GENERAL NEWS
ST NICHOLAS GREEN DAY 2024
LANGUAGE LIFT
ST NICHOLAS ART EXTRAVAGANZA
SCHOOL OPEN MORNING
Do you know of a family interested in applying for Kindergarten in 2025 and beyond and would like to know more about St Nicholas school? We are hosting a school 'Open Morning'. Please share with anyone you know who may be interested in attending.
NAPLAN INFORMATION: Year 3 and Year 5
NAPLAN testing will occur for our Year 3 and Year 5 students in Term 1 during Weeks 7 and 8. Please take note of the following dates and ensure that your child has a working set of headphones/earbuds at school for these tests.
Wednesday 13 March: Writing Test
Thursday 14th March: Reading Test
Friday 15th March: Conventions of Language Test
Monday 18th March: Numeracy Test
Tuesday 19th March - Monday 25th March: Catch up testing
In preparation for NAPLAN, our school will undertake activities to help students become familiar with the format and functionality of the online tests. These activities are not an assessment of student ability and will not be marked.
The public demonstration site (https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site) is available to see the types of questions, tools and functions used in the NAPLAN tests.
Further information about NAPLAN is available on the NESA website (https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/k-10/understanding-the-curriculum/naplan/parent-information).
If you have any questions about NAPLAN, please contact Amanda Doyle or Shelly O'Sullivan (Leaders of Pedagogy).
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; Sahara Ioasa, Layla Summers, Billy Brownlee, Riley Ferguson, Alyssa Mayer, Jonty Townsend, Rex Sedon, Jason Igbenije, Oscar McMurtrie, Ava Rowland, Alissa Pereira and Zoe Sedon.
COMPASS MEDIA CONSENT
IMPORTANT !!! Please make sure that you jump onto COMPASS and approve or decline the Media Consent event for your child or children.
CALM SPACE AT BREAK-TIMES
Miss McMullen and Miss Cartan have sought feedback from the children about what to name this fabulous new space. The winning entry was .....The Creative Calm Corner. It is lovely to see so many children enjoying this special area.
PUPIL FREE DAYS
The following are the Pupil Free Days for the remainder of 2024.
Please mark in your diary....
- Monday 27th May
- Friday 5th July
- Monday 22nd July
- Monday 14th October
- Thursday 19th December
- Friday 20th December
NORMAN UPDATE
We are all excited that our wellbeing dog Norman will be starting work at St Nicholas in just another week or so!!!
All our students (and staff) have been undertaking special preparation classes to ensure all goes smoothly for when Norman joins us. This learning can be accessed through the following link if you are interested: Preparing to welcome Norman at St Nicholas. Take a look at a sample of Year 4's super learning!!!
SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS
All parents need to be aware, our supervision of students
does not begin until 8.15am each day.
St Nicholas School gates will not be open until the arrival of the first school bus at approximately 8.10am. It is not appropriate for children to be at school before this time with no supervision.
If your child/ren require care before 8.15am you may like to consider before school care here at school with Esteem.
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.
