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- Late Arrivals - PLEASE READ
- TERM 3 REMINDERS - Everyday Details at a Glance
- Dates For Your Diary
- From the Principal
- ICAS Assessments 2023 - Closing Monday 24 July
- Ready Set Go Program and Kindergarten 2024
- Pie Drive Fundraiser
- Kinder 100 Days of School!
- Movie Night Friday Week 2
- RE News
- SPPG Feast Day Week 10 Term 2
- Sport News
- Northern Region Athletics Carnival Results
- SPPG Art Show 2023
- Nibbles on Knox!
- Birthdays!
- Well Done Lara in KW!
- School Counsellor
- Canteen and Uniform Shop
- Soccer News from SPPFC!
- Healthy Lunchbox
- Community Notice Board
If your child arrives at school after the start of class (which is 9.20am), a parent or guardian MUST accompany them to the office and sign them via our Compass Kiosk at the front desk.
Please do not 'drop and run' at car line or the front gate.
If you do not sign your child in via the office, they will be marked 'Late - Unexplained'. The school will then issue a notice to parents asking for an explanation for the late arrival. It is a legal requirement that any absence has a satisfactory explanation, and our head office in Canberra has requested that schools follow this procedure.
Late Drop Off/Early Pick up
- Please remember that if you are running late and arrive at school after 9.20am, parents MUST come to the front office and sign their child/ren in.
- BELL TIMES - Please come outside of these times if you need to collect your child early:
- School Start 9.20am
- 1st Break (lunch) 11.25am-12.05pm
- 2nd break (recess) 1.25pm - 2pm
- School Finish 3.20pm
Car Line & Parent Parking
- We remind parents that car line is the most appropriate and safest place to drop your child/ren off at school in the morning, and pick them up in the afternoon. This is a 'kiss and go' system where you should not hop out of the car. If your child/ren need help to get in and out of the car, or you wish to walk them to their classroom in the morning, we ask that you park on Prince Street (outside car line) and not in car line, the very limited staff parking spaces, or in the all day spaces on Knox Street (see map below).
- At the end of the day 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).
- Please also 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.
Compass Absentee Forms
- Any unexplained absence reminders will be emailed to families on a weekly basis. Please ensure you complete the Compass absentee form for any whole day absenses in a timely manner. It is a legal requirement that any absence from school has a satisfactory explanation.
- Please only submit whole day absences via Compass (i.e. do not change the time in the absentee form). If you are dropping off late or picking up early you do not need to complete the absentee as you are required to sign your child in/out at the front office.
Personal Items, Mobile Phones, and Devices
- Children SHOULD NOT bring toys, personal and valuable items to school.
- Any mobile phones or personal electronic devices need to be handed in to the office before classes start and collected at home time.
Uniform and Equipment
- HATS ARE COMPULSORY EVERY DAY EXCEPT FOR THE 'J' MONTHS (JUNE & JULY).
- Please pack a water bottle for your child/ren. Bubblers are available.
- Please ensure that your child/ren's belongings are labelled clearly
- Lost property is located in the front office
- NSWPSSA Cross Country, Eastern Creek
Tuesday 25
- Kinder Readiness Program, 2.10 in the Library
Wednesday 26
- NSW Touch Gala Day, Goulburn
- Kinder 100 Days of School
- Year 2 Mercy Value Assembly, 2pm in the Hall
- Movie Night, 6pm in the Hall
Monday 31
- NSWCPS Girls 7 Rugby
Tuesday 1
- Stage 1 Liturgy
- Confirmation Enrolment Night, Our Lady of Fatima Church
- P & F Meeting, 7pm, Staff room
Monday 7
- ICAS - Digital Technologies
Tuesday 8
- ICAS - Writing
- Kinder Readiness Program, 2.10 in the Hall (Sport)
- Mayoral Tree Planting
- Confirmation, Session 1, Cathedral
- SCC Meeting, 7pm, Staff room
Friday 11
- 5/6HM Mercy Value Assembly, 2pm in the Hall
Dear Ss Peter and Paul's Families,
I hope that you have all had an opportunity to enjoy some of this warmer weather, albeit in the middle of Winter.
Welcome back to Term 3! On Monday, all staff from the Northern Region schools were involved in faith formation and professional development, as we participated in a one day session with Dr Caroline Thompson. Staff were encouraged to analyse the world we live in, view it through the lens of our most vulnerable people and finally, how to use Pope Francis' latest encyclical Fratelli Tutti to promote kindness in our world. Staff and teachers were given the challenge to create a culture of kindness in our school, so you may like to ask your child/ren where they saw kindness in their world today.
