Principal's Message
Dear Parents,
Last weekend our Parish Priest the Very Reverend Fr. Peter Slater officially retired. Fr. Peter has served for many years in the Diocese of Sale and was instrumental in the initial stages and naming of our school ‘St Angela of the Cross’.
On behalf of the school community we wish Fr. Peter all the best for the future and thank him for his contribution to our school.
Connie McKinley
Connie Mckinley, one of our Education Support staff members has recently been diagnosed with a serious illness. Our thoughts and prayers are with Connie as she takes some leave from work to begin treatment. We ask that you please respect Connie’s privacy during this time.
2023 Preparation
Shortly we will also begin the process of planning our class lists for the 2023 school year. Whilst this is a difficult and time-consuming task, we are blessed to have such a knowledgeable staff who are aware of student needs and work collaboratively to make professional judgements in relation to class planning and student placement.
In 2023 we will have a seven-grade structure;
Foundation
Foundation
1/2
1/2
1/2
3/4
5/6
If your child has a particular need or there is important information that we should be aware of when considering class placements for the F-2 classes for 2023 school year, we ask that parents put this information in writing and submit it via email to principal@stangelawarragul.catholic.edu.au by Friday 11th November
Please note we do not accommodate requests for particular teachers and all requests will be considered on merit but there are no guarantees. Any requests received after the above date will not be taken into consideration and once grades have been set there will be no changes.
We are still finalising our staffing for the 2023 school year and teachers for each of these grades will be announced in due course. Students will find out who their 2023 teacher is on Monday 13th December, the morning of our ‘Meet the Teacher’ session. Foundation students for 2023 will be notified by a letter to families in early December
School Attendance and Holiday Approval
The Education and Training Reform Amendment (School Attendance) Act 2013 came into effect on 1 March 2014. This legislation reinforced the existing Education and Training Reform Act 2006 in relation to compulsory enrolment and attendance at school.
In accordance with the legislation, parents are required to enrol their child at a registered school and ensure that their child attends school on a regular basis. There must also be a reasonable explanation for any absence from school. Parents can now be fined for not sending students to school without an acceptable reason.
It is the responsibility of the school to record student attendance twice per day; all reasons for non-attendance must be documented and unexplained absences must also be noted.
All absences require a written note signed by a parent even when the parent has already advised the classroom teacher or school admin staff in person or by telephone. A notification sent through PAM is sufficient.
Where an extended absence is planned in advance (eg a family holiday), you should obtain permission for that absence from the school principal. Such a request must be in writing and once permission has been granted, that correspondence will be treated as notification for the purposes of our attendance records.
End of School | Students
The final date for all students for the 2022 school year will be Thursday 15th December.