School Closure Day - Friday 28th February

Year 3 & 4 Swimming Program 2025

The Year 3/4 students will undertake an 8 day swimming program commencing in Week 5 on Monday 24th February. There has been a change to the time table from last week.

Swimming Timetable below:

Class	Time	Bus departs school	Bus departs pool	Bus drop off to school
3/4T	11:00-11:45	10:40am	12:00pm	12:10pm
3/4W	11:45-12:30	11:25am	12:45pm	12:55pm
3/4RC	12:30-1:15	12:10pm	1:30pm	1:40pm
3/4EC	1:15-2:00	12:55pm	2:15pm	2:25pm

School Closure Day

A reminder that there is a school closure day on Friday 28th February. All staff will be participating in a professional development day.

YLV will be open from 7am until 6pm. Please book via the KidSoft Parent Portal

Year 6 Jumper Presentation

2025 Prep Family Welcome Mass - 11am Sunday 2nd March

The St Andrew’s parish and school community warmly invite all 2025 Prep families to our Prep Mass, on Sunday 2nd March at 11 am. It will be a lovely occasion to get together to welcome our Prep families into our St Andrew’s community. Our students will perform a short reflection at the end of the Mass to incorporate part of their learning in Education and Faith.

We look forward to seeing you there.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN (The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) is a national Literacy and Numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. This is another form of data that is collected by schools at a point in time to check students' progression in Literacy and Numeracy. It doesn’t replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance.

NAPLAN will take place between 12 - 24 March 2025. An exact schedule will be shared closer to the start date. All tests are completed online using a school device, except for the Year 3 writing test which is completed on paper.

All students require a set of over-ear headphones.

Please send a pair into school with your child before Week 7, if you haven't already done so.

Feel free to contact Lucy Levett or Holly Capomolla if you have any queries.

Working Bee - Please note new date!

Our first Working Bee for 2025 will be held on Saturday 15th March.

This is a terrific opportunity to make a positive contribution to the school environment and your child's learning environment.

Families who attend one Working Bee per year will have the $75 maintenance fee credited from their statement.

You are requested to sign in at the desk outside the school office on arrival and to sign out when you depart. A job list providing outlines of the various tasks to be covered on the morning will be available.

We encourage parents with wheelbarrows, shovels, brooms, rakes etc to bring them along for the morning.

We hope to see you there!

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.

Zooper Dooper Friday

We welcome back our Friday Zooper Dooper sales!

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. All profits raised from the sales will go to our Kadasig fundraising efforts.

Dates for the 2025 Year - Closure Days

Parents/carers please note the School Closure dates set for the 2025 school calendar.

There are 4 days set aside for staff professional development and first aid training. There are additional 2 days as set aside for staff Time in Lieu Days (TIL) who are working outside of their expected work hours. TIL days were introduced as a component of the new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement in 2022.

Friday 28th February
Thursday 24th April
Friday 20th June
Friday 15th August
Monday 3rd November
Friday 21st November

Classroom Requirements

It would be appreciated if each child could please bring to his/her classroom the following:

2 boxes tissues

1 roll paper towel

1 packet Chux wipes

Prep Students Rest Days

Prep's last rest day will be Wednesdays 26th February.

St. Andrew’s Open Days for 2025

St. Andrew’s School Open Days are set for March 2025

School Open Days will be held on:

Wednesday 12th March & Tuesday 25th March

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

also

Saturday 22nd March

Tours at 9am, 9.45am & 10.30am

Operoo

Operoo provides a simple way for parents/guardians to sign forms and safely share emergency and medical data with our school

How do parents and guardians get started?

Easy!

1. Simply wait for your school to send you an email from their Operoo system asking you to sign up or create your account.

2. Follow the instructions to create your account.

You’re done! You can now respond to forms and receive messages from your school on any device, including PC’s, tablets and smartphones.

Audiri School App

Please ensure you download the Audiri App to get alerts for weekly newsletters, important announcements and reminders.

Application Timeline for Year 7 2027

Key Dates for Catholic Secondary schools

Friday 21January 2025 - Applications for enrolment in Year 7 2027 open

Friday 15 August 2025 – Applications for Year 7 2027 close

Friday 17 October 2025 – Offers of Enrolment for Year 7 2027 emailed

Friday 7 November 2025 – Last date to accept Offers of Enrolment for Year 7 2027

Secondary Schools

Application Timeline for Year 7 2027

St. Bede's College