380 Geelong Road, Kingsville Vic 3012 Web: www.cckingsville.catholic.edu.au After care: 0401 501 661 Telephone: 9314 7303 Fax: 9315 2996 Email: principal@cckingsville.catholic.edu.au Email: oshclub.corpus@gmail.com

2018 School Year

Welcome back to the

2018 school year. I trust

you had an enjoyable

holiday and were able to

enjoy some quality time

as a family. It’s always

wonderful to hear and

share stories of our

experiences over the long

break!

Our first day back

couldn’t have gone any

smoother. It was

wonderful to see our

children (and parents)

arrive to school with huge

smiles on their faces as

they reunited with friends

and teachers.

A special welcome to all

our new families who

have commenced at

Corpus Christi School.

We hope that your time

here is very special and

that we can form a

wonderful partnership in

the education of your

children and in building

our wonderful school

community.

A

And congratulations to

our Year prep children for

settling into the learning

community so well on

their first day of school.

Upcoming Calendar Events (Including Extra Curricula Activities/Celebrations)

February 5th Years 1-4 Hockey Clinics: 9:30am-2:45pm

7th ABC Music Classes Commence

Year Prep Assessments

8th Year Prep/ Buddies Market Fresh Incursion

9th Beginning of School Year Mass @10:30am

12th Promotional Photo Shoot

14th Ash Wednesday Mass 10:30am

Year Prep Assessments

16th Big Breaky

19th Year 3/4 Gymnastics Program at FCGC

21st Year Prep Assessments

PFA Meeting @ 7:00pm

26th Year 3/4 Gymnastics Program at FCGC

27th Year Prep Learning Conferences 2-6:30pm

March 9th Footscray District Cross Country

Championships: Footscray Park 9-12:00

14th Combined Schools (Corpus Christi,

Annunciation & St Augustine’s) Celebration

Day

A Students Prayer for a New School Year

Bless us as we start this new year with our friends and teachers. Help us to make the most of every chance we have to start afresh.

May we show love to one another and to all. May the new beginning of this school year

remind us that you give us chances to start over again and again. Help us to forgive others as we receive your forgiveness.

Help us to learn and to work together. Help us to listen when we should and to know the best words when we speak

and when it is better not to speak.

We thank you for our friends. Help us to be good friends this year. Help us to be patient with ourselves and with others.

Bless our school and keep us safe. Be with us as we travel each day.

Bless all those who care for us In school and at home. Help us show our care for them and to say sorry when we need to.

Amen

Term 1 Week 1 1st February 2018

Beginning of the School Year Mass

Next Friday 9th February we will be celebrating our Beginning of the School Year Mass at 10:30am. All families

are invited to attend.

Big Brekky

As a celebration and welcome to the new school year we have organised a Big Brekky for

Friday 16th February commencing at 8:00am. All families are welcome to join us for

breakfast in the central courtyard and feast upon a range of danishes, fruit, sausages, juice

and tea and coffee (a Coffee Van will be on site). It will be a time to catch-up, meet new

people and just enjoy the new year. The event will be hosted in conjunction with our PFA

and should be a fantastic event. We hope to see you all there!

We will be asking for a gold coin donation (per person) which we will be collecting for Project Compassion as

our first Social Justice action for the year.

ICT Student Access Agreement

Attached to this newsletter is our Student Information and Communication Technology Usage Policy. We ask

that you read this in conjunction with the Information & Communications Technology Student Access

Agreement form which your child will bring home today.

Please take the time to discuss with your child the agreement and once signed by both parent and child, return

the form to your child’s teacher.

We ask that forms are returned for the beginning of next week so that complete access to students can be granted.

Sacrament Dates 2018

To assist with your forward planning please be advised that dates for children receiving Sacraments this year

are as follows:

Confirmation (Year 6): Sunday 29th April at 11:00am

First Communion (Year 3): Sunday 3rd June at 11:00am

First Reconciliation (Year 2): Wednesday 24th October at 7:00pm

Calendar Dates

Our school Calendar is available and can be accessed via our website or via our

school app. Please check regularly for updates and new events. For new families

to the school we recommend you download our app via iTunes or Google Play

store.

