BEGINNING OF YEAR REMINDERS

We are so pleased to have started the year with our families coming into school and being part of our community. We look forward to many events where families can be with us and celebrate the wonderful things at St Peter’s.

There are a couple of important things that we need to remind families around child protection and safety requirements, as keeping your children safe is our first priority.

PARKING:

We are fortunate to have a carpark to service our school, as many local schools are only able to use street frontage. However, we also know that it is not big enough to be able to accommodate all families, particularly with MacKillop sharing with us. We are also fortunate to have our amazing Vicky looking after our children on the crossing every day. A couple of reminders:

• Drop off zone - morning only - the drop off lane is only to be used for stopping and letting children out in the morning to then safely cross the road to the gate. This is not for parking and walking children in. Unfortunately, this is not an area we can do pick ups in the afternoon, so coming in and collecting your child is our process. A good tip - we supervise pickup from 3.00pm-3:30pm, so coming at 3:10pm or after can be much less busy!  

• Car park safety - while we understand it may be more convenient to walk from the top of the carpark to school away from the crossing, the crossing is the only safe place to walk across as any other space involves crossing where traffic is heavy and drivers are managing multiple directions. Please teach your children that this is the right way to come to and from the carpark by your example.  

GREEN SPACE:

• Before school - unless parents and carers are signed in for an event or other reason, they can only go as far as the first “green space” extends, which is the area from the admin building to the basketball court. This is convenient for Kinder and Year 1 families to be able to take their children to their bag areas, but doesn’t extend to the years further through the school. If you would like to come further in, you will need to sign in please.
• After school - unless parents and carers are signed in for an event or other reason, they can stand on the green space if picking up at 3:00pm, and if coming in after the first part of pickup come to the steps outside of Kindergarten up until 3:30pm.

GATE ENTRIES AND EXITS:

While we understand that the carpark is a busy space and families prefer not to walk a long way to and from cars, these are our processes:

• Before school - entry and exit is via the gate nearest the crossing and we ask that parents and carers use the crossing for safety. 
• After school - entry in the afternoon is via the gate to the left of the admin entrance from 2:55pm, and exit is via the gate on the other side of the admin block (near the crossing). This is to ease the pedestrian traffic congestion as all bus pick ups go through the first gate.

Please support this process and follow the circular flow through.

NEW STAFF

This year we have had three new staff members join our wonderful team at St Peter’s. Vanessa Baywood is our Leader of Pedagogy; Peta Marlowe joins our Year 1 and 2 teams as a Learning Assistant; Haylee Roberts joins our admin team every second Monday as well as continuing in a casual capacity. We look forward to them being part of our beautiful school community.

MISSION

PARENT YEAR LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES

Each year there is a parent or small group of parents that represent a Year level family group. We are seeking parent volunteers to nominate for this role in 2025. Parent representatives assist to foster Family/School partnerships in these ways:

• Supportive of positive communication between home and school and school events
• Organisation of 2 social events a year for families to build relationships
• Regularly give parent voice at our Parent Community Group meetings (usually held once a Term)

Please email your interest to amanda.thomas@lism.catholic.edu.au  

Thank you to these parents who have nominated to be a parent representative for:

Kindergarten - Kylie Ryan and Kate Roods. 

PARENT CUPPA & CHAT - TUESDAY MORNINGS

PARENTS MATTER !

Family school partnerships are so important. Let’s work together to help your child thrive.

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