From the Principal

Dear Parents and Carers,

A big WELCOME BACK as we commence our new school year. It is certainly lovely to have the children back on site and learning at school. A special welcome also to our new families who have joined our community with our new Prep intake as well as children who have joined us in other classes. We hope you enjoy your time here at COHR and feel very welcome in our community.

This edition of the newsletter has plenty of news and information and I would encourage all families to take the time to read through what is happening and what is planned for COHR in 2022.

There were a few Covid experiences shared by many over the break but as we return to school our aim is to keep our school as safe as possible in order to avoid a return to home learning. Attached to this newsletter is a dedicated page to Covid updates. This page includes information about;

Rapid Antigen Testing
Learning Grids for students who are isolating
Vaccinations

Parent Information Evenings

These meetings will be a valuable opportunity to meet class teachers, hear more about class expectations and responsibilities of your children as well as hearing a little about the focus of the year.

Meetings will be held via a Google Meet. Each classroom teacher will send the link to parents prior to the meeting. These meetings will run for approximately 40-50 minutes and will take place on the following days next week.

Monday 14th February Prep Level – 6:30pm Tuesday 15th February 1-2 Level – 6:30pm

Thursday 17th February 3-4 Level – 6:30pm Thursday 17th February 5-6 Level – 7:30pm

Parent Teacher Chats via GOOGLE MEET

Parents are invited to meet with their child's classroom teacher on either Tuesday 22nd Feb (3:50pm - 6pm) or Wednesday 23rd Feb (3:50-6:00pm). These interviews will be held via Google Meet.

These conversations are an opportunity for parents to share with their child's teacher relevant information which will assist the teacher to better understand the needs of their child as a learner. Interviews have been allocated in 10 minute time slots. Bookings can be made through School Interviews;

www.schoolinterviews.com.au

Using the code: u6sm9

School Maintenance

Over the January break Gary, our Maintenance Man, completed a number of jobs to help ensure our buildings and facilities are being maintained to ensure we are continuing to provide a safe and appealing learning environment for all. This included;

painting large sections of the hall exterior
cleaning and repainting the walls in the exterior toilets
repairing and painting the exterior stairs to the 5/6 corridor
re-stained the decking outside 5/6 and seating around the vege patch
exterior painting of various exterior sections of the school
painting of the sheds

Medication / Medical forms

Children who had medication at school last year may not have collected it from the office due to our interrupted last week of school. Any medication that needs to be left at school needs to handed into the office with instructions for use.

Asthma and Anaphylaxis plans are also required to be updated.

A reminder to also update your Operoo details if necessary.

Icy Poles

All children were offered a FREE lemonade icy pole last Friday, compliments of the Parents Association. Commencing tomorrow, icy-poles will be on sale every Friday at lunch time for $1 during Term 1.

Stolen Bike

Unfortunately a student's bike was brazenly stolen from the bike rack just before lunch today. Our CCTV cameras captured the intruder and the incident was reported to the police.

Given this incident we would strongly encourage all students who ride to school to lock their bikes to the bike rack at the front of the office.

School Fees

A hard copy of the school fees will be sent home tomorrow. Please be reminded that these can be paid as a lump sum or installments throughout the year. We ask that fees are finalised by the end of October.

MACS (Melbourne Archdiocese catholic Schools) have recently introduced a School Fees Concession Program policy to assist families who may be experiencing financial hardship. A copy of this policy and application is attached for eligible families.

Staffing 2022

Our staffing for 2022 will be as follows:

Prep Jill Palermo/Elise Rimington

Year 1/2 Kim Goddard

Year 1/2 Rachael Goldring

Year 3/4 Maya Howard

Year 3/4 Karen Gosling

Year 5/6 Jacqui Sharp

Year 5/6 Ilona Cetrola

Year 5/6 Clare Inwood

Year 5/6 Sarah Counihan

Administration Staff

Rachel Bernardo

Sandra Counihan

Specialists

Resource Centre & ICT - Karen Wakeling

Physical Education - Sue Tobin

Performing Arts - Jon Bode

LOTE (Italian) - Silvana Pansino

Visual Arts - Jo Hunt

Learning Diversity

Suzanne Neil

Learning Intervention & Extension

Franca Paduano

Enhancement

Nicole Russell

Elise Rimington

Learning Supports Officers

Lorraine Hill

Isabelle Georgalas

Anna Giannikos

Carolyn Heil

Catherine Colonnelli

Nick Peck

Amy Patane

Deputy Principal - Jo Cowan

Principal - Brendan Welsford

Take care and keep safe everyone

Brendan Welsford

2022 Sacraments