General News
UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR WEEK 3
Thursday 29th July - SPORTS Uniform for St Ed's Athletics Carnival
Friday 30th July - SPORTS Uniform
Commonwealth School Data Collection Notice
It is a requirement of the Australian Government to collect information about your child's school, its staff and student body. Please refer to the link below for more information.
Primary Art Work showcased - Tamworth Craft Shed - Saturday 7th August
LATE ARRIVALS
We cannot stress enough the importance of getting your children to school on time every day. There has been an alarming increase of students arriving at school after the bell time of 8.45am. Students arriving at school late has an impact on the students themselves, the class and the teacher, not to mention the valuable learning time the students are missing if this is a regular occurrence. Please support us in ensuring your children arrive at school before 8.45am.
SCHOOL BUS BAY
We remind parents NOT to park in the school bus bay zones during the hours of 8.00am - 9.30am and 2.30pm - 4.00pm. Some Infants parents have been witnessed parking in the bus bay during these times and this causes great frustration for the bus drivers and is also a safety concern. Thank you for your cooperation.
LOST & FOUND
Missing at the Primary Campus is a school jumper with Lucie Purkiss' name on the inside. If anyone finds it, please drop it into the Primary Office.
Missing at the Infants Campus are 2 school jumpers, clearly labelled and belonging to Jack Taylor in 2R. We ask that Parents and Carers check your child/ren's jumper and if found, please return to the Infants Office. Thank you.
Missing at the Infants Campus on Wednesday 28th July is a fitbit (orange band) belonging to a student in 2R. If found, please return to Miss Ruttley.
Found at the Infants is a child's bracelet (shown below). Please see the Infants Office to claim.
COVID-19 NEWS
Please find the latest COVID-19 arrangements letter from our Catholic Schools Office below:
We will keep you updated with revised updates through the Newsletter and our Compass Portal as well.
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).
STUDENT ABSENCES
Please remember you have 7 days only to explain your child's absence on Compass. After 7 days you lose the opportunity to explain why your child was not at school. You will receive an SMS to prompt you to complete the task at 10:00am on the day if you have not already done it.
CANTEEN REMINDER
Please ensure that all online orders are placed on the QKR app BEFORE 9.30am for food items to be received on that same day.
If you forget to place your order on QKR before the 9.30am cut-off time, please phone the School Canteen via the Primary Office (6765 7847) as soon as possible and Mrs Dubois or Mrs Bridge will do their very best to accommodate your child's order. EFTPOS payment must also be made over the phone.
School uniform items that are available for purchase can be found on the QKR app.
ST ED'S PARENT ASSOCIATION
If you can’t make it to a meeting or have ideas you would like to share, please drop us a line at stedsparentsassociation@gmail.com anytime!
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.
PARENTING IDEAS
Please follow the link to the Parenting Ideas blog. New articles are published each fortnight from Michael Grose, one of Australia’s most accomplished parenting and educational speakers.
LOWES
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