ELC Bulletin - Term 1, Week 5

‘Getting to know you meetings’ with class teachers will be taking place in the ELC this term.

Rosters will be made available by teachers via Seesaw soon. Please keep a look out for them and add your name to book a meeting time.

Thank you.

Rosters for parent help in some of the classrooms will be made available by teachers via Seesaw soon. Please keep an eye out for them and add your name to the roster if you are able to assist.

Thank you

In preparation for our Easter activities, we'd really appreciate your support in donating clean empty 1-litre milk cartons.

We aim to collect 110 cartons in total. Please drop them off at the ELC Upcycling Centre (near ELC back door facing Endeavour Road) when you get the chance.

Your contributions will make our Easter celebrations even more exciting.

Thank you.

Orders closed last week. If you did place an online order from the Book Club catalogue, please be aware that delivery to the School is expected during the last week of this term and orders will be sent home with relevant children once received. Sometimes deliveries are delayed until the first week of the following term.

Thank you, most families have responded to the notices sent out via Conset2Go (C2G) on Monday 19 February seeking acceptance of our St Mark’s Volunteer Parent Help Confidentiality Agreement for 2024 (this document was included as an attachment in the C2G notification and is available via the link below for your information).

If you have yet to respond please do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

2024 Parent Help Confidentiality Agreement

1. KINDY Speech & Occupational Therapy Assessments by External Therapists - finish this week

SP & OT Assessments-2024

The External Therapists will communicate assessment results directly with parents via email early next term.

2. KINDY Health Assessments by Government Community Nurse – FORMS WENT HOME RECENTLY

Enveloped paper forms were sent home with Kindy children recently for parents to complete and return to teachers in the ‘confidential’ envelope provided.

In addition to the speech and occupational therapy screening mentioned above, which is a St Mark’s initiative, a Government-appointed Community Nurse will carry out a general health check on all the Kindergarten children later this year (likely during Term 2). Please return the paper forms to your class teacher as soon as possible. Thank you.

LINK to the information sheet: Health Assessment-Info for Parents-2024

Please follow the links provided below to add your name to one of the rosters if you are able to assist. Thank you.

These are shared documents that all ELC parents are able to view.

• ELC UPCYCLING ROSTER: ELC Shared Upcycling Roster
  

• ELC WATERING AND OTHER OUTDOOR TASKS: ELC Outdoor Enviro Volunteer Roster

OTHER ELC PARENT HOUR OPPORTUNITIES (NONE YET)

There are currently no other general opportunities available. Parents will be advised via the Weekly Bulletins or Class SEESAW pages when opportunities do become available. Parents will be able to access the shared roster via the link provided below to add their names for the advertised task(s).

LINK: ELC GENERAL PARENT HOUR OPPORTUNITIES

Our School community, like the wider community, continues to be impacted by COVID-19. We appreciate, when contacting the School to report your child’s absence that you are letting us know if they have tested positive for COVID-19. Please continue to do this.

While nowhere near the levels reached in previous years, the number of cases among our students and staff is not insignificant.

Current advice from the WA Department of Health is:

• Manage your symptoms with rest and pain relief. Remember to check with your doctor if you are eligible for antiviral treatment.
• Stay at home until your symptoms resolve. This could take up to 10 days or more. A minimum of 5 days is a good guide.
• Don’t forget to tell anyone you have had close contact with that you have COVID. You’re most infectious 2 days before symptoms start.

Please be reminded that students with any symptoms should not be sent to school regardless of a negative RAT test. If your child presents to the Wellness Centre with any cold or flu symptoms, we will have to call you to come and collect them.

For information regarding the latest rulings relating to COVID cases, please click here.

We have been informed of a number of traffic and road safety incidents involving our St Mark's community.

Please ensure that when parking along St Marks Drive that all driveways are kept clear and you only park in designated carbays not along the kerbing. On-street parking, including the Kiss and Drive facility on St Marks Drive, is subject to the City of Joondalup's bylaws.

Please find below a general reminder about on and around campus road safety:

• Do not ‘park’ in the Kiss n Ride pick-up zones. If your child is not at the pick-up zone, then continue forward and rejoin the queue for another lap. This gives time for children to make their way to the location.
• There is no pedestrian access through Gate 3 next to the ELC. The pedestrian access from Endeavour Road is located between the ELC and the Whitford Family Centre.
• Please do not double park at any location, including (but not limited to): Kiss ‘n Drive points, St Marks Drive, School parking lots, access gates and across our neighbours’ driveways.
• Please do not overtake stationary cars on the School grounds, especially in Kiss ‘n Drive zones.
• When exiting the School grounds, please ensure you look both left and right carefully before re-entering St Marks Dr, particularly around our neighbour’s driveways.
• Please do not park in the following neighbouring businesses when dropping off/collecting children or when attending school-based events:
  
  • Endeavour Centre (cnr Endeavour and Banks Ave)
  • Whitford Business Centre (Mitre 10, Better Pets, AutoMasters, SuperCheap)
  • Endeavour Childcare and Whitford Family Centre

Our 'Back to School Guide' has some guidance around traffic management around the school. The most important aspect, though, is to be patient and mindful of the young children present, as well as be considerate of other drivers and families.

Please ensure your fees are paid on time:

• Annual Fee Due 13 Feb 2024
• Quarterly Fee Due 13 Feb, 30 April, 30 July, 22 Oct 2024
• Monthly Fee Due 25^th of each month Feb to Nov 2024, or the next business day if the 25^th is not a business day
• Fortnightly Fee Due Friday fortnightly commencing 16 Feb and ending on 8 Nov 2024

Subject and music adjustments will be amended later in February once payment nominations and queries are effectuated.

Please contact Kaye at familyaccounts@stmarks.wa.edu.au if you have any queries.

Thank you for your patience during this busy start to the 2024 school year.

Did you know that our Old Scholars' Association Little Lions Playgroup is run on-site every Friday during term time? We'd love to see your little cub there this Friday!

Join us from 8.45 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. for lots of fun and games. Little Lions Playgroup is a community-based group run in conjunction with Playgroup WA and caters for children up to school age. Families attending our Kindy and not in session on Fridays are more than welcome to join as well.

For more information and to book your spot, please email us, osa@stmarks.wa.edu.au or join our Facebook group HERE.

Everyone is welcome - you do not need to be an Old Scholar (former student) of St Mark's to attend.

If your child will be absent, late to class, or if they will need to leave early to attend a medical appointment please notify the School by emailing absentee@stmarks.wa.edu.au. Please include your child’s name (first name and surname) and class/year level in the subject line of the email. Please do not send absentee/appointments/late information to any other email address - it must go to absentee@stmarks.wa.edu.au no matter what year group your child is in. Thank you.

To ensure emails to the Student Services team are dealt with promptly, please address future emails to each sub-school reception, as follows:

Early Learning Centre – elcreception@stmarks.wa.edu.au
Junior School Reception – jnrschool@stmarks.wa.edu.au
Middle School Reception - midschool@stmarks.wa.edu.au
Senior School Reception – snrschool@stmarks.wa.edu.au
Parent Reception – parentreception@stmarks.wa.edu.au