Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers, 

Last week we celebrated our Opening School Mass with a beautiful celebration filling St Michael’s Church.  It was so lovely to hear the singing from our talented staff and students.  Thank you to Mrs Phillips for all your organisation.

2025 SCHOOL SAVINGS BONUS (SSB)

The School Savings Bonus is a State Government initiative designed to assist families with cost-of-living pressures. Under this funding, each eligible student is entitled to a $400 bonus for application towards activity levies and uniform purchases from the approved supplier. Within our school, all CSEF applicants are eligible to receive this funding. All families who have a Centrelink Health Care Card and have not applied for CSEF in the past are encouraged to contact the school office and initiate an application this year. Please refer to the below link for more information:

https://www.vic.gov.au/receiving-school-saving-bonus#non-government-school-

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NAPLAN FOR YEAR 3s AND YEAR 5s 

This year NAPLAN is occurring from March 12th through to March 24th. It is an online assessment that occurs nationally each year for grades 3, 5, 7 and 9. Each child that sits these tests receives a copy of their results measuring where they sit against the State and National grade level cohort. The school uses the data from this testing to measure teacher impact and inform future planning.

NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students have the opportunity to undertake.  NAPLAN information for parents and carers brochure is available on the VCAA website. It is available in a range of languages.  

https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/assessment/f-10assessment/naplan/Pages/parents/index.aspx 

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Bookings are now open via PAM for our upcoming Parent/Teacher interviews to be held on Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th March from 3.30-6.00pm.

Foundation Students

A reminder that Wednesday 26th February will be the final day off for our Foundation students.  They will attend full time from Monday 3rd March.  If you are finding your child is tired and needs a rest day, we have no problem with them taking the day.  Please ensure that you complete a PNA in PAM.

Illness

We have a number of children who are absent from school with vomiting or tummy bug symptoms.  We also are sending a number of children home each day who are feeling unwell in the tummy.

If your child has had any gastro symptoms please note the exclusion period from school is a minimum of 24 hours since the last episode.  Ideally 48 hours is the preferred exclusion time to ensure it has completely cleared.

Important Dates to Remember

Monday 3rd March: Parent Teacher Interviews

Tuesday 4th March: Parent Teacher Interviews & Shrove Tuesday

Wednesday 5th March: Ash Wednesday Mass & Division Swimming

Thursday 6th March: 3-6 Aths Carnival

Friday 7th March: Student Free Day

Kind Regards

Michelle Charlton