School Information
Contact Details
St Mary’s School
121-143 McLennan Street
PO Box 259
Mooroopna 3629
Telephone :(03)5825 2858
Emails
General - office@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au
Newsletter - office@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au
Principal: Anthony Butts
abutts@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au
Deputy Principal: Ann Margaret Carroll
acarroll@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au
Office Administrator : Amber Feehan
afeehan@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au
Administration Assistant: Naomi Egglestone
negglestone@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au
Canonical Administrator: Monsignor Peter Jeffery
mons.peterj@bigpond.com
St Mary’s Parish
Presbytery - 5825 2034 (Office & After Hours)
Parish Priest: Monsignor Peter Jeffery
Parish Secretary: Brenda Pye
Parish Email: mooroopna@cdos.org.au
2 Toolamba Road, Mooroopna
P.O. Box 365 – Mooroopna –3629
Bus Company: Jacobsons - 5820 3700
Bus Co ordinator: 5825 2344
Out of Hours Care
Stepping Stones - 1300 665 699
Parent Handbook
Our recently reviewed Parent Handbook is attached below.
Office Reminders
OFFICE HOURS - Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm
Newsletter - Processed fortnightly from week 2 of each Term. Deadline for inclusions - Tuesday 11am
(office@smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au)
Subway Orders - Return order and payment Thursday for Friday delivery.
Emergency Contact Details
Please ensure all your family contact details are up to date on PAM or through the office, including Home phone, Mobile, residential & postal address & email address.
We also require your nominated emergency contact details to be current & up to date.
If your students Medical details have changed in any way, please ensure all relevant information is updated on PAM or through the school office.
NEW - Student Residential Collection Notice
The Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment would like to advise families that your child’s school is required to provide the department with students residential address and other information as required under the Australian Education Regulation 2013. Information the school is required to provide about each student is -
# Names and residential addresses of students’ parent(s) and/or guardian(s)
# Student residential address (excluding student names)
# Whether the student is a primary or secondary student (education level)
# Whether the student is boarding or a day student (boarding status).
Further information is available in the attached flyer.
UPDATED - Subway
Please place orders in the classroom subway tub Thursdays for delivery Friday lunch. Late orders can be dropped directly to Subway, however the preference is for all orders to come through the school.
Please ensure correct money is included and clearly mark your students name, class and which order and inclusions you require.
Please Note - Variation to Subway orders are limited to the items listed on the current order form as attached. This also applies to orders placed directly through the subway shop.
Schnitzel orders will only be accepted directly through the shop, however they will incur extra charges. Please be mindful these are made up warm and can arrive at school up to half an hour prior to lunchtime.
Orders requesting meatballs are unable to be processed as part of the Subway Lunch orders due to health regulations and will be supplied with an alternative lunch order menu item.
PAM - Parent Access Module
PAM is our online student reporting system that is aimed at giving parents regular reports across the school year. The new format will not only keep parents up to date with children’s progression, but will also help improve communication between home and school which is crucial to student learning.
Progression Points and collated personal comments similar to our previous report format will still be distributed at the end of each semester.
PAM is accessible through the school website, see the blue bar at the bottom of the home page, link below.
https://www.smmooroopna.catholic.edu.au/
All information stored on this program is totally private and will be accessed by school staff only. Please contact the office if you are having difficulties accessing this system.
Student Absences
If your child is absent, you are required to notify the school. This can be done via PAM, instructions are detailed on the 'Simon Everywhere' page of this newsletter.
Absences can be phoned through to the school office or you can notify your students teacher direct.
Following government guidelines, If we have not been notified of your students absence, you will receive an automated SMS as a reminder, which will be followed up if we do not receive confirmation of student absence.
Late arrival / Early collection
If you arrive at school after 8.50am or leave school before 3.20pm student/s must be signed in or out at the school office.
The school is to be notified of any student absences. If you know your student will be absent please add this through 'PAM' or contact the school office.
Schools are now legislated to contact families regarding ’unexplained absences’, and parents will receive a text message for any ‘unexplained absence’ including late arrivals that are not signed in at the office. If you receive a message, we ask you to please contact the office to notify reason for absence.
Acknowledgement To Country
At St Mary’s Primary School Mooroopna we Acknowledge the Traditional people of this land.
The Yorta Yorta Nation are the Traditional Custodians of this area and we remember their elders, past, present and future.
We remember that the Aboriginal people of Australia will always be the traditional owners of the land on which we gather today.
We continue to grow through education and reconciliation to a better future for all Australians.
