Mobile Phones at school

Please refer to our school policy on Mobile phones.

School Privacy Policy

Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard school functions or as permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy For more information, on how the school collects and manages personal and health information, the Privacy Collection Statements for both the Primary and Secondary campuses are attached.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Reminder that Instrumental Music payments for Semester 1 are now due.

From February 28th, lessons will continue for students who have paid.

Meet and Greet

The Primary Campus will be holding their Meet and Greet Interviews on Wednesday, February 23 from 3:30pm – 7:50pm. Due to the current COVID restrictions, the Primary Meet and Greet Interviews will be online via Microsoft Teams. All conferences must be booked via Sentral and they will be conducted on Microsoft Teams and will run for a period of ten minutes.

The Microsoft Teams Meeting links for teachers has been emailed to families. Five minutes prior to your allocated time please click on the Microsoft Teams Meeting link for the teacher you are booked with. You will be directed to a waiting room and will be accepted into the meeting at the appropriate time. Please ensure that you are available at the allocated time as staff have a list of interviews to conduct throughout the afternoon.

If you require any assistance regarding booking conference times via Sentral, please contact the school office.

No Hats - No Play

We will be enforcing our ‘No Hat, No Play’ policy in Term 1 and Term 4 on the Primary Campus. It has to be a school wide-brim hat (with the school logo), which is available at the uniform shop.

Parents are reminded to label jumpers, hats, drink bottles, lunch boxes and iPads.

CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund)

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps, and sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. There is also a special consideration category for asylum seeker and refugee families.

Payment amounts this year are $125 for eligible primary school students and $225 for eligible secondary school students. Payments are made direct to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions, and sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

It is important that funding made available in 2022 supports students to participate in school trips, camps, and sporting activities this year rather than being held for future years. This funding can also be used in conjunction with any funding accrued from previous years. Please note these activities will only take place if they meet COVID Safe requirements.

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please contact the Primary Campus office on 9404 9000 or Secondary Campus office on 9401 39419 and ask for an application form.

You can also download the form, and find out more about the program and eligibility, on the Department of Education and Training’s Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund web page.

Check with the school office if you are unsure, and please return completed forms to the school office as soon as possible.

Reminder for Parents

Primary Campus and

Secondary Campus foyers:

Due to the new Covid-19 laws that have come into place this week - parents are not to go into the offices unless they are making payments, bringing a child in late or picking up a sick child from sick bay.

Students are not to use these areas to wait in before school or after school. It is expected students will be on their way home by 3.30 pm.

Any student on the Primary Campus not collected will be sent to OSHC (Out of School Hours Care).

We have staff on Yard Duty from 8:45 am until 3:30 pm and due to other responsibilities are unable to to provide supervision outside these times.

Please also be aware the Primary Campus office will close at 4:00 pm each day.

Students waiting for collection at the end of the day will be directed to the concrete leaves at the front of the school and early arrivals will need to find an undercover spot to play.

Please support us in making sure all students are safe.

Belongings, Ambulance & Insurance

Private property brought to school by students, staff or visitors is not insured and the Department of Education does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage.

Parents are reminded that the Department of Education does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students who do not have student accident insurance/ambulance cover are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance/transport and any other transport costs.

Parking Safely Around the School Grounds

Parents please remember your ABCDs regarding road safety to ensure you are doing the following:

Adhering to speed zones and parking restrictions;
Being constantly aware of your surroundings and looking out for pedestrians;
Concentrating and driving carefully;
Not using any mobile devices whilst driving.

Pop Up Vaccination Clinic

Tuesday 22nd February 3:15pm - 5:15pm

Sushi Day at the Primary Campus

Please note:

The canteen will also run a normal lunch order menu on this day as well.

Please check the new menu as a couple of the items have had a small increase in price and there are a couple of new items. this is from 14th February 2022

School Photo Reminder

Reminder:

School Uniform is either white shirt and Shorts or Skirt or School dress with black shoes.