PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE

Great things that happened last week...

Our 3 Year 10 students who attended the Armidale Catholic Schools Warraymalaya Camp for Aboriginal students had an amazing experience. The students along with our AEA Miss Tegan Higgins travelled to Sydney and had the opportunity to visit the University of NSW, climb the harbour bridge and go out on the harbour with NSW police. Charlie, Lizzie and Sarah were great ambassadors for our school and their families.

Our soccer teams competed in the second round of the Bill Turner Cup and Trophy. We had one win and one loss. Thank you to all who made these games a reality. We look forward to the girls next game.

Year 2 were able to go on their history excursion to the CBD which was postponed from last term. They took many photos of our buildings ready for the next part of their history work. 

Congratulations to our Year 9 students, Matilda and Mollie, who represented the Armidale Diocese at the CCC Netball competition in Sydney. The competition was extremely skilled and tall! Thank you to Miss Majetic who supported the Diocesan team.

Well done to our Ag team who had good fun at the Warialda Show.

And finally ... thank you to all our Mums, Stepmums, Grans, Nans and important ladies who came to our Mother's Day breakfast. There was so many of you. We hope you enjoyed the morning. As always, thank you to our staff who are always willing to help and are generous with their time to make these community events a reality. Also, thanks to our P and F who likewise give up their time to make the Mother's Day Stall happen. Our students love to shop!

Looking forward to...

This week is a little quieter with Year 9 heading to Dorrigo today, our Cross Country runners competing in Armidale (Secondary) and Barraba (Primary) on Wednesday and Friday respectively. Secondary tennis players are in Armidale on Wednesday too. 

We are competing in our first Futsal competition on Thursday in Armidale. Good luck to our first team!

Reminders:

Attendance

Please note a few minor changes in some of ou procedures and correspondence regarding attendance. 

From next Monday 20 May parents of students who have not explained their absence for the day will receive a message at 10:00 each day. This message is automated and consistent across the diocese.

From Friday 24 May parents of unexplained absences who have not explained their absence for the week will receive a message at 11:00. This message is consistent across the diocese. 

Please remember to explain both full and part absences.

Fees 

We are asking families who have a direct debit to make the change to paying via BPay. Your BPay details can be found on your statement. 

Uniform

There have been numerous reminders that from June winter uniform is compulsory. Please organise your children's requirements prior to this. As mentioned in the newsletter there is so many jumpers and jackets in lost property with no names on them. We can't return them to their owners. Please label your child's clothing with their name. You may want to come and have a look in lost property if your child has lost something recently. Lost property can be found in the Front Office and the Secondary Staffroom.

Winter:

Compulsory from June 1 until September 1; optional in Terms 2 and 3 with summer uniform

Girls

HTS Tartan tunic (K-2); length on or just above knee 

HTS Tartan skirt (Year 3-10; length on or just above the knee 

HTS Long sleeve blue blouse 

HTS Long navy pants

HTS Crossover tie

Opaque navy stockings 

Boys

HTS Long sleeve blue shirt 

HTS Long grey pants; plain black belt if needed

HTS Tie

HTS Grey socks

Outerwear:

Can be worn all year:

HTS bucket hat K-6 (compulsory)

HTS bucket hat or HTS cap 7-10 (compulsory for PE and sport, strongly recommended for outdoor breaks)

HTS Grey wool jumper

HTS Tracksuit jacket

HTS Fleece jersey (K-6)

HTS Hoodie (Year 7-10 only)

HTS Year 10 Jersey (Year 10 only)

There is a change to the Uniform Shop opening hours on Wednesday 5 June. The shop will be open from 2:30pm to 4:30pm on this day only.