General News

Dhulu - Message Stick

Dhirrabuu (Deadly) learning in Cultural Immersion Groups

At St Edward's Primary School we provide our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with an opportunity to connect with country, culture and language through Cultural Immersion Groups supported by our AEAs. Below, we will be sharing images and a small blurb about activities that are completed in each grades group.

Grade	Lesson Activity
3	Kinship and Family This term our Year 3 students have been learning about the importance of Family and Kinship. They have completed Kinship trees and have learnt Family Names in Gamilaraay language through the past few weeks.
4	Counting 0-10 in Gamilaraay language. Our students created a learning activity sheet for one of their mailyaa (friends) to complete.
5	Meeting Places and Yarning Circles Our students yarned and shared what they think meeting places and yarning circles are and their importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
6	Indigenous History Project Our Year 6 students have selected a cultural area to research and create a project on. We are super excited to complete these and present to our Cultural Immersion group. They will complete this activity for the remainder of the term.

Gamilaraay Word of Week - Family (Dhiiyaan)

Week 1: Dad - Bubaa

Week 2: Mum - Gunii

Week 3: Sister - Baawaa

Week 4: Brother - Dhagaan

Week 5: Aunty - Walgan

Week 6: Uncle: Garruu

Term 3 - Significant dates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - 13th September

NSW Aboriginal Rugby League KnockOut - 29th September - 1st October

AEA team

Brittany Cloake

Primary AEA

Jarrod Peachey

Primary AEA

Amanda Gwalter

Infants AEA

Sally-Anne Clarke

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Focus Teacher

Word of the Week

Students are encouraged to continually use the "Word of the Week" in context during class, this will gain them points and the student who has used the word of the week the most will be awarded a book at the end of this term.

We will publish our Word of the Week on Facebook and in the newsletter. Please support your child to use this word at home.

Term 3 Week 7 Word of the Week "ALIAS"

Father's Day Breakfast/Celebrations

Thank you to all our visitors who joined us last Friday for our annual Father's Day celebrations. The weather was superb and the sense of community was fantastic! It appeared that many fathers and grandfathers enjoyed the games, just as much as the children!

A special shout out and thank you to our fabulous P & F Committee and their band of helpers for their assistance with coordinating the Father's Day Gift Stall. A huge thank you also to our amazing staff and parent helpers who volunteered their time before school to assist at the Father's Day BBQ breakfast.

Student Learning Progress Meetings

Thank you to those parents and carers who have already booked a Learning Conversation appointment with their child's teacher in Weeks 9 or 10. Please note bookings will close on the Compass app tomorrow afternoon, Friday 6th September. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to come into school and hear about the growth and development of your child's learning here at St Edward's.

Compass

If your child has an appointment and will be arriving at school late, please do not enter this on Compass. Children will need to be signed in at school on the kiosk located in the school reception area. Only enter absent notes if your child will be absent for the day or longer.

Term 3 School Fees

Thank you for your continued support of St Edward's School. Term 3 fees have been issued via email. The sender will be noreply.schoolfeestatement (please check your junk/spam folders). These school fees were due by Friday 30th August. Compass Pay or BPAY is our preferred method of payment for school fees (details are on your statement). BPAY can be set up as a recurring payment with regular amount to cover annual school fees. If you would like a weekly/fortnightly/monthly amount worked out for you or have any further questions, please email Hannah - setadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au

School Uniform Change

Due to the current warm weather, students are allowed to come to school in either their full summer or full winter uniform for the remainder of this term, but NOT a mixture of both. Thank you for your support in ensuring that our students are wearing their uniforms correctly. All students will need to be in their full summer uniform by the beginning of Term 4.

Please see the infographic below for more details:

St Ed's P & F - next meeting

The next P & F meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th September at 5.30pm in the Primary Staffroom. We warmly welcome all parents and carers to come along and become involved in this important facet of school life, especially any of our new parents! We look forward to seeing you there.

2024 Pupil Free/Staff Development Days

We ask parents and carers to please mark the remaining Pupil Free Days for 2024 in your calendars. These dates are when St Edward's staff will be undertaking professional development:

Friday 27th September

Monday 14th October

Friday 20th December

Save the Date - St Ed's School Fun Run - Friday 18th October, 4.30pm, Primary Oval

Our wonderful St Ed's P & F are once again hosting our 2024 School Fun Run to fundraise for our school. The Fun Run will be held on Friday 18th October (Term 4, Week 1) at 4.30pm on the Primary Campus Oval. A letter and information booklet has now gone home with all students. Don't forget to register your child's name and class at funrun.com.au. Create your child's profile page and share with family and friends to spread the word! Every student who raises $10 or more will be able to pick a prize!

School Fun Run_Parent_Letter 9th August.pdf

Attendance

Esteem Kids

Before school care is available in the Infants Hall for both Primary and Infants students. It operates from 7:00am to 8:30am, Monday through Friday during term and breakfast is provided.

After school care is available in the Infants Hall for Infants students only from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Monday through Friday. PLEASE NOTE this year that after school care is now operating from the Primary Art Room for primary students only from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Monday through Friday. Afternoon tea is provided.

Families are encouraged to make enquiries or express interest by contacting William Wong on 0410 841 628 or email: info@esteemkidsgroup.com.au or visit the website at www.esteemkidsgroup.com.au

ABSENCES - Please remember to contact (telephone or text) Esteem Kids St Edward's directly if your child is going to be absent on 0481 373 883. Thank you.

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