Principals Parenting News

Safety Online

Kids online ~ esafety.  

The following are some useful parental websites for online safety and online safety webinars - 

• https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents
• https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars

Please remember to monitor your children’s online behaviour carefully and limit the time they are spending online.  We have had reports of bullying using the app ‘Kids Messenger’.   PLEASE talk to your children regarding this and be aware of your children’s online behaviours.  Having set times for online usage, only use technology when other people are around, don’t allow children to take devices to their bedrooms, and having clear consequences in place for unacceptable use etc are good ways to keep your children safe. 

Parents Corner 

Attendance Matters

Attendance Requirements

If your child is sick or absent, you are required to notify the school as soon as possible on the day of absence, by using the schoolstream notification, phoning the school on 58213163 or emailing the school - office@smshepparton.catholic.edu.au.

Notifying the school of your child’s absence either prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will fulfil your legal responsibility.

All Victorian schools are required to contact parents/carers as soon as practicable on the same day of an unexplained student absence. If your child is absent on a particular day and you have not contacted the school to explain why, the absence will be marked as unexplained.

This system also promotes daily school attendance. Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education, they learn new things every day – missing school puts them behind.