Dear Parents, Caregivers & Students

Hoping that everyone was able to enjoy the long weekend and possibly recuperate from some of the “bugs” that many students seem to have at the moment. We are requesting that children are kept at home if they are sick, as this avoids others catching the colds and bugs, as well as possibly helping a sick child recover much quicker. Please remember to provide an explanation if your child is not at school.

We are very fortunate that we have had some warmer, sunny days and the freezing cold days have been minimal for this stage in the year. A reminder that non-uniform coats are only to be worn on freezing days and school jumpers/jackets must be worn as well as these coats not instead of our jumpers. We require every student to wear our full school uniform. School beanies are available from the office for $15.00. Thank you to all our families who dress their children in our uniform & ensure that their child wears their uniform with pride.

SCHOOL CONCERT – CLAIM THE DATE – 24th October – 11.30am & 6.00pm

Mr Dom Lindsay, our Music teacher, is preparing a school concert involving every class and every student, so we are asking families to save this date. This will be in place of our Christmas Concert and will be our Christmas gift to members of our community, as we will be inviting parishioners & residents of nursing homes to come along & enjoy some entertainment at the matinee performance.

LANGUAGE SURVEY

There is a survey of the languages that are spoken by your family that has been sent home as a paper copy and we are asking everyone to complete the survey (one per family). This is to assist us with planning for support and to provide our Catholic Education Office with information regarding the needs of families in the whole Diocese. Please complete as soon as possible & return the paper copy to the school. If you need assistance please contact Eileen or Shauna at the front office.

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE – A REMINDER

We are seeking feedback from all our parents/caregivers as to the possibility of using these services if we offered this on-site from 2020. This may be from a full-time, part-time or on a casual basis. It is really important for us to have appropriate numbers to be able to proceed with organising the establishment of our STA Out Of School Hours services.

The survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RMFPK6Q

SCHOOL CANTEEN 2020

Our wonderful Mairead Stirling in the Canteen will be finishing at STA at the end of this year as her youngest child leaves Year 6. When we are farewelling people in Term 4, there will be an opportunity for our school community to suitably acknowledge her great contribution to our school.

This notice is to announce that we will be putting the School Canteen Management out for tender for anyone who may be interested in taking over from Mairead. There are policies and procedures that are required by the Catholic Education Office that we will make available to interested parties. All the details will be available from next term and further information will be announced in the newsletter.

PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Please take the opportunity to book in to speak with your child’s teacher in Week 10 of this term. Student Reports for Years 1-6 will be published via the COMPASS APP on Friday, 28th June, so that you can have some discussion regarding your child’s progress after their first semester of learning.

Please see the attached flyer for booking details:

Students do not attend school on this day.

Please note our next Assembly is Friday 5th July starting at 2.00pm as we will celebrate NAIDOC Week, present age champions and farewell Ms Kerry Lord who will be taking twelve months leave.

We wish our Year 6 students a fantastic day in Canberra tomorrow & using this opportunity to see first-hand all the aspects of our Australian Parliament that they have been learning about in class.

Warm regards

Mary-Lynn Lane

Principal

IMPORTANT DATES

ALTAR SERVERS

Winter Appeal for Blankets and Coats

When families can’t afford to pay their energy bill, they decide to freeze in a cold home or to go hungry?

“Every day in Australia, someone faces impossible choices like this. 

They need help from you and I to get through the winter,”

 It’s easy to forget that people struggling to make ends meet are people just like you and me. They face choices no-one should have to make. A job loss, health issues,  – can  threaten  a family’s  security.

Winter is a very difficult time of year if you are homeless or you can’t pay for your heating or other essentials.

St Vincent de Paul rely on generous donations from the community to support the Winter Appeal.

This winter, please help!

St Vincent de Paul needs blankets to keep families warm.

If you have clean used blankets please donate them.

If each student donates a gold coin, every class in STA could buy new blanket for Vinnies.

Try to  REMEMBER POPE FRANCIS’ LIST…

The ribbons for the field events will be presented during morning assembly on Wednesday 3 July (Week 10 this term).

The age champion medallions will be presented at the final assembly for this term which will commence at 2 pm on Friday 5 July.

Good luck to the students taking part in the Netball Gala Day on Thursday 27 June at Minto.

YEAR 1 - Excursion to Symbio Zoo

Remy 1 Gold

Bede 1 Gold

On Friday my class went to Symbio. It took an hour to get there.

When we got there we went past the waterpark. First thing we did was put our bags down.

Then my class and me got to pat reptiles. Next thing we did was go with Ranger Peter into a cave.  When we were in the cave we got to see some snakes.

Samuel 1 Blue

On Friday we went to Symbio Zoo on a bus to discover all about animals.

First we went past the waterpark and then to the stadium to eat some food. Then we went to play.

After we played we went to see some animals. We saw snakes and emus.

Finally we went back to school.

Delna 1 Blue

Friday 14 June:  Year 6 Excursion:

The students will be travelling to Canberra to visit the Australian War Memorial, Old Parliament House/National Electoral Education Centre (EEC) and Parliament House.  

Friday 21 June:  Pupil Free Day

Friday 28 June:  Reports available via Compass

Monday 1 - Thursday 4 July:  Parent/Teacher Interviews

Friday 5 July:  NAIDOC Liturgy 2 pm followed by Assembly (last day of term)

If you require further information regarding any of the above,
please contact the school office.  

At this stage, permission for events can also still be provided via the Skoolbag app, however we will eventually transition to Compass only
for all consent and permission forms.