Executive Director’s Update to Principals #40 - 18 August 2022
Positive Start Program 2022
Positive Start offers students in low-fee Catholic schools a chance to reconnect with their peers and enjoy the kinds of activities many may have missed out on over the past two years.
This program aims to boost physical and emotional health of students in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In consultation with DET, this Term 3 and 4 update includes the following information;
- Some of the free Positive Start programs still available for booking,
- Booking and rebooking school camps,
- Promoting holiday camps to eligible students.
Please see the attachment below for further details.
The below schools have been identified for eligibility for the Positive Start Program.
| SCHOOL NAME | SUBURB |
| All Saints Parish School | PORTLAND |
| Damascus College | MOUNT CLEAR |
| Emmanuel College | WARRNAMBOOL |
| Emmaus Catholic Primary School | MOUNT CLEAR |
| Loreto College | BALLARAT |
| Lumen Christi Primary School | DELACOMBE |
| Marian College | ARARAT |
| Mercy Regional College | CAMPERDOWN |
| Mercy Regional College | CAMPERDOWN |
| Monivae College | HAMILTON |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School | MURTOA |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School | WARRNAMBOOL EAST |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School | WENDOUREE |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School | MERBEIN |
| Sacred Heart Primary School | CASTERTON |
| Sacred Heart School | ELIMINYT |
| Sacred Heart School | MILDURA |
| Siena Catholic Primary School | LUCAS |
| St Alipius' School | BALLARAT EAST |
| St Aloysius' School | REDAN |
| St Augustine's School | CRESWICK |
| St Augustine's School | MARYBOROUGH |
| St Brendan's Primary School | DUNNSTOWN |
| St Brendan's School | CORAGULAC |
| St Brigid's College | HORSHAM |
| St Brigid's School | BALLAN |
| St Colman's School | MORTLAKE |
| St Columba's School | BALLARAT NORTH |
| St Francis Xavier Primary School | BALLARAT EAST |
| St James' School | SEBASTOPOL |
| St John's School | DENNINGTON |
| St Joseph's College | MILDURA |
| St Joseph's Primary School | RED CLIFFS |
| St Joseph's Primary School | WARRNAMBOOL |
| St Joseph's School | CHARLTON |
| St Joseph's School | COLERAINE |
| St Joseph's School | HOPETOUN |
| St Joseph's School | PENSHURST |
| St Malachy's School | EDENHOPE |
| St Mary Mackillop College | SWAN HILL |
| St Mary's Primary School | HAMILTON |
| St Mary's Primary School | WARRACKNABEAL |
| St Mary's School | ARARAT |
| St Mary's School | CLARKES HILL |
| St Mary's School | COLAC |
| St Mary's School | DONALD |
| St Mary's School | ROBINVALE |
| St Mary's School | SEA LAKE |
| St Mary's School | SWAN HILL |
| St Michael's School | DAYLESFORD |
| St Patrick's College | BALLARAT |
| St Patrick's Primary School | BALLARAT |
| St Patrick's Primary School | PORT FAIRY |
| St Patrick's School | CAMPERDOWN |
| St Patrick's School | GORDON |
| St Patrick's School | KOROIT |
| St Patrick's School | NHILL |
| St Patrick's School | ST ARNAUD |
| St Patrick's School | STAWELL |
| St Paul's Primary School | MILDURA |
| St Pius X Parish Primary School | WARRNAMBOOL WEST |
| St Thomas More's School | ALFREDTON |
| St Thomas' School | TERANG |
| Sts Michael and John's Primary School | HORSHAM |
| Trinity College Colac | COLAC |