From the Principal
Be in it to WIN it!! - MACSSIS 2026
The BEST Prizes ever offered!!
This year we are introducing a reward to each Home Group that gets all parents to respond to the survey!!
Extra Play
30 Minutes of extra play time for each Home Group that achieves 100% of parents in the Home Group completing the survey.
Ice-poles
The Home Groups with 100% responses or the Home group with the most responses gets an ice-pole each.
$100 Gift Voucher
Parents who copy in the office via the admin email are also entered into a raffle to win $100 gift voucher
Prizes will be drawn and awarded in Week 1, Term 4.
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys (MACSSIS): will be held from the 31 August –18 September 2026
We encourage all parents to take a few minutes to provide us your feedback and support as we use this information from students, staff and parents to set our goals and to improving our school.
Letter regarding the MACSSIS Survey to our parents.
How to ENTER
Parents just need to take a screenshot that the survey has been completed and share the email with the Home Group teacher or send it to admin@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au. If you have more than one child please send the details to each child's Home Group teacher.
Please ensure you provide:
- your name
- Your child's Name
- Your child's Home Group.
the screenshot (with your email visible) of the evidence that the survey was completed. .
Teachers will keep a record of surveys completed.
All Home groups that get 100% completion will win the REWARD!!
In addition parents who also submit their evidence to the office will go into a raffle for a $100 gift voucher.
Planning for 2027
We have commenced the process of planning and setting budgets for 2027.
We ask families who are not planning to return to St Francis de Sales in 2027 to please notify the school Office by the end of August to assist with our planning .
We have strong enrollments for 2027. We are close to capacity for Prep 2027 and look like moving to a waiting list before the end of this term. If you know someone interested in enrolling for 2027 they need to submit an enrolment without further delay.
Staff News
I will be on Long Service Leave from week 7 till the end of Term 3. While I am away Angela Faiola will be Acting Principal. I will be joining the Principals from the MACS South East Zone on a Pilgrimage to Greece and Turkey - Walking in the Footsteps of St Paul. Fr Fabian Smith Parish Priest of St Kevin's will be accompanying 16 Principals who have been approved for this formation experience.
In addition, Rozeta Ambrose has been selected from Religious Education leaders (RELs) from the Archdiocese of Melbourne to undertake a similar pilgrimage. Rozeta will join a small group of RELs to Walk in the Footsteps of St Paul. The Archbishop of Melbourne The Most Reverend Peter Comensoli will be joining this pilgrimage. The journey will take place during the Term holidays.
The experience and learning will be shared with our SFS staff and across our SE Network to build the capacity of our teachers and strengthen the Catholic Identity of our schools.
Absences via nForma only
Please notify the school of your child's absence via the nForma portal. You can no longer use the Absence Form on the School App. We encourage all parents to use nForma as it saves multiple handling of the information. Thanks for your assistance in making this transition.
Christine White
Principal