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NAIDOC WEEK 2024

We thank all of our St Edward's School community for joining us on Wednesday to celebrate our NAIDOC celebrations. A massive shout out to our dhirrabuu (deadly) infants and primary performance groups. We are so proud of you all.

Please visit our facebook page to see our special moments as a school celebrating and acknowledging NAIDOC Week captured throughout the last two weeks. It has been a very busy and special time.

Congratulations to our Dhirrabuu award winners this year.

Madden Hayes

Aleiah Binge

Kaycee Bett

Declan Mehra

Ella Wall

Rhiannon O’Leary

Hudson Swan

Elijah Doole

Tyanna Mehra

AEA team

Brittany Cloake

Primary AEA

Jarrod Peachey

Primary AEA

Amanda Gwalter

Infants AEA

Sally-Anne Clarke

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Focus Teacher

Gamilaraay Word of the Week - Maabu (Numbers)

Week 10: Banay - Ten

Learn how to count to 10 in Gamilaraay

Burrulaa Balabalaa (Many butterflies)

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 2 Week 10 Word of the Week "DILLY-DALLY"

St. Vincent de Paul - Winter Appeal Fundraisers

During the winter months, we support the St. Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal to assist families in need. Our target this year is to raise $1,000 for the Appeal, help us make a difference in the lives of others. Our second and final fundraiser will be a PJ Day to be held tomorrow, Friday 5th July (last day of term). Students are asked to come out of uniform in their PJ's, Oodies or Onesies and bring a gold coin donation.

School Holidays

This Friday 5th July sees the end of yet another busy and productive term of learning. We would like to wish all our St Ed's families a safe, restful and rejuvenating holiday break. Term 3 commences for all students on Tuesday 23rd July.

Staff Development/Pupil Free Day - Monday 22nd July

We remind parents and carers that Monday 22nd July is a Pupil Free Day and we look forward to welcoming students back on Tuesday 23rd July.

Grandparents' Day - Friday 26th July

One of the happiest and biggest days on our school calendar is Grandparents' Day and this will be celebrated on Friday 26th July (Week 1, Term 3). We would love to invite all of our Nans, Pops, Grandmothers and Grandfathers to come along and join us on this special day where we have the opportunity to celebrate and give thanks to God for these wonderful people in our lives.

KINDER NEWS - Celebrate 100 Days of Kindergarten - Tuesday 30thJuly

Our Kindergarten students are soon to reach a significant milestone of completing 100 days of learning at St Edward's. We invite all Kindergarten students to come dressed as 100 year olds on Tuesday 30th July and to have fun and celebrate all of their achievements thus far.

Parents are invited to please join us for our 100 Days of Kindergarten Parade at 8.45am on Tuesday 30th July under the Infants COLA. We cannot wait to see all the little people dressed up as old people!

St Ed's P & F Pie Drive

We extend a heartfelt thank you to our wonderful P & F coordinators Bec Evans, Mel Vine and Loran Heyman and their mighty team of fantastic helpers at Tuesday's pie drive collection! There were more than 1,000 pies sold and the P & F sincerely thank our school community for your support of this annual fundraiser and they trust you will enjoy your pies during these cold winter months!

90s Trivia Night

St Edwards School Hall, Saturday, 24 August 2024 6:30 PM

Head back to the 90s and enjoy a great night out with family and friends whilst recalling on one of the best eras with our St Eds Trivia Night!!!

Come dressed in your best 90s costume to have the chance to win amazing prizes!!

Dont forget to bring your money for multiple raffles, an auction and to be able to buy ‘bonus’ questions to skip ahead of the other teams to take out the title of winning table!!

An unforgettable night complete with photo wall to grab those happy snaps in your fancy dress!!

Tables of 8 @ $25 per ticket

90s 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

Please note the new procedure regarding absences for all schools in the Armidale Diocese.

Parents and Carers of students who have not explained their child/ren's absence for the day will receive an automated text message and an email at 10:00am from the administration staff at school. The message is consistent across the diocese.

Parents of students with unexplained absences who have not explained their absence for the week will receive an email every Friday at 11:00am from the Principal. The message is consistent across the diocese.

If you drop your child/ren off at school after 8:45am and you don't come into the office to sign them in, this will be an unexplained absence. They will be marked as present from the time they walk through the front gate but there will be that timeframe that is unexplained.

Whilst 90% attendance may seem reasonable, the impact over 6 years of education is substantial as per the table below.

Application for Extended Leave

Family holidays and travel are no longer considered under the Exemption from School Procedures. Travel outside of vacation periods is now counted as an absence for statistical purposes. Please contact the school office if your child/ren will be away from school for 10 days or more as an application form will need to be completed and approved at the discretion of the Principal.

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.