Out and About the School
Winter Uniform
All students should now be in their full winter uniform.
School Fees
A reminder that school fees are due by 31/05/2021. Please contact Jeni Muller in the office if there is any issue with your school fee payment.
ICAS
St Xavier's is once again giving students in Years 3 - 6 the opportunity to participate in ICAS Assessments.
ICAS Assessments TM are designed to recognise academic excellence. Students are assessed on their ability to apply classroom learning to new contexts, using higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. The assessments will take place between 9 August and 3 September (finals dates are yet to be determined).
If you would like your child to participate, you must register and pay for them online using the following link and school access code is: UER136
Registrations must be completed online by Friday 16 July.
Subjects are: Maths, English, Science, Spelling Bee, Writing, Digital, Technologies
Further information about ICAS Assessments can be found on their website.
Exciting Job Opportunity
Please share with anyone you know who would be amazing in this position.
Eisteddfod
Here is the timetable for all classes for the Eisteddfod that starts next week. Please read carefully, especially the information about pre-purchasing tickets for certain days (please be aware that for these days, NO tickets will be available at the door). Please note the time stated is the start of the session. Please check the program (link below) for more details.
Teachers will send home further information regarding dress and other requirements for each class.
| Grade | Date | Approx time- Please check the program (link below) for more details |
| Primary Choir | Thurs 27th May | Session begins at 9.30am - 6th item after session begins |
| Kinder | Fri 28th May | Session begins at 9.30am- Group 1 -6th item & Group 2 - 9th item |
| Year 1 | Tues 1st June | Session begins at 9.30am- Group 1 - 17th item & Group 2 - 26th item |
| Year 2 | Tues 1st June | Session begins at 9.30am- Group 1 - 18th item & Group 2 - 27th item |
| Year 3 | Tues 1st June | Session begins at 9.30am- Group 1 -2nd item & Group 2 -10th item |
| Year 4 | Thurs 27th May | Session begins at 12.30pm- Group 1 -7th item & Group 2 -11th item |
| Year 5 | Thurs 3rd June | Sessions begins at 9:30am- See program |
| Year 6 | Thurs 3rd June | Sessions begins at 9:30am- See program |
A full program can be found on the Gunnedah Eisteddfod Society Website or by clicking on the links below.
Music Program
https://gunnedaheisteddfod.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Program-Music-Eist2021.pdf
Speech & Drama Program
https://gunnedaheisteddfod.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Speech-Drama-Programme-2021.pdf
TICKETS
Due to ongoing COVID restrictions at the Gunnedah Town Hall, in accordance with Covid regulations, there will be a limited number of audience allowed into the Gunnedah Town Hall for viewing of school sessions in both the Music and Speech & Drama Eisteddfods.
The days impacted are:-
Thursday 27th May, 9.30am - Primary Choral and Small Schools Musical Entertainment
Thursday 27th May, 12.30 pm – Small Schools Choral, Primary Musical Entertainment
Friday 28th May, 9.30am – Infants Choral and Musical Entertainment
Friday 28th May, 12 Noon – Pre School & Infants Musical Entertainment
Tuesday 1st June, 9.30am – Choral Speech
In order to be as fair as possible to families, these 3 days will be ticketed events. Tickets will only be sold through Try Booking and will be available from 6pm, Friday 21st May 2021. Separate tickets will be required for each session, at a cost of $5 per session and restricted to 1 family member only.
The Try Booking Code for ticket purchase is : https://.www.trybooking.com/BRJWI
There will be no tickets available at the door for these sessions.
For all other sessions, tickets will be available at the door at a cost of $3.
For further enquiries, please contact Gunnedah Eisteddfod Society President, Mrs Meryl Hennessey on 0428431553.
School Photos
St Xavier's School photos will be held on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 June.
This year, Montage Fotos have introduced online payments. Parents can choose to either pay online or with cash returned to school as per previous years. Photo envelopes will come home in the next few days.
Here is your unique link to take your parents straight to the order page for your school:
https://www.montagefotos.com.au/Preorder829277760
Online orders will close SUNDAY 20th at 4pm
Canteen News
A big thank you to all who supported the recent canteen pie drive, we had a wonderful response. A special shout out to Kate Allgayer, Emma Brown, Ros Goscom and Kellie Maslen who helped out on the crazy pie delivery day!
Volunteers are desperately needed for the following:
1st Thursdays of the month
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th Fridays of the month.
If you can't spare the whole time, Sue is happy to have some people just come in for the mad, lunchtime rush between 12.00 - 1.30pm (especially on Fridays).
Please contact the office if you would like to help.