General News

Mrs Kate Thompson and Mrs Tracey Klitsch

Please check the parent calendar above for important dates in the Term. We are often adding new events so please have a look each newsletter day to keep up to date with our latest plans and there are 3 professional development days coming up which are pupil free; April 2nd, 29th and 30th.

School TV , Facebook links below

A Canteen Reminder: We encourage all parents to place canteen orders early in the week as opposed to Friday morning as there can be a lag in the payment system. If you find you do not need the order, you do have until 8:30am on Friday morning to cancel it.

Uniform Orders: if you are ordering uniforms through Compass, please send an email to quiadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au and we will send the items home with your child. We do not get a notification from Compass when orders are made so are not always aware when they come through.

Easter Hat Parade - Thursday 28th March: Students will need to make their Easter Hats at home and bring them into school on the day.

This Email form is a new feature in the iNewsletter so we thought we would try it out this week.

Swap Shop

Thank you to the families who dropped off girls summer uniforms recently. We would love some more if anyone else has any - summer or winter uniforms!

3 Way Parent Student Teacher Conferences: 19th and 26th of March

We encourage all parents/carers to attend the 3 Way Parent, Student & Teacher Conferences with bookings available through Compass. The aim of these meetings is for your children to be able to showcase work they are proud of and it is also an opportunity for parental input into individual learning goals.

Please follow these Compass instructions to book your interview time with your child's teacher:

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From the Compass homepage click the hamburger menu button at the top left (three horizontal bars) and then select 'Conferences'.
To start the booking process click on the 2023 Term 2, 3 way conference option.
Once you've selected the cycle you will first be shown a popup which contains information from the school. Read the message and click 'Okay' at the bottom to continue.
Select your student to proceed with booking.
Select your child's teacher from the Right Hand Side of the screen.
To book in just click an available (white) timeslot.
This will open a booking popup for you to confirm.
Confirm booking

Bookings are made more easily from a device other than a phone. If you are having trouble making a booking, please call Kate in the front office and she will be able to help you.

Return and Earn is back for our school!

Michelle Cortis is coordinating the 2024 Return and Earn for our school. This will happen every Wednesday (Sports Day). This fundraiser was a huge success in 2022 so we hope to have the same result for 2024.

Student Internet Agreements

Forms have gone home again for the third time today with students who do not have a current Internet Agreement. Please ensure these are returned to school this week to enable us to complete our records for each student.

School Attendance: Please remember to explain your child's absence within 7 days. This is a legal requirement and already this year we have had to send paper notes out to parents as they are over the 7 day requirements. It is so much easier if you access Compass on the day and fill in the absent note section.

Morning drop off and afternoon pick up reminders:

Please park your car before dropping students off. Dropping students off right on the school crossing is dangerous for everyone.

Please say goodbye to your child at the front gate. If you come in to the school grounds you must sign in on the kiosk in the front office and then sign out again when you leave the grounds. This is a requirement in case of evacuation or lockdown.

If you need to meet with a staff member in regards to your child, please make an appointment via email (email addresses are in the contacts page of this newsletter). Staff need to have their full attention on your children when they are on duty.

Afternoon Travel Arrangements: Please notify the school by email before 2pm of your child's travel changes. In an emergency you can call the office after this time.

Activities levy

The activities levy of $70/student can be paid in full or through a payment plan in CompassPay ie two instalments of $35, one due on Monday, 8th April, and the other on Monday, 24th June 2024. If you choose the payment plan you will have to make sure your credit card has not expired and that there are enough funds available to debit the charge on the day.

This levy will cover buses for swimming, athletics and cross country, pool entry, visiting performers/shows and a portion of the transport for a specialist music teacher. This does not include major excursions, Mothers/Fathers Day gifts, Year 6 Big Day Out, or Diocesan sport as these are user pay activities. All families are expected to pay this levy.