Prep Family Welcome Mass - 11am Sunday 22nd February

The St Andrew’s parish and school community warmly invite all 2026 Prep families to our Prep Mass, on Sunday 22nd February at 11 am. It will be a lovely occasion to get together to welcome our Prep families into our St Andrew’s community.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Managing Big Feelings Webinar: Tues 3 March

Our target audience for this night is Prep - 2 parents, however all are welcome, especially if you have missed out in the past.

Your registration link to sign up for the Webinar is : https://bit.ly/bigfeelings2026

Once parents register, you will be emailed a link to the webinar, reminder emails and a link to the replay. Therefore, we recommend that even if parents are unable to attend the live webinar, they register to ensure they can access the replay.

Special Working Bee - Thursday 5th March

Dear Families,

We are seeking 10 volunteers to help at a special Working Bee to help us get ready for the new building works.

We need people who can help move heavy equipment (heavy lifting personnel)

Date: Thursday 5th March
Time: 3.30pm - 6.00pm

Please Note - the 10 volunteers will be rebated the $75 from their maintenance levy.

If you are able to help, please email office@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au

Other working Bees for the year

Date: 14 March Year 3-6 8:30 - 10:30

Date: 30 May Year P-2 8:30 - 10:30

Date: 8 August P-6 Catchup

Year 6 Badge Presentation Photos

Congratulations Year Six Leaders

Our Year six Leaders received their Leadership badges, last Friday at assembly. They are already settling into their Leadership roles. Our next assembly will be on Friday 27th February at 9.00am in the School Hall - you are all very welcome to attend.

School Closure Day - Friday 6th March

A reminder that there is a school closure day on Friday 6th March . All staff will be participating in a professional development day.

MACSEYE will be running a closure program on the day (as long as we have enough numbers)

School Fee Statements

Accounts for 2026 have been emailed to families.

Please check your spam/junk folders, or contact the school office at office@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au if you do not receive it.

Also check the new CDFPay app

Classroom Requirements

A reminder for each student to please bring the following items to their classroom:

2 Boxes of Tissues
1 Roll of Paper Towel
1 Packet of Chux Wipes

Thank you for your ongoing support in keeping our learning spaces well-stocked and ready for the year!

No Hat - No Play’

Our school has a ‘No Hat – No Play’ SunSmart policy, therefore all children are required to wear their school hat to school, at all outdoor sessions and home from school.

St. Andrew’s Open Days for 2026

School Open Days will be held on:

Tuesday 31st March

Tours will run on the hour at 9am, 10am, 4pm & 5pm.

also on

Saturday 28th February

Tours at 9am, 9.45am & 10.30am

Current School Families

If you are a current family and you have a child who will turn 5 this year and will be ready for school in 2027, please go to our website for further information

https://www.saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au/enrolment

We would love to have all existing families enrolled so that we can inform new families as to how many places we have available.

Zooper Dooper Friday

Children are invited to bring a $1.00 coin to school to purchase a Zooper Dooper this Friday.

We thank our Year 6 children for volunteering their time to support the sales of the Zooper Doopers.

Lost Property

Please check the lost property bin if you are missing any items.

Our lost property is stored in the blue wheelie bin.

It is helpful to mark your child/ren's item of clothing clearly to ensure a quick return.

School Photos – Tuesday 17th March (No Sports Uniform)

School Photos will be taken on Tuesday 17th March. Please ensure that children are present at school on time to avoid them missing their class photo.

Note: children are required to wear the full school uniform on the day, not the sports uniform.

All students received their personalised order flyer today As all orders are placed online there is no need for families to return the order flyer to the school on photography day.

All students will be individually photographed as well as in their class group whether an order has been placed or not.

If you do not want your child photographed on this day or included in the class group photo, please contact the school office.

Secondary School

St. Bede's College

Salesian College