Dear Parents/Carers,
2023 Enrolments: If you or anyone you know is planning on enrolling for 2023 please contact the office to arrange an enrolment pack and interview. Available positions are filling quickly. Please contact the office for an enrolment pack or email: enrolments@stjohnskwr.catholic.edu.au
St John’s Catholic Identity Survey: How are we different from public and other private and religiously-affiliated schools? Our Catholic Identity signifies our essence, our distinctive character and our values. As we think about Catholic school identity, we must be mindful of the 21st century context in which our schools exist and in which our children are growing up.
This survey is a way for us to examine our practices and shared understandings as a way of identifying whose practices to be maintained and strengthened, and the possibilities moving forward.
As a parent, you have an important perspective to share. I therefore ask that you please take 10 mins to complete this short survey.
The link for your survey is:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Nnsicz1QXuEhlgr7a9SGhCm6cJcwDbXxY1xGZdwT9WY/edit
New Child Safe Standards began on 1st July 2022. We have built on existing child safety strategies, policies and practices to strengthen our culture of child safety and protect children from abuse and harm.
The St John’s Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy, demonstrates our school’s commitment to creating and maintaining a child safe and child-friendly organisation, where children are safe and feel safe. This policy provides an overview of our school’s approach to implementing Ministerial Order 1359 which sets out how the Victorian Child Safe Standards apply in school environments. It informs our school community of everyone’s obligations to act safely and appropriately towards children and guides our processes and practices for the safety and wellbeing of students across all areas of our work.
The new Child Safe Standards are:
- Culturally safe environments
- Child safety and wellbeing is embedded in leadership, governance and culture
- Child and student empowerment
- Family engagement
- Diversity and Equity
- Suitable staff and volunteers
- Complaints processes
- Child safety knowledge, skills, and awareness
- Child safety in physical and online environments
- Review of child safety practices
- Implementation of child safe practices
To view our School Policy related to the Child Safe Standards, please visit our website.
Absences & Holiday Submissions:
- A reminder that applications for holidays should be submitted prior to your holiday, not as an absence once on holiday.
- General student absences - once you have signed up to PAM we request that all student absence notifications be submitted via PAM as this flows automatically through to our attendance roll. Please keep the notes in relation to absences submitted brief, if you need to explain further please follow up with a phone call or email to the office.
- Absence notes must be submitted each day your child is absent, preferably before 9am on the day of absence.
Fathers Day Stall & Fathers Day Breakfast: Our Fathers Day Stall will be held on Thursday 25 August, all students will be given the opportunity to purchase, gifts will be priced between $1 and $5.
Father’s Day Breakfast will be held on Friday 2 September, see flyer below. An Operoo form will be provided shortly with full details, we ask families to make their booking via the Operoo form to assist with catering.
Friends of St John’s (P&F): With the lifting of COVID restrictions, we are keen to re-establish our Friends of St Johns group. We invite you to our first meeting on 14th September 9:30am in the staffroom. If you are interested in being part of the Friends of St Johns and cannot attend, please send through your apology and contact details to; pandf@stjohnskwr.catholic.edu.au
Parent Access Module (PAM): A reminder that a number of families are yet to sign up to PAM and complete their students' medical profiles. Please complete this at your earliest convenience, if you are unable to locate your email requesting you to sign up please try the following:
Use the following link: https://pam.stjohnskwr.catholic.edu.au
Select Forgot Password, enter your email address - this triggers an email with a link to reset your password (check your spam/junk if not received)
Once you have reset your password you will receive another email requesting you to verify your email address
Once you've done this you can access your child/childrens profile and complete their medical profile
If you are still having trouble please contact the office to check the email address you are using and we will assist you with completing the sign up.
Uniforms: Correct school uniform is required to be worn at all times - many children are wearing items that are not part of our uniform particularly on sports days. Any instance of a child being out of uniform requires a written note/email to their teacher and should not be an ongoing thing.
Regards
Chris Dortmans, Principal
