General News
Mrs Kate Thompson and Mrs Tracey Klitsch
ASchool TV , Facebook links below
Presentation Day Award Winners
Kindergarten Awards
Academic Achievement: Bonnie
Christian Values: Marlee
Consistent Focus on Learning: Zander
School Spirit: Elijah
Year 1 Awards
Academic Achievement: Aela
Christian Values: Chantelle
Consistent Focus on Learning: Millicent
School Spirit: Evelyn C
Year 2 Awards
Most Improved Academic: Evelyn S
Christian Values: Luca
Consistent Focus on Learning: Darcie
School Spirit: Grace
Year 3 Awards
Academic Achievement: Phoebe
Christian Values: Violet
Consistent Focus on Learning: Priscilla
School Spirit: Lottie
Year 4 Awards
Academic Achievement: Douglas
Christian Values: Mia
Consistent Focus on Learning: Tayla
School Spirit: Brooklyn
Year 5 Awards
Academic Achievement: William
Christian Values: Reuben
Consistent Focus on Learning: Delia
School Spirit: Elvira
The Infants Reading Award for 2025 for amazing reading growth in PM benchmarks is awarded to Isabella-Rose
The Primary Reading Award for 2025 for significant improvement in PAT Reading results is awarded to Phoebe
Year 6 Awards
Quota Shield & Trophy for Academic Achievement: Sienna
ADIG Shield and Trophy for Christian Values: Lily
Catholic Women’s League Shield & Trophy for Consistent Focus on Learning: Harold
Lions Club Shield and Trophy for School Spirit: Dakota
The Dom Bowen Infants Award: Arli
The Dom Bowen Primary Award: Babesh
Wii Gaay Graduation Award: Sienna
Staff Service Awards
Congratulations to our dedicated staff for their many years of service in our diocese:
Jodie Gamble 5 years; Judy Allan 10 years; Robyn Wilson 10 years; Amanda Bartholomew 20 years & Kate Thompson 25 years.
Week 8 Award Winners
Kinder Readiness: Chloe for working hard at learning ow to write her name. Your dedication is paying off! Willow for showing kindness to others, you are a good friend.
Kindy: Saige, your writing ideas are so creative, I am impressed with your story planning.
Stage 1: Isla for trying hard to read with more fluency and expression. Grace for challenging herself to learn the spelling of new words.
Stage 2: Andy for consistently showing kindness and leadership by helping his classmates understand minutes, hours and time intervals with patience and care over the past few lessons. Zarabelle for trying her very best to learn about time, and her persistence and effort are something we are all very proud of.
Stage 3: Harold for consistent effort in all learning areas, showing excellent improvement in your handwriting. Well done! Marshal for excellent improvement in your confidence when speaking in front of an audience and increasing contributions to our class discussions. Dakota for an amazing effort in your writing. Your use of more exciting vocabulary and higher level punctuation, has made your work more interesting and engaging for the reader and audience. Keep up the great work!
School Fees
Thank you to all who have already finalised your account by the end due date of 21 November, 2025. If you think you still have a balance owing, please check your account in Compass and finalise your balance by the end of week 10. If however, you are paying by a direct debit or similar and your account will not be finalised by the end of January 2026 please make extra payments to clear the account in readiness for 2026 year's fees.
🗓️ Upcoming School Calendar:
Week 9: December 9th - 12th
Wednesday: Swimming (11:30 am - 1:00 pm).
School Counsellor onsite
- Thursday: Christmas Week begins
Friday: Kinder Readiness - Last Day.
End of Year Mass and Year 6 Farewell Mass 9.30am All Welcome
Week 10: December 15th - 17th
- Monday: Moving Up Day Years K- Yr 5 - 9.00am -11.00am; School Counsellor onsite; Year 6 Graduation Dinner (5:30 pm)
Tuesday: Year 6 Big Day Out - Permissions and payment via Compass
K-Year 5 attend mass at 9.30am
- Wednesday: Swimming (11:30 am - 1:00 pm). Last Day for Students
Holidays!
📅 2026 School Return Dates
Year 1-6 return on Thursday the 29th of January
Kinder return on Tuesday the 3rd of February (after Best Start Assessments)
📱 Compass Tip
If you choose the 'open in browser' option when you access Compass—especially from your phone—things generally seem to work better!
Travel Arrangements: If you need to make any change to your child's usual travel or pick-up arrangements for the day (e.g., catching a different bus, or a different person collecting them), please ensure you notify the school before 2pm to allow us to communicate the change to your child and their teacher.
- Action: Please email quiadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au
Student Attendance: It is vital that all student absences are explained on the Compass platform. Please note the following important guidelines:
- Time limit: You must explain all absences on Compass within 7 calendar days of the absence occurring.
- Outcome: Once the 7-day period has passed, you will no longer be able to make any changes, and the unexplained absence will be reflected in your child’s end-of-semester school report.
- Action: If your child is absent, please log on to Compass and explain the absence on the day it occurs, if possible.
- Reminders: Please be aware of the automated reminder messages sent out via Compass:
- One message is sent on the day of absence between 9:30 am and 10:00 am.
- A second reminder for any outstanding unexplained absences for the week is sent every Friday at 11:00 am.
Your prompt attention to this is greatly appreciated as it helps us maintain accurate attendance records.