Office News / School Information
Office Hours
The School Office will be opened during the following times - 8.30am - 4.30pm.
NEW - Residential Address collection
The Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment (the department) would like to notify you that a request has been made for your child’s school to provide residential address and other information as required under the Australian Education Regulation 2013.The school is required to provide the department with the following information about each student at the school:
• Names and residential addresses of student’s 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).
The school collects the above information by generating a unique and unidentifiable – student reference number (SRN) for each student record. The SRN is also only used by the school for this collection. It is not allowed to be used for any other purpose. The number only indicates to the department that each record provided is for one student. Further Information is attached below.
UPDATED - Late arrival / Early collection
Please note changes to late arrival and early collection due to limiting movement around the school.
Students who arrive at school after 9.00am must present to the office for students to be signed in.
Students who leave school before 3.20pm will need to be released and signed out through the office.
If your child is going to be late or leaving early, please notify the office direct rather than submitting via PAM as this affects our absences on the roll.
Student Absences
If your child is absent, you are required to notify the school, please do so via PAM. Instructions are detailed on the 'Simon Everywhere' page of this newsletter.
Absences can also be phoned through to the school office or you can notify your students teacher direct.
Following government guidelines, schools are legislated to contact families regarding ’unexplained absences’, and parents will receive a text message if your student is not marked present on the class roll, 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.
2022 Fees
Please see 2022 Fees & Levies Schedule for calculations of family/student fees.
Payment options
- Cash, Cheque or EFT at the office,
- Direct Debit - a 2022 request from is required for this to be processed - Please see forms & schedule below,
- Centrepay - please see form below
- Direct Bank Deposit - Bank Details for Direct Deposit below. Please use your child’s name/surname as a reference.
St Mary’s General Account
BSB 083-543 Acc No 457812500
Attached is a 2022 Fee Payment Intention Form, this also includes Direct Debit Request Authority Form.
We ask all families to complete and return to the school office as soon as possible.
Centrepay Information sheet & application Form are available below.
IMPORTANT - Direct Debits
Direct debits require a new authority form each year and will not automatically recommence. If you were using this facility in 2021 and wish to continue, please ensure you have returned a 2022 signed Authority Form. This can be found in the above fees information.
Camps Sports & Excursion Fund
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend activities like:
- school camps or trips
- swimming and school-organised sports programs
- outdoor education programs
- excursions and incursions.
The Victorian Government is investing an additional $160.9 million for the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund. This funding will help ensure more than 220,000 government and non-government students from lower-income families can participate in camps, sports and excursions each year.
Who can apply
Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or temporary foster parents are eligible to apply. A Special Consideration category also exists. Schools can receive applications from families over terms one and two.
Families can list more than one student in the one application form if they are attending the same school.
PLEASE NOTE - Families currently accessing this don't need to reapply unless there has been changes.
CSEF information link and application form below.
Updated - Subway
Sub way lunch orders are Fridays. Orders are to be placed in the school subway tub on Thursdays for delivery Friday.
Local Town Bus
If you require further information regarding fares or travel routes, please contact
Jodi Jacobson
Phone: 03 58203700
Fax: 03 58253494
E-mail: jodi@jacobsons.com.au
Student Medical profile
All student medical information and permission notes will be collected and sent out through PAM.
We ask all families to make any updates to their students medical profile through PAM by clicking the "red bell" in the top right hand corner of the home page or through the school office.
Parent Handbook
Our current Parent Handbook is attached below.
School Uniform
Hats are required for all outdoor play, sport and outdoor classes in Term 1 & 4.
Please see the attached policy to ensure your child has all the required items.
The following locations all stock St Mary's Uniform.
The school uniform shop Corio St,
Shepparton School Uniforms High St
Quality Teams Benella Rd
Second Hand / Spare Uniforms
We have a selection of second hand uniform items in the school office. Please contact the office if you would like to view.
If you have any uniform items you no longer require and wish to donate them to the school, please send them into the office.
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
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.
IMPORTANT - Emergency Contact Details
Please ensure all your family contact details are up to date. These include Home phone, Mobile, residential & postal address & email address.
We also require your nominated emergency contact details to be current & up to date.
If you wish to check your current details, please contact the office.
Working With Children Check
Parents or family members who wish to help out in the classrooms or on excursions are required to have an up to date Working With Children's Card. These can be applied for online and there is no cost if you are a volunteer. A copy of this needs to be passed onto the office.
REMINDER - Medication
Families are reminded to please ensure they provide up to date medical plans and necessary, in date, medications to the office.
A signed authority form is required for staff to administer medications.
Parents are reminded that all medication, including non prescription to be administered at school or on camp or excursions, requires a pharmaceutical label detailing student name and dosage, along with a signed authority form is also required, a copy of this is located below.
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.
