PLEASE DON'T PARK ACROSS DRIVEWAYS

• Please remember to leave neighbours driveways clear when waiting to pick your child up at the end of the day, especially if you are waiting behind the bus stop area. Please see the below image which details some of the road and parking rules that can incur fines.

EARLY PICK UP INFORMATION

• First break (lunch) is from 11:30am to 12:10pm, and second break (afternoon tea) is from 1:40pm to 2:15pm. If you need to pick your child up from school early please try to do so outside of these times as it can be very difficult to find a student during break time in the playground.

CAR LINE PARKING RULES

• A reminder all families of the parking rules at car line. Remember, when you are lined up on the road at pick up time you are only permitted to be stopped for 2 minutes. If the line is not moving, advice from NSW Police is that parents and carers should drive around the block until they are able to enter the school grounds.
• Please also remember that student supervision at car line is until 3:45pm, so arriving around or after 3:30 will help to ease the congestion at this time. It is not essential that you are at car line before 3:20pm (school finish time).

We are counting the hours and minutes until we have the whole school back on deck this coming Monday 25^th October. It has been a long stretch and we will need to spend time getting back into our normal routines. We will still have restrictions to follow. Students will be kept in 3 cohorts or groups - Kinder, 1 & 2, then years 3 & 4 and finally years 5 & 6. These cohorts will be separated to avoid whole school mixing.

Our playground will be divided into different areas for students to play. We have a large playground so students will have plenty of room. The library & school hall will be closed at break times. Windows & doors will be open to create more cross ventilation. We have plenty of sanitiser for students to use on a regular basis. All staff and external providers who work with children will be need to be fully vaccinated by November 9^th following NSW Public Health order.

We would love all students to return to school as we are hoping to no longer offer remote learning. If returning to school is an issue please let me know.

I can only offer huge words of thanks to staff, students & families for their patience during this extended period of remote learning. It has been enormously challenging for everyone.

FUNDRAISERS

Special thanks goes to Mrs Harris and all other P&F helpers for volunteering their time to organise and run raffles with our wonderful Trivia Night donations as prizes. They have all done a great job.

Again, thank you to all our wonderful sponsors. The money we have raised is for our new sound system in the hall, which we hope to have up and running next year. Covid has unfortunately delayed the installation and set up of this.

NR PUBLIC SPEAKING

Congratulations to the students who competed in the Northern Region Public Speaking under difficult conditions this year. Without being at school doing our usual preparation, I was impressed by those children who competed.

Well done to -

Year 3 - Austin Cosgrove and Alysha Prater

Year 4 - Elsie Martin and Willa Reynolds

Year 5 - Lexie Maple-Brown and Lara Booth

Year 6 - Chloe Reynolds and Noah Beardmore

SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO NOAH FOR HIS SECOND PLACE FINISH.

ICAS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITION

Well done to following students who participated in the competition:

Carter Beardmore, William Fleming, Stephen Watson, Noah Beardmore, Majd Kdady and Long Tran.

Special congratulations to William Stein, Lachlan Stein and Sreyaa Karunagaran for receiving a CREDIT.

A note to all parents and students for Year 6 in 2022:

The Year 6 sports rugby jersey size samples will be available for your child to try on next week 25-29 October (week 4). They will be available for ONE WEEK ONLY.

Please come to the front office with your child at any time next week to try on for sizing and fill in the order form. Sizing range is from size 14 to XL Adult. Students will be wearing the jerseys next year so generally you will need a larger size.

The cost of the jersey is $85.00. Payment can be made on Qkr and is due by Friday 26th November.

Below is the digital sample of the jumper... all Year 6 students' names will be printed inside the number 22.

Catholic Education will again support families who have been financially impacted as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Term 4.

The position of Catholic Education is that no child will be denied a Catholic education because of financial circumstances.

Where your family is experiencing financial stress due to job loss, being stood down, reduction in work hours, business downturn or closure resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, full or partial fee relief is available for Term 4.

To apply for fee relief, you are asked to indicate the level of assistance you feel you need at this time by completing a one-page fee assistance form (COVID-19 Fee Assistance Request Form) attached. Your level of fee support will be confirmed as soon as possible.

2022 school travel applications are now open!

Students who need a School Opal card or travel pass for 2022 can apply now. A new application will need to be submitted if they are applying for a school travel pass for the first time, or if they are requesting an additional travel entitlement as a result of a new shared parental responsibility situation (e.g. joint custody).

Students who change address, school, campus location, or who have repeated a year or received an expiry notification from Transport for NSW for their school travel entitlement should renew or update their details before the end of term 4. This will ensure that schools can endorse applications and current entitlements are updated and remain valid. School Opal card holders will have the changes applied to their existing card.

