From the Principal. . .

Dear Families,

I hope that you have all had a productive past week! It has been a good one for our school. It was terrific to see so many of our Prep and Junior parents at our Phonological Awareness session held yesterday afternoon. Hopefully you have a few tips to support your child's learning! Thank you to Violetta Bassovitch for her expert facilitation.

Bushfire Aid

To support Bushfire Aid we will be having a Casual Clothes Day this Friday and for that privledge we ask that every student bring a gold coin donation. We will be supporting Bushfire Aid through St Vincent de Paul Society. (See Religious Education News)

Education Board - 2020

The Education Board met for the first time this year last evening. Amongst the Principal and Parish report we spoke about the 2020 School Review process and our Child Safe Practices and 2020 Closure Days. The Education Board comprises Fr Dominic, Marg Klupacs (Deputy Principal) Daniela Scaranto, Janine Kewming, Bec Cameron, Nic Carracia and Cat Vonguyen.

I thank these people for their generosity of time and talent.

School Closure Day

The School will be closed for students on TUESDAY APRIL 14th (First Day of Term 2). The staff will be working with the CEM staff as 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 was 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 as they assist 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 on WEDNESDAY March 11th. (All Dates are displayed on our Open Day Flyer further along in our newsletter.)

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.

Swimming Year 3-6

Our 3-6 Swimming Program has begun very well Assessment and grouping have been carried out and students have completed their Water Safety session. Lessons resume on Monday 16 March.

Year 3-6 parents please refer to the letter sent out with dates and times.

Prep Families - Pizza with the Principal

We look forward to seeing all our Prep Families next Wednesday evening at 5:45pm - 7:15pm as we share some pizza together! There is no cost to families for this event, but we do need the RSVP for catering purposes. Our prep teachers and Leadership team will come along and join in a fun evening. Following the dinner the kids will all be engaged in a movie/ activities. Our staff will work with our mums & dads in some fun activities aimed at developing the home/ school partnership!!

An invitation was sent home on Monday.

Where: Performing Arts Area

Time: 5:45pm - 7:15pm

For further clarifications see Prep class teachers.

Privacy Policy & Collection Notice

I inform you that the Privacy Policy and Standard Collection notice has been updated as per requirement from CEM. The updated Privacy Policy is available on our website.

Child Safe: Supervision Hours

I remind families that the classrooms are open and supervised from 8:30am each day. There is no supervison prior to that time. Families are encouraged to use the OHSC (Camp Austrlaia) service. School begins at 8:45am.

At 3:15pm at the conclusion of school there is supervision at the Back gate and in the Parish Car Park. This concludes at 3:30pm. We ask parents to pick up their child promptly or to use the OHSC Service.

Enjoy the Long Weekend

Wishing everyone a wonderful Long Weekend with family and Friends.

We look forward to welcoming our Preps fulltime after Monday!!

Birthdays

We acknowledge the following birthdays from

Wednesday 4th March- Tuesday 10th March