SCHOOL FEES
Your 2026 School Fee statement will be emailed to you on Friday 6th February, together with your Payment Option form. This must be completed, indicating your intention of how you will pay fees. Return this form to school no later than 20th February.
All families are asked to please complete and send this form back as it forms part of your agreement for paying school fees.
Payment of fees can be made by various methods including BPAY, Direct Debit periodic payments, Credit Card periodic payments, EFTPOS at school office. Please tick your Payment Option form accordingly.
- Pay Annual amount by 1/3/26
- Pay 2 instalments on 1/3/26 and 1/9/26
- Pay 4 Term instalments on 1/3/26, 1/6/26, 1/9/26 and 1/12/26
- Pay 10 Monthly instalments from 1/3/26 to 1/12/26
- Pay 20 Fortnightly instalments from 1/3/26 to 22/11/26
HCC Discounts – If you have an eligible Centrelink Health Care Card or Pension Card, could you please present your card for copying by the school office or alternatively email the card. Families who have expired cards will be contacted to provide their current details.
If you have any questions, please email or contact me directly and I’ll be happy to assist. Thank you for your continued support with payment of your fees.
Kind regards
Steve Tucker
FINANCE MANAGER
Ph: 92417506
PUPIL FREE DAYS 2026
Please note the following days are Pupil Free Days for staff professional learning:
- Friday 3rd March 2026 (Public Holiday)
- Monday 27th April 2026 (Public Holiday)
- Tuesday 28th April 2026 (Staff PD)
- Monday 1st June 2026 (Public Holiday)
- Tuesday 2nd June 2026 (Staff PD)
- Monday 20th July 2026 (Staff PD)
- Monday 17th August 2026 (Catholic Day)
- Monday 12th October 2026 (Staff PD)
NEW STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
As we enter into the new school year, I wish you many wonderful experiences with your children. Take care this week and enjoy establishing positive relationships with others in our community. If you see our new families around the school, I know you will make them feel very welcome. We have many new families joining us in 2026, and as we have all been there as parents, it can be daunting in the early days.
FOOD ALLERGIES
As parents will be aware, some children in our school are allergic to some foods. This is an extremely stressful time for parents as they do entrust the school with taking care of their most precious gifts.
It would be appreciated if parents could reinforce with their children that there is no sharing of morning tea or lunches or buying of food from the canteen for others at school. Your understanding and support is much appreciated.
Our students who have allergies are encouraged to wear the red cross on their collars to highlight to staff and students that they have an allergy. The fabric red cross transfers are available from the school office.
As you may be aware, most schools are nut aware rather than nut free as it is impossible to be completely nut free. In order to protect our students, and due to the rise of anaphylaxis cases within our schools, parents are asked not to send any food items to school which contain nuts or traces of nuts. There are numerous other allergies related to food that can cause severe reactions for some students. We see the health and wellbeing of our students as a priority whilst in our care.
We know you will have great understanding of how concerning it is for a child and their parents when such a risk of certain foods could put their young lives in danger.
Your support is greatly appreciated by all.
SICK/UNWELL CHILDREN AT SCHOOL
If your child is unwell/sick, please refrain from sending them to school. An unwell child in a classroom will spread their illness quickly as the children are in close contact with each other. Parent support is needed to ensure our children stay as well as they possibly can during the school year. When an unwell child is in a classroom environment, bugs can travel quickly. Your efforts and concern for other students are highly valued.
MEDICAL INFORMATION AND ASTHMA PLAN FORMS
To maintain your child’s/children’s safety at school, it is vital that we are kept up to date with any medical concerns that the students at school may have.
NOT FIT FOR PE & SPORT OR DANCE?
It is expected that students who cannot participate for a legitimate reason are provided with a note/email by their parent explaining the nature of the injury or illness.
SCHOOL TIMES
Year 1 to Year 6
8.00 am Before school duty commences
8.20 am Class doors open
8.30 am Classes commence – morning sessions
10.30 am MORNING TEA
10.50 am Classes resume-midday sessions
12.40 pm Lunchtime
1.20 pm Lessons commence – afternoon sessions
2.50 pm Pack-up bell: collect message boxes
3.00 pm School concludes
3.20 pm After school duty ends
Kindergarten
8.30 am Class doors open
8.45 am Lessons commence
2.30 pm School Concludes for the eldest child
2.50 pm School Concludes for the other students
Pre-Primary
8.20 am Class doors open
2.50 pm School Concludes
Year 1&2 Eldest 2.50pm
Rest of class 3pm
Year 3-6 2.50pm for those students with younger siblings in Kindy & Pre Primary
If children are not in their classroom by 8.30am, they must sign in at the front office before going to class otherwise they will be presumed absent.
ABSENTEES
The school online absentee form is available on our website. If you prefer to email your child’s classroom teacher on the morning your child is absent, could you please cc the school administration into your email – admin@mmccps.wa.edu.au. Alternatively, you may call the school office on 9241 7500 before 9am, but an email or website notification will still be required.
Parents will be contacted via SMS if your child is away when the school has not been notified.
