In Parishes throughout the Diocese of Wollongong last Sunday we celebrated the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C. The reflection by Loyola Press explains that in Sunday’s Gospel reading Luke presents the core of Jesus' teaching on prayer. It consists of Jesus teaching a prayer to his disciples, a parable on the persistent neighbour, and assurances that God hears our prayers.

The disciples notice Jesus praying “in a certain place.” They ask him to teach them to pray just as John the Baptist had taught his disciples. Jesus teaches them a simple version of the most famous Christian prayer, the Our Father, or the Lord's Prayer. 

Having taught his disciples a simple, daily prayer, Jesus goes on to reassure them that God answers prayers. First he tells a parable about a persistent neighbour who asks a friend for bread at midnight. The friend is already in bed and has no desire to disturb his family by opening the door. But because the neighbour is persistent, the sleeping man gets up and gives him all that he needs. If a neighbour is willing to help us if we are persistent enough, how could God not respond to our requests?

This teaching concludes with the reminder that if we seek, we will get a response. If a human father, with all his faults, knows how to give good gifts to his children, how much more will our heavenly Father give us? Instead of good gifts, however, Luke substitutes the word Holy Spirit. This foreshadows the gift of the Holy Spirit, who plays an important role in the growth of the early Church after Pentecost.

The parable and the concluding teaching in this Gospel leads us not to think of prayer as a series of requests presented to God. Rather, as Jesus teaches in his model prayer, prayer consists in recognizing God's holiness and his rule over all things.

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to Term 3 and I hope you all had a chance to spend quality time with your family and friends.  Having spoken with quite a few parents and carers, grandparents and students over the past week, it sounds like it was a balanced opportunity for rest, a bit of catch up for some, time with family and friends.  A very warm welcome to all new families who have joined the St Paul’s school community as of this term, the Babi Family, the Bardak Family, and the Cooper Family. St Paul’s is a community of spirit, hospitality and welcome and  I am sure our new students and their families will experience the beauty of the St Paul’s hospitality.

It was fabulous to begin our term with community celebrations. We celebrated Naidoc Week, which of course took place nationally during the student vacation period. St Paul’s not only celebrated this very important and significant national event with various engagement opportunities and activities, but also with a wonderful celebration of the richness and diversity of Aboriginal culture and first nations people's last Wednesday at our whole school liturgy.  Thank you to Miss Julianne Tonini, Mrs Jodi Marsh, Aunty Josephine Ball, Mrs Julie Ferguson and Mrs Jodi Robson for the organisation of this very important and significant community event.

We welcomed and celebrated with grandparents and parents, Grandparents Day last Friday. This was an opportunity to express our gratitude to the grandparents of St Paul’s for the many things they do for our community, the care, love and support they show our students. This day was in recognition of The Feast of Joachim and Anne which is celebrated on July 26 each year. During our Grandparent’s Day Liturgy of the Word and Blessing we recognised the  importance of honouring our grandparents and thanking them for the blessings they have passed down to us in love. Thank you to those grandparents who joined our community to celebrate this occasion and to Mrs Jodi Marsh, Mrs Julie Ferguson, Mrs Kristie Bicknell and the staff at St Paul’s for their organisation and support on the day. A wonderful community celebration!!

Today a number of our Year 3 students received the Sacrament of Penance. The Sacrament of Penance is a celebration of God’s love and mercy.  I would like to congratulate our Year 3 students who received the Sacrament of Penance and thank Miss Julianne Tonini, Miss Samantha Ryan, Mrs Jodi Marsh and Fr. Leo Duck for their support and preparation of the students.

School Review and Improvement Term 3 Focus

This term will see the staff at St Paul’s focus on a number of School Review and Improvement priorities which I have briefly outlined below.  

1. We will provide a range of faith and spiritual formation experiences for our students and staff which offer an encounter with Jesus through prayer and gospel reflection.
2. There will be a focus on the pedagogy of teaching reading comprehension in Years 3 to 6 and a focus on Early Literacy Teaching Strategies in Kindergarten to Year 2.  As part of this focus will be a continued emphasis on modelled, guided and independent teaching.
3. St Paul’s plans to continue our focus on parent and carer engagement in student learning.  It is our intention to create more effective opportunities for parents and carers to be engaged in the growth of faith and learning of their child so that they are knowledgeable of their child’s needs and growth.

On Friday 22 July Grade Curriculum Overviews were distributed to parents and carers via Compass. The Grade Curriculum Overviews outlined the core content in each Key Learning Area that students will focus on for Term 3.