A reminder that Kathy Neely is on Long Service Leave for the first three weeks of this term and the following staff will fill the positions listed below:
- Mr Bradley Brown - Acting Principal
- Mrs Cassandra Harris - Acting Assistant Principal and Religious Education Coordinator
We wish Kathy a wonderful break enjoying the warmer weather in Queensland and having a well earned rest. We also look forward to welcoming Kathy back on Monday of Week Four.
PRAYERS
We pray for the young people of our parish that are currently preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation. This is a significant event for them and their journey of faith.
Lord, You send out Your Spirit to touch the hearts of all people, so that they may believe in You and in Jesus whom You sent. Look kindly on all the young people preparing for Confirmation as they listen to Your voice. Open their hearts to Your Spirit and bring to fulfilment the good work that You have begun in them.
EVENTS
Term 3 has many events to look forward to including our first Ss Peter and Paul's Movie Night and our first Art Show since 2019. You may like to save the date for the following events:
- Wednesday, July 26th - NSW Touch Carnival, Goulburn
- Friday, July 28th - Movie Night in the School Hall, Kinder 100 Days of School
- Thursday, August 3rd - Confirmation Enrolment Night
- Monday, August 14th - NAIDOC Performace Incursion
- Thursday, August 17th - Art Show from 12:00-1:30pm & 4:00-6:00pm
- Monday, August 28th - Father's Day Stall
- Friday, September 1st - Book Week Parade & Fathering Project - Books and Breakfast
- Friday, September 8th - Archdiocesan Public Speaking Competition in our School Hall
- Friday, September 15th - Ss Peter and Paul's Walkathon
- Saturday, September 16th - Confirmation Mass
- Sunday, September 17th - Family & Community Mass
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- School supervision does not begin till 8.30am and students should not be on the grounds before this time. School supervision finishes at 3.45pm in carline and your child/ren should be collected by then. The teacher on bus duty stays until the last bus arrives.
- Please be on time to school. Classes commence at 9.20am. Late arrivals are very disruptive to children's learning. When they are late children lose valuable learning time.
- Please the use Compass app in a timely manner if your child is absent from school.
- PLEASE label your child's clothing. Our lost property tub is constantly filled with unlabelled clothing.
- Please use your family name sign when collecting your child/ren from Car Lines. If you would like one, or you have misplaced your copy, please let the office know and will send a new one home.
Mr Brad Brown
Acting Principal
Our Kinder Readiness program 'Ready Set Go' started on Tuesday 9 May and will run fortnightly during Terms 2 & 3. The program is open to all children preparing for Kinder in 2024 regardless of their school of choice, so please let your friends and family know.
If you have a child or know someone who is ready for kindergarten in 2024, please go online and complete an enrolment application. We have already recieved a large number of applications so places are becoming limited.
For those who have completed an online enrolment form, we are in the process of booking interviews with the principal, so please check your emails and get in touch with the office to secure a time. Please contact the office if you have any queries.
The P&F is happy to announce that the pie drive was one of the biggest yet, and we managed to raise $3704.50 for the school!
Thank you to all who supported this years effort and we hope you enjoyed your pies through the holidays!
CONFIRMATION
The Sacrament of Confirmation (Year 6) is coming up this term. The enrolment night will be held at Our Lady of Fatima 6pm on Thursday the 3rd of August. For more information contact the parish or email the school.
NAIDOC Mass
Today our year 6 students and indigenous students from years 3 - 5 went to the Cathedral to celebrate Mass with our local community and Catholic schools in our area, including St Jospeh's, St Mary's (Crookwell), Trinity Catholic College and Mt Carmel (Yass). All our students represented our school well while showing dignity and respect at such an important event.
Please note the new phone number for the Parish office is 0403 631 797.
2023 SPORT TRIALS
Information and registration for individual trials is through the following website >> https://www.sport.cg.catholic.edu.au/
The dates of the trials will be publicised on the webpage and the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn FaceBook Page.
These trials are for Yr 5 & 6 students or outstanding Yr 4 students.
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Sport |
Trial/Championship Date |
Nominations Open/Close |
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Girls Rugby 7's (Size & weight Guidelines) |
Please note. Girls can trial for both the fullside rugby team and the Rugby 7s |
Check the CSNSW Sport website |
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Basketball 2024 (Boys & Girls) |
Friday 1st December 2023 |
Not Open Yet |
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Tennis 2024 (Boys & Girls) |
Friday 1st December 2023 |
Not Open Yet |
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Touch Football 2024 (Boys & Girls) |
Friday 24th November 2023 |
Not Open Yet |
Junior Girls Champion: Edeva Shannon
11 Years Champion: Harmony Payn
Lucy Boniface - 3rd 8yrs 100m
Georgia Batty - 3rd 9yrs 100m
Harmony Payn - 2nd 11yrs 100m, 4th 200m, 2nd LJ, 2nd SP & 1st Discus
Molly Dillon - 2nd 11yrs 800m
Edeva Shannon - 3rd 8-10yrs LJ, 1st 8-10yrs SP & 1st Discus
Georgia Brown - 1st 11yrs SP
Archie Reynolds - 3rd 9yrs 100m
Austin Cosgrove - 2nd 10yrs 100m, 4th 8-10yrs 200m & 3rd 800m
Toby Boniface - 3rd 10yrs 100m
Patrick Turner - 1st 12yrs 100m, 2nd 200m, 3rd SP & 3rd Discus
Charlie Boniface - 2nd 12yrs LJ
Charlie Hallam - 1st 8-10yrs Discus
Girls 8-10yrs Relay - 2nd (Stella Salmon/Georgia Batty/Hannah Pollard/Edeva Shannon)
Boys 8-10yrs Relay - 2nd (Toby Boniface/Zaide Kearns/Austin Cosgrove/Archie Reynolds)
All of the above students will now represent the NR at the Archdiocesan Carnival in Canberra on the 22nd August.
