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ENROLMENT INFORMATION 2007
Please contact the office on 4758 6044 for term dates and fees for 2007 OFFICE HOURS: 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. SCHOOL
HOURS: Kindergarten children are to be picked up from the Kindergarten playground, children from the other classes can be picked up from their classrooms or the circular driveway at the top of the school. The internal road from Kindergarten to the circular driveway is one-way. SCHOOL BUS: The school has its own bus, which picks up and drops off the children from the Lower Blue Mountains, including Blaxland, Warrimoo, Valley Heights and Springwood. Children living between Hazelbrook and Blackheath catch the train and/or the local private bus service and the school's own bus picks them up from Hazelbrook Station. SCHOOL FEES: Please contact the office for details of the current fee structure and enrolment fees.
1) Fees per term are payable in advance from the first week of term and must be paid within 21 days unless a prior arrangements in writing have been made with the Financial Manager. 2) Fees for a new student starting at the school after the term has commenced will be charged only for the term weeks s/he attends. 3) Full fees for a term are payable even when a child is absent from school during that term. 4) Four weeks’ notice during term in writing is required for a student’s withdrawal from the school. Failure to give the required notice will attract a week’s fees for each week of notice not given. These fees are in addition to the term’s fees. The term’s fees are to be payed in full even if a student does not remain at the school for the entire term. Upon departure from the school all outstanding fees will be referred to a Debt Collection Agent. 5) The school reserves the right to not allow a child back to school in one term if the child’s account is in arrears from the previous term. 6) Fee Relief is available to families who have been enrolled in the school for more than one year and all previous fees have been paid up to date. Fee relief is designed for families who experience unexpected financial hardship. Applications for fee relief are to be made in advance and not after a term’s fees have gone unpaid. Applications for fee relief are to be lodged in May and November. Forms are available in the office. A small amount is set-aside in the budget for fee relief. Fee relief is graded on a sliding scale and is short term only. The fee committee will assess each application on its merits. Not all applications will be successful. Fee relief is granted for two terms at a time. Where fee relief is granted, failure to pay all outstanding monies by the end of term may result in the fee relief for that term being revoked.
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GENERAL : Queries can be brought to the Educational Coordinator for clarification. Parent/Teacher meetings are held at least twice a year for each class. At these meetings class curriculum matters are discussed and parents participate in the artistic activities that the children are involved in. Individual interviews are arranged during Term 2 or 3, Teachers are open to make home visits where desired. Reports are provided for primary students at the end of Term 2 and 4. Family
and friends are welcome to attend school festivals. We ask that no filming
and or photography is used (except where prior permission is granted where
deemed appropriate). Parents/Carers wishing to show visitors around the school are welcome to do so, please contact the Office for a suitable time. Visitors to the school are required to sign “in and out” at the office. Parents/Carers – extended family and friends are welcome to take part in “Open Main Lesson” (Classroom observation) please contact the office to make a booking. Parents/Carers are invited to join one of the many and varied Parent Committee’s; this is a wonderful opportunity to meet other parents and nurture the school community. Parents/Carers are often involved in various classroom assistance activities; offering support to the class and Teacher. This is a wonderful opportunity to share in a child’s learning experience. The class Teacher will identify support areas and work in conjunction with the Class Representative to coordinate a Help Roster for those who enjoying assisting. Parents/Carers who have a child enrolled in the school are eligible to become members of The Blue Mountains Steiner School Limited. Membership is required to vote at the Annual General Meeting held in Term One each year. To stand for election to Council (the Board of Directors) it is recommended that parents be a member of the school community for at least 3 years. All staff working with children at our school must agree to have a “Working with Children Police Check” prior to employment. All volunteers must sign a “Prohibited Employment Declaration” by law. Copies of the following policies can be obtained from the office.
· Assessment Strategies
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TOYS: Toys from home are discouraged. This helps the children to identify with the differing relationships to home life and school life. TELEVISION, VIDEO AND COMPUTER GAMES: Teachers cannot emphasise strongly enough that television, video and computer games are damaging to children (especially young children) and inhibit the healthy development of concentration, imagination and general work habits. Television before school should be especially avoided if not discouraged altogether. RECOMMENDED READING: Strangers
in Our Homes: TV and Our Children’s Minds “un-TV”
guide: How and why to discover the joys of family life without television. Behind
the Screen: The effects of “screen time” on the growing child Is
television violence emulated? Learning
to log off: Children’s
Television Viewing And Obesity And Aggression. Television:
The Cyclops that eats Books Look
what they’ve done to my brain! How info overload is changing our
minds. 50
or so Reasons Not to Let Your Child Indulge in T.V. Watching Endangered
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