Important Announcements

Keeping your children safe online

Please be aware of what your children are doing online. In particular on social media. Instagram accounts are for children 13 and over. If you allow your child to have an Instagram account then you need to state in their profile that they are under 13 years of age and that their account is managed by a parent.  In the world of memes, children post highly inappropriate  and derogatory memes often about other people, sometimes with the belief that the memes are funny. Please actively monitor all social media accounts and know what your children's online presence looks like.

"Instagram requires everyone to be at least 13 years old before they can create an account. In some jurisdictions, this age limit may be higher. Accounts that represent someone under the age of 13 must clearly  state in the account's bio that the account is managed by a parent or manager. If your child is younger than 13 and has an account that isn't managed by you or a manager, you can show them how to delete their account."

Tips for responding to incidents outside school hours

Tips for parents after an online safety incident

Student-Led Three way Conferencing 2021

In 2021, we are inviting you and your children to take part in what is normally called 'parent/teacher conferences'. We are changing the voice in these conversations this year so that we can further empower our learners to take charge of their learning and learn how to receive feedback about their learning. We have created a brochure for our families explaining the purpose of these conferences and we look forward to our students leading the way. Conferences are scheduled for Term 3, week 1

1. Tuesday 13th July 3.45-5.30pm
2. Wednesday 14th July 2.00-7.30pm

We will be finishing school early on Wednesday 14th July @ 1pm.

Virtual school Experience

Please see our story of us here

Payment of School Fees

Thank you to everyone for the prompt payment of fees in the last 2 weeks. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you do require support at any time. As we switch over to the new MACS suite of policies after July, I will communicate with you all relevant Policies that apply to fees and concessional fees.

We are open for Enrolments for 2022

Sue and I are currently sending out Prep interview letters and inviting all families who have submitted the enrolment form to chose a time for the Prep getting to know you interview. If you have not yet submitted your enrolment form, please do so by the end of next week as places are filing up quite quickly. It will be great to be able to have a Prep transition morning or afternoon next term with those of you who have completed the enrolment process and start to familiarise our pre-preps with their new school early. Please see our Virtual Experience on our website or right  here            

 Link to Enrolment Form

A new look Lego Lab is here!!

Every Monday & Friday the Lego lab is happening during lunchtime activities play with Ms. Booker. There is lots to build together so come along and share your Lego passion! Student led and initiated! We also look forward to our student leaders running other lunchtime activities during the week.

Congratulations

Congratulations to our very own Amy Cook who graduated last week. Amy has joined our staff in 2021 and teaches Year 4. She is an outstanding graduate teacher who is doing tremendous things in the middle school, especially building relationships with her young learners and empowering them to be independent and to love their learning. Well done Amy, we are lucky to have you!

Second Hand Uniform Shop SALE

On Thursday 24th June and Friday 25th June Marie will be selling uniform for $5 a bag. Bring your own bag, fill it up and pay $5.00. CASH ONLY.  The second hand uniform shop operates every Tuesday afternoon from 3:15 - 3:45pm from the school hall foyer.

MACS - Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools  - Update

A lot of work is being undertaken by the leadership team as we prepare to introduce brand new MACS policies into our school. Many of the new policies are very similar to our current policies and some even use components of our current policies within them.  The Policies fall under 5 categories;

1. Care, safety and wellbeing of students
2. Child safety
3. Complaints handling
4. Employment
5. Enrolment
6. Infrastructure
7. Advisory Council

There are approximately 90 in total that sit under these categories, so as you can imagine, getting them personalised for us and for our school is a big process. New policies will take the place of all current policies on the school website after July 31st. All Catholic school in the archdiocese of Melbourne are required to have these policies in place by July 31st. As our school as been under review and was required to use all current policies in place for the process, we now begin the work of preparing all policies. 

You can find all the information you need and see the draft policies that will govern our schools here.

Headlice Alert

Please be advised that there are still headlice around.  This is also a reminder that it is our school policy that hair longer that shoulder length needs to be tied up for both female and male students.

Kids Helpline - Anytime, anywhere

Please click here to access Kids Helpline

Staffing Update

We welcome Matthew Ferguson to the role of Leaders of Student Voice and SRC. Matt will be working with the various students leadership teams on Thursday mornings, ensuring that their ideas and voice translates into action. Mrs. Rania Ibrahim will provide the release time and will work in 5/6F on Thursday mornings. We are very excited to get many projects underway such as the Healthy Eating Policy, a new canteen menu, lunchtime clubs, various initiatives such as walk to school month in October, auditing the Fatima star booklet, World Teacher's Day and organising friendship lunch days.

Tutoring Program 2021

Our 2021 tutoring program continues to provide a little extra boost to as many of our students as possible. With weekly data conversations guiding staff planning and regular Intervention team meetings enabling us to look at data, current needs and where to next, we are able to create many opportunities for our students. Mrs. Dimity Hemingway, Mrs. Rania Ibrahim, Mrs. Mary Lenko and Mrs. Jan Nagel are leading the great work in small group and individual targeted instruction, catch up and enrichment, and they are doing an outstanding job. We will continue to provide support for as many students as possible until the end of term 3 when tutor funding runs until. Of course, in term 4 support programs will still be running.