From the Principal
PRESENTATION CEREMONIES
With the ongoing COVID restrictions in schools we will not be able to invite parents to our presentation ceremonies this year.
The ceremonies will be held in our separate cohort system. We will send out a link for families to watch these live.
- K-2 Presentation is Monday 13th December at 10am
- Years 3-4 Tuesday 14th December at 12.30pm
- Years 5-6 Tuesday 14th December at 1pm
Let us hope that next year we will be back to having parents, friends and families at all these school events.
A reminder to Year 6 parents that Year 6 Graduation Mass and Special Awards Ceremony is on Tuesday 7th December at the Cathedral and families of Year 6 are welcome to attend.
ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND EXCURSIONS
During Week 10 classes from K-5 will be visiting the Adventure Playground to celebrate the end of the school year.
They will be travelling by bus and this excursion is covered by the local excursion note. Students should wear their sports uniform Specific dates are detailed in the dates to remember section of the newsletter.
SCHOOL TOILETS
I would ask families to help us by having a chat to their children about behaviour in the toilets. We are constantly repairing broken doors, toilets seats and toilet paper holders that have been stood on, cleaning up wet paper towel which is thrown on the ceiling and the deliberate blocking of sinks. If your child has seen anyone doing these things please get them to tell their teacher.
Repairing this damage is time consuming and a waste of resources. Your help in talking to your children about this would be appreciated.
SEMESTER 2 REPORTS 2021
This note was sent out last week on Compass.
Dear Parents/Carers,
With the loss of many weeks of student’s face-to-face work with teachers this semester it has been very difficult to teach and cover some of the curriculum. Therefore we will only be assessing and sending home reporting grades for Mathematics, English and Religious Education. These are the main areas of the syllabus we have concentrated on this semester. There will be no comments on the reports; however teachers will ring each family to discuss your child’s report and progress during the next few weeks. With COVID restrictions parents and teachers can only meet face to face when emergencies arise so phone meetings are ideal. Teachers will ring you sometime between 15th November and 26th November. If you have a time that would suit better, please let your child’s teacher know directly. These phone meetings should be for about 10 minutes. Also staff could ring using their own phone so you might receive an unknown caller or a number you do not recognise.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
STAFFING 2022
I am pleased to announce that Mrs Sarah Brown (no relation to Mr Brown) will being joining our staff as a fulltime teacher in 2022. Sarah has been working in Canberra for the past few years and is looking forward to being closer to home.