16 May 2023

From the Assistant Principal

Welcome back to Term 2. Students have returned looking rested and refreshed and all staff are looking forward to a term of learning.

Harding Hot Tips – Getting off to a Good Start

Having a positive attitude to learning, setting up practical procedures and being organised with your school work is one way to ensure that students have a good start to the term. Here are a few tips to assist students to make a good start to the term:
  1. Use the College Diary to record homework and assessments – parents please sign the diary each week
  2. Pack your school bag the night before to eliminate the rush in the morning
  3. Charge your laptop overnight
  4. Check emails regularly to keep up to date with information
  5. Set up a quiet study area at home for homework
  6. Place assessment calendars in a place that can be easily checked on a regular basis
  7. Make an early start on assessment tasks

Winter Uniform

I appreciate the efforts of parents and carers in ensuring that their daughters have returned wearing their uniform with pride. To ensure the year continues to be a successful one for both your daughter and the whole school community, below are reminders regarding our College uniform and grooming regulations.

  • The Winter Uniform includes the Blazer and Stockings as compulsory items
  • The jumper can be worn with this uniform as long as the Blazer is the outer garment when coming to school and leaving school.

In keeping with a focus on excellence and the way in which girls wear the uniform, it is important for all students to know that eyelash extensions are not a part of the uniform. Students wearing obviously extended eyelashes will be sent home and are required to remove these. Any unnatural addition: hair colour, eyelash extension, fake nails are not acceptable and not part of the College uniform.

The College uniform is something we are all proud of as a community. It reflects our values as a Catholic school and demonstrates our high expectations of all of our students at MMCC. We thank all parents for your support of our College uniform regulations and ask that you only provide a note excusing your daughter’s incorrect uniform in exceptional/rare circumstances.

 

Parent Compass Access and Email Address

Are you on Compass? Does the College have your correct email address? If you require any assistance with Compass, please contact Mrs Grace Labbozzetta at the College on 9725 4322.

 

Attendance

If your daughter is absent, an explanation needs to be added by the parent onto the Compass portal. Where possible, please include medical documentation.

If your daughter is sick:

  • It is imperative that any girl with any cold or flu-like symptoms: sniffle, scratchy throat, etc, stay at home, take a RAT or PCR test and remain at home until symptoms have gone.
  • Any student who is unwell at school will be isolated in the school sick bay until she can be collected by a parent or carer.

Thank you for your continued support. If you require any assistance please do not hesitate to contact the College.

Mrs Christine Harding