This app also allows you to easily submit student absences and allows you to

receive important ‘push notifications’ from us.

Wrapper Free School

Just a reminder that through a student initiative implemented in 2014 to become more sustainable as a school

and to reduce waste, we are striving to become a Wrapper Free School. Students are encouraged to make their

lunch boxes wrapper free and to bring lots of ‘nude food’ to school. Rubbish bins have been removed from the

eating area and any non-paper wrappers or waste the children have will be placed in their lunch boxes and

returned home. This will also encourage us to eat healthier…because if it’s packaged… it’s probably not as

good for you. We encourage families to use small re-usable containers to store food items within lunchboxes.

All children have the opportunity to return lunch boxes and containers to their classroom once they’ve finished

eating and before going to play. Clean paper (e.g. paper lunch bags) can be placed in the recycled paper bins.

Toilets

A reminder that at no stage are parents/adults permitted to enter the student toilets. Access is however available

to the disabled toilet.

Car Park

Since we have a number of new families commencing at Corpus Christi School this year I thought it timely to

revisit school ‘drop off’ and ‘pick-up’ procedures. Families can use either end of the school to drop off and

collect their children. However it is of utmost importance that all families adhere to the parking restrictions

within the school car park and surrounding streets.

In the front car park, parking IS ONLY PERMITTED in designated parking bays and ‘Keep Clear’ areas and

No Standing areas must be kept clear. There is NO ‘drop-off’ zone. Cars must be parked in the designated bays.

If the car park is full it will be necessary for people to park outside the school grounds and walk in to collect

their child (look on the bright side…. it’s good exercise). Children are not permitted to walk unattended through

the car park.

If dropping off or collecting your children from the Ormond Road

entrance of the school, basic road laws and common sense prevails.

Please do not double park, perform 3-point turns in the street or

allow your children to enter/exit cars unless they have pulled up at

the kerb. Children are not permitted to cross Ormond Road by themselves. Parents are to collect their children

from the gate.

The No Stopping signs outside our gate must be observed at all times!

These rules are put into place to ensure the safety of our children! You may also like to consider arriving for

pick-up just after 3:30pm so as to miss the ‘peak hour’ traffic.

Time-Table/Specialist Programs

Specialist programs will commence next week (see details below). Please note that children are to wear their

SPORTS uniform (2 days per week) on days where they are scheduled for Physical Education and SPORT.

REMINDER

No children (including toddlers)

are to play on the Adventure

playground before or after school

Sharing of Food

It is important to remind all children and families that at no time should children be sharing food with other

children during eating times. We have a number of children with food allergies so, for the safety of all, we ask

all families to reiterate the importance, with their children, of not sharing food with others.

Throughout the year, children may bring lolly bags to school to share with their classmates to celebrate their

birthday; however we ask that these be distributed by the class teacher at home time and are only eaten with the

permission of parents. Please do not bring cakes to school.

Staffing 2018

This year we will welcome Miss Lauren Borg to our staff and I’m sure you will warmly welcome her to our

community. Our structure for the 2018 school is:

Principal: Mr Anthony Hyde

Deputy Principal/Religious Education Leader: Miss Jane Wilkinson

Director of Learning & Teaching: Mrs Isabella Sabatino

Student Well Being Leader/e-Learning Leader: Miss Melanie Larkin

Beginning Teacher Mentors: Mr Bernard Hitch and Mr Zac Lane

School Secretaries: Miss Debbie Yarak & Mrs Deanne Fitzgerald

Year Prep Community

Prep V: Mrs Victoria La Fauci

Prep N: Mrs Nives Childs

Year 1/2 Community

1/2C: Miss Chrissie Marakis

1/2H: Miss Haylea Anderson

Year 3/4 Community

3/4Z: Mr Zachary Lane

3/4C: Mrs Chloe Sirca

3/4L: Miss Lauren Borg

Year 5/6 Community

5/6M: Miss Melanie Larkin/Mrs Nathalie Fraser

5/6B: Mr Bernard Hitch

5/6S: Miss Stefanie Poropat

Number Intervention Specialist: Mrs Tina Cuni Reading Recovery/Library: Miss Jane Wilkinson

Teacher Aide: Mrs Anne Di Stefano Italian: Signora Catrina Anderson

Visual Arts Specialist: Mrs Nathalie Fraser Physical Education Specialist: Mr Sam Hunt

Fees and Levies 2018

Invoices for Fees and Levies for 2018 will be sent to all families next week. Money raised from the collection

of fees and levies allows us to offer our extra-curricula activities such as: Mathletics Program, Swimming

Program, Dance Program, Interschool Sports Program, excursions and so on as well as covering all stationery

requirements for students, classroom and program supplies/resources.

