A Message from the Principal

Dear Parents,

School Expo tomorrow!   Come one, come all! Our School Information Expo is on tomorrow 9 -11:00am. The children have helped to design the day and are very excited to also be playing the role of presenters. Please come along and support the students and the teachers who have gone to a lot of trouble this early in the year to showcase the programs, learning and support that this year will bring.

How Can I Help My Child's Learning?

SETTLING IN
This week we have included helpful hints about settling back into school life!

Instead of asking “How was your day?”  Try a couple of the following starters at the dinner table:

1. What was the funniest thing you saw today?
2. What was the yummiest thing you tasted today?
3. Who was the friendliest person you encountered today?
4. What was the best thing you learned today?

Make sure that everyone at the table contributes to the answers.

Make your child’s teacher your ‘first port of call’.  When a question or concern arises, it’s always best to make a time with your child’s teacher to discuss it first (before approaching the office), as often this resolves worries quickly and easily. This also builds a good relationship with your child’s class teacher and research tells us that teacher/parent relationships are paramount in achieving student success.

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SCHOOL TOURS

       
2020 tour dates are as follows -

• Tuesday 3rd March at 10.00am
• Wednesday 11th March at 10.00am
• Wednesday 18th March at 10.00am
• Tuesday 21st April at 10.00am
• Tuesday 5th May at 10.00am

Working Bees

Working Bees at St Mary’s are fundamental to maintaining safe and orderly learning environments for our students. There are so many tasks to do with such a large school ground that we need all the help we can get!

To assist planning for this year we are asking each family to attend ONE Working Bee.

As an incentive this year the families that attend a Working Bee will be rebated the $100.00 working bee levy from their account.

In an effort to cater for everyone, we will hold Working Bees across a range of days and times. If these dates do not suit you please contact the office and schedule a time that will be appropriate.  If you are a tradie, we would appreciate your expertise at times, so please let us know your skills on the working bee form.

PARISH FAMILY MASS

TODDLER STORYTIME

Bring your toddler along and join Mrs. Collins for
Toddler Story Time.
Starting Thursday 20th February sessions will run on Thursday’s
in the school Library, 8.45am-9.30am.
All are welcome!

Garden Club

Our first batch of blueberries was harvested and they tasted delicious. The children are enjoying being in the garden and discovering marvels of the flora and fauna.  Garden club is run on Wednesdays, from 10.45 till 11.30am.
New parents helpers are always welcome.  Please bring gloves and garden tools.
All helpers are required to have a working with children’s check.  If you would like to volunteer please complete the Garden Club Volunteer Form (click here) and email to gardenclub@smmountevelyn.catholic.edu.au. or drop off at the school admin office.

Stomp Team

Our fabulous Stomp Team earned the honour of performing at the Catholic Education Melbourne Celebration of Principalship.

Follow the link to read the article - St.Mary's Stomp Team

CATHOLIC EDUCATION TODAY MAGAZINE

2019 Term 4 of the Catholic Education Today Magazine (copy sent home in schoolbags), has St Mary’s featured on page 9 with an interview with none-other than our very own Principal - Angela Glennie!   If you have a moment, you may like to have a look over a cuppa! 
(Click here to view online, scroll to page 9)

CDFPAY ONLINE ORDERING PORTAL

Welcome to CDFpay Online Ordering for Tuckshop, Uniforms, Events, Fundraising, Production Tickets, Italian Day and so much more.
Please click here to place an order.
Online orders can be placed up to 3 weeks in advance, at your convenience, 24/7.
For instructions on how to create your Online Ordering Account please click here.

NOTICE BOARD

NO NUTS AT ST MARY’S

Fair Funding Video (click here)

School funding policy is a complicated area.  The quality of education available to your children, the breadth of learning opportunities they’ll receive, the amount of fees you’ll be expected to pay, the special services and teacher training available to your school all comes down to funding.  Right now all of this is under a cloud, thanks to the Turnbull government’s proposed education changes.  The video and pages contained in the above link will explain what’s on the table, what it means for you, where Catholic education believes it should be changed and how you and your school community can work for an outcome that will ensure the best results and opportunities for your family.

Ref: Catholic Education Melbourne/Funding

Skoolbag App

      IMPORTANT INFO FOR PARENTS     

‘Skoolbag’ is an app for iPhone and Android that will enhance communications with the Parent/Student community. Parents wishing to access this service will need to download and install the ‘Skoolbag’ App from either the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. Once installed search for our school name (St Marys Catholic Primary School Mount Evelyn). For Windows Phone, and Windows 8.1 or 10 users, search for ‘Skoolbag’ in the Windows store, install the app and find our school.