SCHOOL UNIFORM GUIDELINES 2026
Thank you to our families who continue to set high standards in the appearance of our school uniform. In 2026, there will be reminder notices sent home to parents when students are consistently in the in-correct uniform or if the uniform does not meet standards. Please understand, this is about being consistent and ensuring all our students meet the requirements. Without parent support with the uniform, we can achieve very little with maintaining these high standards.
TRANSPORT PERMISSION NOTE
To avoid having to obtain signatures from parents repeatedly, we will be sending home a Transport Permission Form this term only. Please ensure you return this signed form to your classroom teacher as this will cover permission for all excursions throughout the year.
CHILDREN LEAVING THE SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
Parents/Guardians collecting children during school hours will need to sign in at the office. We will then call the students to the office. If your child is returning to school later that day, come directly to the office to sign back in. This applies for Pre Primary to Year 6 students. If someone other than the parent or guardian is picking a child up during school hours, the school must be notified.
ACCESS TO SCHOOL GROUNDS
The gates have been fitted with a remote control device. This will mean there will be no access to the school grounds between 8.45 am and 2.30 pm each day. If you require access into the school grounds you will need to enter via the school office which has been modified.
PARENTS/VISITORS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS DURING SCHOOL HOURS
All parents and visitors on school grounds during the hours from 8.45 am and 2.30 pm, must report to the school office and sign in. It is expected all visitors adhere to this procedure. This is part of our Safe Schools Policy.
CAR PARK PICK-UP and AFTER SCHOOL SUPERVISION
Kindergarten
Eldest Kindy students are walked down to the junior drop off pick up area at the front car park at 2.30pm. The remaining students are walked down at 2.50pm.
Pre-Primary
All Pre-Primary students are walked down to the junior drop off pick up area at the front car park at 2.50pm. Older children from Years 3 to 6 are to be picked up from here if they have younger siblings in Pre-Primary or Kindy.
Year 1 – 2
Eldest Years 1 and 2 students are dismissed to the junior drop off pick up area at the front car park at 2.50pm. The remaining students are dismissed at 3pm.
Please note: A Year 3-6 child that has younger siblings in PP-Year 2 must come to the front car park pick-up area.
Year 3 to Year 6
After school pick up will be from the Church end pickup area. All Years 3 to 6 students are collected from here until 3.20 pm.
At 3.20 pm, if the students have not been collected, they will be taken to the front car park near the school office.
Students not collected by 3.30 pm will come into the office. Parents will be required to see the Principal or Assistant Principal if children are collected after this time. We acknowledge there will be occasions where parents run late. If you are running later than 3.30 pm, please contact the office on 9241 7500.
Students may play on the school oval after school, but they must be supervised by their parents. This means supervised. No children should be on the oval after school unless their own parent is present.
USE OF STUDENT IMAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Please note the only images you may place on social media are images of your own children. All video footage of assemblies, concerts, Masses and other school events is for private use only. We have many students in our school who are not permitted to have their images on the internet or social media, therefore placing other students’ images on the internet without written parental consent is not permitted. We appreciate your pride in showing how talented our students are, however, we know you will all understand and respect this request.
NEWSLETTER and WEBSITE
Please remember the Penola is available on-line and the link is sent by SMS to parents every fortnight on a Wednesday. You can also access it on SeeSaw. The Penola will also be available on the school website.
CANTEEN NEWS
The new Semester 1 CANTEEN MENU for 2026 is available on the MMCCPS website or alternatively if you require a hard copy, at the office or canteen. Please refer to this new menu ONLY, as many changes have taken place.
The canteen operates on Monday, Wednesday & Friday. To alleviate using money, Mary MacKillop Catholic Community Primary School has an online ordering system for canteen orders. All Online must be ordered by 8.30 am. This enables a more efficient and effective service available to you and your family. You can visit quickcliq.com.au to register.
All lunch/recess orders must be placed in classroom baskets before the class commences. They will then be taken to the canteen. If your child is late, they are to take the lunch order directly to the canteen.
All prepaid drink orders from Yrs 1-6 are to be collected by your child at the canteen with their lunch order bags as proof of purchase.
Ice creams are then sold after the students are dismissed from eating their lunch. If ice creams are pre ordered, the bag must be shown at the canteen when picking up the ice cream.
Please note, your child can purchase a drink or ice cream without pre ordering if they have money.
Parents, please do not allow your children to buy ice creams for their friends and large amounts of money should not be given to them. Thank you for your co operation in this matter.
If you wish to volunteer in the canteen please come and see me. We would like parents who have some spare time to come and help in the canteen to be a volunteer! It’s so rewarding for parents to see their children at school helping us.
If you have any queries, please come and see either myself or Kath and we will be happy to help. Regards,
Sabrina Weale Canteen Manager
UNIFORM SHOP
The uniform shop is open on site at the School
Tuesday Morning 8.00am-9.30am
EFTPOS AVAILABLE
Julie
Uniform Shop Manager
Alternatively you can go to Uniform Concepts Monday – Friday including Saturday Morning
834 Beaufort St Inglewood. 9270 4658.
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS
If you would like to purchase any second hand uniforms, please contact either
Jade D’Souza 0409680769 or Leslee Kretschmer on 0400059320. Opening times will be sent to all parents via text message.