From the Assistant Principal

Family Picnic

It was lovely to see so many families at the family welcome picnic on Friday.  A special thanks to the parent reps who were meeting and greeting families. 

The bake sale, which was an idea raised and driven by parents at our parent rep meeting, was a huge success with over $900 raised. 

Rosie and Lily, Year 11 students at the secondary school, worked hard all afternoon selling baked goods that were generously made and donated by families. It was overwhelming to see the amount of baked goods that the community donated, thank you to everyone who made, sold and purchased cakes and goodies.

Arlington Parent Teacher meetings

We will be holding our parent teacher meetings on :

Tuesday 26 March 

3.45pm - 7pm

and 

Wednesday 27 March 3.45pm - 6pm.

Bookings are now open to families to make a time to meet with your children's teachers. 

All bookings are made online through Compass, by clicking on the 'show me how to book' button, Compass will walk you through the booking process if you are unsure.  If you are unable to access this please contact me.  If you have forgotten your password you can re -set it at the log in screen.

Grandparent and Special Friends' Day

Yesterday we welcomed our grandparents and special friends. Thank you for making this a special day and it was lovely to meet so many new friends. 

Online safety tips

Student Absences

Our school day at Arlington starts at 9.00am, it has been wonderful seeing most students here on time, in class and ready to begin the day.

Ideally, all students should arrive at school by 8.50am to give themselves enough time to be organised for a 9.00am start. Mornings are an important time for teachers to welcome children, make connections, frame the day's learning and mark attendance.

If your child is going to be absent please enter it in advance or on the day on Compass.  To do this:

• Log into your Compass account
• Go to your child’s home page and click on the 'Add Attendance Note/Approval' link listed underneath your child’s name
• This will take you to the Attendance screen, with a  pop up window to enter details of the note or approval
• You then select the applicable date range.

If you require any assistance with compass, including log in details, please contact me.

Parent reps

We had our first parent reps meeting for the year for all reps from Kindergarten - Year 12.  It was a meeting filled with lots of good ideas and opportunities to bring close the wonderful parent community at Preshil.  The parent reps are collating all of the contact information from families and will be distributing a class phone list shortly.  Please contact them if you wish to opt out of this telephone list. 

Natalie Jensen

Assistant Principal K-12

natalie.jensen@preshil.vic.edu.au