Dear Parents & Carers, January 30, 2020 Welcome back to school for the start of the new year for 2020. I hope that you all have had a wonderful break and spent some quality family time together. The beginning of the year is always an exciting time for everyone and it was great to see the students arriving with so much excitement and enthusiasm. Our Prep students already seem settled with not too many tears (from their parents!). Congratulations on a wonderful start to the school year by all our students, particularly with the extreme hot weather conditions this week. Welcome back to our current students and families and a special welcome to our new Prep families and those who have joined us in other year levels. We also welcome our new staff to Our Lady’s community: Miss Tahlia Cassar (5C), Mr David Nolan (5N), Mr Michael Walsh (3W) and Mrs Rita Audish (Learning Support Officer). Over the school holidays, numerous works have taken place throughout the school; the main one being the refurbishment of our main office space. Our temporary office is situated just in front of our school library. As the front part of the school is officially a building site, this will require some adjustment to school routines regarding student, parent and staff movement throughout the school. I ask for your understanding in adhering to the entry and exit points of the school in ensuring the safety of all. We will be gathering to celebrate our beginning of the year school Mass on Friday at 9.15am and I invite all families to come along. Our parent ‘Meet and Greet’ night will be held over two nights. Tuesday 11th February and Thursday 13th February from 3.50-6.00pm. This is an opportunity for you to meet your child’s teacher and for our teachers to meet our families. Bookings will open via COMPASS next week. Our Before and After School Care provider, Camp Australia, is up and running from our school gymnasium. Bookings for the program are to be done online. In supporting our families with enrolments we have also set up a computer in our school office for parents to register their child/ren. To make it easier for parents to drop off and pick up their children, parents are asked to enter via the Bridgewater Road gate. Birthday wishes to all of the children who celebrated their birthday during the school holidays and also this week: Olivia 3N, Nana 2S, Niya 6C, Harleen 5H, Oriyana 5C, Jared 2L, Leah Prep C, Santa Prep D, Clara Prep D, Mia 4C, Eloise 2S. Please see below updated information received from Catholic Education Melbourne regarding the Caronavirus. We look forward to an exciting year ahead and working together to provide our students with positive learning experiences. Warm Regards Cinzia Mancuso Acting Principal