Student Chromebooks Distribution and Remote Schooling

Thank you to our parents who braved the cold on Tuesday to collect their child’s Chromebook via our drive through service. 

The Chromebook ensures our students’ continuity of learning in the Remote Schooling space and provides the opportunity for your child to meet with their class teacher via Google Meets and / or during targeted learning sessions.  As soon as the formal announcement of a lockdown is made, every effort is made by school staff to ensure students are provided with the resources they need for their learning continuity.

The distribution of the student Chromebooks is a massive co-ordinated team effort undertaken by school staff.  When the Chromebooks are at school they are stored in charging carts that takes up to approximately 50 Chromebooks per cart.  Dismantling the Chromebooks from the charging cart and untangling the chargers is a time consuming task.  Once the Chromebooks are unplugged and assembled in ‘family’ groupings, the packing, labelling and distribution process begins. We are blessed and fortunate to have a dedicated team of highly professional staff who are driven to ensure our students receive the very best learning opportunities at all times both on-site and in Remote Schooling.  Thank you to all staff for their support and tireless efforts to prepare once again for Remote Schooling, On-Site Supervision and the distribution of Chromebooks.

As we enter into another week of Lockdown, we ask all families to please take care, stay home and stay safe.

Updates to School Events

Please refer to the calendar of events below for updates to school events with the recent Lockdown.  Every effort is made to reschedule cancelled events due to COVID-19 restrictions.   When events are unable to be rescheduled, online variations will be offered where possible.

School Advisory Committee [SAC] Meeting - Tuesday 27 July and SAC AGM - Tuesday 31 August

The SAC operates in an advisory capacity to the Principal.  The responsibilities of SAC are to:

• Promote the Catholic ethos of the school.
• Provide feedback on and review of school policies.
• Plan for the future of the school and its ability to accommodate future enrolments.
• Provide advice on budget planning and finance related matters.
• Contribute to the selection process for the school principal.
• Provide advice on the appropriate provision of faith development and Religious Education programs.
• Promote child safety in the school.

The sole purpose ultimately is to serve and work toward the mission and vision of our school.

Our next SAC Meeting will be held on Tuesday 27 July via Google Meet and the SAC AGM will be held on Tuesday 31 August at 7.00 pm. 

Nomination forms for positions on the School Advisory Committee 2021 – 2022 are available from the Administration Office.  You can also request a nomination form via email frontdesk@marymacnarre.catholic.edu.au.