Student Mathematics Assessment of Learning will be shared with parents and carers throughout the term. Students will be bringing home 2 student examples of Assessment of Learning in Mathematics following the completion of a unit. The purpose of this process is to provide ongoing information to parents and carers outlining your child’s progress in particular strands in mathematics.

Student Work in the Key Learning Areas of Mathematics will be sent home for parents and carers to view and discuss in Week 5, Friday 12 August and Religious Education in Week 8, 9 September This will provide another opportunity for parents and carers to talk with your child about the learning your child has engaged in throughout the term.

Staffing Update

Mrs Julie Ferguson has informed me that she will be retiring at the conclusion of Week 6 Thursday 25 August 2022. Julie’s career has spanned over forty years of exemplary service to the students, staff and families within Catholic Education. I wish to acknowledge the outstanding work of Mrs Ferguson who has been a staff member at St Paul’s for over thirty years and in this time has contributed so richly to the school community in many ways. Julie’s passion for Creative Arts,  her involvement school, community and parish events is testament of Julies’s commitment to her profession.

I take this opportunity to congratulate Julie on her most outstanding career and professional achievements and thank her for her leadership and service to the Diocese of Wollongong. Julie will be retiring to enjoy travel with her family and on behalf of the community I wish her every joy and blessing for the next stage of her life journey.

Mrs Vennessa McGeehan has resigned from her position at St Paul’s. Vennessa has worked in the Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong for eight years and seven of those years have been at St Paul’s. Vennessa has been of great support to the school community in her role in the school office and I would like to sincerely thank Vennessa for her professionalism, commitment, care and support for the school community throughout the past seven years at St Paul’s and wish Vennessa much happiness and good health.

Mrs Rebecca Nunes will be accessing Long Service Leave from Monday 8 August till Thursday 8 September. Mr James Bryce from the Catholic Education Office Diocese of Wollongong will be replacing Mrs Nunes whilst she is on Long Service Leave. Mr Bryce is a member of the School Improvement Primary Team in the Catholic Education Office and has been the previous Assistant Principal at St Michael’s Thirroul. I wish Mrs Nunes a safe and wonderful holiday and an opportunity for rest and renewal and warmly welcome Mr Bryce to St Paul’s.

Principal Appraisal

This term staff from the Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong will be facilitating my Principal Appraisal. A key component of this process is for the community to provide feedback regarding my leadership at St Paul’s and you will soon receive a survey form that you will be able to complete. This is an opportunity for you to provide your feedback about my role as Principal and staff and students at St Paul’s will also be part of the overall appraisal process. I look forward to the appraisal process and know that the recommendations from the process will provide me with further insight and guidance to improve my leadership for the community at St Paul’s.

Parent and Carer Workshops Term 3

This term we will be proving further opportunities for parents and carers to be involved in Parent and Carer workshops. The first workshop is in Week 4 Monday 8 August and will be facilitated by Small Steps. The second workshop will be later in the term and will focus on how parents and carers can support their child with Mathematics. Details of the workshops are in this newsletter, see information from the School Counsellor Doreen Waddington and see information in the Numeracy page of this newsletter for the mathematics workshop. We hope to see as many parents and carers attend the planned workshops for term 3. 

At St Paul’s we certainly value the relationship and partnership we have with our parents and carers. In this partnership, the responsibility for student’s learning, well being and faith development is shared between parents and carers as the first and primary educator of their child, and the school community. Thank you to our parents and carers for this wonderful partnership. 

Yours in faith and learning,

Michelle Rodwell

Principal

Acknowledgement to Country

St Paul's Albion Park acknowledges and pays respect to the Dharawal people past and present, the traditional custodians of the land on which our school is built.

At St Paul’s we provide various opportunities for students to engage in a variety of activities during their break based on interests.  

Coding- class teachers select a small number of students to attend coding lessons. Each stage has a chance to attend once a week and learn about how to program various apps and robots. The students learn a variety of skills across Kinder- Year 6 including: to build, engineer, design, block code, use strategy and team collaboration.

Choir- students can make a commitment to participate own choir. They rehearse and learn new songs each week.

Creative Arts- Once a week the creative arts room has art activities to learn and engage in available. 

Central Playground- when rostered to this playground students can use the sandpit, play with hoops and skipping ropes, play the small tennis games, complete noughts and crosses on the marked spaces, draw on the chalkboards or play imaginative games on the grass. 

