is a BIG day for our hard working P&F team and we greatly appreciate all that they do for our school community.
The children enjoyed their shopping trip to select a special gift. I hope you enjoy their gift especially selected just for you.
MACSSIS 2024
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys (MACSSIS) are conducted annually for schools in the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. This year’s MACSSIS window is from Monday 2 September to Friday 20 September 2024.
This data tells us about what different people in a school community think and feel about their learning environment. We encourage our families to participate in this confidential feedback. As a school we evaluate and adjust and change our plans informed by data we gather. MACSSIS data is a key source on information that informs our school improvement and our 2025 Annual Action plans.
Parent Teacher Interviews - BOOK NOW!
‘Reading is magic’ is this year’s theme for Book Week, the annual celebration of books by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. at St Francis de Sales we will be celebrating Book Week on Monday 2 September. Let us celebrate the magic of books and come dressed as your favorite book character.
Date to Remember....
Monday 9 September at 8:50 meet us in the hall to celebrate the conclusion of our SFS Olympics. Join us for the announcement of the GOLD medal trophy and for some FUN and entertainment by our students.
We are pleased to advise you that our school has engaged Semper Dental to provide your children with the opportunity of visiting the dentist at school commencing on Friday 6 September 2024.
Semper Dental is a well-respected catholic family business and is a significant provider of oral hygiene education and dental treatment services with programs running in more than 70 schools in greater Melbourne.
The program is available to participating students from all year levels at the school. The basis of this offer will be fully explained in the Semper Dental parent consent forms and in the Semper Dental information flyer.
Semper Dental provides a preventative treatment program involving an oral examination and treatments such as scale, cleaning, fluoride application and fissure seals where necessary.
Semper Dental will then provide you with a treatment plan for your child following the visit and will inform you if your child requires additional dental care.
Further information and parent consent forms were sent home last week. Please complete the consent form to enable your child to participate in this new initiative.
Christine White
Principal