Dear Families,

I hope everyone survived the windy weather over the past few days. I would like to thank everyone for keeping their children home where possible yesterday, it gave us a chance to assess any damage done to the school property and clear away any trees and branches that had come down to ensure that the playground is safe. We do have a tree safety audit every year and have removed all dangerous trees for situations such as these.

Thanks to all of our dads, grandfathers, friends and any other special carers that came to school last week for our Father’s Day breakfast and mass. We love having our families here at school and it was fantastic to see this event so well supported on the day.

Our concert is coming up next Wednesday night. Please remember to buy your tickets and sign the permission forms on PAM for the whole school concert rehearsal. This is a whole school activity and we would like all children to be involved on the night, so we do ask that all families make this a priority.

A reminder that we have footy colours day coming up on Thursday the 19^th September and our P&F team are running a lunch on this day. Also, please remember that Friday 20th September is a pupil free day. There is no school for students on this day. This will be the start of the holidays and school will return on Monday October 7^th.

Have a wonderful week ahead,

Sally

Please take note of these dates for your family calendar

TERM 3 2024

Week 8:

Week 9: 11th September - School Concert Night

Week 10:   16th September - Nudel Kart Incursion (STEM)

                  17th September - Divison Athletics

                  19th September - Last Day Term 3, 3pm Finish

                                         - Footy Day and Hot Dog Lunch (P&F)

                                        - 2025 Foundation Transition session 2- 2:15pm-3:00pm

                20th September - Pupil Free Day (Professional Learning)

Term 4 2024

Week 1: 7th October- Term 4 Starts

Week 2: 14th and 15th October- 3/4 Camp Allambee

              15th October- Regional Athletics

              16th October- Foundation Transition session 3- 2:15pm-3:00pm- 

              17th- District Cricket

Week 3:

Week 4:  30th October- Foundation Transition Session 4- 2:15pm-3:00pm

                1st November- Pupil Free Day

Week 5: 4th November- School Closure Day

               5th November- Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

               6th November- State Athletics 

Week 6: 13th- Foundation Transition Session 5- 2:15pm-3:00pm

Week 7: 

Week 8: 27th November- Foundation Transition Session 6- 2:15pm-3:00pm

Week 9:

Week 10: 10th December- Statewide Transition Day- 11:15am- 1:20pm

                12th December- End of Year Mass and Navtity Play

Week 11: 18th December- Students Last Day- 3pm Finish 

Our fabulous award winners for week 7! Well done everyone!

Our School Concert "A Spooktacular Night" is fast approching. Tickets are available on CDF pay now for $12! 

CHILD SAFETY & WELLBEING

Lumen Christi Primary School is a child safe school. We are committed to embedding a culture of Child Safety, adhering to the Victorian Child Safe Standards: Managing the Risk of Child Abuse in Schools and School Boarding Premises (Ministeral Order No. 1359).

We believe that ensuring the safety of the students in our care is an integral part of who we are as a Catholic faith community. The school acts in accordance with the Ministerial Order through policies, procedures, measures and practices, staff training and, ultimately, through the strategies used in working with the students and families within our school community.

We continue to maintain and develop a safe and supportive learning environment where staff are focused on engaging students in meaningful, relevant and challenging learning experiences.

If at any time you have any issues or concerns you feel you need to raise please contact our Principal: Sally Darby or our Child Safety Officers: Kristie Smith, Elly Smith or Janelle Szkwarek on 5122 2231 

I wanted to share with families a helpful link to learn about all things to do with online safety.

The e-safety commissioner is a great resource for parents when navigating the online environment with their children.

As a school, we will always reccommend following the government guidelines for social media and gaming minimum age limits. However, we also know that the reality is that many of our school children are accessing these things well before the recommended age and therefore, we want to ensure that families are well informed and supported in that choice.

The link to the e-safety commissioner page for parents is here:

https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/resources

We encourage our families to engage with this resource to ensure they know the benefits and risks of children operating in this space.

We have recently developed a student code of conduct which we will be sending home early next term. In the new year, this will be something that will go home with the Parent Code of Conduct and the ICT agreement. It is all part of ensuring that we have agreed ways of being and behaving with each other. Staff have a code of conduct that they agree to annually also.

Please contact Mrs Darby if there are any questions or concerns about this.