Passive Play- Each time the students are rostered on the Central Playground they have the choice to go to Passive Play or play outside. Passive Play has imaginative games like dress-ups, board games, drawing and colouring resources, and building activities.

Mini Vinnies- Mini Vinnies runs weekly for students in the older grades. This gives students the opportunity to complete tasks and activities that give back to the broader community. They have designed posters for events such as hot chocolate and pyjama day. 

SEMP- Students from set grades volunteer to complete a SEMP duty once a week. These students are support by a teacher to care for the Schoo environment. They do some weeding, planting, watering and composting. 

Front Playground- when rostered to this playground students can play basketball, shoot hoops, play handball, use the skipping ropes or hula hoops.

Top Oval- the Top Oval has nets for use in soccer games, goal posts for footy and a net for volleyball. Students can also use the seating areas to sit and talk or play running games on the grass. 

NAPLAN dates for 2023 have been released. NAPLAN is completed by Year 3 and Year 5 each year. NAPLAN reforms from 2023 were agreed upon by Education Ministers on 16 March 2022. NAPLAN, which has always been held in the second week of May, will move to mid-March from 2023. 

• NAPLAN will be held in Term 1 from Wednesday 15 March to Monday 27 March 2023.
• Dates for NAPLAN from 2024 onwards are available on the NESA website.

For more information regarding thee NAPLAN testing please follow the link to the site of the Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority.

Use of Seesaw for Classes Kinder- Year 6

How Teachers and Students use Google Classroom

• Teachers can make announcements and set activities. Activities are found in the activities tab.
• Students can post work created using the Seesaw tools. 
• Students can voice record, video or write responses
• Teachers will share learning resources, reading materials, videos, links, and handouts via Seesaw. 
• Teachers can send announcements via Seesaw to the whole class, which students receive as a notification when they are logged in to Seesaw. 
• Teachers can give feedback to students

Parents can access their child’s student work through a parent app called “Seesaw Family’. This allows parents to see a child’s work, comment on this and send a direct message to the teacher.

Use of Google Classroom Platform for Classes Year 5-6

How Teachers and Students use Google Classroom

• Assign classwork
• Teachers will create classwork and add in all the necessary documents for students to work on. Students receive an email notification when there is new classwork and are able to turn the classwork in on Classroom. 
• Share all relevant classroom materials
• Teachers will share learning resources, reading materials, videos, links, and handouts. This allows students to refer to them at any time, or collaborate with their classmates on learning.
• Make announcements
• Teachers can send announcements to the whole class, which students receive via email. They also see these announcements when they login to their Classroom, through Google Classroom on their iPad.
• Collaborate one-on-one or with the entire class
• Students can message teachers directly with questions and/or comments on classwork and announcements. Students can also collaborate with each other for team classwork by working on shared projects in Docs, Sheets, and Slides at the same time.

Parents can ask to see work samples and discuss various elements of learning with their child. Simply ask your child to show you their iPad and access the Classroom app. The child can help parents to navigate the Classroom and see the great work they are completing.

The eSafety Commission website states “No parental control tool is 100%  effective. Helping your child build good online safety habits is just as important.”

Know your devices

All the devices that connect to the internet in your home offer lots of benefits. But you also need to understand the risks associated with these devices and how to protect yourself and your family. 

Explore how to use parental controls:

• on your home wi-fi network
• built into devices, including computers, mobile devices, gaming consoles and smart TVs
• through third-party software
• in apps and programs, including streaming services, web browsers and search engines

Use parental controls

Parental controls are software tools that allow you to monitor and limit what your child sees and does online.  

They can be set up to do things like: 

• Block your child from accessing specific websites, apps or functions (like using a device’s camera, or the ability to buy things). 
• Filter different kinds of content — such as ‘adult’ or sexual content, content that may promote self-harm, eating disorders, violence, drugs, gambling, racism and terrorism. 
• Allow you to monitor your child’s use of connected devices, with reports on the sites they visit and the apps they use, how often and for how long.  
• Set time limits, blocking access after a set time. 

If a device or program is shared by multiple members of your family, you should be able change the tool settings to reflect each user’s age and skills.\

Information from https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/skills-advice/taming-technology 

Try creating a technology plan for your family: https://games.playingitsafe.org.au/technology-plan 

Naidoc Week

The St Paul’s Community gathered together at a Liturgy last Wednesday to celebrate NAIDOC Week. Aunty Jo had prepared our Indigenous students to present dances while Kindergarten sang the  Red, Black and Yellow song. All joined the choir in singing our beginning and final hymn. 

