IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 12th June - King's Birthday Public Holiday

Monday 19th June - Parent Teacher Interviews

Thursday 22nd June  - Final Day Term 2 (finish time - 3.20pm)

Friday 23rd June - School Closure Day (no students onsite)

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Parent Teacher interviews have been opened on PAM. PAM is our Parent Access Module where our student medical data and school reports can be located, and parent teacher interviews can be booked from.

Parent teacher interviews will be on Monday 19th June. School finishes this day at midday, with our school interviews starting at 12.20pm in the school the hall.

Parent will need to collect their children at midday on Monday 19th.

This arrangement of concluding school at midday allows our teachers to complete their Parent Teacher Interview obligations in line with the DOSCEL Teacher Agreement which restricts teachers to working a 38 hour week. The Interviews will conclude at 5.45pm.

To access PAM please go to https://pam.stidrouin.catholic.edu.au/

ANGLICARE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE ONSITE ON THURSDAY

Every family needs a little help from time to time. Are finances stressing you out?  Is parenting feeling a little too hard some days? Your children’s emotions difficult to manage? Is their behaviour disrupting the whole household and impacting their time at school? Anglicare Victoria Family Services are now located on site every Thursday to provide support in these areas, or even if you just need to have a chat.

Completely confidential, non judgemental, we are here to support you and your family.  Contact Heath on 0499 007 031 or ask for Heath at the office any time on Thursday.

Through Anglicare Victoria we are also able to provide free parenting groups to develop and strengthen parenting skills and create positive change within your family.

In Term 3 Anglicare Victoria Parentzone will be running 4 groups – in person at school and also online.

The 4 topics that will be covered are School Refusal, Raising Resilient Kids, Parenting Anxious Kids and Dealing with Feelings.

Stay tuned for further information and how you can register your interest!

The dates will be 

School Refusal – At school Tues 18th July or Online Tues 25th July

Raising Resilient kids – At school Tues 1st August or Online Tues 8th August

Parenting Anxious kids – At school Tues 15th August or Online Tues 22nd August

Dealing with feelings – At school Tues 29th August or Online Tues 5th August

THANKS FOR SUPPORTING OUR MINI VINNIES PLAIN CLOTHES DAY

Thanks to everyone for their generous support of our St Vincent De Paul Winter Appeal. Your donations of various non-perishable foods will go a long way to supporting those in our community who struggle through winter. We really appreciate your generosity and support.

POKEMON AND AFL TRADING CARDS

We’ve recently noted that a number of students are bringing Pokemon and AFL cards to school. Parents, could you please make sure that your child leaves their trading cards at home as they cause many issues on the yard and in the classroom. Our school takes no responsibility for traded, lost or misplaced cards.

NCCD INFORMATION SHEET

DROPPING STUDENTS AT SCHOOL BEFORE 8.30AM

Parents are reminded that students must not be dropped off at school, and left unsupervised prior to the school gate opening at 8.30am.  If you need to drop your children off prior to 8.30am, we recommend that you contact Camp Australia and access before school care.

STUDENT ABSENCES 

PARENTS WORKING ONSITE AT ST ITAS

A reminder to all parents who are entering the school as classroom helpers or parent support during speech and or OT sessions;

• You must enter via the Admin Office and sign in via the IPad, where you will be required to enter your Working with Children (WWC) details.
• Please ensure you have your WWC card with you at all times as it is a requirement of DOSCEL that you carry this card with you whilst you are onsite. 

ST ITAS COVID UPDATE

We have had several staff, and many students away with COVID or COVID like symptoms without testing positive.

Last Friday we sent home COVID-19 rapid test kits with the oldest child in each family. I'd like to thank all families for supporting us through this current outbreak. We really appreciate parents alerting us to any positive tests that your children have as it helps us keep everyone in our school community safe and well. 

• If your child does test positive to Covid they are required to spend 5 days at home before returning to school.
• If your child is displaying flu like symptoms but not testing positive to Covid please keep them at home until all symptoms have cleared.
• The Department of Health recommends that all Victorians report their positive RAT result to the Department of Health online, or by calling 1800 675 398.

We urge all in our school community to stay well and most importantly stay safe.

DISABLED CAR PARK

We have a number of parents parking in the disabled spaces out the front of the school. Please do not use these car parks unless you have a disabled sticker on display.