Dear Families,

Firstly, thank you to all families for making such a great effort to have their children in full school uniform for school photos last week. It was wonderful to see everyone looking so well presented. I’d love to see children keeping this effort up consistently. On particularly cold days, I don’t mind if girls choose to wear black leggings if they do not have grey pants, but on all other days, they should be at school in their grey tunic. I am aware of a couple of students, who need to wear alternative uniform options. If there is a medical reason why your child is in an alternative option, please ensure that this is communicated to the school.

This week we have many of our senior children representing the school in the school Football and Netball competition. We wish our teams well and know that they will reflect our School Wide Expectations: Responsible, Respect and Resilience in their behaviour on the day.

On Sunday, the church celebrated the feast of Pentecost. During this time, we reflect on the gift of the Holy Spirit given to us after the death and resurrection of Jesus. We have some of our Year 6 students preparing for Confirmation and preparing to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit on the 15^th June. This is a special time in their faith journey as they confirm their Baptism.

St Augustine has given us the following Pentecostal Prayer:

Breathe in me O Holy Spirit that my thoughts may be holy;

Act in me O Holy Spirit that my works, too, may be holy;

Draw my heart O Holy Spirit that I love but what is holy;

Strengthen me O Holy Spirit to defend that is holy;

Guard me then O Holy Spirit that I may always be holy.

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 2 DATES

Week 6

31st May - School Football & Netball Comp

3/4 June - Confirmation Commitment Mass 3 - Pin Mass

Week 7

6th June - Grade 6 Gifts and Services Night 5:30 - 6:30

7th June - School Soccer Next Round (Traralgon)

9th June - PUPIL FREE DAY

Week 8

12th June - KING'S BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

15th June - Confirmation evening @ Sacred Heart in Morwell

Week 9

22nd June - LAST DAY TERM 2, 3PM FINISH

23rd June - PUPIL FREE DAY (NO SCHOOL)

TERM 3 DATES

Week 1

10th July - PUPIL FREE DAY (NO SCHOOL)

11th July - Term 3 Starts for all children

Week 2

Week 3

26th/27th July - Parent Teacher Interviews (3:30 - 5pm)

Week 4

BOOK FAIR THIS WEEK

Week 5

8th August - Meerkat Productions (School Incursion)

Week 6

Week 7

21st August - Book Week Dress Up Day

Week 8

31st August - Father's Day Breakfast

                    Father's Day Stall

Week 9

Week 10

14th Spetember - Footy Colours Day

                           LAST DAY TERM 3 (SCHOOL FINISHES 3PM)

15th September - SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY 

Lunch Orders are on Wednesdays.

Download the Spriggy Schools app, set up an account for each child and start ordering!

Lots of healthy options.

They will be delivered before playtime so the option is there to include ALL food your child needs for the whole day - a day off from making lunches!

Instructions in the information sheet provided.

NB: Mini grazing boxes need to be ordered by 3pm on Tuesdays.

All other orders by 7:30pm Tuesday evening.

Feedback welcome.

This is coming up in a couple of weeks.

We would like ALL grade 6 children to attend. Your children will be sharing with you their Saints projects and serving you a meal.

As a Catholic School operating under DOSCEL (Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Limited), we must adhere to the policies that are created for the safety of all children in our schools.

As such, we need to follow the correct DOSCEL process when your child is absent from school.

Parent/Guardian Responsibilities Are:

- Ring the school before 9:30am to notify of your child's absence and the reason

- Mark your child absent through PAM before 9:00am (PAM will not work after 9am) and give a reason for the absence

When a child is absent without contact from the parent/guardian the school must:

1. Contact the primary parent/guardian

If there is no answer, we then have to contact whoever is named second on the child's contacts.

If we are unable to contact either parent where there are two parents, DOSCEL policy requires us to contact your child's emergency contacts.

Please be aware that this process will be in effect this week.

The easiest thing to do is to make sure that you notify the school when your child is absent from school, first thing in the morning.

Many thanks for your co-operation.

Many of our students are using social media platforms to stay connected with their friends.

Each social media platform has a recommended age for usage. As a school, we recommend that parents use this as a guide when making the choice for their own children however, we respect that each parent is entitled to make decisions for their child that they feel is appropriate.

With many children accessing these platforms, we want to support parents by providing information about the important responsibilities that children need to be aware of, particularly in regards to sharing videos and images of other people online. Particularly in the case where pictures and images are shared without consent, it is highly important that children understand both their responsibilities and rights in this area.

I have attached here two links for parents to explore from the e-safety commissioner and Kids Health.

Especially for our children moving on to secondary school in the near future, this education is crucial.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/young-people/consent-sharing-photos-videos

https://raisingchildren.net.au/pre-teens/entertainment-technology/digital-life/social-media