The theme this year was Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! We must all work together to ensure that the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is based on justice, equality and the proper recognition of Indigenous people’s rights. We must commit to supporting efforts that are co-operative and collaborative so that there is real change for our Indigenous brothers and sisters.

Grandparent's Day

Pope Francis established the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly in 2020. The day is marked near the feast of Sts Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. The theme for this year’s celebration was “In old age they will still bear fruit” (Psalm 92:14). 

Last Friday, St Paul’s celebrated Grandparents Day. We welcomed over 300 grandparents who were firstly entertained with poems, songs, and dance at an assembly in the hall. Grandparents then visited students in their classrooms before returning to the hall for a wonderful morning tea. It was a wonderful morning enjoyed by all.

Assemblies Term 3

In Term Three, the following grades will be hosting the fortnightly assembly.

On Monday 1st August, students from Year 4 will take part in the Religious Literacy Assessment. This will be administered via an electronic google form on school iPads. Students have been involved in practice assessments using the iPads in classrooms this last week.

The Diocese Of Wollongong Religious Literacy Assessment has taken place in Year 4 since 2003. Its intention is to influence learning and accountability and drive a culture of reflection on learning and pedagogy in the domain of Religious Education. 

To be religiously literate children leaving a Catholic primary school need to be able to communicate with and be at home in Catholic society and religion in general. Thus, assessment of religious literacy focuses on students’ knowledge and understanding of the key concepts that are being addressed by the Religious Education program and the children’s ability to communicate with their religious tradition.

If students are absent on Monday 1st August, they will have an opportunity to complete the assessment the next day.

Catholic schools from the Diocese of Wollongong are invited to take part in The Christmas Story 2022 – a visual arts exhibition and competition for children in Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6).

As part of the Creative Arts unit in Term 3, Mrs Ferguson will create a variety of learning experiences to help students build their artistic skills. It is essential that all artwork creation takes place on-site at school and no work is completed at home to ensure the authenticity of students' work

First Reconciliation

Many students from St Paul’s Parish Community received the Sacrament of Penance in the last week with students from St Paul's making their First Reconciliation today. Please continue to keep these students in your prayers as they prepare for First Communion.

First Communion

Lessons for First Holy Communion will commence on Saturday 13th of August at 4.15pm or Monday 15th of August at 4.15pm and will continue until 4 lessons are covered.

First Holy Communion will be celebrated on Sunday 18th of September with Masses at 11am and 2pm. You will receive a letter from the Parish asking you to indicate your ceremony preference.

Workbooks for first Holy Communion lessons will be available to be collected at Mass on the weekends of 30th/31st July and 6th/7th August. (Weekend Mass times are 6pm Saturday & 9am Sunday).

Jodi Marsh

Religious Education Coordinator

Please listen to a message about the Senior Leader Handball Competition occurring this term.

PB4L Focus for Weeks 2 & 3 Term Three 

Based on the PB4L data, the school leadership team has purchased some St Paul's handballs and we have been revisiting the expectations that students only use school equipment for play, to alleviate any 'my ball, my rules' scenarios and to ensure all equipment is stored safely.  As such, we have been focusing on Playground Equipment Expectations in Week 1, 2 & 3 in Term 3.

Students are encouraged to leave equipment at home to alleviate playground issues and to promote inclusion.

PB4L Focus for Weeks 2 & 3 Term Three 

Please see the behaviour matrix below for further details.

Congratulations to the following students who have received or will be receiving an ACE Award, Principal Award and/or a Mary MacKillop Award:

ACE Awards

Chloe Zonneveld

Mia Hamilton

Beau Zonneveld

Sophia Greig

Hamish Abnett

Andrew Jennison

Kaleeah Van De Voorde

Isaac Nicholls

Principal Awards

Scarlet Hu

Nicholas Carbonara

Mia Hamilton

Sophia Greig

Andrew Jennison

Christian Georgievski

William Jewitt

Sophie Jones

Gabriella Marsala

Mary MacKillop Awards

Aidan Strawbridge

Alexis Subotic

Grace Kusa

James Schubert

Ketzia Jomon

Dante Rosete

Gabriella Marsala

Mathematics Parent Information Session Term 3
St Paul’s are planning a parent education session this term centred around how you can help your child with numeracy at home. If you are interested in attending we would appreciate your input into appropriate times to hold these sessions via the short online survey.

Dates will be provided in the Week 4 newsletter and via Compass. 

