School Closure Day on Friday 6th March

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

PSW will be closed on Monday 2nd March for stocktake.

Managing Big Feelings Webinar: Tues 3rd March

For Prep to Year 2 parents, however all are welcome, especially if you have missed out in the past.

Your registration link to sign up for the Webinar is : https://bit.ly/bigfeelings2026

Once parents register, they will receive a confirmation email with the webinar link, reminder emails, and access to the replay. We recommend that even if families are unable to attend live, they still register to ensure they can access the replay.

Special Working Bee - Thursday 5th March

Dear Families,

We are seeking 10 volunteers to help at a special Working Bee to help us get ready for the new building works.

We need people who can help move heavy equipment (heavy lifting personnel)

Date: Thursday 5th March
Time: 3.30pm - 6.00pm

Please Note - the 10 volunteers will be rebated the $75 from their maintenance levy.

If you are able to help, please email office@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au

Other working Bees for the year

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

Coming Soon: Family Fun Night!

One of the highlights of our school calendar is fast approaching, our Family Fun Night on 27 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!

School Closure Day - Friday 6th March

A reminder that there is a school closure day on Friday 6th March . All staff will be participating in a professional development day.

MACSEYE will be running a closure program on the day (as long as we have enough numbers)

Free chairs for families!

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

Please contact the office to reserve the chairs.

Availible chairs:

Black x 21

Grey x 21

Green x 16

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
Wednesday 11th March	Writing	9am
Friday 13th March	Reading	9am
Monday 16th March	Conventions of Language	9am
Wednesday 18th March	Numeracy	9am

Year 5
Wednesday 11th March	Writing	9am
Friday 13th March	Reading	9am
Tuesday 17th March	Conventions of Language	9am
Wednesday 18th March	Numeracy	9am

Raising Kids in a Digital World Webinar - replay link now available

For parents and carers who couldn't attend the recent on-site session of Raising Kids in a Digital World, you can still access the content via the link below:

www.informandempower.com.au/schools-webinars/2026

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.

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 do not receive it.

School fees are also avaible 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%

Classroom Requirements

A reminder for each student to please bring the following items to their classroom:

2 Boxes of Tissues
1 Roll of Paper Towel
1 Packet of Chux Wipes

Thank you for your ongoing support in keeping our learning spaces well-stocked and ready for the year!

No Hat - No Play’

Our school has a ‘No Hat – No Play’ SunSmart policy, therefore all children are required to wear their school hat to school, at all outdoor sessions and home from school.

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:

Saturday 28th February at 9am, 9.45am & 10.30am.

and Tuesday 31st March at 9am, 10am, 4pm & 5pm.

To book a tour, please click on the link below

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.

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.

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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