Ss Peter and Paul's Parish Primary School

Saturday 16 - Confirmation

Sunday 17 September - Family & Community Mass

Week 10 - Monday 18 September - Friday 22 September

Monday 18

MacKillop Athletics, SOPAC Sydney

Tuesday 19

Andrew Chinn Music Incursion

Friday 22

Year 5/6 Excursion, Canberra
Kinder, Mercy Value Assembly, 2pm in the Hall

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS 23 SEPTEMBER TO 9 OCTOBER

Student's Return Tuesday 10 October (Summer Uniform)

Uniform Shop Open Monday 9 October 11am-1pm

Week 1 - Tuesday 10 - Friday 13 October

Tuesday 10 - ALL STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL

Friday 13

5/6M, Mercy Value Assembly, 2pm in the Hall

Nibbles on Knox

Saturday 14 October, 2-6pm

Week 2 - Monday 16 - Friday 20 October

Friday 20

Boorowa Touch & Netball Carnival
3S, Mercy Value Assembly, 2pm in the Hall

Dear Families,

It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that Tamilarasan and Ilavarasan Mitchell's father passed away last week whilst in India. The family has requested that I share the news with the school community and they thank us for all of our thoughts and prayers.

If you would like some support in how to manage these conversations effectively with your children, there is some great advice on https://raisingchildren.net.au/

As always, our school counselling service is available and can be accessed by following the steps on the link below:

https://mccg.my.site.com/housing/s/school-referral-form

For those who know Tami and Ila, this time may be particularly difficult for them to process and you may like to say the following prayer with your children:

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the Sacrament of Confirmation this weekend due to previously arranged family commitments. I thank you all for your time and efforts in preparing your children to take another step in their journey of faith and fulfill their sacrament of Confirmation. Another huge thank you to our Religious Education Coordinator, Mrs Cassandra Harris for all of her hard work in upholding the Religious life of our school and coordinating all three sacramental programs with Fr Joshy and the parish this year.

I look forward to seeing many of you at our Walkathon this Friday.

Yours in faith,

Bradley Brown

Principal (Acting)

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 (Supervision from 8.30am)
- 1st Break (lunch) 11.25am-12.05pm
- 2nd break (recess) 1.25pm - 2pm
- School Finish 3.20pm (Supervision at car line until 3.45)

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.

Whole & Partial Day Unexplained Absences

Any unexplained absence reminders (for both whole and partial days) will be emailed to families on a weekly basis. Please ensure you complete the Compass absentee form via the app in a timely manner. It is a legal requirement that any absence from school has a satisfactory explanation.
For any partial absences (such as late arrivals NOT signed in through the front office) please adjust the END TIME ONLY to reflect the end time as it is stated on your email (for example: 09.20 AM - 09.28 AM Partial Day - you will need to change the end time in Compass from 5.00 PM to 9.28 AM).

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

SPONSORSHIP PAYMENT DUE WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

We still have a limited number of places available for Kindergarten 2024.

If you know of someone who is ready for kindergarten in 2024, please encourage them to consider our school and to go online and complete an enrolment application.

ENROL HERE

Tracey Kain has emailed the times for orientation next term. Please contact the office if you have any queries.

ONLY 30 TICKETS LEFT!

ON SALE NOW THROUGH QKR OR CASH TO THE OFFICE

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS AND FOR THE DONATIONS SO FAR!!

We wish all our Year 6 Confirmation students the very best over the weekend. The Confirmation coincides with our Family and Community Mass on Sunday 17, and we would love to see as many of our Ss Peter and Pauls community there as possible.

Amelie Dale
Amelia Foley
Amelia Hore
Isabelle Howard
Aiden Jakovljevic
Kay-Lee Perry
Sophie Mills
Felicity Skuthorpe
Ella Webster
Lachlan Ashley-Jones

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.

Sport	Trial/Championship Date	Nominations Open/Close
Cricket 2024 (Boys & Girls)	Friday 3 November	Open 14 Sept Close 27 Oct
Basketball 2024 (Boys & Girls)	Friday 1st December 2023	Open 14 Sept Close 24 Nov
Tennis 2024 (Boys & Girls)	Friday 1st December 2023	Open 14 Sept Close 24 Nov
Touch Football 2024 (Boys & Girls)	Friday 24th November 2023	open 14 Sept Close 17 Nov

Want to know how to pack a healthy lunch box? Check out Cancer Council’s fantastic new video.

How To Pack A Healthy Lunch Box

The beginning and end of the school day are busy times for pedestrians and drivers outside schools.

You can help keep children safe by remembering the following:

drop your child off and pick them up on the school side of the road
never call out to them from across the road - it is very dangerous
always take extra care in 40km school zones
follow all parking signs - these help keep your child as safe as possible
park responsibly even if it means you have to walk further to the school gate
never double park - it is illegal and puts children at risk
never do a U-turn or a three point turn outside the school as it puts children at risk of harm
model safe and considerate pedestrian and driver behaviours to your child
always give way to pedestrians particularly when entering and leaving driveways.

Some of our bright year 3 to 6 students are competing in the Ss Peter & Paul's Chess Finals for the top spots in our school. The final four champs will represent our school at the Northern Region Chess Competition, to be held at Mt. Carmel Primary School in Yass, week 4 of term 4. We wish all of the masterminds the best of luck and skill!

Over the last few weeks, we have been learning about informative texts and taking the steps to draft our ideas and facts before putting together our final copy.

In KH we wrote about Gorillas after reading the book Gorilla by Anthony Browne.

We watched a short documentary about Gorillas to learn some interesting facts and wrote what we learned into sentences. To finish it off we drew pictures of Gorillas to go with our writing.

In KW we were inspired to find out some facts about emus after reading the book Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles.

We explored a variety of factual texts and watched a short National Geographic documentary. We used graphic organisers to plan our writing before publishing our emu facts on posters with colourful illustrations.

Congratulations Everyone!

Mercy Value Award Winner

Sienna Fazzolari!

At our assembly last Friday Mr Smith and his boy's group presented the school with the engraved timber plaques they have made during their sessions.

The plaques were made using a timber post from our old fence, which was cut into slabs. The boys then spent their sessions refining their slabs, and took them to Reardons Woodwork shop to have the engraving done.

Well done boys, and thank you to Mr Smith for his time and expertise!

Please take note of the change of days for the Uniform Shop!

It is now open on a Wednesday morning.

The uniform shop is now ready to provide our summer items for Term 4.

Please order via Qkr, or come to the shop on Wednesday mornings between 9-9.30 if you need to have a fitting.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT HATS ARE COMPULSORY FOR OUTSIDE PLAY.

Purchasing Uniform Items

New uniform purchases can be ordered on Qkr. The order will be filled on Wedensdays 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.

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.
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

Canteen_Menu_Winter_2023.pdf

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.

South_Goulburn_Vac_Care_program_Oct_23.pdf

School_Holidays_Timetable_Term3.pdf

Are you looking for something FREE and fun to do these school holidays? Look no further than the Questacon Science Circus! ??

The Science Circus is rolling into Goulburn for one day only with a pop-up science centre experience like no other! ?

Come along to the Veolia Arena on Tuesday 26 September to spin yourself dizzy, test your reflexes, explore your fingertips under the microscope, and watch some of our spectacular science shows. ??

With over 30 hands-on exhibits, the Science Circus pop-up is a fantastic STEM day out for the whole family. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to ignite your curiosity! ?

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