Dear Parents and Carers,

Hope that you are well and have enjoyed a wonderful week.

We have enjoyed a wonderful start to Term 2. Thank you to our students staff, parents and grandparents for the support in the making transition back to SCC such a successful one.

President: Sarah Foster Vice Presidents: Kelly Saveski

Secretary/Treasurer: Rosie King

On Sunday 14 May, we celebrate the gift of our mums through Mother's Day. This day honours our mothers and all of those women in our lives who nurture and unconditionally love us. Mother's Day, affirms the love and respect we have for our mothers,  grandmothers, aunties or sisters, as we show our gratitude for all that they have done for us and continue to do.

As part of our Mother's Day celebration, on Friday 12 May from 1pm, our mothers and grandmothers are invited to attend our Mother's Day luncheon celebration in the MD Hall. This will be followed by our Mother's Day Liturgy.  

The Mother's Day Stall will be held on Thursday 11 May. Thank you to Sarah Foster, Kelly Saveski and Rosie King from the P&F, for organising our Mother's Day Stall. We greatly appreciate your time and effort in preparing for the day.

Next week, Mrs Disibio and I begin the interview process for new and existing families for Kindergarten 2024. It is a significant time in the lives of families and we look forward to meeting prospective students and their families over the next 4 weeks.

We have updated both our Behaviour Management and Uniform policies. If you have any concerns and/or questions, please let me know. Below are the key changes in each policy. Please refer to Behaviour Management and Uniform policies attached within our Newsletter.

Discrimination

Discrimination occurs when a person, or a group of people, is treated less favourably than another person or group because of their background or certain personal characteristics.Features may include: race, gender, age, impairment and religion. There is a Zero Tolerance approach to discrimination. Students discriminating against others will be suspended from school.

Please refer to the link for further information:https://humanrights.gov.au

Consequences for Behaviour Infringements

When a child displays a form of inappropriate behaviour, they are given a rule reminder. At this point, the student is reminded of the school expectations and class rules.

If the inappropriate behaviour continues, the following procedure will take place:

• Casual teachers – 1 rule reminder and then time out of class
• Specialist teacher   - 1 rule reminder and  then time out of class
• Classroom - 2 rules reminders  then time out of class
• If the child receives ‘time-out’ whilst with a casual, specialist or classroom teacher is sent to the office to a member of the leadership team.
• The teacher who gives the ‘time-out’ is responsible for providing students with a ‘Student Reflection Sheet’.
• The classroom teacher is responsible for ensuring this incident is recorded onto Compass as a minor behaviour.
• On re-entry to the classroom, the teacher welcomes the student back and directs them to the appropriate task.
• Reflective Conversation – the teacher who sent the student to ‘time out’ finds a suitable time to discuss the expected behaviours with the student and have a reflective conversation.  

 Uniform Expectations: Hair and School Shoes

• Hair is to be its natural colour and kept neat and tidy. Therefore, dyed hair, shaved heads, patterns/lines cut into the hair and mullets are not acceptable
• Shoulder length hair or longer is to be tied back using a navy blue, gold or black hair elastic or ribbon
• Headbands are not permitted
• Plain navy or gold clips may be worn
• Sports Shoes - Predominately white joggers with white laces
• School Shoes -­ Black leather polishable shoes

Thank you in advance for your support of these policies. 

Have a sensational couple of weeks and enjoy your weekend. 

Take care, 

Brad Colquhoun - Principal