General Notices

Important Messages for you to read

The Fathering Project

Colin (Victorian Manager) will visit St.Anne’s College on Thursday 14th March to discuss a development framework for our Fathering Project group. Please mark the date in your diary -time to be confirmed.

What is The Fathering Project?

Our vision is to provide every child in Australia with an effective father or father figure. What we do at the Fathering Project – inspiring fathers and father figures to become better – is beneficial to the kids of today and tomorrow.

Dads will benefit from a better relationship but most importantly – it’s all about the kids!

As Fathers and Father figures, it’s easy to get lost in our other roles and forget what our first job is. Yet it’s the most important job we’ll ever do. Because what we do, or don’t do as Dads, has an enormous impact on the happiness and health of the kids we love.

Together, we can help build resilience, self-respect and emotional intelligence. We can show boys how men should treat women. We can show girls how good men behave. And, we can give our kids a great deal of self-worth, just by showing up and being there.

The Fathering Project aims to positively promote the important role of Fathers, and Father figures, through the formation of Dads Groups in schools, communities and the work place.

Scholastic Book Club

St Anne's College is participating in Scholastic Book Club this year. Up to twice a term, during the school year, we will send home the Book Club catalogue with a different selection of books offered for all ages.

You will find award-winning books and bestsellers, as well as old and new favourites.

It's easy to order. The Book Club LOOP platform for parents allows you to pay by credit card. Your child's order is submitted directly to school and the books will be delivered to class. 

Each order helps the school earn free books and teaching materials for the school.

We will begin with Issue 2 in early March.

Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF) Financial Assistance

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families with the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you are the holder of a valid Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF.  

Please see the information and application form attached.

Hard copies of the application form are available at the college office if required.

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support

Schools today are facing intense scrutiny and are under tremendous pressure for improvement compounded by major issues that place significant demands on our schools. Some of the issues are:

• Increasing diversity of student demographics;
• Changing home structures and complex family relationships;
• Decline in students’ social skill, coupled with increased social media issues and cyber safety;
• Antisocial behaviour in schools is on the rise and becoming increasingly more complex;
• Increase in mental health and school attendance concerns;
• Students with special needs and/or complex backgrounds coupled with diminished behaviour management skills of staff and subsequent increased stress levels;
• Stringent academic accountability positioned against low or underperforming student academic achievement;
• Inefficient and ineffective school organizational systems and procedures for the management of student behaviour.

St Anne's Colleges expectations from all its members are quite simple:

Respect everyone and everything

Do your best

Help other succeed.

At St Anne's this looks like:

• Calm, quiet and peaceful
• Equipment and materials neatly stored
• Sharing our space
• Returning materials to their place after use
• Waiting for your turn
• Lead by example
• Offer a helping hand
• Being patient, think twice, act once

At St Anne’s College, in faith, wisdom and learning, we:

 are wise about what we do, we know our impact.

What does this look like in your home?

Road Safety

Keeping our students safe as they get to and from school is everyone’s responsibility.

As students come to and from school it’s important for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists to

be aware and take extra care during these busy times. Even a small reduction in speed

could save a child’s life.

To help keep our students safe, it’s important for drivers to:

• slow down in school speed zones during school times
• be extra cautious around schools
• be aware that young children can be unpredictable and difficult to see.

Students can stay safe by:

• learning about road safety
• practising crossing the road with parents.

If you are parking near St Anne’s or in our cark park, please follow the parking restriction signs. These are designed to improve safety for everyone, especially our students.

Parents for the sake of our students, please model good road user behaviour, especially around the school.

Parents who provide guidance and support to children and teenagers, and who model safe road use behaviour, make a significant contribution to the safety of young people in and around traffic. For this reason, it is imperative that there is collaboration between parents, children and young people and the local community in supporting road safety education. 

Please remember to keep to a speed limit of 5 kms per hour when entering St Anne’s College and to use the round-about at the west side when exiting.

Children and young people will copy the example you set.

Secondary School vaccinations in 2019

The Secondary School Vaccine Program offers free vaccines to Year 7 and 10 students. These vaccines provide protection against: 

• Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) – one dose for year 7 students
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – two doses for year 7 students
• Meningococcal A,C,W,Y – one dose for year 10 students

Parents/guardians of year 7 and 10 students should look out for the vaccine consent card booklet coming home from school with your child. You need to read the information, complete and return the card regardless of whether your child is being vaccinated at school.

The City of Greater Shepparton immunisation service may contact you about the Secondary School Vaccine Program. Schools are authorised to provide basic parent/guardian contact details to local councils for this purpose. Contact the school by 28 February 2019 if you do not want your contact details given to the City of Greater Shepparton immunisation service. 

To learn more about the Secondary School Vaccine Program, the vaccines, the diseases they protect against, or how you can prepare your child for vaccination, go to betterhealth.vic.gov.au

Additionally, the Commonwealth government is funding vaccinations for all children under 20 years of age who missed any scheduled vaccines, including a catch up program for Meningococcal ACWY vaccine for adolescents aged 15-19 years of age who have not already received the vaccine in school. If students have missed vaccines, either in childhood or adolescence, and require catch-up vaccines, they should speak with their immunisation provider. (ie. local council or GP).