Important Information for this Fortnight

PARENT-TEACHER MEETINGS

Our beginning of year Parent Teacher Interviews will be held on:

Tuesday 18th March (3:45-8 pm) in your child's classroom

Wednesday 19th March (3:40-6:00 pm) in your child's classroom

The purpose of these interviews is for your child's teacher to get to know you and for you to share information about your child. Each Interview will last for 10 minutes.

Interviews are now available to book through our schoo portal, the link is below

https://columbacpsbunyip.schoolzineplus.com/Term1PTI2025

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to your child's teacher or email ksligar@bunyip.catholic.edu.au

If you have any questions around bookings, please email the office at office@bunyip.catholic.edu.au

STUDENT MEDICATION

We understand that from time to time students need to take medication while they are at school. If this is the case, please contact the Admin Office to complete a Medication Administration Form.

All medication must be delivered to the office in the original packaging, if it has been prescribed by your GP it must have the pharmacy labeling on the packaging including your child's name.

Please Note: We will make every effort to help you with medication administration, wherever possible, medication should be scheduled outside the school hours, e.g. medication required three times a day is generally not required during a school day: it can be taken before and after school and before bed.

The only way to order anything at Columba including lunch orders is through the CDF pay app.

PARENT TRAFFIC

We continue to work on creating more car park space for our families. I have attached a traffic map to this message to remind us all how to tackle the drop off and pick-ups in the morning. I am hopeful this will also help our new families.

After_School_Pickup_PARENT_MAP_2024.pdf

We have been increasingly concerned by parents walking kids across the internal road amongst traffic and in front of the buses. We are reviewing our end of day foot traffic however parents should walk across the designated school crossing.

If you are leaving school while traffic/kids/families are around, please take the time to model safe behaviour and walk across our internal crossing if your car is parked on the Hope st side of the staff car park.

SPORTS HELPERS NEEDED FOR ATHLETICS DAY

Dear Parents,

We are excited to announce our upcoming Athletics Day, scheduled for Thursday the 6th of March. This event is a wonderful opportunity for our students to showcase their skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

To make this day a success, we are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help with various tasks, including setting up, organizing events, and ensuring everything runs smoothly. Your support would be greatly appreciated!

If you are available to lend a hand, please email dsharpe@bunyip.catholic.edu.au. I will provide further details regarding the schedule and specific roles.

Thank you for your support in making Athletics Day a memorable experience for our students!

Warm regards,

Danielle Sharpe

Calling All Super Parents!

Lend a Hand with Contacting Books!

We'd love for you to join us on Friday mornings in the staff room from 9am to help us contact books! It's a great way to get involved in the school community and see what goes on behind the scenes.

Starting Friday, February 28th, simply come into the administration office and let them know you're here to help with contacting. We'll direct you to the staff room where you can join other parents for a cup of tea and some book-contacting fun.

Many hands make light work, and we'd really appreciate your help in getting our books ready for the students.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Janine Kilmartin

Librarian

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