GENERAL NEWS

STUDENT LED LEARNING CONFERENCE

To continue the wonderful support you have for your child’s education, please access bookings for Student- Led Learning Conferences via the Compass Parent Portal. These conferences will take place between 17th - 28th June (Week 8&9).

Parents with more than one child please be mindful of not booking back to back conferences so as to allow enough time to move between rooms and for any unforeseen delays. Please also be conscious that while Student-Led Learning Conferences are being undertaken, all other children will have access to some small passive activities in the shared spaces to assist with keeping all areas quiet and calm.

As the name suggests, the Student-Led Learning Conference will focus on learning. If parents wish to discuss matters other than learning, a meeting can be booked with your child's class teacher/s or teachers may make contact at another time.

Student-Led Learning Conferences focus on the student presenting work samples and talking about their reflections and “next steps in learning”. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to show pride in their learning, as well as taking accountability for their work. When the students show their work and lead the conversation, the teacher will also make contributions. Parents will also participate by asking questions and offering constructive comments. It’s important for parents to know that the focus of this conference is on learning.

Please take a few minutes to watch the following video which shows examples from Student- Led Learning Conferences.

NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION OF DATA ON SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY (NCCD)

SCHOOL PHOTOS

PUPIL FREE DAYS

The following are the Pupil Free Days for the remainder of 2024.

Please mark in your diary....

Friday 5th July
Monday 22nd July
Tuesday 23rd July
Monday 14th October
Friday 20th December

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS FOR 2025

Applications have now closed for Kindergarten 2025. All applications now received will be immediately placed on our waiting list.

SCHOOL UNIFORM - SUMMER TO WINTER

All students are now required to be wearing the full winter uniform. Full winter uniform includes our school tie. Lowes (Peel Street) stock all the St Nicholas School uniforms, or we have a selection available in our clothing pool.

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 last week:

Ava Harwood, Yug Bhattarai, Levi Charlesworth, Liv Coutts, Isabella Morgan, Layla Bevan, Cali Walker, Quade Henn, Taylor Langford, Mia Langford, Noah Hobden, Sophia Elkhouri, Alexander Kidd, Mia Simpson, Aggie Daly and Ruby McHugh.

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:

Notify school of positive results as soon as possible.