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Save the Date
Term 3 fees
Invoices will be sent via email by the end of this week. Please check your junk mail folder if you haven't received it. Parents with pre-arranged Direct Debits will also be sent an invoice, but no action needs to be taken unless you wish to change your payment process.
If you have any queries, please contact the Finance Team in the front office.
Bus Parking
Be aware of the requirements needed for the buses to drop students off and pick them up at the beginning and end of the day.
Do not park in the Bus stop area.
Before school student arrival
A reminder that students are supervised from 8.15am. We are concerned when students are left at school prior to that time, as they are unsupervised. We ask for your support in this area.
ToolBox Parenting
Toolbox Parenting courses are bursting with practical strategies, ideas and insights to inspire and equip you on your parenting
journey – wherever you’re up to. Each session will leave you with a range of activities and strategies to try at home.
Scholastic Bookclub
Scholastic catalogues have been sent home with students this week.
Scholastic apps are available to download for both Apple and Android devices to make ordering through the Loop system easier.
There is the option to mark your purchases as GIFTS. When these books arrive you will be contacted directly, rather than books going home with students.
Please also note that some titles offered, differ from the Christian ethos followed by the school.
Orders need to be placed via LOOP by Thursday 4th August 2022.
Happy reading everyone!
Growing Faith at Home
We live in an interesting culture. Something is advertised and sounds really appealing … so you save up for it and get it … and it is really wonderful, at least for a while. Then something else even more appealing appears, and the cycle continues. Sometimes you don’t even realise all the ‘stuff’ you accumulate until it is time to move house! There can be a host of reasons as to why someone becomes a ‘collector of things’ but what is it that we truly treasure? This week’s GFH resource challenges us to think about this. What are the things … and people … you treasure in your life? Where does God fit into this? Chat it over with people in your family.
Have a wonderful week everyone.
Georgie Schuster
Friday Coffee and Connection Opportunity
How are you going? What did you and your family get up to over the break from school routine? We would love for you to join us for a warm cuppa and some warm conversations for our first gathering for the term this Friday, after morning drop off in the Church Café area. Please enter via the courtyard. Toddlers are welcome. (There is a small playground for them to play in. We just ask that you keep an eye on them for safety reasons.) See you tomorrow!
Georgie Schuster
Canteen Menu Changes
** Friday Recess Special: Hot Ham and Cheese rolls $2.00.
Canteen is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Check the QKR! app to see the specials available on specific days:
Wednesday - Hamburgers
Thursday - Soup
Friday - Hot Dogs
These days also offer a shortened regular menu.
QKR! orders must be placed by 8.45am, with separate orders for each child.
If you are able to assist in the canteen, and have completed your volunteer training, please contact our Canteen Manager here.
Canteen Roster
Wednesday - K Feuerreiter
Thursday - S Dhanda
Friday - A McLeod
Uniform Shop
Next week, please note the Uniform shop will be open on Wednesday afternoon instead of Thursday.
Tuesday: 8am – 10.30am, 1pm – 3.30pm
Wednesday: 1pm – 3.30pm
Thursday: closed
Online QKR! uniform orders are welcome.
Please contact Dani, our Uniform Coordinator, via email for all your uniform enquiries.
Reporting Absenteeism
If your child is unwell and will not be attending school, please notify the front office via email or telephone. Teachers will be notified by office staff, or you may included them in the 'CC' box. Messages via seesaw are not recommended. Thank you.
Volunteer Training
Here are the steps to becoming a registered volunteer:
- Organise a Working With Children Check (WWCC). Complete the attached form and bring to the school office with your 100pt identification.
- Complete Valuing Safe Communities online training which takes about 30 minutes. The certificate issued at the end of the training is to be shown to school office staff for verification.
- Read the following policies from our school website:
- Attend a Volunteer in-house training session on Friday 2 September – 8:45am to 9:30am. Please register your attendance with the school office.
- Provide proof of COVID immunisation via email.
For any other queries, or to check your volunteer status, please contact the school office.
QKR! App for Online Orders
Online payments (uniform/canteen/school fees etc.) are our preferred method of payment.
This app is free and easy to use and accepts all debit/credit cards.
Installation steps are as follows:
Entertainment Membership
Your purchase of an Entertainment Membership will not only provide you with great offers for new experiences, but 20% from each membership also supports our school.
Free Parent Workshop – Resilience
You're invited to attend a Parent Workshop on Monday 8th August at Endeavour College focusing on how we can help our young people to build resilience.
On Monday 8 August, Tim Powell from the Values for Life incursion program has been invited to deliver a parent information session from 7pm to 8pm on the issue of how we can help our young people to build resilience.
The workshop gives practical tools on how we can help young people succeed through challenges and what research suggests helps us to live a happy, well-balanced life including a growth mindset, supportive community and having goals.
For an overview of the key concepts delivered in the session, please see the attached link here.
To see more you can view the website here: www.valuesforlife.org.au
If you are interested in attending this workshop, please indicate your intention to attend by registering through this link.