Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to the 2021 school year. I trust you and your families have had a wonderful break.

We welcome the Preps and all new families to our learning community and look forward to having a successful year where all students flourish and we continue to be faithful to our wonderful vision.

Inspired by Mary and guided by our faith in her Son, Jesus, Our Lady Star of the Sea school aspire to be a respectful, nurturing and engaging learning community.

“I have come so that you may have life and have it to the full”. 

John 10:10

The new Prep students we warmly welcome are: Mabel Abbott, Walter Alexander, Archer Allbutt, Leo Baldwinson, Charlise Bapaume, Heidi Birrell, Grace Burchell, Peggy Butters, Angus Carter, Grace Casamento, Hugo Cass, Ava Chambeyron, Angelos Christou, Charlie Coffetti, Damon Curnow, Maggie Davis, Ned Due, Tex Duggan, Charles Dyer, Maya Fairway, Amelia Fay, Mason Ford, Lucy Francis, Zoe Frazer, Isla Furness, Ned Hall, Liam Hamm, Sylvie Hardwick, Max Hernan, Oscar Hill, Augustus Hinch, Sadie Jackson, Ruby Kelsall-Ralph, Elsie Kelso, Isabel Kerr, Levi Knights, Anthia Kostikidis, Flynn Lacy, Jack Laidler, Shelby Lehmann, Peyton Lewis, Harriet Lucas, Maya Mackay, Sashreek Maturi, Ines McCaffrey, Evelyn McKay, Oliver McLeish, Wes McNamara, Jed McNamara, Oliver McQuitty, Henry Micallef, Oscar Miller, Jack Miller, Jacob Mills, Oliver Moody, Maddock Nicol, Patrick O'Neill, Millie Packwood, Edward Partridge, Maeve Pemberton, Lennox Perkins, Ivy Piwonski, Van Place, Blair Quinn, Ava Radley, Oliver Rattray-Wood, Emanuella Robins, Amble Ryan, Tilly Said, Maya Searl, Isabelle Sinnott, Tex  Spencer, Henry Spolding, Elsie Steele, Eadie Stevens, Molly Thompson, Zoe Toscano, Frankie Travers, Patrick Turner, Lucy Vanderkley, Daisy Warlond, Isabella Wettenhall, Stevie White, Patrick Williams, Lulu Winter, Adelaide Wood, Cooper Wood, Mackenzie Worland

The new students from Year 1- Year 6 we also warmly welcome are: Kirby White, Billi Janezic, Charli Janezic, Ailani Songsaeng, Tiger Reid, Saffron Reid, Max Schomacker, James McIntyre, Wade  Modola, Lewis Modola, Thomas Rattray-Wood, Matthew Lohmann, Ryli McNamara, Oliver Perkins, Samuel Perkins, Emma Robinson, Lily Robinson, George Davies, Chloe Davies

Working bee

A huge thankyou to the following families who came along and helped clean up our grounds for the beginning of the school year: Mark Monahan, Xavier Monahan, Evie Monahan, Kellie Clark, Keith Clark, Lilly Clark, Kylie Morgan, Matilda Morgan, Craig Harry, Max Harry, Brent Dean, Xavier Dean, Liam Dean, Archie Dean, Tara Jarvis Scott, Peter Scott, Erin Scott, Carly Norquay, Lewis Due, Sam Due, Ned Due, Jackie Montgomery, Gus Montgomery. The school looks terrific and ready to welcome all students.  

Communication: 

As we begin the school year it is important to note that the newsletter is a very important form of communication from the school in keeping you, and all parents, informed as to events, news and educational aspects relevant to you, your children and Our Lady Star of the Sea Learning Community. Therefore, you should find all you need to know about current events and activities for your child within this newsletter and specifically in Hub news. For those new to the school you simply click on the colour of your child’s hub for hub news and find all the current information you need to know within that document. You will also see the email addresses of the teachers in your Hub News this week and in the body of this newsletter. Prep is Green Hub, Year One is Red Hub 1, Year 2 is Yellow Hub 2, Year 3 is Red Hub 3, Year 4 is Blue Hub, Year 5 is Purple Hub, Year 6 is Orange Hub. The newsletter is sent out every fortnight in odd weeks on a Tuesday.

COVID Updates:

Please refer to the letter emailed last week with our COVID Practices for the beginning of the year. If you did not receive this communication please email secretary@staroceangrove.catholic.edu.au to ensure you receive all correspondence. Click here to view the 2021 beginning of the year letter. Please also note that there will be more communication to come over the next week in regards to parents coming onsite for classroom help and events and how we will manage numbers.

Meet and Greets:

Meet and Greets will be held in week 3 and Week 4 of this term. Please make a time when invited via Operoo to meet with your child’s teacher. This is a great opportunity to begin to build relationships and for you to meet your child’s teacher face to face, sharing what you would like the teacher to know about your child. 

Change of Governance January 1 2021-  a letter from the Archbishop:

Archbishop Peter Comensoli has written to our school community with a reflection on the year that has passed, and an introduction to Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd (MACS) and its role in governing and operating schools.

Central to the Archbishop’s reflection is our collaboration with parents over the last year and he looks forward to the continuation of this through the School Advisory Councils, which will establish MACS as a truly collaborative organisation.

Letter from the Archbishop

Warmest wishes for the fortnight ahead

Kerryn