Late Arrivals to School

Please note, if your children are late to school (ie arrive after 8:40am), they must be signed in at the Office. Otherwise they will show as absent on the roll. Thank you.

Absence Calls/Notes/Emails

Please note, after an absence a SIGNED NOTE needs to be provided to the teacher on your child’s return to school. The Department of Education Services has confirmed that whilst an SMS or phone message is NOT a substitute for a signed note when reporting absences, an email meeting the following criteria can be accepted:

• FULL name of the student
• CLASS / roll group of the student
• Date
• Reason for the absence
• FULL NAME of the PARENT/GUARDIAN at the end of the message (the ‘from’ email address is not sufficient).

Please send emails meeting the above criteria to:  admin@stmichaelsbass.wa.edu.au or fill in the online absentee form on the Connected app.

Please note, teachers do not get to sit down and check their emails first thing in the morning, so if you have emailed the teacher regarding your child’s absence, they may not receive the information until later in the day. Therefore, please do not be upset if you receive an SMS or phone call from the Office to clarify the absence. For this reason, a phone call to the ABSENTEE LINE 6278 9802 is a more efficient way of communicating an absence than an email to the class teacher.

Reading Support

Calling all parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles.  Do you have time to listen and support some of our wonderful readers here at St Michael’s?  We have timeslots available for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays.  If you have time to help, it would be greatly appreciated.  Please contact Mrs Lesley Schnell through the front office.

P&F News

A big THANK YOU to our wonderful school community on another successful Book Fair and a huge thanks to all our volunteers who made it possible.  The generosity shown by our school community has made a significant contribution to our LEXILE library and classroom resources.

Walkathon – Monday 28th Oct

The St Michael’s Walkathon fundraiser is a school community event promoting Health & Wellbeing. The walk follows 3 set courses :Kindy & PP laps of the oval with fun exercise stations. Year1–3 follow a 2km set route, Year 4–6 follow a 5km set route. Each year we encourage students to fundraise in support of their walk. Numerous parent volunteers are required to assist with road safety and to walk with the children and teachers. Please contact me if you or a family member can assist us on the day.

Fundraising

Each year we encourage students to fundraise in support of their walk.  Sponsorship can be per km or a set donation. There are two methods of donating.

1. Online at Everyday Hero: https://give.everydayhero.com/au/st-michael-s-walkathon
2. By filling out the sponsorship form and collecting cash.

Please note that all sponsorship money needs to be entered online/collected and returned to school prior to the start of the Walkathon.

What to wear

Students are asked to wear their sports uniform and appropriate walking/sports shoes.

Parent Volunteers

Numerous parent volunteers are required to assist with road safety and to walk with the children and teachers. If you are able to assist us on the day, or to help cut fruit for the students to share after their walk, please indicate to the P&F via this link;  http://tiny.cc/smswalkathon

 THANK YOU – ST MICHAEL’S SCHOOL P&F