From the Principal

Lord Jesus, I ask for Your help as I begin this new school year.

Allow me to experience Your presence in the many blessings You put before me.

Open my eyes to the new challenges and exci@ng opportuni@es that this new school year brings. Open my heart and mind to new friends and new teachers.

Amen

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to what I am sure will be an exciKng 2023! I am looking forward to geZng to know our fantasKc community and working with you to ensure that everyone at Infant Jesus School conKnues to flourish.

It was wonderful to see our students se\ling back into school a]er the holidays and welcoming our new staff and students to our community with enthusiasm and joy. They have embraced the rouKnes in their classrooms as they get to know their new teacher and their class group of friends. Our teachers have also made a great start to the year, and I have enjoyed walking though the classrooms and observing the interesKng and engaging learning experiences that have ensured that everyone has se\led in so beauKfully.

We have already had a busy start to the year with a great turn out to our Parent InformaKon Night and our whole school Mass last week. Please take the Kme to read the class informaKon from the teachers and strengthen contact with the class teacher if any further informaKon is needed. We value the already strong partnership between home and school and look forward to conKnuing to work together to a\ain our aspiraKon of A LEADing Learning School.

Back to School Picnic

I am looking forward to meeKng more of our community at our Back to School Picnic tomorrow on the school oval. A]er the last few years of not being able to have our school picnic, we are excited to be able to celebrate together and welcome everyone back for the year. Thank you to our P&F execuKve who have been very busy over the last few weeks planning the picnic. They have organised some free kids acKviKes, food vans and will be selling so] drinks, juice boxes, lolly bags, chocolates, glow sKcks and bubble wands at the P&F stall. We look forward to seeing everyone there. It is advisable to bring cash as some of the vendors do not have card faciliKes.

Volunteers Workshop

Our volunteer workshop will be once again offered on Wednesday 15 February at 5pm, for parents who wish to volunteer in the classroom, school events or excursions. If you have already been a volunteer at school and have a\ended the workshop in the past, you do not need to a\end again. This workshop is open to all parents and guardians from Pre Kindy to Year 6. Please register your a\endance via the following linkh\ps://forms.office.com/r/kgTMKaNQ1y

Parent Handbook

Our Parent Handbook has been updated and contains valuable informaKon about our school procedures and expectaKons. We encourage all families to have a look through the digital version of our handbook which can be found here: h\p:// www.infantjesus.wa.edu.au/pdf/ parenKnformaKon_handbook.pdf

Welcome to our New Staff

A very warm welcome to our new Staff who have joined us in 2023. We welcome to our teaching team Deana Staltari (Year 2 White), Anita Lombardi

(Year 3 Blue), Sarah Kelly (Year 6 Blue) and Chelsea Meborn-Hubbard (Year 6 White). Our new EducaKon Assistants are Mikayla Fusha (Kindergarten Blue) and Francesca Avila (Kindergarten White & Pre-Kindy). A warm welcome also to Jennifer Le Coultre (Library). Finally, a big welcome to Lina Jeon who is joining our school as our new Finance Officer on Monday.

Code of Conduct

A reminder that every member of the Infant Jesus School community must behave in the manner described in our Code of Conduct.

Our Code is like the 40km/h speed limit outside our school in the mornings and a]ernoons. It defines behaviours that keep our students safe: at school, and elsewhere. Children and young people surrounded by adult and peer behaviours described in the Code are more likely to recognise and choose healthy relaKonships for themselves. We each keep our students safe by following our Code of Conduct, and encouraging and reminding each other to do so.

For Staff, our Code of Conduct is a lawful direcKon and forms part of the employment agreement.For parents, compliance is a condiKon of your entry to school premises.

A copy of the Infant Jesus School Code of Conduct is found here; h\ps://www.infantjesus.wa.edu.au/ pdf/2022%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf

Student Code of Conduct

Included in the Safe School Framework secKon of each Newsle\er is informaKon regarding the CEWA Child Safe Framework and the Code of Conduct. There are twelve Conduct Statements with examples for Staff, Parents, Students, Volunteers and Visitors. The purpose of the Code of Conduct is to describe the minimum standards of conduct in all behaviour and decision making to ensure the safety and well-being of students.

In following the CEWA Child Safe Framework recommendaKon and guidelines to support the safety and well-being of all students Infant Jesus School has also developed the Infant Jesus School Student Code of Conduct. All students are familiar with the aspects of the Student Code of Conduct which focuses on Support, Safety, Respect, Inclusion and Confidence. Students, at their developmental level, are able to recognise how they are responsible for their acKons and words and how they can also support their peers to further enhance their well-being and awareness of safety in our school environment.

A copy of the Infant Jesus School Student Code of Conduct can be found here… h\ps://www.infantjesus.wa.edu.au/pdf/

Student%20Code%20of%20Conduct%20PDF.pdf

Social Media & Parents of Infant Jesus School

In signing the Enrolment ApplicaKon for Infant Jesus School all parents/guardians have agreed to abide by the procedures and direcKons of the school and the Catholic EducaKon Commission of Western Australia. This includes living out the Catholic Ethos of the school and supporKng a Christ-centred approach to all we do within our Infant Jesus School community.

Within this signed agreement, Infant Jesus School expects parents/guardians to make responsible choices when using InformaKon and CommunicaKon Technologies at school. The guidelines outlined for Staff and Students equally apply to parents/guardians and the extended community. Parents need to be aware that using emails to communicate with staff will not receive an instant reply. In fact, response Kmes may vary. Urgent ma\ers must be directed by phone to the school office.

As parents we need to:

• Understand that correspondence during school Kme can only occur through the school office. Parents may not email children directly during school hours.

• Understand privacy laws pertaining to photography. At school or a school funcKon parents may take photographs of their children, but they may not take photographs of other children without the permission of the children’s parents. This permission needs to be in wriKng and presented to the school prior to the specific funcKon in quesKon.

• Understand that privacy laws do not allow parents to comment on, or post photos of people/ children of Infant Jesus School.

• Understand that privacy laws restrict parents in their reference to Infant Jesus School. All reference needs to uphold the Catholic Ethos of the School.

• Understand that any reference pertaining to Infant Jesus School may not be made on social network sites, email or other technology unless it is approved by the School and upholds the Ethos of the School and CEWA Inc.

• Understand that the digital footprint that is established the minute a person begins posKng items, messages or photographs on social network sites will be there forever.

• Understand that the use of ‘Class Facebook Pages’ are only to be used to share informaKon pertaining to the class and not used as a vehicle to discuss individual concerns or general conversaKon. It is important that as parents we look at sharing the ‘Good News’ about our school.

Have a lovely week,

Mel Allen Principal