Term 3, Week 10 Newsletter
20 September 2024
Have you heard of the CEWA Child Safe Framework?
Over the term we have looked at the 3 key concepts that underpin the CEWA Child Safe Framework and the nine elements that combined, help us to make decisions surrounding child safety in the school.
In the coming weeks, we will unpack one of these nine elements each week and how St Jude's ensures that each element is being addressed.
This week's focus is:
Human Resource Practices
These practices assist our schools and care centres to identify the most suitable people to work with our students and to provide appropriate training.
What does this look like?
- Our school takes all necessary steps to identify the most suitable people to work (or volunteer) at our school and with our students.
- Staff and volunteers are trained in reporting procedures.
At St Jude's we:
- Employment History Checks for ALL school staff and relief staff
- Working with Children Check for all staff (including relief staff and external providers)
- Mandatory Reporting Training annually for all staff and regular volunteers (including School Advisory Council, Friends of St Jude's, regular maintenance workers etc)
- Volunteer and Staff Inductions conducted throughout the year for new members to the school
- Visitors register is signed at the front office upon entry to the school, during which, visitors read and agree to comply with the Community Code of Conduct.
- Referee checks completed for new staff and relief teachers (due diligence)
- Code of Conduct training conducted annually
- Elements of Code of Conduct are expanded on at each School Advisory Council meeting
Student Medication
We are now in Spring which brings out Hay fever allergies. If students are on medication for allergies or require any medication to be administered at the office we will require parents to complete the form giving permission for Mrs Dique or Mrs Scott to carry out your request. The form can be downloaded from our website or is also available at the office.
Please make sure that all medication comes to the office (not stored in students school bags) This is a safety precaution.
4 Year Old Kindy
Please see Mrs Dique in the Office for an enrolment pack if your child will turn 4 years old on or before 30 June 2025. If you are aware of any families who would like a place in our fabulous Kindy, with Mrs Bollen and her amazing education assistants, please let them know to contact the school office on 6350 2500 for an enrolment pack or for more information.
Kindergarten days will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8.40am to 3.00pm in 2025.
Summer Uniform from Term 4
Just a reminder that students will change to their Summer uniform from Term4 and the Uniform shop hours are listed below. Monday 7 October 2024 is a Pupil Free Day.
We have a number of uniform items in our Lost Property. Please come into the office to check if any of these items belong to your children. Unclaimed items will be returned to the uniform shop to be sold as second hand.
