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Brooklyn Park
Ensure your child is at school on time and every day. Children should be at school every day unless
there is a serious reason for absence. Being at school every day supports learning progress, success
and continuity. If your child is to be absent we ask that you telephone the school by 9am. This is
your duty of care and our duty of care to know the whereabouts of all students. It should not be the
responsibility of the school to telephone parents.
Return notices on time to support our management of events.
Read the Newsletter each week to keep in touch with school life and events.
Support our Uniform code by checking that your child is wearing the right uniform and maintain
respect for the school policy of standard haircuts. This attention avoids competition and
unnecessary pressure on other students. As we are leaders of the school it is very important to set an
exemplary example of how to wear our School Uniform with pride. Our school uniform includes
white runners (not coloured), religious medallions, sleeper or stud earrings and a watch. Hair must
be of standard styles and hair longer than shirt collar must be tied back. Girls can not wear makeup
or coloured nail polish to school.
Please send a note in diaries if the school uniform cannot be worn correctly.
Support your childs learning at home, taking an interest in their learning, listening to reading,
helping with spelling and tables. This shows your value for learning.
Homework and Diaries We prioritise reading, revising and catching up on tasks not completed in class
time. Students within the senior years should be independently reading. Essentially homework tasks will
be student-directed and aim to be stress free! Please regularly check in with your childs homework to
ensure tasks and assignments are completed by the due dates. In doing this parents can keep track and in
tuned with their childs learning. This can also avoid stressful moments of not having enough time to
complete tasks, especially when they are due the next day.
Our diaries are an essential means of communication and organisation between home and school. Please
check diaries daily for messages and homework. Use the diary to record appointments or any messages if
you cannot see us personally in the morning or after school. Diaries need to be signed every
Thursday night as they will be checked on Friday. To communicate homework or class work issues we
will be using a stamp to notify parents of late, incomplete or inferior work.
Homework Club
The Senior Unit teachers offer a homework club for students on Monday afternoons until 4:00pm. We
recommend students attend as it is a great chance to get help and support with class and project work. It is
also a chance for students to organise and timetable in learning and homework tasks.
Topic
Teacher
Mrs Fordham
English
Mrs Fordham
History
Geography
Miss Colagiovanni
Science
Mr Zandona
Health
Mr Zandona
Physical Education
Ball Skills
Soccer (Weeks 1-5)
Football (Weeks 6-10)
Mr Zandona
Mathematics
Mr Thomas
Miss Colagiovanni
Mothers and VIP are invited to the Open Morning on Friday 8th May. It is apportunity for students to
share their classroom learning with Mothers and VIPs. The Morning will commence with a liturgy.
Key dates in Term 2.
Wednesday 13th May
Friday 22nd May
Tuesday 2nd June
Friday 5th June
Monday 8th June
Thursday 11th June
Tuesday 30th June
Friday 3rd July
School Contacts:
The School Website is a great way to keep in touch and receive the school newsletter.
School Website address:
www.sjb.catholic.edu.au
School Email Address:
office@sjb.catholic.edu.au
Gemma Colagiovanni:
gemma.colagiovanni@sjb.catholic.edu.au
Paul Thomas:
paul.thomas@sjb.catholic.edu.au
Dino Zandona:
dino.zandona@sjb.catholic.edu.au
Suzie Fordham:
suzanne.fordham@sjb.catholic.edu.au
We look forward to another successful and progressive term of learning. Keep in touch with any news and
concerns.
Warm regards,
Gemma, Paul, Dino, Suzie and Franca