Assistant Principal's Report
Spring Gully Primary School
This week’s e-safe topic: Support Posters for Parents & Carers
Keeping up with the digital world our children are engaged in can be incredibly hard as parents and carers. The two posters attached may be helpful if families are a bit stuck where to start. 10 Tips to Keep Your Children Safe Online and Conversation Starters for Parents.
Upcoming Camps
Compass Events for the upcoming Grade 3/4 and 5/6 camps have now been released to families. At this stage, parents and carers can provide consent without making a payment. Receiving consent as early as possible helps us with planning and camp organisation, so we ask families to please respond via the Compass Event by either providing consent or selecting 'Decline' if your child will not be attending.
Volunteering at SGPS
We greatly value the numerous volunteers who offer their time to support our school. Our Volunteers Policy outlines our school's legal obligations, and our commitment to ensuring that Spring Gully Primary School is a child safe environment. We require volunteers to obtain a Volunteer Working with Children Clearance and display their valid card at the office in the following circumstances:
- Volunteers who are not parent/family members of any student at the school if they are engaged in child-related work, regardless of whether they are being supervised
- Parent/family volunteers who are assisting with any classroom or school activities involving direct contact with children in circumstances where the volunteer’s child is not participating, or does not ordinarily participate in, the activity
- Parent/family volunteers who assist with excursions (including swimming), camps and similar events, regardless of whether their own child is participating or not
- Parent/family volunteers who regularly assist in school activities, regardless of whether their own child is participating or not.
Your Volunteer WWCC only needs to be shown once, not each time you volunteer.
Volunteer Working with Children Clearances are free and can be applied for online - https://service.vic.gov.au/services/working-with-children
For more information, please enquire at the office or refer to the SGPS Volunteer Policy.