College News

SafetyNet for Parents and Caregivers Online Cybersafety Forum - Thursday 30th July

Grandparents Day LIVE! at St Augustine’s 2020

Friday 31st July, 2020 

1.30pm

Our F-4 Community will celebrate Grandparents Day by presenting a live Zoom showcase of their learning, gifts and talents to parents, friends and families. 

Keep an eye out for details via CareMonkey and on our social media pages.

Condolences

Please pray for the Dickens family, Paul, Renae (staff member), Ben (Year 7) and Lachlan on the recent passing of their father and grandfather, Keith Dickens.

We also pray for Jenny (past staff member) and Tony Hetherington and their family and Jess and Andrew, Jack (Year 3), Alby (Year 2), Olive (Foundation) and Etta Halstead after the recent loss of Jenny's mother and Jess' grandmother, Catherine 'Topsy' Haw.

Birth Congratulations

Congratulations to Minda (staff member), Tony and Leo van Eyk who welcomed a baby girl, Anna Elizabeth, into their family this week.

Reminders to help keep us safe

We continue to follow our procedures at the college to help keep us safe.  We remind families to be aware of the following:

The Victorian Chief Health Officer, Prof Brett Sutton, states “Perhaps the most important action school communities can take to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 is to ensure that any unwell staff, children and young people remain at home.”

• For this reason all unwell students must stay home.  In these situations parents/ guardians should arrange testing for COVID-19 and students should stay home until the test result is known. Kyabram District Health Service (KDHS) can be contacted on 5857 0212.  See information in the Community News section of today's newsletter regarding drive through testing now available through KDHS.
• If parents/guardians become aware they (and or their children) have been in contact with someone who has had COVID-19, you should contact the College as soon as possible to discuss this.
• Although travel to Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire is possible, it should only be for medical care and caregiving,  study or work.

Please stay safe by minimising risks to yourself, your family and the community.  

Further advice on coronavirus restrictions and information can be accessed through this link.  

https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus

How coronavirus impacts young people

The following infographic gives us some idea of how coronavirus is impacting our young people 

Our tool which we developed during Remote Learning, has some valuable tips and advice for our students.  

When you recognise any of the above signs, remind your children to refer to the tool or speak to your community wellbeing leader for support and advice. Please find the link to our tool: http://tiny.cc/wellbeingduringcovid19

Take care everyone and stay safe!

Carolyn Goode

Deputy Principal - Wellbeing

Sock It To The Can Appeal

This week, our 2020 Sock It To The Can appeal started. The appeal is especially important this year, due to the increased demand on The St Vincent de Paul Society across Australia caused by the loss of jobs as a result of COVID-19.

Each TA classroom has been provided with a blue Vinnies bag for students to place their donations in.  If every student in the school donated one item it would make a huge difference to local people in need in the Kyabram district. 

Donations can be in the form of socks, cans of food/fruit or non perishable food in sealed packages. The items must be within use by dates. 

The appeal will run for three weeks and donations can be made up until the 6th August.

Family Engagement Core Group

Finance - Job Seeker and CSEF applications close today, Friday 24th July

For parents/guardians who have recently applied for the Government's JobSeeker support due to COVID-19 and now hold a Health Care Card, please check the card start date. If it is before 14th April 2020, then your children are eligible for Camps, Sports and Excursions Funding (CSEF) of $125 per primary student and $225 per secondary student. Please phone or email nicoleelliott@sakyabram.vic.edu.au to have an application form sent to you and we will lodge an application for CSEF on your behalf. 

Please note that the close off for 2020 CSEF is today,  Friday 24th July, 2020. We will be unable to lodge applications after this date. 

National Science Week 2020: Deep Blue

Sandpiper

The July edition of The Sandpiper is now available online at www.sandpiper.org.au

For parishioners without access to digital technology who would like a printed copy posted to them, please phone the Chancery on 03 5445 3610.