Welcome to the 2024 Ss Peter & Pauls School Newsletter, newly christened 'The SPP Chronicle'.

Our newsletter is normally published fortnightly (odd weeks) on a Thursday afternoon at around 5.30pm.

Each fortnight we include anything and everything that has happened in the preceding two weeks such as excursions, assemblies, sporting results and photos, liturgies, etc. We also provide information about upcoming school activities and events, student birthdays and important information and correspondence for families. We also love to give shoutouts to our students and school community like thankyou's, baby announcements and special achievements, so if you have news that you think we could include just email it through to office.sppg@cg.catholic.edu.au.

New Students

We are excited to welcome all our students new and old tomorrow morning. Parents and carers are welcome to walk their children to their classroom. Kindergarten students, please head straight to your classroom where your teachers will meet you and help you get settled in. New students in other year groups are encouraged come through the office so our staff can greet you and give you directions to your classroom. 

Morning Drop Off, Afternoon Pick Up and Parking

Please be aware that the roads around our school and Goulburn West will be very busy so remember to be patient and keep a look out for children crossing the roads. Please also be aware of local police patrols enforcing school speed zones and parking zone restrictions. The gate behind the hall will be open TOMORROW (1 February) ONLY to allow extra parking space.

If you remember the following details school drop off and pick up should run smoothly. Please view the map below for parking restriction details:

Morning Drop off:

• Supervision at school starts at 8.30am. Students arriving earlier than this WILL NOT be under active adult supervision so please avoid dropping your children off before this time. Between 8.30am and 8.55am students are to take their bag to their classroom and then make their way to either the hall or basketball court where they are to wait in year groups until the morning play bell rings.
• Knox Street/Princes Avenue parking (front school entrance) - ideally families with students in Kindergarten only should be parking in this area. Please be aware of the bus zone, parking restrictions and keeping our neighbour's driveways clear. We also ask that you consider our staff when parking in the morning as there are limited all day parking zones where they are able to park.
• Hall gate (Knox Street) - Bus students are dropped off here. 
• Princes Avenue/Adam Street (back school entrance) - Parents are able to park on either side of Princes Avenue (outside car line) or in Adam Street if you need to walk your children into school (please note that this part of Princes Avenue is a one-way road). Be aware of parking restrictions and keeping our neighbour's driveways clear.
• Car Line (off Princes Avenue) -  Car line is a 'kiss & go' system where parents drop their children off without getting out of the car; please do not park and exit your car in car line as this creates major traffic issues. Car line is our preferred method of parent drop off as it ensures student safety.

Afternoon pick-up:

• Knox Street/Princes Avenue parking (front school entrance) - ideally families with students in Kindergarten only should be parking in this area. Please be aware of the bus zone, parking restrictions and keeping our neighbour's driveways clear. Kindergarten parents are welcome to park and wait for their child outside the classrom. Kinder students are also able catch the bus or get picked up from carline.
• Hall gate (Knox Street) - Bus students only are collected from here. A teacher is rostered on duty at this gate each afternoon and stays to supervise students until the last bus comes.
• Princes Avenue/Adam Street (back school entrance) - Parents are able to park on either side of Princes Avenue (outside car line) or in Adam Street if you need to walk into school to collect your children (please note that this part of Princes Avenue is a one-way road). Be aware of parking restrictions and keeping our neighbour's driveways clear.
• Car Line (off Princes Avenue) - Car line is available for parents to pick their children up without having to park and get out of the car; please do not park and exit your car in car line as this creates major traffic issues. Car line is our preferred method of parent pick up as it ensures student safety. Car line can be very congested in the afternoons. If the waiting line is outside of our driveway the advice from NSW police is that you should continue around the block via Adam Street until the line moves forward. Please consider arriving at 3.30pm or after to ease this congestion; your child will be safe and supervised until you arrive. Two teachers are rostered on and supervicion at car line is until 3.45pm. After this time your child will be taken to the office and a call will be made to parents to arrange pick up ASAP.

We are able to hold student medications in the office for those children who require either short term or ongoing medication. Our system has been updated by head office so please read the following carefully if this applies to your child.

Short term medication (pain relief, antibiotics, antihistamine etc) -

• Parent/carer must visit the office to sign medication administration authorisation form so that our staff are able to administer the medication.

Ongoing medication (asthma inhaler, antihistamine, ADHD medication, etc) -

• Parent/carer must visit the office to sign medication administration authorisation form so that our staff are able to administer the medication. 
• Parent/carer to ensure medication remains in date, and that there is sufficient supply for one term, each term.
• Parents/carers of students with asthma action plans or other official diagnosis must provide current paperwork from the doctor
• Asthma Inhalers - if your child is in year 5 or 6 or capable of self-administering their ventolin, they are able to keep their inhaler with them in their bag; if this is the case there is no need to complete the authorisation form.

Congratulations to our School Leaders for 2024!

Our Leader's Badge Ceremony will be on Friday 2 February at 2.45pm. Parents/carers and families are welcome to attend.

Captains: Carter Beardmore & Lilian McLean

Vice-Captains: Hudson Salmon & Ava Cosgrove-Bowden

O'Brien: Tobias Loberg & Georgia Brown

Patrick: Austin Ratcliff & Ava Batty

McCauley: Kieran Holmes & Alysha Prater

Blake: Oliver Keast & Tilly Thrower

This year our school canteen will continue to operate Tuesday to Friday. Student's requiring lunch from the canteen need to submit a lunch order via the QKR app by 9am the day the order is to be received (remember you can order up to two weeks in advance). It will also be open during first break for over the counter snacks, ice creams and drinks. Miss Courtney Kozel will be our canteen manager while Mrs Bennett is on leave.

The uniform shop is run by parent volunteers and is open on a Wednesday morning 9-9.30am for fittings and sales. The best way to organise your child's uniform requirements is to order via Qkr. Orders need to be placed by 8.30am each Wednesday so that they are able to be sent home that day; orders placed after 8.30am will not be filled until the following week.

Currently we have only our summer uniforms available. We will communicate with families when the winter uniform is available to purchase.

Birthdays in January!

At the end of last year we had a number of staff members awaiting the arrival of new members of their families. Congratulations to:

• Our school counsellor Maddi, and her partner James on the safe arrival of Daniel Eli, born Christmas Eve!

• Mrs Sarah Brown and her family on the arrival of Sofia Elizabeth, born 11/1/2024. She has a very proud big brother!

• Mrs Sarah Yeo, Corbie and Poppy on the safe arrival of Alice Joy, born 26/1/2024.