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Dear Parents and Carers
As school holidays are upon us it is also a special time for familes to come together. We hope you all manage to find some time to make memories and celebrate Easter over the term break.
Here are the details for the Holy Week Celebrations at St Patrick's Church
Thursday 6 April School Closure
Friday 7 April Good Friday Public Holiday
Monday 24 April School Closure
Tuesday 25 April ANZAC Day – Public Holiday
Wednesday 26 April First Day of Term 2
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Here is the link for the St Clare's Parent Access Module (PAM)
St Clare's PAM
You username is the email address that you have registered with the school. The first time you log in we ask that you use the forgotten password feature to set your own password.
ALL parents must access PAM to receive up to date information and grant necessary permissions. Students will miss out on events if permission is not granted.
The students all enthusiastically contributed to the Caritas coin line today and demonstrated how they can 'Shine their Light' during this special week.
The students leaders travelled by bus to Melbourne Convention Centre to attend the Grip Leadership Day. We met other student leaders and listened to adult leaders. We collaborated and shared our ideas. It was a fun day that involved a lot of learning.
The best part of Grip Leadership day was when we would play fun games that had lessons behind them. - Jaycee
An important lesson I learnt from the Grip Day was to be an "others first leader" by hearing, helping, showing humility and showing happiness. - Anoop
The best part of grip day was playing games and learning at the same time i also enjoyed meeting other school leaders and learning about leadership. -mia
The best part of grip day was interacting with other leaders and schools and learning about the leaderships qualities and watch the examples of what to do and what not to do. - Gloria
The taster was an exciting introduction to high school. Jordan L
The Science activity was many student's favourite task. We got to make slime. Some students are going to SFX so, it was exciting to spend some time there. Okith
It was awesome. I liked that we got to see the different subjects and teachers. Rihanna
I was amazing as we got to decorate cookies, make slime, and do really fun things. Eden G
I am very excited about all the new classes and the camps, especially as I go there in two years. Oliver
The PE activity was fun. We played a couple of fun games under the big shelter. High School sounds good. Ashton
Dear families
The school holidays are fast approaching, Rocketeers bookings are open, and filling quickly so make sure you get in before they are all booked out. We have an awesome two-week program jam packed full of incursions, excursions and base camp days such as Reptile encounters and clip n climb. We are running Rocketeers from this Thursday 6th April; we look forward to seeing you!
Parent's, please note signing your child/ren in and out of the service is a requirement. We cannot walk your children down to the gate nor watch them walk themselves down due to ratio and child safety. We kindly ask from here on you drop your child/ren at the OSHC door in the morning and collect them in the evening. We will no longer be allowing any children to leave the OSHC building without visually seeing a legal parent or guardian.
We hope you have a safe and Happy Easter.
Chelsea, Steph and Pooja - Your OSHC team
How to Help Kids Stay Safe Online
Adapted from: https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/blog Office of the eSafety Commissioner
- Start the chat
It’s not possible to be at your child’s side every second of the day, so it’s important to talk with them about online safety issues to help develop their critical thinking and ability to make good choices. It’s also good to let them know they can come to you for help if they have any concerns. You may feel they know more about the latest technology than you do, but you have more life experience to guide them.
- With primary school aged children use online devices in the open living spaces at home to make parent supervision part of the expectation for your child.
- Take the opportunity to set some boundaries around when and where they can use devices like tablets, smart TVs and gaming consoles, to help limit potential tech tantrums — you could even fill in an Early Years Family Tech Agreement
- Screen free time before bed is important for good sleep. Consider charging devices in a central location at a regular time each night to allow an hour screen free before bed.
- While you are all at home more, it’s a great time to co-view and co-play with your kids, so you can understand what they are doing and experiencing online.
- Learn about the games, apps, social media and platforms they are using at The eSafety Guide, including how to protect their information and report inappropriate content or conduct.
- Use parental controls and safe search options
Parental controls can help block your child from accessing specific websites, apps or functions. They can also monitor your child’s use of connected devices and set time limits. But beware! You cannot always rely on them — they should be used in combination with other online safety strategies.
- Parental controls are available on most tablets, smartphones, computers, TVs and gaming consoles.
- You can also download family safety controls or buy robust filters out of the box.
- You can set up child-friendly search engines, or select safe search settings on digital devices, to help prevent your child from stumbling across inappropriate sites and content.
- Check smart toy settings
It’s surprising how many toys or devices can connect online these days, from drones and smart teddies to tablets and wearables. While they can be both entertaining and educational, they can reveal your child’s personal details and location — and allow other people to contact them without you knowing. You can help keep them stay safe by:
- setting strong passwords
- turning off location settings
- limiting the amount of personal information shared.
The eSafety Gift Guide has advice on what to check for and how to stay safe.
- Look out for unwanted contact and grooming
Unwanted contact is any communication that makes your child feel uncomfortable or unsafe, even if they initially welcomed the contact. It can come from a stranger, an online ‘friend’ or even someone they actually know. At worst, it can involve ‘grooming’ — building a relationship with the child in order to sexually abuse them.
You can help by:
- making sure their accounts are private — including chat functions on games
- encouraging them to delete requests from strangers and any contacts they don’t know in person
- checking in with your child as they use online devices in the open living spaces at home
- reporting and blocking anyone suspicious on a website or service
- remembering that if suspicious online contacts become aggressive or threatening you should contact your local police.
- Know the signs of cyberbullying
Kids who are bored by long periods at home can pick at each other, and that happens online too. So it’s important to keep an eye out for cyberbullying. It can include mean posts, comments and messages, as well as being left out of online group activities like gaming.
- Remember, when they are away from school, kids have less access to their usual support systems, including friends, teachers and counsellors.
- eSafety research shows that girls are more likely to be affected than boys and the person doing the bullying is generally someone they know from school.
- Watch out for signs such as your child appearing upset after using their mobile, tablet or computer, being unusually secretive about their online activities or becoming withdrawn.
- Cyberbullying can make social isolation worse and the longer it continues, the more stressed kids can become, impacting on their emotional and physical wellbeing.
What to do if your child is being cyberbullied
As parents, our first instinct may be to ban our children from social media, disable the wi-fi or turn off the data access. But this can actually compound the problem, making your child feel as if they’re being punished and heightening their sense of social exclusion.
There are four simple steps that can help minimise the harm:
- report the cyberbullying to the social media service where it is occurring
- collect evidence of the cyberbullying material
- if the material is still public 48 hours later, make a report to eSafety — we work with social media platforms to have the harmful content removed.
block the offending user.