Dear Families

I hope that all the Dads and Granddads and special men in our community were rightfully spoiled as they celebrated Father's Day last Sunday!!

Remote Learning... next steps

Last Sunday, the Victorian Government released its plan for easing coronavirus restrictions.

It includes the following decisions about school operations.

All schools will continue to provide remote and flexible learning for the remainder of Term 3.

First Week of Term 4, 5-9 October

At this stage Remote and flexible Learning will continue for all students.

At this stage onsite supervision for children of permitted workers sand vulnerable students will continue to be provided consistent with existing guidelines.

Monday 12 October

Students in Prep -2 return to full-time on-site schooling. The existing remote learning program will not continue for P-2.

Dates to be confirmed, subject to health advice

All Students from Year 3 to Year 6 will continue with Remote and flexible Learning. A date for the return of these year levels to face -face learning will be subject to further health advice. Monday October 26th has been mooted as a possible return date but we will await further advice.

I will keep you informed as further information comes to hand.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews will be held next week :

Please finalise bookings.

Tuesday September 15th from 1:30pm - 8pm and
Wednesday September 16th from 2:30pm - 5:30pm
These will be conducted online. Each Interview will be 10 minutes in duration.
Thank you to the parents who have made bookings.

Please note that Parent Teacher Interviews for 5/6 R will be held in Term 4. Date to be confirmed.

If you are having any issues organising the online interviews please contact the school office via email

admin@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au

Indonesian Week

Excitement galore as we get ready for our Indonesian Week activities and competitions next week! Please read all about it on the following pages!

Preps 100 Day celebrations

Read as well in later pages about our upcoming celebrations for our beautiful Preps as they celebrate their 100 days at school

E Smart week

Our students and community members staying safe online is very important, particularly as we engage through various platforms in Remote Learning. Our ICT Leader has included some key information as well as providing information about Parent Webinars!

For students onsite:

If your child is unwell in anyway please keep your child at home. You should be getting tested if you have any flu like symptoms.

Please contact the school immediately if any family member /close contact returns a positive test for COVID.

Financial Considerations

Once again I remind families that should you be experiencing any Financial hardship in relation to the payment of school fees/ levies, it is crucial that you let us know your circumstance, so we can discuss and plan a manageable way forward. These discussions/ meetings are confidential. As always the school wishes to be supportive of genuine financial hardship.

Communicating with us is an essential part of this process.

You can contact me via email on

amullaly@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au

or our business manager Liz Szabo at lszabo@sjvmulgrave.catholic.edu.au

You can contact us by phone 8543 4444

School Review

Across the past two days Dr Judith Gurvich has met with all staff, student representatives, parent groups, the Education Board and Fr Dominic. I thank those representing our community for sharing their insights. The Review aims to affirm our good practices and processes as well as identifying strategies that assist us to continually improve.

Judith will meet with the school leaders and our CEM Leadership Consultant Tonia Tamblyn in early Term 4 to assist us to map our next school improvement plan.

The School Review is a vitally important task and I thank our staff and all within our vibrant community for their hard work across the preparation period.

2022 Year 7 Catholic Secondary School Enrolments

A reminder that 2022 Year 7 Catholic Secondary School Enrolments are due at the Catholic Secondary Colleges by October 9th 2020. Parents are asked to submit the applications directly to the College.

Word of the Week!

Suspicious - it means you don’t trust someone and are careful when dealing with them

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