In the holidays Lara Dale in KW cut her hair off to donate it to Hair with Heart. It’s an organisation that makes wigs for kids that need them. The hair needs to be 35.5cm in length to use it for a wig, and it takes about 20 ponytails to make one wig.
Well Done Lara!!
My name is Madi and I have been a part of the Catholiccare Student and Family Counselling team since 2022. I am available at Ss Peter and Paul’s every Monday.
Catholiccare has merged with Marymead during the holiday break. There are no changes to our service delivery. The only change you may see will be our official title of Marymead Catholiccare Canberra Goulburn. Please also note our email address will be updated to reflect the new organisation (eg firstname.lastname@mccg.org.au).
If your child was seen by the School Counsellor last year and you would like them to receive support in 2023, we require you to complete a new counselling registration form. New referrals will also require you to complete the counselling registration form. Questions or requests can be directed to the office, your child’s class teacher or School Counsellor (madelyn.burns@mccg.org.au).
Referral Link: https://catholiccare.force.com/housing/s/school-referral-form
Parent consent for counselling continues to be required for all primary school students and will be sought and provided via email or phone call. Where parents are separated, we require the consent of both parents. Once the referral has been received by myself - School Counsellor - I will make contact with parents on my next day at Ss Peter and Paul’s to further discuss the referral.
- How to Order – place order on the Qkr app or write order on a paper bag with cash inside.
- Qkr orders close at 9am daily; please ensure that you place your child's lunch order prior to this time (remember that you can order up to a fortnight in advance). Also check that you have selected the correct day.
- Cancelling Qkr Orders
- If you have placed an order and your child is not at school that day, you can cancel your order prior to 9am and recieve a credit note on Qkr by:
- tapping on the three lines at the top left of the home screen in the app
- Tap "My Receipts"
- tap on the order you wish to cancel
- tap the minus button next to your child/ren's name
- If you need to cancel the order after 9.00am, please call the office or text Di Bennett, Canteen Manager on 0493 599 046 ASAP.
- If the order has already been prepared you may not receive a credit.
- If you have placed an order and your child is not at school that day, you can cancel your order prior to 9am and recieve a credit note on Qkr by:
- No Lunch - if your child realises that they don’t have lunch before 9.30am a phone call will be made to parents asking for lunch to be brought to school. If lunch cannot be brought up to school, then the canteen can make lunch and an IOU slip will be sent home. Please note, only a sandwich will be made from the canteen - no hot food.
- IOUs – If your child brings a canteen IOU slip home, please remember to pay ASAP, either on Qkr (in the canteen 'extras' tab) or in cash. Please check your child's school bag for these, or you can contact the canteen to get your balance.
- There is a $10 limit for over the counter purchases at the canteen; please don't send your child with more than this
PLEASE WEAR WINTER UNIFORM IN TERM 3.
Purchasing Uniform Items
- New uniform purchases can be ordered on Qkr. The order will be filled on Tuesdays and sent home with your child.
- If you are wanting to purchase some 2nd hand uniforms please visit the uniform shop during the opening hours. There are good quality pre-loved items at huge discounts available directly from the Uniform shop to cater for all budgets.
- Students must wear Summer Uniform in Terms 1 & 4 and Winter Uniform in Terms 2 & 3.
Remember the 'Best Picture of the Week' competition to be judged in even rounds (2, 4, 6, etc), and in odd ropunds we have our raffle ticket on sale. The prizes for each is a voucher for a 30 minute experience on the golf simulator, thanks to Rebecca Grove and 2Fore Golf Studio. Funds raised from the sale of the raffle tickets go towards the end of year presentation.
Thank you to all our sponsors Superb Excavations, 2Fore Golf Studio & Trappers Bakery!
Remember that we will not be posting game times each week. Please follow this link to see the draw for the season... STFA Soccer Draw
There are still some backpacks and beanies with pom poms available to purchase via the school QKR app.
