General News 

Mrs Kate Thompson and Mrs Tracey Klitsch

 

WEEK 7 - This Week!

Wednesday:  Swimming 2-3

 

WEEK 8

Monday: Year 5 speeches in the church hall at 2pm

Wednesday:  Swimming 2-3

Thursday:  Presentation Day 9:30am.  We will be holding our Presentation Day proceedings under the sails and parents and carers are invited to join us for morning tea after taking photos and the children move to the playground for their recess break. 

 

WEEK 9

Monday - Wednesday: Parent Teacher Interviews - please make an appointment through Compass

Monday:  Graduation Dinner at the RSL  *please note the change of date*

Wednesday:  Swimming 2-3

Friday:  Christmas Week Begins

Friday:  End of year School Mass 9:30am

Friday:  School Reports sent to Parents

 

WEEK 10                                 

Wednesday:  Swimming 2-3

Thursday:  Year 6 Big Day Out

Friday:  Last day for students

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We need a volunteer to rearrange our amazing swap shop and also someone who finds book covering therapeutic.  It would be wonderful to have both of these tasks tidied up before the end of the school year if possible so if you relish the challenge of either of these jobs, please ring Kate in the front office. 

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Congratulations to the following students who received a STAR Words award last week:

Rising Star (50 words): Eden and Lyncin

Shooting Star (100 words): Hayley and Violet

Shining Star (150 words): Lottie

 

Brain Olympia

Congratulations to Archie and Charles for waiting so patiently for your medal from our school Brain Olympia Competition earlier this term.

NEW FINANCE SYSTEM AND SCHOOL FEES

We have now transitioned to a new financial accounting system.  This new system has added functionality in the way you can make payments to the school and now include BPay and CompassPay (via the compass app).  But, our current school's bank account will no longer be available to direct credit, therefore we ask that you make payments to the school via one of these new functionalities.

 

Shortly you will receive your new fee statement issued by the Catholic Schools Office (CSO), Armidale with your BPay payment details.  Regular payments can be set up directly from your bank account to the new School Bpay account.

 

Just a reminder that fees are due by Thursday, 08 December, 2022.

THE COOLAMON CHALLENGE

Congratulations to Ayden and Eden who received last week's Coolamon Challenge awards. The answers to last week's challenge are below:

Infants: What doesn't belong - bat, hat, mat, ball, cat.    A: ball (does not rhyme)

Primary: Which word is made up: acumen, acumean, acuity, acupuncture.   A: Acumean

 

This week's challenges are maths based:

Infants: Which object does NOT show equal halves? (See image below)

Primary: How many squares are there? (See image below)

Goodluck! 

10c Bottle, Can and Juice Box Donation Drive

Keep those donations coming. Don't forget, Sports Day = Donation Day! 

ATTENDANCE 

It is a legal requirement that you log in to Compass to explain all absences within 7 days of your child being away from school, however it is so much easier if you attend to this on the day as soon as you receive the reminder.  

You will not be able to complete this task after the 7 days has passed which means they will be recorded as Absent Unexplained.  

If you are having trouble accessing all of the Compass features,  there should be a drop down menu on your home page which looks like 3 horizontal lines.  Open this menu and choose 'open in browser'. This will help you access the school portal features.