GENERAL NEWS
MCCARTHY CATHOLIC COLLEGE
SCHOOL STUDENT TRAVEL
END OF YEAR DATES
PRESENTATION NIGHT REHEARSAL DAY
Date: Thursday 30 November 2023
Time: 8:45am - 2:55pm
Uniform: Sports Uniform
Students to come to school as normal with recess, lunch and water bottle packed in their school bag. Students will be transported to and from TRECC throughout the day. There will be NO CANTEEN FACILITIES on this day. Infant students may be collected early from school after 11:30am (and only if convenient for parents) to rest up for the big night. Primary students are expected to remain at school for the day as they will be out at the TRECC at varying times throughout the day.
Please remember to provide consent via Compass for your child to be able to attend the rehearsal.
PRESENTATION NIGHT
Date: Thursday 30 November 2023
Time: 6:30pm start (Doors open at 5:45pm - students to arrive no later than 6:10pm)
Where: TRECC
Uniform: Full School Summer Uniform
ST NICHOLAS FEAST DAY - END OF YEAR - WHOLE SCHOOL MASS
Monday 11th December. All parents, family members, and friends are invited to attend. At this Mass, we will formally acknowledge and farewell our Year 6 students.
Time: 9:30am
Where: St Nicholas School Undercroft
Uniform: Full School Summer Uniform
Week 8 Uniform - Whole School
Monday - Sports Uniform
Tuesday - Full Summer Uniform
Wednesday - Full Summer Uniform
Thursday - Sports Uniform
Friday - Sports Uniform
LEAVING OR RELOCATING?
Planning for the 2024 school year is well underway. Could we ask any families who may be relocating will not not be attending St Nicholas School next year to contact the office staff as soon as possible.
SCHOOL FEES
A gentle reminder that school fees must be paid in full by Monday, 4 December 2023. School Fee Statements are emailed to parents on a regular basis. If you are not receiving these statements, please contact our office staff. Thank you for your support.
SCHOOL DROP OFF AND PICK UP SAFETY
A friendly reminder to adhere to safety measures when dropping off and picking up your children from school. Please especially make sure that you are mindful of not parking in driveways or allocated bus zones and only using the designated car drop off/pick up area if you are not parking your car.
For more safety tips see the attachment below.
PUPIL FREE DAYS
The following are the Pupil Free Days for the remainder of 2023.
Please mark in your diary....
- Monday 18th December
- Tuesday 19th December
SPELLING BEE
Last Friday we held the finals of the St Nicholas 2023 Spelling Bee. Well done to the following children who made it into the finals:
Year 6 - Gideon McHugh, Ethan Nijo, Maddie Robinson, Harry Dowsett, Patrick Johnson and Oscar Tonkin
Year 5 - Ariel Pannan, Kate Baiocchi, Thant Thiha and Lani Allen
Year 4 - Sophia Shanahan, William Gardiner and Molly Sheridan
Year 3 - Ruby Heywood, Brianna Tuazon, Charlie Dunst and Spencer Prior
Year 2 - Noah McIlrick, David Cantos, Oscar Drury, Hugh Baiocchi and Nixon Keogh
Year 1 - Ethan Willday, Tessa Milne, Tommy Crockett and Abigail Lewis
Kinder - Sam Willsallen, Juno Betts, Caleb Baculio and Clifton Fields
Congratulations to our winners
Year 6 - Mia Schumann-Gross
Year 5 - Noah Walmsley
Year 4 - Bailey Maher and Elijah Skilton
Year 3 - Sophie LaBrooy
Year 2 - Sidney Remorozo
Year 1 - Rylee French
Kindergarten - Mikaela Nijo
VERITAS
Our Veritas Awards stem from our school motto - ‘Veritas’ - meaning truth. The Veritas Award is awarded to students who have been consistently displaying citizenship, leadership and/or Christian Living. Students receiving a Veritas Award are those students who have displayed our ‘Rules for Living’ in their everyday interactions. This term our focus is on ‘Valuing, respecting and caring for others’.
Congratulations to the following children who received Veritas Awards recently; Sophie Leys, Harry Culbert-Rafferty, Lucas Attard, Chase Lintott, Sritha Goli, Spencer Pryor, Hendrix Moore, Christian Iles, Kobi Wadwell, Cleo Cook, Xander Kidd, Kate Wiseman, Sam Lane, Lola Ebzery, Agatha Daly, Morgan Tyrrell, Chloe Farrell, Rhani Spencer-Ruddy, Dean Mayer and Ethan Nijo.
COVID INFORMATION
At the end of 2022, National Cabinet announced that people who test positive to COVID-19 do not need to isolate. In line with this announcement, schools will continue to follow guidance issued by NSW Health to support the safety and wellbeing of our school communities.
Staff and Students with COVID-19 Symptoms
If a student or staff member is unwell and has any symptoms they should always test for COVID-19 and not attend school until they are symptom free.
Positive COVID-19 Cases
If a student or staff member receives a positive result with a RAT or PCR test they should:
- Record the positive result through the Services NSW website or App.
- Notify school of positive results as soon as possible.
