Ss Peter and Paul's Parish Primary School - Goulburn
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10 Knox Street
Goulburn NSW 2580
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Email: office.sppg@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 4821 3304

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

ENROLMENTS
We had a very successful open afternoon last week with about a dozen new families coming to look at our school. Also we have a great new link on our website that gives viewers a virtual tour of our facilities.

After some thought we have come up with a way to run our Kinder Readiness programme in Term 3. The sessions will be held in the hall on Wednesday afternoons between 2.10-3.10pm. This will allow families to stay with or drop off children and keep social distancing. Any child starting Kindergarten in 2021 here or would like to experience our school is welcome. The first session begins on Wednesday 29th July. Please contact the office if you would like to attend or know someone who would like to come along.

COVID 19

Thanks again for following our health advice. Staff, students and parents should not be on the school grounds if they are unwell and especially if they have a fever, cough, running nose or sore or scratchy throat. Please ensure your child brings their own drink bottle to school, the bubblers have been turned off. Also thanks to families who are keeping off school grounds and unfortunately if you need to talk a teacher you need to ring or go through the front office. We have been reminded by CE that we cannot gather in big groups for assembly etc. With this in mind we are having virtual assemblies twice a week. This year to celebrate Ss Peter and Paul’s Feast Day we will be having a mass on Monday 29th June by video link from the Cathedral. Instead of our usual Feast Day fundraising activities we will be having a fun tabloid in groups run by the Mini Vinnies group on Friday 26th June. This will be an out of uniform day and will ask for a gold coin donation to give to the St Vincent De Paul Winter Appeal.

A reminder that homework is online through Google Classrooms for Years 3-6 and Seesaw for K-2 students. If you need a paper copy please let your child’s teacher know. Unfortunately we cannot have worked returned to be marked unless is done through Seesaw because of COVID restrictions.   

SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

The Council met last week and discussed issues such as the school soccer club, the school’s COVID 19 response and ongoing restrictions of school activities. The council wanted to offer a vote of thanks to the staff for their efforts in organising and supporting them with home learning. All agreed that life was more manageable with students back at school. They encourage families to continue to follow health advice to schools so we can remain open. The council was encouraged by the numbers enrolling for 2021. We discussed some improvements such as new carpeting in Years 5/6 and heating in the hall. It was noted that we only had to fundraise about $600 more to cover the school’s share of buying and installing the heaters. We hope our Trivia Night will go ahead to raise the money needed. Any extra raised will be for heating costs and an upgrade of the hall’s sound system. The other main topic of discussion was the school’s finances. The council is appreciative of the Canberra’s office to help some families with school fees. We need parents to pay fees promptly so we can continue to pay our bills. The School Community meets 4-6 times a year for about an hour and is looking for new members of this group that oversee school finances, enrolments , uniforms, canteen and gives advice to the Principal. Please contact the office to find out more about joining.