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Student Agreement Forms

Thank You to all of the parents and students who have returned their grey Students Agreement form. This form is very important and needs to be processed here at our office as soon as possible. If you have not returned yours yet, please do so soon.

New Newsletter Format 2020

Welcome to our new newsletter format for 2020. As our newsletter format is emailed to families, uploaded to Compass and archived on our website if you are wanting another family member to receive access to our newsletter, they can subscribe at the following link with their email address: CLICK HERE

Hard copies of our newsletter are still available at the administration office on request.

Victorian Health Services Update - Coronavirus

As you are aware, the Victorian Health and Human Services are currently responding to the emergence in Australia of the Coronavirus that has originated in China.

Please find attached and below information from Victoria Health & Human Services which includes advice that if children have traveled to or become sick (e.g. fever, flu-like symptoms, sore throat, headaches, breathing difficulties) after having recently had links to Wuhan or the Province of Hubei within China, or have been in contact with someone who is a confirmed case, they should present immediately to a doctor and not attend school.

Our school will always follow the advice of public health authorities in these circumstances and I would ask you to be especially aware of this current situation in the interest of public health.

Thank you for your support in relation to this matter.

Latest Advice - Victoria Health & Human Services Update 29th January, 2020

An outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was detected in Wuhan, China in late December 2019. Cases have been reported predominantly in the city of Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, as well as some other Chinese cities and countries, including two confirmed cases in Victoria, Australia.

What is this virus?

Coronaviruses can make humans and animals sick. Some coronaviruses can cause illness similar to the common cold and others can cause more serious diseases, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

The virus seen in Hubei Province, China is called ‘novel’ because it is new. It has not been detected before this outbreak. Most people infected live in, or travelled to, Hubei Province, China. There have been cases of 2019-nCoV reported in other Chinese provinces and other countries. It is likely that the virus originally came from an animal, and there is now evidence that it can spread from person-to-person.

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms can include fever, cough, sore throat, or shortness of breath. Symptoms can take up to 14 days to develop.

What if my child feels sick now or within 14 days of being in Hubei Province, China or another part of China?

• If your child has a cough, sore throat or shortness of breath, they must be excluded from school and be reviewed by a doctor.
• Seek medical attention but first place a mask on the student if you have one and call the doctor or hospital before you attend. Tell them your child has been in Hubei province, China, or the location of travel within China.
• When you get to the hospital or doctor’s clinic, tell them where your child has travelled in China and whether this included Hubei Province. Ensure a mask is placed on your child before or as soon as you arrive at the medical facility.

If your child has severe symptoms, such as shortness of breath:

• Call 000 and request an ambulance, and
• Inform the paramedics where your child has been in China.

How can I help prevent the spread of 2019-nCoV?

Practising good hand and sneeze/cough hygiene is the best defence. The most important actions are:

• Wash your hands often with soap and water
• Cough and sneeze into your elbow

Where can I get more information?

For Victorian updates to the current incident, go to: https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/novelcoronavirus

For national updates: https://www.health.gov.au/news/latest-information-about-novel-coronavirus

For international updates: https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/novel-coronavirus

WHO resources  https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus

Working With Children Check

We require all parents and volunteers who attend school excursions or volunteer in the classrooms, to have a Working with Children Check.  You can now fill WWC Check application online. Please go to http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

After you fill out your details, print out your application form and take it to an Australia Post outlet with your proof of identity and a passport size photo for processing.

Please bring  your WWCC card to our school office and we will do an induction so that you can attend excursions and help in the classroom. This induction only takes 5 minutes, is only done once a year and is conducted from our school office.

Camps, Sports & Excursions Funding (CSEF)

Dear Parents

In 2015 the Victorian Government unveiled a new $148 million initiative to ensure all Victorian students can take part in school trips and sporting activities.  The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) provides payments for eligible students to attend camps, sports and excursions.

Families holding an eligible Centrelink Health Care, Pensioner Concession or Veterans Affairs Gold  card or are a temporary foster parent are able to apply. The cards must be valid as of the first day of term 1

(28th January 2020) or term 2 (14th April 2020). 

$125 per year will be paid for eligible primary school students. Payments will go directly to the school and be tied to the student.  These funds can only be used for school camps, swimming, excursions, incursions and outdoor education programs.  Any money unspent at the end of the year will carry over to the next school year for the same purpose.

If you are eligible to receive this payment, please collect a form from our school office or down load the form from the attached link

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our office on 5256 1411.

Excursion Payment Options

Each family has their own personal log in & password details for Compass. You can use these details to consent and pay for excursions. Most events/excursions will show on your Compass home page in My News. Click on the blue hyperlink for more information and you will  have access to either print the form or Process Now, which will take you directly to a consent and payment form to provide permission and   payment.

Please note that you will still receive a hardcopy of all excursion notes for those families who wish to pay cash, use their CSEF or have prepaid at the start of the year.

Payments can not be made via Compass from your phone, only computers.

Please note that it is no longer possible for teachers or office staff to accept payment or ring to ask for

permission for students to attend an excursion on the day of the event.  This causes a lot of disruption

within the classroom particularly if the excursion is taking place at the beginning of the day.

 If you have any questions or concerns please call into our school office.

Student Absences

Dear Parents,

An SMS notification will be sent to the primary family member’s mobile number at  approximately 9:30am each school morning, if your child/children are not at school and their absence is unexplained.

Please make sure that you call the school or enter your child’s/children’s absence through the

COMPASS Parent Portal, prior to 9am on the day of their absence, to ensure you do not receive the text unnecessarily.

If you have any questions regarding this message please call our office on 5256 1411.

School Hours

Start: 8:45am, Finish 3:15pm     Recess 10:45-11:20am,     Lunch 1:15-2:15pm

Please ensure your child/children are at school prior to 8:45am.

All students who arrive late must sign in at the office and take a late pass to the teacher.

Students leaving early must be signed out by a parent at the office.

Labelling Personal Items

Please check that your child’s school uniform & all lunch containers have their names clearly marked on them. We often have a lot of unnamed items in our lost property cupboard that could easily be

returned to their rightful owners if they were named! Our lost property cupboard is located in the corridor of room 3 & 4 if you need to take a look.

Picking Up & Dropping off Students

For the safety of children, parents are reminded to take care and obey parking signs when picking up or dropping off children around schools.

Council’s Parking & information Officers regularly patrol schools areas during start and  finish times and

motorists detected breaching parking regulations risk being issued with a Penalty Infringement Notice.

Remember, as soon as you stop to let your children in or out of the car, you are deemed to be parked.  You do not have to leave your car or turn the engine off to be fined.

At children’s crossings, you must remain stationary at the stop line while any person (including an adult or supervisor) is crossing or the stop sign is displayed.  Do not let your child alight at this time, ensure that they wait until you are safely and legally parked.

If you breach a parking regulation the Parking & Information Officer assigned to monitor the crossing will usually record your registration number and details, and the Penalty Infringement Notice will be posted to the registered owner of the vehicle within the next three days.

Parking is available in John Dory Drive and at the Shell Road oval. The Staff car Park is for Staff only.

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