Principal's Message 

Term 2 - School Closure Days

Monday 27th May - Professional Development 

Dear families,

This Sunday 12th May we take the opportunity to celebrate and give thanks to our wonderful Mums, Nannas, Nonnas, Grandma’s, Awa’s, Oma’s, Lola’s, YaYa’s, NaiNai’s and special people and all that they bring to our lives.  Wishing all Mothers a wonderful Mother’s Day. May you be surrounded by those that you hold dearest to your heart.

Mother’s Day and Special Friends Event

We invite all mums, grandmother’s and/or Aunties (or other special friends!) to join us for a Mother’s Day event tomorrow, Friday 10th from 8:45-11am.  Please go to your child's classroom.

 We look forward to a fun morning with a dance session for children and guests as well as an Art and Craft activity, completed in family groups.

We thank the 190 guests who have responded through Operoo to attend this event.

Mothers Day Stall on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th May

The children enjoyed the excitement of shopping for their mums/special loved one, this morning.  

Thank you volunteers!

A huge thank you to all of our Parents & Friends volunteers for hosting the Mother’s Day stall sessions this week.  It is always priceless viewing to see the children so carefully choose what they believe is the most special gift for their mum/special loved one. 

We thank all volunteers for the time that they give to our school. 

A Super Camp Week for our Year 5/6 Children 

Our Year 5 and 6 children returned from a wonderful 3 days at Camp Arrabri on Wednesday afternoon.  This morning's late start was probably well needed after such a fun and tiring few days! No doubt there’s lots of great stories to be shared about the highlights of Camp days! 

The feedback from school and camp staff was highly positive in regards to the behaviour of all children, the manner in which they supported each other and for the capacity of each child to stretch themselves to take on the challenges as presented to them.   

Congratulations year 5/6 stars! 

Our thanks to the attending staff for their care for our children throughout the past 3 days.  Our thanks for the care of those who struggle being away from loved ones and the comfort of home, for the encouragement for those children who were initially reluctant to take on challenges, who stretched themselves and had real life learnings of resilience and learnt their capacity for independence.  And our thanks for giving up your own family life for the three days involved and all that goes with that.  Rest well this weekend! 

Great times for our senior students and rewarding times for staff! 

Camp Levy $350 - Due Tuesday 21st May

We request that payment for the Camp levy is made by Tuesday 21st May. 

Prep 2024 Family Evening on Wednesday 22nd May (6pm - 7.30pm) 

We invite all Prep 2024 families to an evening where we aim to celebrate the learning of your child/ren.   We look forward to welcoming you into your child's Prep classrooms to take the opportunity to view the learnings of each child in Literacy and Numeracy.     Families are invited to join their children and their teacher in the classrooms from 6pm.

Class teachers will provide a brief insight into the experiences and teachings of Literacy and Numeracy in the Prep curriculum.   Our Prep children will then have the opportunity to share their learnings with their parents. 

At the end of the classroom sharing parents will have the option to remain onsite for a chance to socialise with some light finger food and refreshments, before returning home.  

We warmly welcome all Prep families to the evening to gain an insight into the learning of your children and to also make connections with fellow Prep families.  

St. Andrew’s Open Days for Term 2                                

Prep/Foundation Children and new Enrolments from Year 1 to Year 6

Inform & Empower Digital Safety & Wellbeing Program - Online Sessions 

This term we are continuing their participation in the Inform & Empower Digital Safety and Wellbeing Program. This means that your child/children will be tuning in to live streamed incursions (with their teachers) every term that focus on healthy and safe digital habits. The incursion content is all written and delivered by qualified teachers who are endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner as a Trusted eSafety Provider.

These sessions aim to help children better navigate the online world and become more aware, clever, brave and kind. Our students will be engaging in these online session in either week two or three this term. In these sessions, our students will be looking into the topics of:

Working Bee

We look forward to welcoming families to our Term 2 Working Bee on Saturday 25th May from 8.30am - 10.30am  An Operoo form has been sent out, to register your attendance. 

Parents are requested to sign in at the desk outside the school office on arrival and to sign out when you depart.  Families who attend one Working Bee per year,  will have the $75 maintenance fee credited from their statement. 

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!

Year 1 & 2 Level Mass - A Wonderful Celebration 

Thank you to the many Year 1 and 2 families who joined the school and parish community for the Level Mass celebrated last Sunday.   It was wonderful to see the church packed to the point that it was standing room only!   

Congratulations to all of our children who were outstanding and a thanks to our staff team for their support for the children, school and parish. 

NCCD

Please make sure that you take the time to read the following information regarding the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) On School Students with Disability.

Asthma Plans & Medication

We remind parents that all children requiring asthma medication need to provide to the school an Asthma Management Plan as sourced through a doctor.  As we enter the winter months we remind parents to have Asthma medication and plans handed to the school office.    All medication must be housed in the first aid room and not in student bags.   Any medication must be administered under the supervision of a staff member. 

Term 2 Winter Uniform

The weather has certainly changed to cooler days. We request that students transition to their winter uniform for the remainder of Term 2 and Term 3. Students are to be dressed in the correct uniform at all times, this includes the correct socks and shoes, along with sports uniform only being worn on designated days.

2025 Prep Enrolments

HAVE YOU ENROLLED YOUR CHILD FOR PREP 2025? If you have a child ready for Prep 2025, we encourage you to put your enrolment form in as soon as possible. This will help us with organisation purposes. To access an enrolment form:

• Visit the enrolment section of our school website and download an enrolment form 

• Drop into the school office to collect and enrolment pack
• Email office@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au 

2024 School Calendar 

The 2024 School Calendar is available on the School Website. It can be found mid-way down on the front page under the heading ‘WHAT’S ON’.   We will endeavour, where possible, to remain true to the dates on the 2024 calendar. We would recommend that parents make a regular visit to the school website to see updates on all school events.

Paul Wakeling

(Principal)