• Please go to the Athletics Carnival Compass Event and consent for your child to attend by MONDAY 19/5. It is expected that ALL students will be at the carnival.
• All the details about the day can be found in the Compass Event. This includes the program and transport arrangements.
• Don't forget that pizza orders are due by TUESDAY 20/5. Kinder are also able to order a pizza lunch to have at school. This is done via the Qkr! App.
• If you are able to help with the athletics events (no experience neccessary) or the pizza lunch, please complete the questions in the Compass Event.

We are looking forward to a great day celebrating participation, striving for excellence and community spirit.

YEAR 6 CAMP

Year 6 certainly had a wonderful time at camp and were blessed with great weather. Thanks to Mr Gerrard, Mrs Harris & Mrs Brushaber for giving up time with their own families to supervise the children at camp. I think the teachers had a lot of fun at camp themselves.

READY SET GO

We had our first Ready Set Go on Monday and the library was bustling with 43 excited pre-schoolers (we have well over 70 enrolments for 2026 already). I am grateful to our wonderful staff who volunteer to run a Ready Set Go session and use their own time to plan activities for the children to do. It is another wonderful example of the extra effort staff put in here to offer special things at our school. I am always grateful to Mrs Kain for all the extra work she does with so many extra enrolments. She keeps new families up to date on what is happening.

WEEK 4

I am away from Tuesday to Friday next week attending the NSW Catholic School Principals Conference in Newcastle. Mr Brown will be in charge during my absence. 

SCHOOL FEES

A gentle reminder that when you enrolled your child at our school you signed an agreement stating that you agree to pay all school fees, levies and surcharges while your child is enrolled. Please contact the school if are having financial difficulties OR NEED TO SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN. If repeated requests to make arrangements for paying fees are ignored, this could result in using outside agencies to collect the fees (adding extra costs). I urge you to take this matter of school fees seriously. 

Kathy Neely

Principal

We are pleased to announce that we have recently introduced the BPoint Enterprise Solution to manage direct debit arrangements for the payment of school fees.

What is BPoint and What Do You Need to Do? 

BPoint is a secure Commonwealth Bank payment processing platform designed to facilitate online payments, while ensuring the highest security standards. This system safeguards your financial information using industry-leading security measures.

Our new direct debit platform will allow you to pay school fees using either a bank account or a credit card (excluding AMEX). Please note that payments made via credit card will incur a 0.5% surcharge.

Establishing Direct Debits

Families have received an email outlining estimated weekly, fortnightly, and monthly repayment options to ensure all fees are paid by the end of the year. These amounts will also include any outstanding balances.

What next? 

In your email you will be provided with a start date for direct debits and options for selecting your preferred payment frequency. Once a payment frequency is selected, you will be directed to enter your bank/credit card details. Once the information is entered, you will receive an email from no-reply@bpoint.com.au . The email will contain two links:

1. The first link requires confirmation of the direct debit arrangement. Please note that the link will expire within 7 days.
2. The second link provides a copy of the eDDRSA for your records.

While using the direct debit payment option is not compulsory, many families find it helpful in staying up to date with their financial obligations.

WE’RE TAKING IT IN OUR STRIDE ON FRIDAY, 16 May 2025

Well it’s that time of year again when our school seriously starts talking about walking!

Not only is walking a wonderful way to get you where you want to be, but it also gets your health – and your child’s health on the right track too. So that’s why this year our school is participating in National Walk Safely to School Day 16 May 2025.

Walk Safely to School Day asks that we all consider our transport habits and try to incorporate more walking as part of a healthy, active way to get around. And although walking all the way to school isn’t realistic for many of us, it’s quite easy to figure out how you can build a walk into your family’s daily routine.

You can teach your child the healthy habit of walking more by:

• Walking with them the whole way to school
• If they get the bus, walk past your usual stop and get on at the next stop - If you have to drive, park the car a few blocks away from the school and walk the rest of the way.

Regular exercise like walking with your child not only helps them (and you!) beat chronic problems like obesity, heart disease, behavioural and mental health issues and diabetes. It also gives you a great opportunity to teach your child safe ways to behave around roads and traffic.

Remember, Active Kids are Healthy Kids so get planning your own Walk Safely to School Day journey for Friday 16 May 2025! For more information, visit www.walk.com.au

Our school photos for 2025 are scheduled for Tuesday 3 June. This year students photo's will be taken in full winter uniform, including jumpers.

Please follow the below instructions to order your child's photo package.

NORTHERN REGION CROSS COUNTRY

Results:

Charlotte Gardner 7th, Sienna Fazzolari 8th, Duke Armitt 8th, Aliyah French 2nd, Axl Armitt 1st, Charlie Hutchins 4th, Harry Day 7th, Bonnie Maxwell 4th, Zaide Kearns 1st, Noah Stephenson 3rd and Zach Anderson 7th. Axl, Zaide, Aliyah, Noah, Bonnie & Charlie will now represent the NR at the CECG Archdiocesan Carnival in Canberra on Friday. We hope that they have a strong run. 

ARCHDIOCESAN TOUCH FOOTBALL TRIALS

Bonnie, Carter & Archie attended the Touch Football trials in Lyneham this week. From all reports it was a fun day with some tough competition. We are excited that all three of our students have been chosen in the Archdiocesan team to attend the MacKillop trials in June! Congratulations!

INDIVIDUAL SPORT TRIALS

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:

Registration for ALL Canberra Goulburn, MacKillop and NSWCCC is through the new CSNSW website.

There are closing dates so if you are planning to trial please complete the registration process ASAP! Additional detailed information can be read below or from the Registrations page. For more information on Primary Sports visit the Canberra Goulburn Sport Facebook Page. If you have any queries please email Sherree Bush at sherree.bush@cg.catholic.edu.au

Kindergarten presented a wonderful celebration for Mother's Day last week. We hope all our mums and mum-figures had a lovely time on Sunday!

Please follow this link to complete the online referral >> https://mccg.my.site.com/housing/s/school-referral-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

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.