STRONG MINDS,
GENTLE HEARTS
News from Frazer Rigby
Deputy Principal
St Augustine's College Cairns
A warm welcome to the 2025 Saints year which has commenced in a positive fashion with good order and relative calm. The young men of Saints are exceptionally good at getting into the routine of college life.
Thank you to families for adhering to the Stop Drop Go zone procedures. The zone is closed until 2:40pm on a Wednesday to allow students, returning from sport, to safely alight from multiple buses.
There are several things you can do to help keep traffic moving smoothly:
Organise to pick up your son a little later as the zone tends to clear by 3:40pm or organise to pick him up at Barlow Park. On Wednesday, the zone is clear by 2:45pm.
Keep moving along the zone until you reach the front of the line to reduce congestion.
If he is not waiting for you at the front of the line, continue out of the zone and drive around the block. This will also reduce congestion and improve traffic flow.
Do not enter via the bus zone as four buses stop there to pick up students.
Informing us of your son's absence
- Use the MyCE App, Parent Portal or email sac.absences@cns.catholic.edu.au before 8:30am.
- Give your son's name, year level and reason for his absence.
- If he's absent due to illness for two or more consecutive days a medical certificate must be emailed to sac.absences@cns.catholic.edu.au.
Leave requests
- Ideally, restrict leave to gazetted term holidays.
- Requests for leave outside normal holiday times must be made by completing a Request for Student Absence form which is emailed to sac.absences@cns.catholic.edu.au. This form is on the Parent Portal under Documents and at the College office.
- Leave must be approved by the Principal before any leave arrangements are made.
The homeroom teacher is the first point of contact for parents and carers in relation to their sons' pastoral and academic development. You would have received a letter from your son's head of year introducing you to his homeroom teacher and their contact details. Please feel free to contact them with any concerns or questions.