General News
Dhulu - Message Stick
Dhirrabuu (Deadly) learning in Cultural Immersion Groups
At St Edward's Primary School we provide our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with an opportunity to connect with country, culture and language through Cultural Immersion Groups supported by our AEAs. Below, we will be sharing images and a small blurb about activities that are completed in each grades group.
| Grade | Lesson Activity |
|---|---|
| 3 | Kinship and Family This term our Year 3 students have been learning about the importance of Family and Kinship. They have completed Kinship trees and have learnt Family Names in Gamilaraay language through the past few weeks. |
| 4 | Counting 0-10 in Gamilaraay language. Our students created a learning activity sheet for one of their mailyaa (friends) to complete. |
| 5 | Meeting Places and Yarning Circles Our students yarned and shared what they think meeting places and yarning circles are and their importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
| 6 | Indigenous History Project Our Year 6 students have selected a cultural area to research and create a project on. We are super excited to complete these and present to our Cultural Immersion group. They will complete this activity for the remainder of the term. |
Gamilaraay Word of Week - Family (Dhiiyaan)
Week 1: Dad - Bubaa
Week 2: Mum - Gunii
Week 3: Sister - Baawaa
Week 4: Brother - Dhagaan
Week 5: Aunty - Walgan
Week 6: Uncle: Garruu
Yaadha Buwadjarr-gu (Father's Day)
Term 3 - Significant dates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Indigenous Literacy Day - 7th September
Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - 13th September
NSW Aboriginal Rugby League KnockOut - 29th September - 1st October
AEA team
Brittany Cloake
Primary AEA
Jarrod Peachey
Primary AEA
Amanda Gwalter
Infants AEA
Sally-Anne Clarke
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Focus Teacher
Word of the Week
Students are encouraged to continually use the "Word of the Week" in context during class, this will gain them points and the student who has used the word of the week the most will be awarded a book at the end of this term.
We will publish our Word of the Week on Facebook and in the newsletter. Please support your child to use this word at home.
Term 3 Week 6 Word of the Week "FUSSPOT"
Father's Day Breakfast/Celebrations - Friday 30th August
There will be a Father’s Day Breakfast (bacon & egg sandwiches) tomorrow, Friday 30th August, at the Primary Campus, Hillvue Road. Orders have been placed and we will begin serving at 7.30am. Handball and hoops will follow on after breakfast until 9.00am. We warmly welcome our Fathers, Step-Fathers, Grandfathers and Father-figures to join us for this celebration.
IMPORTANT: Please do not park in the Bus Bay OR any of the carparks reserved for Mass/Church.
Happy Father's Day!
With God’s grace and blessings we wish all of our fathers, step fathers, grandfathers, and carers a wonderful Father's Day this coming Sunday 1st September. We hope your loved ones spoil you and that you enjoy special family time together.
Annual School Survey
An annual satisfaction survey of parents, students and staff will be conducted on behalf of all Catholic schools in the Diocese this term. The surveys are designed to gather feedback from parents, staff and students about our school and will be used to inform school improvement. Responses are confidential and individuals cannot be identified. The surveys were launched via email on Monday 26th August 2024 using the email addresses supplied to the school. If you did not receive an email with a link to the survey, you can access and complete the survey via the following link.
https://www.research.net/r/StEdwardsPARENT2024
The survey will close on Wednesday 4th September 2024. Thank you for your ongoing support of St Edward's School.
Infants Concrete Garden
Last week, as part of our Book Week celebrations and in connection with the CBCA books, the Infants children were busy creating a Concrete Garden with chalk out the front of the Library. Each class took a turn of adding to the garden and the care and thought was just amazing, there was not one scribble in sight!
The Infants students also made some Gymnastica Fantastica dancing ribbons in break times which was also a fun thing to do! We hope all our Infants parents enjoyed hearing about the concrete garden and dancing ribbons, it was such a fun activityfor all the children to do!