Private income raised from levies also assists with the constant upgrading of systems and programs, funding of

capital works, maintenance of our buildings as well as the school environment.

It is important that all families be prepared to meet this financial commitment. Our policy, in keeping with that

of the CECV, recognises that some families face difficulties and as such consideration or concession may be

given. If any family finds themselves in this situation, they are asked to contact me via the school office.

Sun Smart

As per our Sun Smart policy,

students are required to wear

their school hat while outdoors

during Terms 1 and 4.

All students must adhere to this

rule. No Hat No Play!

As per information sent to all families last year our Fee and Levy Structure for 2018 is as follows:

The Individual Pupil Levy (Curriculum Levy): $440.00 payable before 28th February, 2018

School (Family) Fees: $1275.00 -

Term 1 Instalment: $425 due by 29th March 2018

Term 2 Instalment: $425 due by 29th June 2018 Term 3 Instalment: $425 due by 21st September 2018

Capital Levy: $100.00 payable by 29h June 2018.

Alternatively, you can set up periodic payments through your bank account with the total payable by 21st

September 2018. This may be a really feasible and manageable way for families to account fee and levy

obligations.

Please be advised that families who hold a valid Health Care Card for the 2018 year will also receive $100

rebate from the school in addition to the Camp, Sports and Excursion Fund (CSEF) government rebate currently

at $125 per primary aged child. New applications for the CSEF can be collected from the school office or are

available to download from the school website. These are due at to the office by 28th February. Families who

received CSEF assistance last year do not need to fill out a new application unless details have changed.

Out of Hours School Care: After School Care

OSHClub continues to be our service provider for our ‘After School Care’ Program. Times are as follows:

After School Care: 3:30pm – 6:00pm (afternoon tea will be provided upon arrival)

Curriculum Days (School Closure Days): 9:00am – 6:00pm (If sufficient bookings are received)

We strongly urge EVERY family to complete the online enrolment/registration form by accessing

www.oshclub.com.au so that the service can be accessed should an emergency arise such as a car breakdown,

being held up at work etc. A simple phone call can ensure that your child is looked after while you are held up.

Remember… the service is available to ALL families, regardless of whether they are working or not. Sometimes

it’s nice to be able to go shopping on your own or have that ‘cuppa’ with a friend knowing that your children

are being safely minded (and probably having an absolute ball) at OSHClub.

Children can be either registered as a ‘permanent’ or ‘casual’ booking. A permanent booking means that your

children will be attending on regular days each week and you are guaranteed a place.

Most families are eligible for Child Care Benefit (CCB) and Child Care Rebate (CCR 50%). The CCR returns

to families 50% of all out of pocket costs from attending the program. The full fee applies for families who do

not apply for and are not eligible for CCB and CCR (50% rebate).

There are four ways to receive your CCR:

1. Direct to your CCB approved child care service paid fortnightly

2. Direct to your bank account paid fortnightly

3. Quarterly payment to your bank account

4. Annual payment to your bank account

For further information please contact either myself or Kristen, our OSHClub co-ordinator

Contact details are as follows:

Phone: 0401 501 661

Email: oshclub.corpus@gmail.com

Lunch Orders Our lunch order service commences next week and is available on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. A price

list is attached.

Student Banking A reminder that our Student Banking Program, facilitated by the Bendigo Bank Seddon Community Bank,

commences next Thursday 8th February and will then run every Thursday morning before school at our Pop-Up

Bank located just outside the Library. Children just need to bring their passbook (with deposit) to school on

this day and present to the Bendigo Bank personnel.

