From the Principal

Siblings for Prep 2023 Receive Acceptance! 

Interviews for the Prep of new families commencing in 2023 will commence in July. Letter of acceptance for Foundation 2023 will go out to these families by August.  

If you still have not dropped in your enrolment  application, please do this now so you do not miss out.  Please help pass this information on to family, friends and neighbours looking to enrol their child at St Francis de Sales for 2023.

Orientation Program will commence in October. 

Turn Back Time

Do you recognise any of these items from the good old days, way back when???

Our juniors in LS1 had a great time this week trying to solve what these once common gadgets were used for. Some they were able to figure out while others were a little tricky. This was all part of the current inquiry/RE unit when our students explored Change & Continuity. 

Our seniors in LS2 and our Juniors in LS2 had a joined expo. They shared their discoveries with one another from the colonial days back to life in Australia's early days. The juniors were able to share their family story and changes they have experienced. It was great to drop in and listen to some of the dialogue between seniors and juniors. In one such conversation, a junior was heard saying, " We have a new toaster." and the senior staying in character as a convict, replied,' You are so lucky, all we had today was a slice of stale bread." I loved the way they stayed in character and chatted to each other.

This has been an exciting unit for our children and lovely to see some of them arrive at school in either Colonial dress or in the national dress of their families as they shared their story. Each space went about learning in different ways as they explored change.

What a great way to end Term 2

Back to the Future!!!

Well the future is being developed before our eyes!! Here is an update of what we see this week with our future multi-purpose hall. Concrete is coming soon!!

Grandparents Day

Please save the date!!

We are going to have a grandparents morning on Monday 1st August from 10am to just after 12noon. There will be an Operoo out early next term so we can get an idea of numbers. We look forward to grandparents visiting the learning spaces to do some activities with our students, having a morning tea in the community room and joining the students for a special prayer of thanks to conclude the morning.

Sacred Heart, Sacred Hands

It was great to finally come together for a whole school Mass for the feast of the Sacred Heart on Wednesday. We were a few days early as the feast day falls on 24 June, our last day of school for Term 2. There was such a wonderful prayerful atmosphere across the entire school as the children actively joined in the Mass that was celebrated by Fr. Desmond. The choir were sensational and looked great in their choir uniform. Our children and families once again showed their passion and love for others by their generous donation of food for the needy. Our Mini Vinnies are to be commended for volunteering their time with Giuliana to promote the appeal and help in countless ways.

Special thanks to Rozeta for her coordination of our liturgy, Kristy for her work with the choir and Giuliana for her work with our mini Vinnies. I also thank our wonderful staff for all their work this term that ensures we provide the very BEST for our students at St Francis de Sales.

Launch of Protective Behaviour for Learning

We will be launching Protective Behaviours for Learning at St Francis de Sales on

Monday 25th July

There will be a day of FUN activities and a special lunch

further news in Term 3, look out for an Operoo notice.

Meanwhile keep working on the PBL mascots competition and send in your entry in week 1.

Our Expected Behaviour are:

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

KINDNESS

Semester One Reports

Semester One 2022, school reports are available online. It is important that parents focus on the achievements and provide their child with encouragement and positive feedback. Together we will work on their next stretch in their learning journey.

Accessing the Electronic School Report at SFS 

 As in 2021, your child's report is available electronically and can be accessed via the NForma Parent Portal. 

New Families

If this is your first time accessing the parent portal, an automated email containing instructions and login details will come from no-reply@nforma.com.au and not the school. Please ensure that you check your junk/spam folder for an email from that address just in case.

It is highly recommended that you use a computer to access your child’s reports for the first time. New families this year will receive an email with a generic password and login. You can reset your password. Please save this information for future use.

Families at SFS in 2021

Families who received the report electronically last year from St Francis de Sales, can view each child’s report by entering the same username and password as you did previously. If this is not the first time you are accessing reports then you can login on a mobile device if preferred.

ALL Families

Username: Use your email shared with the school.

Password: The password you previously set. New families the generic password sent to you by email.

Forgotten passwords: If you have forgotten your password, please follow the 'forgotten password' link. 

Please note that your new password needs to be at least 7 characters long and must include at least one non alpha-numeric character, e.g. *, - / or similar.  If you have requested a password reset and the email does not appear, please look in your junk/spam folder for an email from no-reply@nforma.com.au. 

There is a link to the Parent Portal on the school website under News.

Alternatively please click the url below:

https://parent.nforma.com.au/portal/#/login?schooldomain=sfslynbrook

 If after following these steps, you are still experiencing difficulty please contact the school during school hours. 

We congratulate our children on their achievements this semester and hope you find the report informative. Please do not hesitate to contact the Home Group teacher if you wish to discuss your child's report.

Happy Holidays

We wish all our students, families and staff a very happy, safe and restful holidays. We look forward to seeing you back for the first day of Term 3 on Monday 11 July.

Christine White

Principal