St John's School Newsletter Term 3 Week 8 St John's is a Child Safe School where all children are respected and are protected from harm. Principal's Message Dear Families, Vale Colin Walker - Our school community is saddened to hear of the passing of our neighbour Colin Walker. Colin is the father of Pam and grandfather of Jackson (Year 6) and past students Ainslie and Lokki. Colin was always a happy man with a beaming smile who was always ready for a chat. He has long been a watchful eye over our school and could always be relied on to throw the balls back over the fence. Please keep Mrs Walker and all of the Walker family in your prayers at this difficult time. Brenton Noye - Last week I sent home a letter to all families about Brenton Noye leaving us for bigger and better adventures. As much as we would love to keep him all to ourselves, the new job was just too good to refuse. We are very proud of Brenton being appointed as a System Administrator for Catholic Education Sandhurst. Brenton will finish with us on Friday and we wish him all the very best. On Site Supervision - Please be aware that we are not allowed to teach students who attend on site supervision. We are here to supervise these children only. Students who attend on-site still do their learning remotely through Google Meets, just the same as every other student. We are not allowed to teach students on-site as this would be discriminatory to those students learning from home. If you need support with your child’s learning, please get in touch with your child’s teacher via email, as they too are working from home – in many cases with their children - and they will do their best to get in touch with you. On-site supervision is only available to children of authorised workers where both parents (or one parent in the case of single parent families) cannot work from home and no other supervision arrangements can be made. If you are an authorised worker and working from home, you must keep your child at home. We live in a small community so please be honest about working from home. We understand how tough this is for everybody, however we must follow guidelines set out by the Government. Stay safe Calendar of Events September 16th - Term 3 Ends 17th - School Closure Staff PD October 4th - Term 4 Begins 5th - Divisional Athletics (TBC) 15th - Hume Region Athletics (TBC) 19th - School Advisory Council Meeting (TBC) 27th-29th Year 3/4 Harrietville Camp (TBC) November 1st - School Closure - Report Writing Day 2nd - Melbourne Cup Day 3rd - Hotshots Day 5th - Blessing of the Cross 100th Celebration (POSTPONED) 6th - Sacrament of Communion/Confirmation Mass 6.00pm 10th - Year 5 Leadership Day FCJ 11th - Remembrance Day State Athletics 23rd -School Advisory Council Meeting and AGM Year 5 CARITAS Just Leadership Day 26th - 2022 Foundation Transition December 3rd - 2022 Foundation Transition 10th - School Closure - 2022 Planning/First Aid 15th - Last Day of Term - 3.15pm Finish Religious Education Week 8 Prayer
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Happy Birthday to the following students! Albie Bruns, Kai Henson & Ella-Marie Kearns Lost Property - The lost property tub is full of un-named jumpers, some which look near new, jackets, drink bottles and containers. Please, if you are getting second hand uniforms, make sure that you put your childs name on them. We have no way in returning them back to your children. The tub will be emptied at the end of term. Accounts - Accounts are sent out each month via email. If you are not receiving them, could you please contact Andrea via phone or email apenman@sjeuroa.catholic.edu.au . Thank you! Uniform Shop - Sally will be available on Tuesdays & Fridays this year. Orders must still be paid for and ordered online, however if you would like to try sizes or would like any other inforation please contact Sally Kubeil on 0407 904 335 and book a time to see her on those days. Have your details changed? - Please let the office know if you have changed your phone number or address. It is very important that we have the correct details in case of an emergency. Thanks for your cooperation. Feeling creative and want to get in touch with nature and your garden? Why don't you have a go at growing your own produce and you may win a $50 voucher for it. Please see flyer below and if you have any further questions, speak to Mrs Timperley or email rtimperley@sjeuroa.catholic.edu.au School Information Bell times 8:55 - 11:00 - Class Time 11:00 - 11:40 - Recess 11:40 - 1:30 - Class Time 1:30 - 2:15 - Lunch 2:15 - 3:15 - Class Time Important Times Before School Supervision: 8:25 - 9:00 am Lunch Orders: Wednesday Uniform Shop: Tuesday & Friday. Absence If your child is unwell or you have an upcoming absence planned, please be sure to contact the school. Tap below to quickly let us know. Wellbeing Support Kids Helpline - Counselling service for people aged 5-25 ph: 1800 55 1800 https://www.kidshelpline.com.au Beyond Blue - Depression and anxiety support 1300 224 636 www.beyondblue.org.au Lifeline - Crisis support, suicide prevention and mental health support services 13 11 14 https://www.lifeline.org.au/ DHHS - Corona Virus information https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/victorian-public-coronavirus-disease-covid-19 Parent line VIC - https://www.education.vic.gov.au/parents/services-for-parents/Pages/parentline.aspx 8 am-midnight - 13 22 89 Don't forget to like & follow our Facebook page for regular updates on what's happening at our school. Have you had a look at our School website lately? |