Dental Health Check – Year 1 students only

Darling Dental, a private Tamworth Surgery, is kindly offering free dental health checks to our YEAR 1 students only on Tuesday 24th March 2020. A consent form went home today (Thursday) to every Year 1 student, and if you would like your child’s teeth checked, this form needs to be completed and returned to school by Friday 20th March.

School Fees

A reminder that Term 1 school fees are due for payment by Friday 13th March. Thank you to the families who have already paid. We are aware of financial difficulties facing people in these hard times and are more than happy to talk with families experiencing problems. Please make contact with either Principal by phone or by appointment to discuss your financial responsibilities. It is vital that you do make contact. Please note: Fees may be paid by cash, cheque, internet banking, EFTPOS, Qkr!, credit card or direct debit (through the Armidale Diocesan Investment Group, at no cost to you). If you would like to pay by direct debit which is by weekly, fortnightly or monthly payments, please contact either office for the relevant information.

Sport and School Activity Levy - due now

A huge thank you to the families who have now paid the Levy. A reminder that this Levy covers the cost of sport and extracurricular activities that ALL students participate in (ie. School Cross Country, Gymnastics, Tennis, Eisteddfod, Swimming & Athletics Carnival, buses between Campuses). This Levy saves parents having to find small amounts of cash throughout the year and is a great time saver for our teaching staff by not having to count and record cash.

The Primary Levy is $70 per child and the Infants Levy is $50 per child, with payment due now. The levy can be paid direct to either school office by Cash, Cheque, EFTPOS or via the Qkr App .

Kinder Parent Workshop

Please come along to our Parent Workshop to understand how you can help your child learn to read.

Hand Hygiene

2020 Medical Action Plans - due now

In December 2019 all parents who had children with a medical condition such as Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Seizures & Epilepsy, Diabetes were sent a Medical Action Plan from the school. It is very important that these Action Plans are signed by the Parent/Carer and your GP and returned to school as soon as possible. In most cases an appointment will need to be made with your GP to have the Plan completed. If you have misplaced your child's Action Plan, please contact Sue Kellett at the Primary Campus on 6765 7847 or by email (skellett@arm.catholic.edu.au) and another Action Plan will be sent home. Special thanks to the families who have already returned their child's Plan.

Student Health - Conjunctivitis

Please note there have been numerous reported cases of Conjunctivitis at St Ed's.

Conjunctivitis is a common eye condition where the outer surface of the eye becomes inflamed. This is often caused by an infection (virus or bacteria) and is usually highly contagious.

Conjunctivitis is spread by direct contact with discharge from the eyes, nose or throat of someone with the infection, or by contact with contaminated fingers or objects.

Keep at home? Yes. Children should be excluded until the discharge from their eyes has stopped.

More information - See website: www.healthdirect.gov.au/conjunctivitis

Student Health - Impetigo (School Sores)

Please note there has been a reported case of Impetigo (School Sores) at the Infants Campus.

Symptoms

Small red spots change into blisters that fill up with pus and become crusted; usually on the face, hands or scalp.

School or home?

Keep home from school until antibiotic treatment starts. Sores should be covered with watertight dressings.

How can I help prevent spread?

Parents of children who may have had contact with impetigo should look for signs of infection and seek treatment if symptoms develop. Careful hand washing especially after changing dressings. Avoid sharing toilet articles, towels, clothing or bed linen. Consider using anti-bacterial soap for bathing for two to three weeks. Avoid scratching or touching the lesions to prevent spread to other parts of the body. Completing the recommended antibiotic course is very important.

Lost & Found

Missing at the Infants Campus is a school hat clearly labelled and belonging to Pyper Lace in 2B. If found, please return to Miss Bell or the Infants Office. Thank you.

Family Packages

Family packages were recently sent home with the eldest child in each family in Week 3. This envelope contained very important information, some of which needs to be returned to school by last Friday 28th February. We ask that you take time to go through the contents carefully and update information as required and complete and return forms/notes promptly. It will be appreciated if teachers and administration staff are not required to spend time chasing up notes etc. past the due date. Thank you for your assistance and special thanks to those families who have already returned their forms.

Child Protection

As part of our school policy in keeping our children safe, we need to ensure that any person who takes care of the students of St Edward’s School has their Working with Children Clearance. This includes volunteers on an excursion, reading groups in the classroom or coaching a sporting team. If you don’t have this clearance, this is what you need to do: Go to the RMS (Roads and Maritime Services), and simply ask for the working with children clearance. More information can also be found by clicking here. Make sure you say that you are volunteering at the school for whatever the reason; otherwise there will be a charge of $80. If you volunteer it is free! The school will need a copy of this information which will be given to you by the RMS. Please then send a copy into the school or email it to setadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au so we can keep it on file.

Surname:

First Name:

Date of Birth:

WWC number:

Type of clearance: Valid for unpaid work only

Expiry:

2021 Kindergarten Enrolments - ENROL NOW

Applications for Kindergarten 2021 are NOW OPEN and close on Thursday 9th April 2020. Please contact either school office for an enrolment pack. Enrolment Forms will not be processed until all supporting documents are received: Birth Certificate; Immunisation Certificate; Baptismal Certificate (only required if your child is a baptised Catholic) and proof of student’s residential address. Please spread the word if you know of anyone with a child wishing to start at St Edward's School in Kindergarten in 2021.

Qkr! THE EXCITING SCHOOL APP!!

We would like to remind our families that St Ed’s has Qkr! This mobile App allows fast and easy payments with the flexibility to pay your School Fees, Activity Levy, Lunch Orders, School Clothing orders and Excursion money wherever and whenever you like. Simply download the Qkr! App from the app store (iPhone) or Google Play (Android). Register your child’s details on the App and away you go!! It’s so simple and saves you, your child’s teacher and admin staff so much time counting and sorting money for those various miscellaneous payments.

SCHOOL DRIVE SUBSIDY - Transport for NSW

If you live a long way from public transport and need to drive a student to a public transport pick up point or to school, you may be able to get financial assistance.

The School Drive Subsidy provides eligible parents and guardians twice-yearly payments to help cover some of the expenses of getting children to school.

To find out if you’re eligible, and to apply online, visit

https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/schoolDriveSubsidy#/schoolDriveSubsidy or call 131 500.

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