General News

Mrs Kate Thompson and Mrs Tracey Klitsch

Demonstrating knowledge in creating detailed graphs in Mathematics. School TV , Facebook links below

Catholic Schools Week Mass Excursion - Cancelled

Dear Parents and Carers,

Due to electrical issues at the Cathedral, tomorrow's mass will now be held at De la Salle Chapel at O'Connor Catholic College.

The De la Salle Chapel can not seat as many people as the Cathedral so we have made the disappointing decision to cancel our trip to Armidale.

All students will attend school as per a normal school day, in Sports uniform.

Thank you in advance for you understanding. Kate Thompson, Admin

Enrolling Now!

Dear Parents, carers and friends we need your help to spread the word!

Enrolling Now Period for 2026. Our enrolment packs are available for collection from the front office.

If you know of anyone who has children who will be starting Kindergarten in 2026, please encourage them to attend our Open Mornings on Thursday May 29th and Tuesday June 3rd or to ring the office for more information. If these dates do not suit, we can arrange individual tours of the school as requested.

We will be inviting children and staff from the Quirindi Preschool and Kindergarten to come and spend some time in our school as well. We love having the preschoolers here and look forward to welcoming them.

Enrolment Applications will need to be returned to the Front Office by the end of Week 8 and Principal's interviews will be held in Week 9 and 10 this term as Armidale Catholic Schools require predicted numbers early in Term 3.

At this point, we have had 10 responses to our Parent Question. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts for our Open Days and 'Enrolling Now' campaign.

PT&F Pie Drive Fundraiser

Please go to the Parents, Teachers & Friends page for more information on the pie drive. Order close on th 4th of June.

Congratulations to Phoebe Schultz as she performed at the Gunnedah Esiteddfod last week.

Weekly Award Winners - Week 4

Kinder: Elijah Christie for outstanding effort in mathematics. Your number knowledge has improved out of sight! Ella Brown for consistent effort in writing. I am impressed with your sentence work!

Y1/2: Eddie Hausfeld Great application to Maths tasks. Aela Bowley Great work collecting data during Maths.

Y3/4: Douglas Pengilley for challenging himself to produce well structured paragraphs in his informative writing about the solar system. Eden Kelly for continuing to apply herself during reading groups, I can see how hard you are working.

Y5/6: Logan Allan For your contributions to class discussions and sharing your thoughts and understanding on Vincent Lingiari and the plight of the Gurindji people. Dani Cortis For being a mature and respectful manner of our class, always contributing thoughtfully to class discussions.

Leaders’ Award: Reuben Shaw for being a positive role model.

This Week - Week 5 - Catholic Schools Week

Tue, Wed, Thu: School Counsellor onsite and Breakfast Club

Wednesday: Mass at the Cathedral in Armidale for School Captains

Athletics Practice at Golland Fields from 1:50 - 3pm for Infants

Thursday - Open Morning from 9:30am - 10:30am - please spread the word to Come! Share the Spirit!

Week 6

Tuesday - Open Morning from 9:30am - 10:30am - please spread the word to Come! Share the Spirit!

Tue, Wed, Thu: Breakfast Club

Wednesday - Pie Drive Orders Close today

- Athletics Practice at Golland Fields from 1:50 - 3:00pm

- School Advisory Council Meeting 5pm Zoom

- P,T&F Meeting 6pm - Zoom

Week 7

Monday - Kings Birthday Long Weekend

Tue, Wed, Thu: School Counsellor onsite and Breakfast Club

Wednesday - CPS Cross Country

Tamworth Eistedfod - Choral Speech Y5/6

Friday - School Athletics Carnival

Travel Arrangements

If you are making any change to your child's travel arrangements, please email quiadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au before 2pm

Uniform

Students can wear either Full Summer Uniform or Full Winter Uniform until the 10th of June.

Please ensure all uniform items are clearly named to assist us in returning items to students. Also please check the items that your child takes home as things are often misplaced at the bag hooks or bag racks and end up in going to a different home.

Please remember to explain all absences on Compass within 7 days of the absence. Once the 7 days passes, you will not be able to make any changes and this will be reflected in the end of semester school report.

If you child is absent, please jump on to Compass on the day. There are 2 messages sent out; 1 on the day between 9:30 and 10am and then every Friday at 11am as a reminder for the week.

SCHOOL FEES

Instalments are due on the 21st of each month, but regular payments can be made throughout the month if this is more suitable. The problem with monthly statements not being issued has now been resolved. Updated statements were emailed on Thursday, 22 May, 2025 from the Armidale Catholic Schools office. There is a payment schedule at the bottom of your statement detailing any instalments missed and/or upcoming ones. The schedule is for current years fees only and any outstanding fees need to be brought up to date.

Please note that you are able to view your current balance and transactions via the Compass app. If you are experiencing any problems regarding this please phone the school and we can advise you of your balance.

Please direct any email enquiries to quifinance@arm.catholic.edu.au.