School News
Upcoming Dates & Important News
Please access our school calendar using the above link. Feel free to scroll ahead through the calendar to see what exciting events we have coming up. Did you know if you tap on a calendar entry, you can copy the entry to your personal google calendar! Our calendar is also available on our website.
Upcoming Events that are in our calendar:
14th Nov- Stage 1 Rosary and Mass 9am
21st Nov- Assembly (Kinder Hosting) 2.30pm in School Hall
28th Nov- Kinder & Stage 3 Mass 9.30am
5th Dec- Assembly (Stage 3 Hosting) 2.30pm in School Hall
6th Dec- Christmas Carols Pageant Night
12th Dec- Whole School Graduation Mass 9.30am
15th Dec- Yr 6 Farewell Dinner (invites will be sent out)
17th Dec- Presentation Day Assembly 11.30am
17th Dec- Last Day of Term 4
Uniform shop- will open for one session during the holidays. The date and time will be advertised on Facebook and sent out via a Compass notice.
27th & 28th Jan 2026- Pupil free days.
28th Jan 2026- Uniform Shop open from 3 to 3.30pm.
29th Jan 2026- All students return to school on Thursday
School Fees
The last day for school fees to be paid in full for the year is the 21st November. Next year, Armidale Catholic Schools will continue to collect school fees on the 21st of each month (Feb to Nov). You are able to pay these off in full at the start of the year if you wish.
As our Finance Department in Armidale are stream lining fee collections in 2026, this will be their automated corrospondences with regards to unpaid fees.
- Statement will be sent out.
- If the monthly fee portion is unpaid 14 days after the 21st of the month, they will send a text message to remind you that payment is late.
- If the monthly fee portion is still unpaid 30 days after the 21st of the month, they will send a letter of demand.
- If the monthly fee portion is still unpaid when the next months fees are due, Armidale Catholics Schools will forward the outstanding fees onto formal debt collection.
We encourage families to set up regular payments from their accounts using the B-Pay details on their statements so that payments are made on time. We do not mind if families would like to cut their monthly payments into half or quaters and pay them off in weekly or fortnightly portions if this suits the family budget better.
Armidale Catholic Schools are finding that some families are falling behind in their payments which has a financial impact directly on schools. Catholic schools only recieve a portion of their funding from state funds, so the balance of the costs to run schools is made up of school fees. What seems like the implementation of a much stricter collection policy, will actually mean schools across the Diocese do not have to try and budget resources and utilities for students from intermittent fee collections.
As always, families are encouraged to speak to our Principal Cherie Yates, if you are finding payments difficult to meet, so she can work out a payment plan with you to move forward.
Kinder Transition Days
- 21st October 2025 : 9am till 12 mid-day
2. 28th October 2025 : 9am till 12 mid-day
3. 4th November 2025 : 9am to 3pm
4. 11th November 2025 : 9am to 3pm
5. 18th November 2025 : 9am to 3pm (Safari Dress up Day)
Parent Info Sessions
Parents of our Kinder transition students are invited for information sessions with Mrs Yates straight after drop off each morning for days 2, 4 and 5.
These sessions will cover topics about the education of your child and general information about our school. This is a wonderful opportunity to ask any questions you may have, and for you to meet other parents from your child's class. These sessions are not compulsory as we understand many need to get to work. Hand outs covering the topics spoken about will be emailed to you.