St Edward's Primary School, Tamworth

General News

2022 School Term Dates

Regular attendance at school is essential for students to achieve quality life outcomes. Parents or carers of children of compulsory school age are responsible for ensuring their child attends school every day. Here are the school terms for 2022 for our students:

 

Term One:  Tuesday 1 February - Friday 8 April

Term Two:  Tuesday 26 April - Friday 1 July

Term Three: Monday 18 July - Thursday 22 September

Term Four:   Monday 10 October - Friday 16 December

2023 Kindergarten Enrolments - ENROL NOW

Applications for Kindergarten 2023 are NOW OPEN. Please contact the Infants Campus for an enrolment pack. Enrolment Forms will not be processed until all supporting documents are received: Birth Certificate; Immunisation Certificate; Baptismal Certificate (only required if your child is baptised Catholic) and proof of student’s residential address. Please spread the word if you know of anyone with a child wishing to start at St Edward's School in Kindergarten in 2023.

 

Because we are to committed to only 92 Kinders for 2023, it is important that siblings of current students starting Kinder enrol as soon as possible to guarentee their place in Kinder for 2023. Applications for Kindergarten will close at the end of March.

 

The benefit of enrolling early is that your child will be able to participate in our "pre" school programs including our 1000 Books Before School, St Edward's Play Group and key preschool assessments in readiness to start Kinder 2023. Early enrolments help staff prepare learning programs.

Important Dates  

Monday 7th February 2022

Term 1 commences for Kindergarten students, full days 8.45am - 3.00pm

 

Monday 28th & Tuesday 29th March 2022

Pupil Free Day / Staff Development Day for St Edward's Learning Symposium

 

P&F meetings for this year are scheduled for:

  • Tuesday 22 February @ 5:30 pm (Everyone welcome)
  • Tuesday 17 May @ 5:30 pm (Everyone welcome)
  • Tuesday 9 August @ 5:30 pm (Everyone welcome)
  • Tuesday 1 November @ 5:30 pm (Everyone welcome)

Our School Advisory Council (SAC) meeting will be held on:

  • Monday 14 March @ 5:30 pm (Please come along and learn more about the SAC)
  • Monday 20 June @ 5:30 pm
  • Monday 5 September @ 5:30 pm
  • Monday 28 November @ 5:30 pm

PRIMARY CAMPUS KISS AND DROP 

For our new familes who have commenced at the Primary Campus this year, please familiarise yourself and watch the following video as a quick reference for the Kiss and Drop Area.  The safety of our students is paramount and we all need to work together to maintain this safety.

 

 

  • Please also be considerate of our neighbours in Wongala and Coorong Streets. Please do not park across their driveways and be mindful of your speed as you drive along these streets.
  • Please enter the Kiss and Drop along Wongala Street and exit along Coorong Street to allow the traffic to flow smoothly.                                                                                                                                                 Thank you for your contined support.

School Hours & Supervision

The school grounds are supervised from 8.15am until the last bus leaves in the afternoon. No child is to be at school before 8.15am and all should leave the school grounds as soon as possible after 3.00pm.

School starts:  8.45am 

Recess: 11.00am – 11.40am 

Lunch: 1.20pm – 1.50pm 

School finishes: 3.00pm

 

OFFICE HOURS

Primary & Infants Office: 8.30am to 3.30pm daily when fee payments and general enquiries can be made by parents. 

Attendance

Children are required to attend school from 8.45am to 3.00pm.  It is essential that children are always present at school, except in the case of sickness.  

 

Whenever a child is absent, parents are required to explain this absence through the Compass App. An SMS message is sent to parents on the morning of the absence if no notification of absence has been received before 10.00am.  If an absence is not explained within 7 days, through Compass, your child will be marked as Absent Unexplained and this will also be documented on the semester report. After 7 days this cannot be changed. 

Compass

Compass is our School Parent Portal.  It will allow you to access up-to-date and meaningful information about our school and your child's progress. Compass includes many different features, including the ability to:          

  • Approve past absences for your child.
  • Enter upcoming absences for your child.
  • Access your child's Academic Reports.
  • Access information regarding upcoming events and newsletters.
  • Book your Parent/Student/Teacher conferences.
  • View up-to-date class and school attendance information.
  • Download, print and approve upcoming excursions.
  • Update your registered email and mobile number (used for SMS alerts).

 Contacting Class Teachers

We encourage parents to contact class teachers by email between 8.00am and 5.00pm; Monday to Friday only.  Please be aware, teachers need time to reply to your email as during the school day they are either teaching, on duty or in meetings. We love to hear from you but just not late at night. If a matter is urgent, please ring the school and leave a message for the teacher to contact you. Thank you for your cooperation in this. 

 

Qkr!...THE EXCITING SCHOOL APP!!

We would like to remind our families that St Ed’s has Qkr! This mobile App allows fast and easy payments with the flexibility to pay your School Fees, School Activity Levy, Lunch Orders, School Clothing Orders and Excursion money wherever and whenever you like. Simply download the Qkr! App from the app store (iPhone) or Google Play (Android). Register your child’s details on the App and away you go!!   

St Edward’s School Tamworth - 2022 Schedule of Fees & Levies

School fees PER TERM (Terms 1, 2 & 3 only) for 2022 are:  

·         1 child                        $482.00 

·         2 children                  $867.60   (20% discount child 2)

·         3 or more children  $1108.60 (50% discount child 3)

 

School fees ANNUAL for 2022 are:

·         1 child                        $1446.00 

·         2 children                  $2602.80  (20% discount child 2)

·         3 or more children  $3325.80  (50% discount child 3)

 

2022 Sport & School Activity Levy per child is:

Primary Students            $70.00 per student

Infants Students              $50.00 per student

 

St Edward’s Sport & School Activity Levy (SASA Levy) covers the cost of sport activities and extracurricular activities that students participate in and is in addition to School Fees.

 

Please note: We kindly ask that any parents/carers who already have a direct debit in place to please make the relevant adjustment to your weekly/fortnightly amount to cover the slight increase in school fees in 2022 and/or another child commencing Kindergarten or finishing Year 6.  For any enquiries, please contact either school office.

Esteem Kids

Before school care is available in the Infants Hall.  It operates from 7:00am to 8:30am, Monday through Friday during term and breakfast is provided. After school care is also available in the Infants Hall from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Monday through Friday and afternoon tea is provided.

 

Families are encouraged to make enquiries or express interest by contacting William Wong on 0410 841 628 or email: info@esteemkidsgroup.com.au or visit the website at www.esteemkidsgroup.com.au

 

Please remember to contact (telephone or text) Esteem Kids St Edward's directly if your child is going to be absent on 0481 373 883.  Thank you.

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