ARCHDIOCESAN PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION

Well done to the 5 students from our school that made it into the Archdiocesan level of the Public Speaking Competition. They competed on Monday at Batemans Bay and did very well. The students were Ethan Dahl, Avery Hogan, Elsie McCelland, Astrid Schmidt & Hudson Salmon. Special congratulations to Elsie McCelland from Year 4 who was runner-up in her year level. She delivered a great speech on the topic “Australian Stories”.

Ethan, Avery, Elsie, Astrid & Hudson, and Elsie with her Runner-up medal

QUOTA PUBLIC SPEAKING

Following on from the above children’s efforts, Carter Beardmore did a wonderful job representing the school in the Quota Public speaking competition on Wednesday night. He was up against speakers from Bradfordville, Goulburn East, Goulburn West, Wollondilly, Tallong and Tarago Public Schools. The topic was “I wish I was” and we are proud to announce that Carter was the winner of this year's competition! 

SCHOOL MUSICAL DRAGON DAYS

This will be a great event to end this week. I have only seen glimpses of the show and it looks and sounds fantastic.

Mr Angus has delivered a great production supported by the staff and of course performed by our wonderful students. Check out the programme where you can see who has been putting in extra behind the scenes and on the night.

STAFFING

Mr Angus will step down from his role on the School Leadership team as Co-ordinator from the beginning of 2025. He has been a tremendous asset in our school in supporting staff with curriculum and restorative justice practices. These are just a few areas where he has been an important driver of professional development in our school. He has brought wisdom and experience from many settings to our executive team and we are very thankful for all his efforts.

Mr Angus will continue his work on staff as our Creative Arts Teacher and Classroom Support Teacher in 2025.The role of Co-ordinator from 2025 has been advertised and an appointment will made in Term 4.

READY SET GO

Our last session of our Kinder readiness programme was held on Tuesday. We have had over 30 students attend each session this year. My special thanks to the staff & students who did a wonderful job in running sessions during the past 2 terms. Our new Kinders have loved their opportunity to visit our school.

We will meet all the new Kinder students in Term 4 at their orientation days. A parent information session for Kinder 2025 will be held in the evening on 5^th November.

LEAVE

I will be on leave from this Monday 16^th September until the start of Term 4. I am attending a Principal’s Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand and taking some long service leave to have a holiday in NZ after the conference finishes next Friday.

Mr Brown will be Acting Principal until my return.

Individual sports trials are open through the CECG sports website. These trials are intended for Year 5 & 6 student's ONLY. Keep up to date with trial information for next year.

CURRENT OPEN TRIALS:

Summer Uniform now available for orders.

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.

Congratulations to our Above and Beyond Award and Mercy Value Winners!

Birthdays 16-30 September!

STUDENT MEDICATIONS

We are able to hold student medications in the office for those children who require either short term or ongoing medication. Any medication must be supplied to us in its original packaging, with the pharmacy label attached for prescription medicine. 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.

DROP OFF/PICK UP INFORMATION

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.

Before & After School Care

Our newsletter, The SPP Chronicle, 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 love to give shoutouts to our students and school community like thankyou's, baby announcements, special achievements and EOI's for sporting & other school or community group involvement, so if you have news that you think we could include just email it through to office.sppg@cg.catholic.edu.au.