If any family wishes to join, simply visit our Pop-Up Bank on Thursdays.

CareMonkey A reminder that we use CareMonkey for collecting medical information for students,

communicating excursions, gathering permissions and so on. It provides parents the

opportunity to update medical information promptly and accurately while providing

the school with instant access to the emergency information provided by you.

All new parents would have already received an invitation to join CareMonkey, via

email, and enter details for your child/children. By following the instructions, you can create your own free

CareMonkey account and control all data about your child/children. It’s really easy to use. You just need to

monitor your email account regularly for school communicated excursions and ‘grant permission’ where

necessary.

Absentees

Please note that is a requirement that parents notify the school (preferably in writing) of all instances when

their child may be absent for all or part of a day. This can be easily done via our school app. Alternatively you

can contact the school office by phone to report an absenteeism.

Art Smocks

All new children to the school will receive their art smocks at their first Art class commencing next week. If

other children have outgrown their art smock new ones are available to purchase from Miss Nathalie in the art

room at a cost of $15.

Have a wonderful week

God Bless

Anthony Hyde

(Principal)

January

Kristina Raguz 2nd

Bamlak Tesfaye 3rd

Ariam Kesete 4th

Hiep Pham 10th

Sarina Shea 10th

Charlotte Gunesekera 11th

Nigel Pham 12th

Michelle Trinh 16th

Harvey Berger 14th

Ada Ogilvie 16th

Anna Inmang 17th

Lucas Nguyen 17th

Simon Tran 22nd

Samuel Nguyen 24th

Samuel Cheesley 25th

Wilbur Hollis 25th

Eric Pham 25th

Dion Lakkis 25th

Armani Mauriohooho 27th

Yashasvi Siram 28th

Auberon Gwynne 30th

February

Zoe Taylor 2nd

STUDENT INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY USAGE POLICY

CORPUS CHRISTI PRIMARY SCHOOL

KINGSVILLE

Rationale At Corpus Christi Primary School, the use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) is required for

all students. The Internet is a valuable tool to be used as a supervised resource by students. ICT may be used

on our local area network, on our intranet via the Catholic Education Wide Area Network, using the Internet to

access global websites such as Google Apps for Education (GAFE) or other digital communication services. A

range of digital equipment may be used including computers, laptops & other portable devices.

At Corpus Christi School we believe that we all have the right:

To feel safe and be safe

To learn

To be respected for who we are and for what we have to offer

To be part of a happy and peaceful school

To work and play in a clean, comfortable environment

ICT and Cyber safety

We abide by these beliefs when using Information & Communication Technology. Our school provides a

positive culture where bullying is not accepted. We all will have the right of respect from others, the right to

learn or to teach, and a right to feel safe and secure in our school environment. This is the same when using

technology. We are determined to create an optimal environment in which students feel emotionally and

physically safe; where students take an active role in their learning.

Corpus Christi Primary School believes that it is appropriate that clear guidelines are defined and adhered to

in regard to all ICT access. It is expected that students will take full responsibility for their use of this

technology, parents will support their child and the school in monitoring ICT usage and teachers will

continually educate our students about responsible ICT usage.

The appropriate use of digital tools such as computers, the internet, email & electronic communication must be

understood by all to ensure that problems do not arise. Potential problems which can arise may include:

defamation, intellectual property/copyright issues, harassment and discrimination, criminal issues, such as

hacking, and intentionally spreading viruses.

Important terms used in this document:

(a) The abbreviation ‘ICT’ in this document refers to the term ‘Information and Communication Technologies.

(b) ‘Cybersafety’ refers to the safe and responsible use of the Internet and ICT equipment/devices, including mobile phones

(c) ‘Google Apps for Education’ (GAFE) refers to the set of Google tools children will use throughout the year. This includes

but is not limited to, Google Drive Suite, Google Sites, Youtube, Mymaps and Picasa.

(d) ‘School ICT’ refers to the school’s computer network, Internet access facilities, computers, and other school ICT

equipment/devices as outlined in (d) below

(e) The term ‘ICT or digital equipment/devices/tools’ used in this document, includes but is not limited to, computers (such as

desktops, laptops, PDAs), storage devices (such as USB and flash memory devices, CDs, DVDs, floppy disks, iPods, MP3

players), cameras (such as video, digital, webcams), all types of mobile phones, video and audio players/receivers (such as

portable CD and DVD players),Gaming Consoles, and any other, similar, technologies as they come into use.

