GENERAL NEWS

WE ARE A NUT AWARE SCHOOL

Please remember that we are a nut aware school. We strongly encourage parents not to send food containing nuts to school as we have children in our school who have anaphylaxis. Thank you for your continued support.

NORMAN UPDATE

Our furry wellbeing friend Norman, continues to bring so many smiles and wonderful support when he attends St Nicholas School twice a week. Now that our students are more familiar with his lovely presence, just a little reminder that we all still need to follow the guidelines outlined through our Dogs Connect mentorship. Perhaps you can have a chat with your children about this at home.

And with all the rain we are currently enjoying, it's so good to see Norman still out and about at the front gate greeting students with Mr Clery. How cute does he look in his wet weather gear?

HAPPY "NATIONAL PRINCIPAL'S DAY" MR CLERY......you're our very own superhero!!

Last Friday St Nicholas School staff and students embraced the opportunity to celebrate our wonderful principal Mr Clery. We were thrilled to be able to acknowledge Mr Clery for so many things....his genuine care and respect for all his staff and students; his relentless focus on student growth and learning; his ability to support students to develop and grow from mistakes; his dedication to building authentic relationships across the entire school community and his passion for continuing to promote the importance of being a 'lifelong learner' through his fine leadership. And of course, we also thanked Mr Clery for bringing such positivity, joy and humour to St Nicholas School each day. Not all heroes wear capes.....but we made sure ours did on National Principal's Day!!

ROAD SAFETY

PUPIL FREE DAYS

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

Please mark in your diary....

Monday 14th October
Friday 20th December

ICAS ASSESSMENTS 2024

Registrations have now closed for our Year 4, 5 and 6 students to participate in the ICAS Assessments in 2024. Students who registered will be required to sit the ICAS Assessments on the following dates.

Spelling Bee - Monday 19 August
Science - Tuesday 20 August
Maths - Monday 26 August

Mrs Shelly O'Sullivan will be coordinating and supervising. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs O'Sullivan.

sosullivan@arm.catholic.edu.au.

VERITAS AWARDS

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 this week: Xander Henry, Harry Tyndall, Lottie French, Mia Flynn, Tommy Cunningham, Charles Glass, Tommy Crockett, Ava Summers, Marlee Prussing, Isla Grimley, Emilia Bunnemeyer, Quinn Fuller, Flynn Coutts, Poppy Moore, Artie Walker and Indy Single.

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.

MEDICAL PLANS

With the cooler weather and many respiratory viruses circulating it is a good time to check your child's Asthma and Allergy plans and make they are up to date. Please be aware that all plans need to be renewed annually. Updated plans can be emailed to sntadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au . Please also ensure you provide the school with the relevant medication/ventolin that is in date. (All medication is required to be kept at the front office).