Dear Parents,
Please click on the link below to access the FETE Showbag ORDER FORM. These forms are due back by Friday 11th March. These forms have also been sent to your nominated email address.
click here :
A NOTE REGARDING KISS AND GO IN THE MORNINGS …
Dear Kindy Parents
Welcome back to Week Three of Term and the BIG DAY where all thirty of the children in your child’s Kindy class start together! Whoo hoo! Exciting! Maybe a few tears! A few nerves! Lots of people! Fun stuff to do! Experienced staff! And more! As was discussed at your Enrolment Interview and as was mentioned at the Kindy Orientation and Class Parent Night, as a way of giving the children as calm and as happy start to the day as possible, we ask that all parents please ‘KISS AND GO’ in the mornings.
Doors open at 8.30am and you can deliver your child to the Kindy room anytime between 8.30 and 8.40am. Please be reminded however that children are not to just be left at the door on their own before this time.
The goal of teachers at the start of the day is to settle the children in as quickly as possible and to provide a calm, happy, safe, inviting space for them all to begin the wonderful day ahead!
As you can imagine having 30 children and 30 or more Mums, Dads and/or grandparents in the classroom can make for a noisy, a little stressful and slightly chaotic start!
You are asked to please arrive and deliver your child to the staff, give them a big quick kiss and a hug; say something like, ‘have a great day!’ and then leave quickly and confidently. We know it can be hard for some parents to say goodbye, however anecdotally, the children settle much more quickly once parents have left. It’s best if you are feeling a little teary that children don’t see you looking upset (again, we know this can be hard sometimes). If you would like a chat with a member of the leadership team at this time, please feel free to drop in – we are very happy to sit with you and have a cuppa!
It is to be expected that some children may be a little upset when it comes to the big moment of saying goodbye (whether today or a few weeks down the track), especially if they haven’t spent much time away from Mum and Dad before. Rest assured the staff have faced many different scenarios like this before, and between them they have many years of experience, a lot of love and a lot of nurture to give (not to mention a number of ways of distracting children to take their mind off your absence!)
The important thing is that while you might feel uneasy leaving your child, particularly if they are teary, we would just ask that you trust us to deal with this situation. Rest assured if any child is in real distress for any length of time, or if we were concerned about your child for any reason, we would definitely phone you.
Think of your child as the kite and you as holding the string. This is the very start of the slow release of your child towards more and more independence… an exciting and wonderful adventure awaits!
All will be well. Take care everyone and looking forward to the year ahead!
Regards from the St Emilie’s Leadership Team and Kindy Class teachers
School Banking will be commencing this week.
IMPORTANT NOTE : Banking will no longer be run out of the school office on Wednesday mornings.
Students in years PP – Yr 6 are to bring in their banking books and money on Tuesday mornings and place them into the banking bags inside their classrooms. Our wonderful banking co-ordinators Donna and Rachel will process all deposits on Wednesdays and the students’ banking books will be sent home on Wednesday afternoons. Please ensure that all money is secured and NOT loose please.
Kindy students are to bring in their banking books and money into the classroom on Wednesday mornings and placed into the banking bags. They will be processed and sent home on Wednesday afternoons.
Please call the office on 9256 9696 if you have any questions regarding this change of procedure.
Dear Parents,
Please be advised that tennis is starting on Tuesday 9th February and will be running each consecutive Tuesday throughout the term.
Please Note: on the enrolment form it incorrectly stated that it would be on consecutive Wednesdays. Please contact Mr Phil Sofoulis on 0415 117 279 if you have any further questions.
We are extremely fortunate to have Phil and his very professional team working hereat St Emilie’s and are looking forward to another great year ahead!
Keyed Up Music will continue running keyboard and guitar lessons in 2016 after school.
We run group lessons starting from $15.45 plus GST per lesson.
To enrol, to go to www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolment-form
Thanks so much and have a lovely holiday and Christmas break. Thanks also for all your support this year.
Kind Regards,
Nick & Therese Dabbs
Ph: 1300 366 243
Mob: 0401 085 030
Web: www.keyedupmusic.com.au
Address: 250 Ravenscar St Doubleview 6018
Dear Parents,
Please be advised that there will be NO school banking next Wednesday 9th December due to the Talent Award Presentations at 8.30am and then the whole school Thanksgiving Mass at 9am. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful Mrs Donna McMillan and Mrs Rachel Davies who volunteer their own time to come and run our school school banking and provide this wonderful service for our students. School banking will resume in Week 2, Term 1 2016.
Have a safe and happy holidays.
Friday the 13th turned out to be a very lucky day for the Forrest Family. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Brett and Nicole Forrest (Taj 4B) who picked up the first prize in the St Emilie’s P&F wine raffle. I’m sure that you will have many family and friends around to help you ‘enjoy’ your 50 Bottles of wine and gourmet nibbles!!
Congratulations also to our very LUCKY runners up:
2nd prize winner – Eileen Watkins
3rd Prize winner – Anna D’Arrigo
We also had 10 consolation prizes of 2 bottles of wine each. All winners have been notified.
We would like to THANK all our families and St Emilie’s community for their wonderful support and efforts in selling tickets in helping to fundraise much needed funds for our classrooms and learning areas.
Excelsior Dental Therapy Centre
This centre will be closed from
22nd December 2015 until 1st February 2016.
EMERGENCY DENTAL TREATMENT is available at the
Mt Henry Dental Therapy Centre
43 Mt Henry Road, Salter Point
PHONE: 9313 0555
Between the hours 8:15am & 4:30pm
Monday – Friday excluding public holidays
After hours emergency
The School Dental Service does not provide after hours emergency treatment.
In the metropolitan area – please contact your local private practitioner or if eligible, the after hours emergency service on 9325 3452
If in a country area – please contact your local private practitioner.
Dear Parents,
This term we will only be offering the opportunity to purchase books from Book Club once. The current catalogue that was sent home last week will be the only chance you have to purchase books. If you are thinking of purchasing books for Christmas be sure to get those orders in NOW!!
Your book club orders are due by Wednesday 28th October.
(Remember all orders are to be placed online as cash payments are no longer accepted)
We would like to take the opportunity to thank Mrs Michelle Shine for all her time, effort and hard work she has put in with co-ordinating book club this year. Also a big thank you to Bernadette Clayforth and Jacqui Hammond for assisting Michelle this year. These fabulous parents volunteer their own time to support our school and provide this wonderful service for St Emilie’s.
A reminder that the Year 4 Anzac Day Assembly will be held tomorrow morning in the school hall. Assembly will be followed by a cup of tea and an Anzac biscuit. 
