Dear Parents,
Year 5 will be returning from their 3 days at Borambola as this newsletter is published. The students have had a fantastic and busy time Kayaking, swimming, adventure playgrounds, talent shows, karaoke, talent show, playing Gaga, BMX riding, indigenous games including boomerang throwing and lots of delicious food. We thank Ms Dwyer, Mr Hughes and Mrs Dal Molin for taking the students and giving up a lot of their family time to support the Year 5’s.
Safe drop offs and pickups by parents in the Car Park.
We have a very challenging task of keeping our students safe when arriving and departing the school, due to our extremely busy site and the nature of the roads surrounding St Mary’s.
We ask all parents to please follow the same dropoff and pickup procedures in the Car Park. The map below outlines the correct direction drivers should take.
Parents drive into the school via Boothby St, and drop their child/ren at the
Sister Phil shelter. Students should not be dropped near the gate end (Boothby St) nor should students walk up the side path on Boothby St. All students walk up the path near the Sr Phil shelter/ chook shed side.
Please DO NOT drop your children off in the Bus Stop Zone along Boothby St.
It is illegal and dangerous.
We have attached a NSW Transport safety tips sheet for parents reference.
https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/downloads/dropoffpickup/drop-off-tips.pdf
We thank you for your support of safeguarding our students.
Online Safety with Kirra Pendergast and Safe on Social
Last year Kirra visited our school and 8 other Western Region Canberra Goulburn schools joined us online to learn about the current ways schools and parents can keep their children safe online. For the next 12 months we will have access to a huge library of support which we will be sharing with you. Commencing this week, the newsletter will have weekly Cheat Sheets from Safe on Social which provide you and your children with information on any Apps, sites, trends or scams, which could expose your children to unsafe online threats. They will also show you how to protect your family through the correct settings, and what things to avoid.
Please reach out to Mrs Thompson if there are any specific issues that your children are encountering and the relevant information can be sent home for you.
This resource is for our whole school community so please reach out.
Cheat Sheets:
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Online Webinars:
The New Roblox Threat No Parent Can Ignore: Join Safe on Social for webinar no parent of a child using Roblox should miss.