COLUMBA COLOUR RUN LAUNCHED LAST FRIDAY!

We will be holding the School Fun Run’s Crazy Colour Day as a major fundraising event this year on FRIDAY 25th November! We’re doing it to raise much-needed money for our classrooms and outside play areas.

About the Day

The Crazy Colour Day is all about Fun! It will be a huge colourful mess and is undoubtedly one of the most exciting days on our school’s calendar, with everyone’s participation the aim, so please make sure they attend on the day and cheer the other kids on!

How Does My Child Fundraise?

Firstly, go to schoolfunrun.com.au and create a student profile page. Everything to do with your fundraising revolves around this page.

Students who raise just $10 will be able to choose a prize! The more they raise, the better their reward – don’t forget to check these out in the sponsorship form! We have educated students on the dangers of doorknocking without supervision, and we encourage you to reiterate this at home. The great thing about online fundraising is that you can share the link to your child’s profile with friends and family via email, SMS and Social Media.

Online Fundraising

The easiest way to help your child raise money is through online fundraising, where students raise an average of $120. On top of raising more money, it’s also safer and easier than doorknocking and you don’t have to worry about handling money! To start fundraising online, go to your student profile page at schoolfunrun.com.au and share your online fundraising link.

Getting Involved

Not only can you support the school and students with your sponsorship – but you can join in on the fun! We would love to welcome parents and family members to attend Crazy Colour Day. If you would like to volunteer on the day, please contact the school via email to express your interest, at office@bunyip.catholic.edu.au. 

I can’t wait to see you at our event!

Ordering Prizes – ALL PRIZES MUST BE ORDERED ONLINE

Please contact your school’s coordinator if this isn’t possible.  

Prizes MUST be ordered between the 7th and 14th NOVEMBER* Simply visit schoolfunrun.com.au to create/log into your Profile Page between these dates.  Then click on the ‘CLAIM YOUR PRIZE’ button and follow the prompts. If you have any questions, please contact the School Fun Run team on 1800 FUN RUN and they will gladly assist!

Morning Drop Offs

A reminder to all families that our school day begins at 8:50am.

If you drop your child at school after 9:00am, we ask you to come into the office to sign them in on the iPad. This ensures we are able to track the movements of every child at Columba and know which students have arrived late.

Please do not just drop your child at admin and let them walk in after 9am, as the office does not know how they arrived at school and the child has no authority to articulate who and why they have been dropped off late.

Please know that we understand mornings can be tricky and do not always go to plan, but we ask everyone to make their best effort to arrive before 9am and before the gates get locked. If the gates are locked please walk your child into admin and sign them in (after 9am).

Thank you all for your support and understanding.

FOOTY FUNDRAISER

Thank you!

Well Done!

Thank you to all families that donated to our Footy Fundraiser in Term 3. The total raised was $1565!

COVID UPDATE

Changes to Pandemic Management
The Victorian Government has announced that from 11.59 pm 12 October 2022 the Pandemic Declaration and associated Pandemic Orders will end and changes to isolation requirements for positive COVID-19 cases and close contacts will come into effect.

Isolation Requirements
The following settings will apply to all primary and secondary schools managed and operated by Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Limited (DOSCEL) from 11.59 pm Wednesday 12 October 2022:

It is strongly recommended that students:
• Who test positive to COVID-19 should stay home and isolate for five (5) days;
• Should not attend school after (five) 5 days if still symptomatic;
• Who are symptomatic but have not tested positive should not attend school until their symptoms resolve;
• Parents, guardians or carers advise the school of the COVID-19 positive test result.

To assist with limiting the spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses, parents, guardians and carers should be strongly encouraged to ensure that their child(ren) remain at home if they are unwell,
including if they have tested positive to COVID-19.

Close Contact Requirements
Staff and students who are household or household-like contacts are permitted to continue to attend school but are now strongly recommended to:
• undertake daily rapid antigen testing five times within the seven days of their contact period
• wear a face mask when indoors and on public transport
• avoid interaction with people at higher risk of severe disease from COVID-19.
Parents, guardians and carers should continue to notify the school if their child(ren) is a household or household-like contact and is attending the school.

Responding to A Confirmed Case and Household Contact
Students
If a student receives a positive test result at any time:
1. Parents, guardians or carers should advise the School.
2. Parents, guardians or carers are recommended to register a positive Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) result on the COVID-19 Positive Rapid Antigen Test Self-Reporting Form available on the Coronavirus Victoria website as soon as possible.
3. Students who test positive to COVID-19 are recommended to isolate for a minimum of five (5) days and not attend school until their symptoms have resolved. Students who isolate as a result of a positive COVID-19 test should be supported in the same way as students with
an extended absence due to illness or injury, with learning materials provided to support their continued learning.
4. Where a student is a household or household-like contact of a positive case (that is, they have spent more than four hours with someone who has COVID-19 inside a house, accommodation, or care facility) they should inform the school that they are attending during the seven-day period.
5. Household and household-like contacts are not required to quarantine and are recommended to undertake additional safety measures in the seven days that would have been their quarantine period, including:
- undertake daily rapid antigen testing five times within the seven days
- wear a face mask indoors (if aged eight (8) and above) unless a lawful exemption applies.

Whole

School Athletics Day

We are so excited that we are able to finally have our school sports day this term!

Please mark Tuesday 15th of November in your diaries!

We will require some parent helpers for the day. If you are able to help please email Kara Dedigama by Friday 21st of October. 

kdedigama@bunyip.catholic.edu.au

All students will be encouraged to wear a tshirt in their house colour for the day, if you are not sure of your child's house colour please check with your teacher or with Kara.

Thank you,

Kara Dedigama