GENERAL NEWS
ST NICHOLAS PARISH PICNIC
OPEN CLASSROOMS
Tomorrow we look forward to warmly welcoming our parents to our open classrooms. Parents are invited to come along and have a look at the learning taking place in all our learning spaces from Kinder to Year 6. The learning spaces will be open from 8:15 - 8:45am.
UNIFORM
Due to the current warm weather, students are allowed to come to school in either their full summer uniform or their full winter uniform on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the remainder of the term. 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.
'DRAWING US TOGETHER' - NAIDOC WEEK COMPETITION
Last term some of our Indigenous students created artworks as illustrations for the book 'Gami Winda and Dyindi-Dyindi', a book written by Bianca F. Stawiarski to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2023. 24 of our students' artworks were selected as finalists. They were on display in front of Kmart last holidays and the community had the chance to vote for their favourite illustration to be included in the book.
Today, these 24 finalists attended a presentation where the winners of the competition were announced. Congratulations to Adelaide Burgess, Carter Deacon, Azarlee Ramirez and Xavier Graf whose artwork was selected to be included in the book.
Thank you to all the students who participated and also to the parents who were able to come along today. Thank you to Mr French for encouraging the children to participate in this wonderful initiative.
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.
FEAST DAY MUFTI DAYS
This term we will be celebrating the following feast days with a mufti day for the children in that house.
Friday 8th September (Frederic Ozanam Feast Day is Saturday 9th September)
Fredric Ozanam Feast Day - Mufti Day (Ozanam students only)
REALTALK
We are excited to be able to share that the Armidale Catholic School Office has arranged for our entire school community (parents, teachers and staff) to have free premium level access to our Real Talk Parents membership site. This access is valued at $50 per person/year - and our school community can have their own personal access for free!
This site includes quick reference guides, conversation starters, short videos, deep-dive seminars, printable resources, videos and curated links for parenting on the tough topics to do with relationships and eSafety.
Our website is: Real Talk Parents
To sign up please go to: www.realtalkparents.com/armidale
SCHOOL TRAVEL - BUS PASSES - CONCESSIONS
There is a new website where parents can access bus pass applications.
https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/ticket-eligibility-concessions/school-student-travel
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
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;Jaiden Allen, Hallie Masters, Emily Stewart, Sophie Leys, Kaitlyn Miller, Tommy Crockett, Ella Gaffney, Marni McDonald, Emily Waugh, Harper Knight, Nellie Cook, Riley Ferguson, Xavier Arrua, Jonty Townsend, Felix Rodda, Alex Bijnens, Aaron Amalakumar, Sam Lane, Alissa Antony Pereira, Ivy Thomas, Lucinda Crockett, Lucy Westhorpe, Kalen Loveday, Eve Simpson, Ethan Ewin, Lotty Archer and Anneka Tongue.
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.
