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Dear Parents and Carers
This Thursday 3 July is the last day of Term 2 for students. Students will be dismissed at normal time of 3.10pm. While on Friday 4 July all staff will be participating in Professional Development. Should parents require care for their children on Friday Camp Australia is running all day as it will over the school holidays. There is further information in the newlsetter about the program they will be running over the 2 weeks.
Semester 1 Student reports will be available to parents via PAM tomorrow, Thursday 3 July. In week 3 of Term 3 Parent Teacher Meetings will be held on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 August. Parents will have the opportunity to catch up with teachers and discuss the semester 1 report at these meetings.
There is information below regarding accessing PAM. If you require assistance with your access please contact the school office.
The first day of Term 3 in Monday 21 July, when we will commence what will be anouther busy term with many things on the calendar - excursions, sports days, Confirmation, Year 3 swimming and our St Clare's Feast Day Celebrations to name a few.
When we return next Term there will be a strong focus on ensuring ALL students are wearing School Uniform perfectly and proudly. Some key factors to remember -
- School Shoes must be ALL black
- Sports Uniform & Runners are only to be worn on sport days
- Girls Summer Dress is only to be worn in Term 1 and Term 4, NOT in Term 2 & 3 with tights
- Girls Tights are worn with the Tunic ONLY, with the skorts it is only socks that are to be worn
- NO leggings or long sleeve tops to be worn under uniform
2026 Enrolments
Our first round of offers for 2026 Foundation have been sent out. If you have a child to enrol we encourage you to get the enrolment form and relevant documents in as soon as possible. Likewise if you know anyone looking to enrol encourage them to do the same.
Meet and Greet sessions for our 2026 Foundation students will be held early in Term 3.
UPCOMING DATES:
On Monday 30th June, our Foundation students had a fantastic time celebrating Milo's Birthday Surprise! All Foundation students were invited to join in the fun, along with some special guests—Milo's friends: Oscar Octopus, Zoe Zebra, Peter Penguin, Roxy Rabbit, and Leo Lion.
Students participated in exciting birthday-themed activities, including Pin the Tail on the Zebra, Musical Chairs, Pass the Parcel, and a Sound Hunt.The day was filled with smiles, excitement, and a perfect mix of fun and learning.
CONFIRMATION FAMILIES - PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL NOW BE ONLY ONE CONFIRMATION MASS THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, 30TH AUGUST AT 3PM
Here is the link to access PAM
Your usernsame is the email address you have registerd with the school. If you have forgotten your password please use the "forgotten password" feature to set a new one.
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.