Please continue using Audiri for your child's absence. Do not use nForma for reporting your child's absences

Working Bee

Dear Families,

Our next Working Bee for 2026 will be held on Saturday 14th March 8:30 - 10:30am. This working bee is targeted to our Year 3-6 Families.

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 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, gloves etc to assist with gardening. Other jobs will involve a clean out of the mezzanine area of the hall.

We hope to see you there!

Target Families for the working bees

Date: 5 March 10 Families

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

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. (Student may bring runner in a bags for PE classes that are held on Tuesday)

All students received their personalised order flyer last week.

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.

Family Fun Night - Friday 27th March

One of the highlights of our school calendar is fast approaching, our Family Fun Night on 27th March, and we are making it easier than ever to enjoy the evening. We are transitioning to make the Family Fun Night as cashless as possible via CDFpay. Soon, you’ll be able to use the portal to:

Purchase Entry Tickets: No more paperwork or cash envelopes.
Pre-Order Food: Order elements of the food in advance so you can skip the queues and get straight to the fun!

Free chairs for families!

Due to the building works we are cleaning out the B Building and have excess furniture

Please contact the office to reserve the chairs.

Available chairs:

NAPLAN 2026

Students in Years three and five will participate in NAPLAN in March 2026. NAPLAN assesses student achievement in Literacy and Numeracy including Reading, Writing, Conventions of Language (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation) and Numeracy.

NAPLAN provides information about student progress against national benchmarks and supports schools in planning for teaching and learning.

A NAPLAN 2026 information brochure for families is attached to this newsletter. Families are encouraged to read the brochure carefully, as it outlines key dates, assessment details and information regarding adjustments or withdrawal processes.

NAPLAN DATES - Year 3 & 5

Year 3
Friday 13th March	Reading	9am
Monday 16th March	Conventions of Language	9am
Wednesday 18th March	Numeracy	9am

Year 5
Friday 13th March	Reading	9am
Tuesday 17th March	Conventions of Language	9am
Wednesday 18th March	Numeracy	9am

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 have not received it.

School fees are also availible on the new CDFPay app

Please note that all payments made to the school office by card will incur a bank fee charge of .6%

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.

2027 Prep Enrolments

Enrolments for Prep 2027 are now open and we encourage all families to submit their applications as soon as possible. If you have a child or you know someone wanting to tour schools for their child, please encourage them to book a school tour.

School Tours will be held on:

Tuesday 31st March" 9am, 10am, 4pm & 5pm

To book a tour, please click on the link below

Do you have a child ready to start school?

If you have a child ready to start school in 2027 and haven't yet enrolled them, please do so now!

Please click on the buttons below to begin the journey!

School Absentee notification

If your child will not be attending school you must notify the office by 9.30am on the day they will be away. The preferred method is to use the Audiri App and the eform Absentee Form.

The other method is to ring the school office on 9551 5094 and choose option 1 to leave a message. Emails can also be sent to office@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au

An SMS will be sent to parents that have not advised the school. This is now a legal requirement.

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.

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