From the Principal. . .

Dear Families,

Our Prep Pizza evening held last week was a fabulous night enjoyed by all! Our students had a fantastic time 'coming to school at night' and entertaining us all with their bucket filler song.

It was heartening to hear form our parents and hope that they continue to feel connected and important part of the community. More News in our Family Engagement Page!

Absence

If you child is away it is imperative that you contact the school no later than 9.30am. You can do this by contacting the school on 03 8543 4444 and leaving a message.

Please ensure you state your child's name, class and reason for their absence.

Coronavirus Update

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Rite of Enrolment for Confirmation candidates- Weekend Masses

POSTPONED

The Rite of Enrolment for Confirmation Candidates which was to take place at this weekends Masses has been posponed.

We have just been informed that Confirmations “throughout the Archdiocese are to be suspended until further notice, effective immediately."

Enrolment for Preps 2021

If you are a current family and have a child beginning Prep in 2021 you should have received on Friday 6th March via your eldest child an enrolment form to complete. If not, please ensure that you have picked up an enrolment form from the office.

We would like all current families with a child beginning Prep to have handed in their enrolment form to the office by this Friday 20th March.

Having an accurate tally of our 'sibling numbers' for Prep 2021 assists us in planning how many Prep positions we have for new families.

School Closure Day

The School will be closed for students on TUESDAY APRIL 14th (First Day of Term 2). The staff will be working we prepare for our External Review. The Review will predominantly take place across 4 days in August/September. We will keep you updated.

Open days - Prep 2021

Once again our Open Day tours held yesterday for 2021 were a great success! You would be so proud of your children who so speak so proudly and demonstrate such good manners when prospective families visit their classroom. Our School and Publicity Captains are excellent on these tours!!

As parents, you are the greatest advocate for our school. Don't underestimate the power of your words to prospective families!! There will be a number of Open Days in terms 1 & 2.

The next Open Day for this term will be tomorrow: THURSDAY March 19th. (All Dates are displayed on our Open Day Flyer further along in our newsletter.)

DEPENDING ON NUMBERS ATTENDING THE TOURS WE WOULD RUN THE TOURS IN SMALL GROUPS.

There is also a flyer in the office with all the dates and times for Open Days.

Remember I would be most grateful if you are able to assist by:

promoting our school to your friends and neighbours
giving a flyer to a neighbour, or a friend from Kinder or Child Care
placing a flyer in your shop or business

If you can assist please come to the office and see Miss Leyla tomorrow.

Catholic Church Insurances (CCI)

Student Care

Students are covered for some medical treatment should they have an accident at school or on school endorsed events (camps excursions etc). You can find out further details in the following flyer.

We strongly encourage all families to subscribe to Ambulance Victoria for a family membership. it costs less than $100 a year. Without membership it may cost considerably more. Do check whether 'ambulance subscription' is covered in your Private Health Fund.

Please note that all school staff are authorised to ring an ambulance for your child should we judge it to be required. We would ring the ambulance first then the parent.

Toilets for parents and toddlers

Parents and toddlers are able to use the toilets at the Church which is open (side door) from about 8am - 3pm Parents and toddlers should not use the student toilets. Please come to the office if the Church is not open so we can assist you.

Safety around parking

Another friendly reminder to all parents and grandparents to take particular care when dropping off or picking up children. At peak times there are many students, parents, grandparents and toddlers around both the Parish Carpark and at the Back Gate. It can be quite congested and requires everyone to be extremely watchful and patient. Please be mindful of pedestrian traffic. For the safety of everyone, please be careful and follow the instructions of any school and street signage. Please be respectful of the rights of local neighbours when you park in the surrounding streets to drop off or pick up your children. The Council does and will continue to enforce fines on people who are not obeying the law. Fines are significant.

At Police Road, John our Crossing Supervisor, does an amazing job, getting students and community members across the crossing. Please be particularly careful when approaching the crossing in your car and never drive through the crossing when the Supervisor steps out on to the Road.

At the Back Gate:

In the mornings, Pedestrian Traffic walking to school down Studley Street on the south side path should cross with teacher supervision at the corner of St John's Way. (Prams excluded)

Birthdays

We acknowledge the following birthdays from

Wednesday 18th March- Tuesday 24th March