Implementation:

This Information & Communication Technology Policy will be issued upon enrolment of the student in the

school along with the Student Information and Communication Technology Access Agreement which needs to

be signed by both parent and child. This access agreement will be issued to families on an annual basis for

review and completion in order for the child to have access to our School’s ICT tools.

All students are issued with an ICT account, including email and a Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Account.

When students use electronic communication at our school it will be part of a supervised program to enrich the

learning experience.

At Corpus Christi School we are engaged with our wider community and we regularly communicate through

Information & Communication Technology. Your child’s photograph, work or video footage may be published

(including electronically using ICT tools) with discretion as deemed appropriate by the school.

The school will not be seeking special permission to do this. If a student’s photo appears, only their first name

will be used if appearing on World Wide Web pages. Newsletters will also be published online. Full names may

be published but only when not attached with an image.

If parents do not wish their child’s image or work to be published in this way or, if parents have any other

objections to their child’s ICT account, they are to notify the principal in writing.

If information is found which students, teachers or other people feel is inappropriate, unsuitable or offensive in

any way, it should be reported to the supervising teacher and reported immediately to the Principal. It is each

person’s responsibility to ensure that the offending material is not shared, printed, copied or saved.

All users are advised that a filter is in use at Corpus Christi which screens all incoming and outgoing electronic

mail and media. If inappropriate usage is detected, all rights will be removed immediately until the matter can

be investigated to the satisfaction of the Principal.

Consequences ranging from loss of privileges for a day, week, month or term may be administered. In severe

cases parents will be contacted and privileges will be suspended for a term. Implementation of the most

appropriate consequences will occur after discussion with the child, the classroom teacher and the Principal.

Evaluation:

This policy will be reviewed as part of the school’s review cycle.

This was policy was last ratified in December 2014.

OSHClub News After School Care Program Hi families; happy new year to you all, it’s great to be back for 2018. We’ve got a pretty quiet first week but I’m expecting bookings to pick up next week. Please log into your OSHClub account to update your children’s details, such as what grade they are in, emergency contacts and people authorised to collect your children from OSHClub and any medical conditions that are new or are no longer relevant. At the moment you will need to book your children in 24 hours in advance of an After School Care session. If you miss the cut-off, send a text message to us on 0401 501 661. A late booking fee will apply for non-online bookings. I will post in the newsletter again next week with any changes to the system. Please remember we are unable to release children to anyone not listed as a contact in their OSHClub enrolment form. If you are sending an unauthorised person to collect your child, we need authorisation in writing – please send a text message including the FULL NAME of the person collecting your child and inform them that they will be required to produce photo ID at collection. If you anticipate this person collecting your child more than once, the easiest thing is to add this person to your enrolment form. I have not planned activities for next week yet. I am hoping the children will use the Blank Planner we created last year to give us some ideas for what they would like to do at After School Care. Please encourage your children to make requests for activities – you can even pop in on a non-OSHClub-day when you collect your children so they can add requests to the planner. All children who attend OSHClub have a portfolio which contains observations written by staff and, in some cases, artwork samples produced during after school care. You are always welcome to stay for a while when you collect your children to play with them, look at the Reflection Scrapbook, your child/ren's portfolio, or our Quality Improvement Plan. REMINDERS: If you need to cancel ASC please do so on the internet 24 hours in advance, otherwise leave a message on 0401 501 661 on the day, or pop in to let staff know you are collecting your child so that we know where the children are. OSHClub is open 3:00-6:00pm. There is a $2/minute fee for each family that is picked up after 6pm.

Information for Families

OSHClub program phone: 0401 501 661

Coordinator: Kristen Assistant: Emilia (Milly)

OSHClub Customer Service: 1300 395 735 oshaccounts@junioradventuresgroup.com.au

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember enrolling is Free!! Please create an account online at

www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on-the-day bookings please

contact Kristen on 0401 501 661.