I hope everyone enjoys their extra long, long weekend. Staff have appreciated the opportunity to catch up on some Professional Development and Assessment work they needed to do and are grateful for parent support to help them do this.

Belated thanks to the Smith family who organised for the scrap metal to be taken away at the back of the school. Still looking for help to fix up our garbage area if anyone has any thoughts.

SCHOOL EVENTS

It has been really terrific to have parents and carers back in school helping with events. Last Friday we had a good band of helpers for the athletic field events and to give out the pizza lunch. At the moment the weather is playing havoc for planning of outdoor events especially sporting events and we appreciate people’s flexibility with last minute changes of plans.

Coming up we have our School Disco on Friday 24 June 6-7.30pm, as well as our St Peter and Paul’s Feast Day Mass & activities on Friday 1 July (more information to be posted soon). Feel free to come along and help or just watch these events. The students always have a lot of fun.

REPORTS

Reports go home at the end of the term. You will be able to access them via Compass and we will send home instructions about how to do this. If you have any questions after you read the reports feel free to talk to your child’s teacher early in Term 3. We do not organise a formal interview time however staff are more than happy to catch up in person, by phone or by email. If you ever ask staff to contact you and you haven’t received a reply after 48 hours please let us know so we can chase up.

GOOD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT TO US. We need you to let us know if there is an issue so we can keep on top of this area.

HOLY COMMUNION

Next weekend students from Year 4 are making their First Holy Communion. This an important milestone in our Catholic traditions. Our prayers go with these children in our parish.

I hope you all have a great weekend and we get a little break from the rain.

Kathy Neely - Principal

Thanks to families who have responded. The "Tell them from Me Survey " closes this Friday 10th June.
Parents can access the survey through this link http://tellthemfromme.com/9byty

Thank you to Angella Storrier Real Estate for her generous donation of $1500 towards new reading books for our school!

We have started booking the interviews for our Kindergarten students in 2023! If you haven't booked your interview as yet please contact Tracey Kain on 02 4821 3304.

If you or someone you know of wishes to enrol a child in Kindergarten for 2023 please do so online as soon as possible, as our places are filling fast!

Even if your child has siblings attending the school please also complete an online enrolment as soon as possible.

Please call the office if you have any questions about enrolments or interviews.

Project Compassion

We are delighted to let our school community know that the Project Compassion fundraising this year has totalled $790.45! Our Project Compassion fundraising goes to Caritas, helping people in need in other countries. Thank you for your continued support, and look out for information on our Winter appeal next term! 

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults):

The RCIA is an opportunity to learn more about the Catholic Faith. The program is open to all and is particularly designed for those interested in exploring the idea of becoming a Catholic or receiving the Sacraments for the first time. The sessions will begin in August. If you are interested, please contact Fr Joshy (0412 358 222) - joshy.kurien@cg.org.au before 14th July 2022.

SPP Athletics Carnival - Field Events

We were disappointed that we were unable to run our Athletics Carnival for students in Yrs 1-6 on Friday due to Hudson Park being closed. However, we were impressed with the way Yrs 3-6 took part in the field events held at school! Your enthusiasm and good sportsmanship was appreciated.

All going well, we will be able to hold our track events at Hudson Park on Thursday 9/6.

Field Event Results

The top two in each event have qualified for the Northern Region Carnival on Friday 17/6.

Canberra and Goulburn Archdiocese Individual Sport Trials for 2022 

Individual Sport trials for Canberra and Goulburn Archdiocesan teams are open to suitable Year 5 & 6 students.

Registration via the CSNSW Website www.csnsw.sport MUST be completed for your child to be considered to trial for an Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Representative team. The online registration additionally provides your permission and replaces the old Medical Forms. The trial payment levy is to be made at the time of registration. No online nomination and no payment means no trial.

If you have NOT previously had an account you will be required to set one up to be enabled to register your child for both Canberra Goulburn AND NSWCCC/CPS sporting events and trials.

1. Type in the website address www.csnsw.sport

2. Click on Register which is located in the blue box on the top right-hand side of the page

3. Click on Setup Parent Account

4. Complete all of the fields and click on Create Account. You will receive a confirmation email.

Class Carer groups are being established for each classroom.

The purpose of the class carer program is to promote connections and a sense of belonging within our school.

If you would like to join your class group please contact your carer from the list below.

KH - Jackson Egan & Taylor Hweitt

KW - Claire Gee & Kylie Brushaber

1S - Deryn Hayter

1B - Steph Keatley

2YA - Lauren Hogan

2BM - Claire Smith

3/4 H - Sarah Schmidt

3/4 C - Deviga Vengedasalam

3/4 AJ - Jen Keast

5/6 A- Jade Reynolds

5/6 J - Angela Remington

If you would like to volunteer for 5/6M please let me know tory.simmons@cg.catholic.edu.au

Congratulations and Well Done!

Sitting (L-R): Oliver, Parker, Makenna-North, Olivia, Bonnie, Molly, Dom, Lincoln, Sophie

Standing (L-R): Dakota, Avery, Matilda, Hudson, Gracie, Sophiah

Sitting (L-R): Odin, Lily, Georgia, Bella

Standing (L-R): Emily, Jordan, Sophie, Mia, Isabelle, Ioanna, Will, Jack, Lucas

Our first merch products have dropped! Check out the 2022 beanies! Keep your eyes open on the Facebook page for more merchandise availability througout the season.

A reminder that there is no soccer this week due to the long weekend! Enjoy the extra break and we are looking forward to hitting the fields again for round 6 on 18 June!

Here are some great photos from round 4 on 28 May!! Remember to post your player of the week to Facebook if possible!

Hi, my name is Mark Holberton and I am pleased to be working with the students, staff and families at Ss Peter and Paul’s. I am here to provide therapeutic counselling to students and families and to work alongside school staff regarding student welfare and classroom issues.

When will I be at the school: I will be at the school every Monday

How can you can refer your child to the student and Family Counsellor: Speak to your teacher, complete the online referral form, or email me at mark.holberton@catholiccare.cg.org.au.