Principal's Message

Dear parents, students and families,

Last Friday Mrs Winduss prepared a beautiful Mass dedicated to the feast of the Assumption. Our senior students continued their Winter Sport Program against Kananook PS at home and had a great time with two wins.

We have celebrated book week with great gusto this week! Thank you to Mrs Brooking for her inventive ideas and the Teachers for making it a wonder day for all the children. 

We have also had many of our Safety Week incursions this week. Thank you to Mrs McKenzie for her organisation of these incursions.  The presenters of these incursions have commended our community on the way the children have been prepared and the questions they have asked.

Some of our Year 4 students have commenced their celebration 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 .

Tomorrow our senior students play Belvedere PS away as part of their sporting program and we will be holding our termly Emergency Safety Drill. 

On Saturday is the social occasion of the year - 'The St Anne's Trivia Night'- which has been arranged by our Parents and Friends Group. My thanks in advance to this group and to the Principal of St Joachim's, Mr Paul Dwyer, who has graciously allowed us to use their hall due to ours currently being out of action. 

We continue with Safety Week Incursions next week and have Responsible Pet Ownership visiting our Foundation students.

Thanks again for a wonderful week.

God Bless 

Sally Thomas

Deputy 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 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.

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