If a student’s distance eligibility has changed based on their grade the system will automatically update their entitlement if they meet the new criteria. If they do not meet the new eligibility criteria, they will receive an expiry notification via email.

Students who have an entitlement approved under a medical condition that is due to expire will receive a notification advising them to re-apply.

Term Bus Pass holders will receive a notification to re-apply.

Students in the Opal network applying for an Opal card (including a Term Bus Pass) for the first time will receive their Student Opal card at their nominated postal address. Cards will be mailed out from January 2022.

Students living in rural and regional (R&R) areas should receive their travel pass at the start of the new school year from their nominated transport operator. It may come via the school or be sent directly to them at home. Note: some R&R operators do not issue travel passes. Students/parents should confirm with their nominated operator if they do not receive a pass.

School Student Transport Scheme site change

On 1 October 2021 the School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) information and application portal was moved to transportnsw.info. This will assist families to find all their travel information in the one place.

Travel from Term 1 2022

We ask that parents plan ahead and make sure their child knows which service/s to use and has a valid ticket to travel; either a School Opal card or Child/Youth Opal card (within Greater Sydney) or a School Travel Pass (outside Greater Sydney), from the start of the school year.

Applications for the School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) open at the start of Term 4 2021 for travel in 2022, so parents/students can apply or update details early and be ready for the start of the new school year.

Most students using the Opal network will not need a new Opal card and can continue travelling on their existing card each year.

The start of the year is a difficult period for local bus operators, and students travelling without a valid ticket make service planning and operations increasingly difficult. We recognise that for some families last minute changes to school enrolments mean they may not have a School Opal card or Travel Pass for the start of term. In the Opal network, we strongly encourage these families to have their children travel on a Child/Youth Opal card until they receive their valid School Opal card. If outside Greater Sydney, parents should contact their local bus operator to discuss their travel needs. Bus operators are flexible and understanding, particularly at the start of the school year, and will ensure students can travel safely to and from school. But to best support our operators we encourage all students to have a valid ticket, as early as possible, from the start of the school year. Please also remember that students using Opal cards must tap on and tap off in line with the Student code of conduct and Opal terms of use.

• Further information can be found at transportnsw.info/travel-info/using-public-transport/school-travel
• Enquiries can be submitted at transportnsw.info/contact-us/feedback/passes-concessions-feedback

A huge welcome back to all of our students in Kindergarten and Year One this week. Some things were a little different as we begin our return to some normality but all of our staff were so grateful to see so many of our students and their great big smiles. We can't wait for Monday, October 25th to see all students from Kindergarten to Year Six.

As a community, we keep Ethan Metz and his family in our prayers. 

Ethan is currently fighting Hepatoblastoma, a childhood liver cancer, and has received positive news last week. We send our best wishes and pray for Ethan and his family during this trying time. Ethan was in Year Six at our school in 2018 and was an impeccable role model for all students as a house captain. Ethan has younger brothers Byron at Trinity and Hunter who is in Year 4 here at Ss Peter and Paul's. As a family, you may like to share the news with your children and say a prayer for continued strength for Ethan and his family. 

Congratulations to all our wonderful students who have been working so hard with remote learning and representing SPP! We have some special Above and Beyond Award Winners this week...

• KH - Matisse, Finley, Aliyah and Charlie K
• KW - Charlie H, Ella and Ariana
• 1/2BM - Logan M, Mira, Archie and Toby T
• 1/2HB - Hannah and Logan B
• 1/2SA - Alexis, Toby B and Izabella
• 3/4C - Jack and John
• 3/4H - Alysha, Austin, Elsie and Willa (3/4Y) - Public Speaking Representatives
• 3/4Y - Om, Willa and Rhianna
• 5/6A - Dakota and Dallas (from Mrs Yallouris), Ruby and Denise (from Ms Oxley)
• 5/6M - Lara, Lexie, Noah and Chloe - Public Speaking Representatives
• 5/6J - Ellie and Bailey

Well Done to Everyone!!!!!!

With the uncertainty around the Trivia Night for 2021 going ahead, the P&F decided to raffle off the generously donated prizes and we are so happy with the results!

The P&F want to give a special thank you to Cassie Harris and Kylie Brushaber for volunteering their time to organise the prizes, raffles and promotion of these competitions.

We are excited to announce that the winner of the 2021 signed NSW Blues NRL jersey was Anabelle Blake of 3/4H!! The tickets sales for this came to $795!!

The final raffle had a wine pack, Dometic ice box & and picnic pack and a grand prize of a whole lamb! The P&F thanks the Hallam family for they generous donation of the lamb. We raised $435, with Charlton winning 3rd prize, Marita winning 2nd prize and Hudson winning the grand 1st prize!