Dear Families and Friends,

Welcome back to Term 3.  I hope everyone had an opportunity to enjoy the break from the routines of school life and are ready to take full advantage of the opportunities of this term.  

This week we have commenced using the SIMON/PAM platform which offers us improved efficiency for many of the administrative tasks between home, the school office and our classrooms.  Families will have access now top attendance, medical forms, Parent-Teacher bookings and permission notes.  Can we ask all parents to make sure that they have made time to add in the medical details for each of their children as well as booked a P/T Interview time for next week and given permission for your children to participate in the Kaboom Sports Olympic Day.  If you are having any issues with this please reach out to the office staff or myself.  Like all new systems, it is only good if people are using it so we urge you to please become familiar with the platform - the risk of not using it means you will miss critical information about your child and the school.

At the moment we are gaining a little more independence from the reduced COVID restrictions being made operational in Victoria.  A key re-scheduled event is Confirmation which is now taking place on Saturday 24th July at 5pm.  We joyfully await the arrival of the Holy Spirit for these patient Confirmation candidates.

Yesterday the teaching staff attending a professional learning session after work at Sacred Heart in Morwell to learn more about the Diocese of Sale 'Sexuality Education in the Catholic School' document that supports teachers implement the curriculum covered in the Victorian Curriculum documents.  This work also links nicely with the content staff address in our Protective Behaviours program as part of our Child Safety practices here at Lumen Christi.

Dave