Assistant Principals’ News

School Times

Just a reminder our school times the school times are listed as follows:

8.30am	Classes Open (children need to be at school)
8.45am	School Day Begins
10.30am – 10.50am	Recess
12.30pm – 1.10pm	Lunch
3.00pm	End of School Day

It is important that parents are aware of the starting time of 8.45am. Children are expected to at school by this time ready for the day to commence. All lessons will commence at 8.45am. Classrooms will open at 8.30am each morning.

In the afternoon, teachers will supervise the departure of students at the school carpark until 3.20pm. Any child remaining at school after this time will be required to report to the school office and stay there until they are collected. Please note that the office closes at 4.00pm. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

Staff are unavailable for meetings on Tuesday afternoons due to a whole school Staff Meeting and Wednesday mornings as they attend morning prayer.

Update Contact Details

Please ensure that family contact details are up to date.  At times, office staff need to get in contact with parents or carers urgently; however, they are unable to as phone numbers listed have been changed.

Student Medical Details

Parents of students who have had a change in their medical information, need to access the Infant Jesus Medical Action Plan on the school website to update medical needs. Parents are required to complete this as soon as possible.

Parents are reminded that an appointment should be made with their child’s class teacher to discuss the Medical Action Plan as appropriate. Furthermore, if the medical needs of the child are significant, then an appointment should be made with the principal.

Allergies and Anaphylaxis

As there are children enrolled at Infant Jesus School who have allergies to a variety of substances, we ask that children do not share food at school. We appreciate your support in avoiding sending any foods that contain NUTS. A few children may experience very serious and even life-threatening reactions to any food containing nuts or traces of nuts.

Supervision

It is very important that parents see that their children arrive at school no later than 8.30am so that they can unpack and get organized in order to start school promptly at 8.45am. Morning supervision is from 8.00am and  children are not encouraged to arrive at school before this time. Class teachers (except Kindergarten) will have their classes open for the children from 8.30am.

End  of  the School Day

Children are supervised between 3.00-3.20pm at the ‘drive through’ near the canteen, the Library entry/exit gate and at the Russell Street ‘drive through’.  Children who are still at school after 3.20pm will be required to report to the school office and stay there until they are collected. Parents need to park their car and come and collect their children.

Any child remaining at school after this time will be required to report to the school office and stay there until they are collected. Please note that the office closes at 4.00pm. Thank you for co-operation in this matter.

School Uniform

The parents and staff at Infant Jesus School expect a high standard of dress to be maintained by all children.  Students attending are required to wear the correct school uniform and sport uniform on the prescribed days. It is important that if children are wearing the school uniform that they wear this with pride.

We encourage children to keep their hair neat and tidy whilst attending school. Hairstyles for both boys and girls should be appropriate and reflect accepted standards. Shoulder length hair or longer, is to be tied up with either scrunchies or ribbons in navy blue or white.  Parents are requested to refrain from allowing children to dye or streak their hair during school terms and the Principal reserves the right to decide the acceptability of hairstyles.

Jewellery

Children should not wear valuable jewellery to school. Apart from the fact that it can be lost or broken it is a distraction to themselves and others around them. For safety reasons the only acceptable earrings are sleepers or studs. Children who wear studs may wear only one in each ear.

Make up

Children should not wear make-up, nail polish, shellac, or acrylic nails with the school uniform.

Cross Country

Interschool Cross Country

After a fantastic effort at the Faction Cross Country Carnival last term some children have been selected to represent Infant Jesus School at the 2018 Interschool Cross Country Carnival. Details for the carnival are as follows.

Date: Tuesday 24 July 2018

Venue: Perry Lakes (Alderbury Street Reserve near hockey club rooms)

Time: 10:15am – 1:20pm.  First race begins at 11:00am.  Presentations are at 1:00pm.

Children will travel to the carnival by bus and will depart school at 9:15am.  After the carnival the children will again travel by bus, back to school, where they will arrive at approximately 2:15pm.

We will need some parent help on the day so please let me know if you are able to assist.

Congratulations and good luck to all the runners who will be representing our school at the carnival.

The Permission Note for the children selected in the Interschool Cross Country Team was sent home earlier this week.

Music – Performing Arts

During the next five weeks students from Infant Jesus School will participate in the Catholic Schools Performing Arts Festival. Children will represent the school in the Choral (School Choir) and in the Liturgical sections of the festival. The festival includes students from Catholic schools around the state.  It is a time of great excitement for our budding musicians as they share their hard work and talent, through voice or on instruments, with the wider community.

In the next few weeks the music students will be diligently polishing their performance pieces to ensure they are well prepared for their scheduled performances.
Please be advised of the important dates to note in your diary.

The choral performances are as follows:
Sacred Choral
Date: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Session: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Venue: St Benedict’s Church,
Cnr Canning Hwy & Ardross Street, Applecross

Choral Singing Primary
Date: Monday 13th August 2018
Session: 1:00pm – 2:15
Venue: Vasto Club, Balcatta

The Band performance date:
Infant Jesus Concert Band
Date: Wednesday 17th August 2018
Session: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Venue: Newman College
Empire Avenue

Please come and support the music students in their endeavours. To help pay for costs of the festival an entry fee is charged: Adults $4:00 Children (not performing) $3:00

Photo Information 2018

Our school photo days are Monday 30 July and Tuesday 31 July

Our photographers for this year are Masters School Portraits.  This year, as in 2017, MSP orders are 100% online.  Students have been issued with an online ordering instruction slip and unique student ordering code for parents to follow and place their orders online via the MSP website. To do this you have a “Shootkey” code on your information slip to use. No pre-paid envelopes will be issued.

All children need to be dressed in the full winter uniform for their photo days.

Forms for family portraits are available from the school office.

Term Planner

The Term Three Planner is now available on the school website and attached to this newsletter.

SEQTA News

Dear Parents,

I apologise for any inconvenience there has been with logging into SEQTA Engage to access your child’s report and other information provided by Infant Jesus School.

Some changes have been made to the system now so that any parent/ guardian who has provided the school with an email address will be able to create an account. This account is created when you receive the initial Welcome email sent by the school.

It is important that you please remember your username as this will help you to reset your password if it is forgotten, by clicking on the Forgot my password link on the log-in page. If you click on this then an automated email will be sent to you and you will have 1 hr to reset your password.

The SEQTA service desk are not permitted to take calls from parents, so if you have any concerns then please contact the school and I will work with them to alleviate your issue as quickly as possible.

Thanks for your patience

Peter Hazebroek

SEQTA School Relationship Manager

Seasons For Growth 2018

A Pastoral Care Program of Infant Jesus School (Year 1-6)

Download the Permission Slip for more information

Term 3 Calendar

Download the Term 3 Calendar

Connected App

Last term we launched our new school app.

This app will continue to improve our communication between the school and the home.

Download the install instructions and a link for parents to use to install the App, either iOS or Android. Also includes a QR code for those who understand how to use this tool.