School News
Upcoming Dates, RE News, Library News & Important Updates
SCHOOL CALENDAR & COMMUNICATION
Please click here to access our school calendar to view all important upcoming dates. St Edward's Parent Calendar can also be accessed via your Compass Portal. From the Compass app you can access the calendar from the calendar symbol at the bottom of the screen. If you are accessing Compass via a browser the calendar symbol is on the top left.
Please make sure to like us on Facebook and tell your family and friends about our page! St Edward's Primary School: Facebook
Exciting news...we are now on Instagram too! Feel free to follow our page to keep in touch with the fantastic things that happen at St Edward's Primary School. St Edward's Primary School: Instagram
R.E. NEWS
All Saints' Day - Wednesday 1st November
All Saints' Day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church celebrated on Wednesday 1st November. The day is dedicated to the Saints of the Church, especially those who do not have their own feast day. All students will learn about this special day during their Religion lessons on Wednesday, marking the day with a special service.
All Souls' Day - Thursday 2nd November
All Souls' Day, which is observed on 2nd November, is dedicated to those people who have died.
Advanced Notice - Family Mass - Years 1 & 4
On Sunday 5th November we invite all families to attend our Family Mass. This Mass will be Father Paul's final Family Mass as our Parish Priest, before he moves to the Armidale Parish. It is at 9.00am at Mary Help of Christians Church, Hillvue Road. Everyone is then invited to stay and share morning tea provided by families from Year 1 and Year 4. It is a wonderful parish morning and we hope that you are able to join us.
LIBRARY NEWS
Recess Fun in the Library
It was great to welcome our students back in the Library at break times this week after our very successful Book Fair. We have Lego, Dominoes, Connect 4 and much more, or students can choose to sit quietly on our new lounge in our reading corner. Some comments from our Infants students today were "the library is the best place in the school", "the library is my happy place" and "I want to hug all the books".
Early Bird Reading Club
Please remind your child that the Early Bird Reading Club is on each day from 8.30am. This is an opportunity for students to get in some valuable quiet reading time. Every chance to read personal choice books can only help reading development and building reading abilities.
At Infants there is always an opportunity to read with the library staff. Stickers, books and lots of congratulations are always available. At Primary it is quiet independent reading in a warm comfortable space.
Class Library days
Cycle A - ODD weeks
Monday: 3R and 3C
Tuesday: 3P and 4E
Wednesday: 4U and 4R
Thursday: All Year 1
Friday: Kindergarten - every week and all Year 2
Cycle B - EVEN weeks
Monday: All Year 5
Tuesday:
Wednesday: All Year 6
Thursday: All Year 1 and all Year 2
Friday: All Kindergarten - every week
St Edward's Library Clubs
The clubs include:
Early Bird Reading Club: from 8.30am every day when each campus is open.
Monday: Lego Club - Primary
Tuesday: Games Club - Primary
Wednesday: Lego Club or Craft Club - Primary
Born to Buzz About Books - fortnightly at Primary
Thursday: Lego Club - Infants
Friday: Games and Lego Club - Infants
Encourage your child to be a part of our busy, happy, vibrant library community by occasionally joining in with any or all of these activities.
Living Well, Learning Well
SCHOOL TV
Today parents face a multitude of modern day challenges in raising happy, well and resilient young people. Whilst there is a great deal of information available, this can often be confusing and overwhelming for parents looking for guidance.
SchoolTV addresses this as an online resource designed to empower you as parents with credible and sound information with realistic, practical ongoing support strategies.
Check out the resources on our school website