Term 3 School Fees
Thank you for your continued support of St Edward's School. Term 3 fees have now been issued via email. The sender will be noreply.schoolfeestatement (please check your junk/spam folders). These school fees are due by Friday 30th August. Compass Pay or BPAY is our preferred method of payment for school fees (details are on your statement). BPAY can be set up as a recurring payment with regular amount to cover annual school fees. If you would like a weekly/fortnightly/monthly amount worked out for you or have any further questions, please email Hannah - setadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au
School Uniform Change
With the weather warming up we have decided that we will accommodate a transition period with school uniform through until the end of this term. Students are free to wear their full summer or full winter uniforms for the remainder of this term, but NOT a mixture of both. Please see the infographic below for more details:
St Ed's P & F - next meeting
The next P & F meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th September at 5.30pm in the Primary Staffroom. We warmly welcome all parents and carers to come along and become involved in this important facet of school life, especially any of our new parents! We look forward to seeing you there.
Nut Aware School
Please remember that we are a nut aware school and have a number of students who have severe and mild allergies to both peanuts and tree nuts. We strongly encourage parents not to send food containing nuts to school as the smallest traces can cause a severe anaphylactic reaction. Thank you for your continued support.
2024 Pupil Free/Staff Development Days
We ask parents and carers to please mark the remaining Pupil Free Days for 2024 in your calendars. These dates are when St Edward's staff will be undertaking professional development:
Friday 27th September
Monday 14th October
Friday 20th December
Save the Date - St Ed's School Fun Run - Friday 18th October, 4.30pm, Primary Oval
Our wonderful St Ed's P & F are once again hosting our 2024 School Fun Run to fundraise for our school. The Fun Run will be held on Friday 18th October (Term 4, Week 1) at 4.30pm on the Primary Campus Oval. A letter and information booklet has now gone home with all students. Don't forget to register your child's name and class at funrun.com.au. Create your child's profile page and share with family and friends to spread the word! Every student who raises $10 or more will be able to pick a prize! The Class with the most registered profiles by Friday 23rd August will also get a prize each.
St Ed's P & F 90's Trivia Night
Our P&F committee know how to create an electrifying atmosphere!! The 90's certainly was the peak of fashion. It was wonderful to welcome 16 tables to our P&F Trivia night hosted by Mel and Lauren. This year's event had a 90's theme, with plenty of Double Denim, flannels, Clueless, Where's Wally, Mighty Ducks and Slash in the room to name a few. The best-dressed team prize was awarded to The Mighty Ducks for their costume creativity and effort! Chris Clarke best dressed male and Tash Gippel and Em Press were the best dressed female. The P & F night raised over $7,000. A big "Thank You" to all the sponsors who generously supplied prizes and vouchers for the evening, Ryan Newberry for being the amazing MC, Bec and Gavin for running the raffles and Alison and Amanda on the recording table. Last but not least, congratulations to table #8 - Street Smart crowned 2024 winners who were also the returning champions from our 2022 trivia night.
Supervision of Students
A reminder that school commences at 8.45am and ends at 3.00pm.
Please note that supervision of students commences at 8.15am and families are kindly asked not to drop off children before this time. It is not appropriate for children to be at school before this time with no supervision. If your child/ren require care before 8.15am you may like to consider before school care here at school with Esteem.
Change in Afternoon Routine
If there is any change in your child's afternoon routine, parents and carers are asked to please phone either school office before 2.30pm, thank you.
Attendance
Hope Kitchen
“HOPe Outreach are looking for additional volunteers to join their team to assist in HOPe’s ministry to the Rural Fire Service. HOPe will use our food truck to provide meals to fire fighters, support staff, incident controllers & evacuees in fire emergencies around the Diocese. Training in food handling and the operation of the truck is provided free of charge to volunteers.
In order to keep the skills required and build team spirit, we also make our truck available to serve food & coffee at parish functions & fetes around the Diocese. Contact us if you will like the HOPe truck to come to your parish or school function!
Can you assist as a volunteer? Many employers provide paid leave for staff who volunteer to assist the RFS & SES in times of crisis or you may have time to volunteer out of work hours remembering that emergencies are not 9 to 5 events! If you are interested in joining this amazing team, or to make an enquiry about the work of HOPe, please email your details to pmanvell@armidale.catholic.org.au and we will be in touch with you.
God Bless one and all,
Deacon Paul Manvell – Heart Of Peace
Esteem Kids
Before school care is available in the Infants Hall for both Primary and Infants students. It operates from 7:00am to 8:30am, Monday through Friday during term and breakfast is provided.
After school care is available in the Infants Hall for Infants students only from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Monday through Friday. PLEASE NOTE this year that after school care is now operating from the Primary Art Room for primary students only from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Monday through Friday. 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
ABSENCES - 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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