St. Simon The Apostle

From the Principal 

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

In these last few weeks of Term 1 we have a number of exciting school events coming up including the Colour Fun Run, Ride to School Day, Prep Twilight Sports night, Athletics Day and School Photos, just to name a few.

All of these events continue to have COVID safe practices in place so we thank you for your continued support. 

Before and After School Supervision - IMPORTANT

School supervision commences for students arriving from 8:20 am.  Any student that arrives before this time needs to be checked into the Out of School hours program with Beyond Edu Care.

School supervision at dismissal time concludes at 3:40 pm. If your child\ren are unable to be picked up by this time they need to be enrolled the  Out of School hours program with Beyond Edu Care.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Colour Fun Run and Resilience Project

The Colour Fun Run will take place tomorrow from 2:00 - 3:30 pm on the school oval. Parents are welcome to come and watch excitement and fun.  Please enter the parent viewing area via the pedestrian gate near the sandpit.  There will be a QR code to sign in.  

Thank you for the amazing fundraising efforts so far with a school total of $5000 raised!.  This is a fantastic effort so please keep up the sponsorship activities, and remember the deadline for finalising all sponsorship is next Friday 26th March.

Colour Fun Run Key information for Parents:

  • Fill out the Operoo\Caremonkey Permission Form for each of child.  This form contains safety information of the non-toxic powder used as well as map of the event.
  • Friday 19th March is a casual clothes day.  Please ensure students are wearing attire that can be “coloured” and get a bit dirty.
  • Each child will be given a pair of sunglasses for eye protection during the fun run.
  • Remind children if they are feeling worried or anxious about the colour fun run, to speak to their classroom teacher.

Finally, the colour fun run is an opportunity for our school to celebrate the beginning of our partnership with the Resilience Project, an organisation focused on building up strategies to maintain good mental health.

The Resilience Project - Parent Webinar 

Save the Date

Tuesday 30th March 6:30-8:00pm

School Photos

School photos will take place on Tuesday 30th March, (last week of Term 1)

Students will be required to wear full summer uniform on the day. If students normally have PE on Tuesday then they will need to bring their runners on the day.

Year 6 students should wear the Year 6 jumper.  Information regarding ordering and payment for photographs is available in this newsletter.

Reminder Student Free Day - Thursday 1st April

Thursday 1st April will be a student-free day to allow staff to engage in professional practice and learning.  Some school staff will be working on restoring our newly refurbished Library.  We are tracking for the library to be reopened some time in Term 2.

Beyond Edu Care will be running a day program for families who would like to access this service.

The last day for students will be Wednesday 31st March with 3:10\3:15pm dismissal as per normal.

 

 

 

God bless

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Wursthorn

Principal