Sharing Numeracy Learning
In Week 5 students will be sharing their Mathematics learning by bringing home their workbooks or via Seesaw/Google Classroom. Teachers will choose the method that best suits the learning happening in their classrooms. There is an increased focus on the importance of concrete materials in the numeracy classroom, therefore taking photographs of students using these materials may be a more appropriate form of sharing learning for some grades, as opposed to sending mathematics books home. 

Should your child be sharing their learning via an online platform, please acknowledge their work by either liking or commenting on the photographs or tasks in lieu of the paper slip used for workbooks. 

Parent Resources 

The Department of Education has recently released a new website with practical and easy to understand resources for parents. The website includes fun everyday activities that can assist students at all ages with their numeracy skill development.

Workbooks Sent Home

This term students will be sharing their learning with home in Mathematics (Week 4) and Religion (Week 8). Mathematics learning will be shared via workbook or online platform (see Focus on Numeracy for more information) and Religion will be shared via workbooks. 

Teachers use many different approaches to marking books. Some items will not be marked as they were consolidation tasks. This does not mean the teacher has not seen this work. Other items will be marked only for a set focus eg: using capital letters when writing. Some work samples will have notes directed to the child to remind them of what to do and some items will be marked for the teacher’s reference to remind them of teaching focuses for a particular child. Occasionally, there will be marking rubrics which give feedback to the student, teacher or parent about a child’s progress against the standard for that grade. Teacher’s give feedback to children through verbal means as well as what is seen in the workbook.

Your child would love you to look through their book and use this as a starting point to discuss what they have been learning. If you would like to give your child some feedback you might like to try the following format.

Olivia Roberts

Middle Leader

Staff professional learning is a key component for professional growth for the staff at St Paul's and a key component for teacher accreditation and maintenance as established by the NSW Education Standards Authority. At St Paul’s, we value the critical role ongoing professional development plays in enhancing quality learning and teaching. Therefore, throughout the year all staff are encouraged to engage in professional learning opportunities. The New South Wales Education Standards Authority requires Staff to ‘participate in learning to update knowledge and practice targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities’ and regularly ‘undertake professional learning programs designed to address identified student learning needs’. (NESA Standard 6)

Week 3

Olivia Roberts

Middle Leader

TIER TWO INTERVENTIONS

St Paul’s continues to offer a variety of literacy interventions aimed at supporting small groups of students with their literacy acquisition. Reading Recovery, MiniLit, Macqlit, and Multisensory Structured Literacy (MSL) are the Tier 2 interventions we facilitate for students from Year 1 to Year 5. The students selected for participation in such programs are based on thorough data collection and assessment processes.

All Tier 2 interventions  will continue into Term 3. The teachers and School Support Officers facilitating these interventions are so proud of the progress all students have made and are excited to see this academic growth and continued confidence in Literacy. A number of students will complete their involvement in interventions in the coming weeks. With Mrs Fogliada now on parental leave, Mrs Marsh will be the contact person for Diverse Learning Needs Support.

SPLICED

Our dedicated SPLICED students from Years 1-6 have committed a considerable amount of time and effort to their SPLICED Projects this Term.  Each week, students continue to engage in a 1-hour workshop with Mrs Marsh and have continued to access their Projects as an extension of their learning during allocated class time and during their time at home. 

On Wednesday 21st July, Myah B, Hayley F, Leah C and Scarlet R  from Year 6 attended a SPLICED Workshop at St Michael’s Thirroul. During this workshop, the students were supported by John Charadia in progressing their project.

MATHS OLYMPIAD

The Maths Olympiad is designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn and develop valuable math problem solving skills, while offering enjoyment and an appreciation of mathematics. Students in the Mathematics Enrichment Group will continue to engage in these activities weekly with Mrs Hingston on Fridays.

Mrs Jodi Marsh

Diverse Learning Needs Support Teacher Monday - Thursday

Mrs Alexandra Hingston

Diverse Learning Needs Support Teacher Friday

Registrations for the upcoming ICAS 2022 Assessments have now closed. The assessments will be completed on the following dates and have been added to the St Paul’s Parent Calendar:

• Week 4 Tuesday 9th August - ICAS Writing
• Week 4 Friday 12th August - ICAS Digital Technologies
• Week 5 Tuesday 16th August - ICAS English
• Week 6 Tuesday 23rd August - ICAS Spelling Bee (personal headphones are required)
• Week 6 Friday 26th August - ICAS Science
• Week 7 Tuesday 30th August - ICAS Mathematics

Thank you to the families who have registered their child, and could you please check your emails if you haven’t had an opportunity to return your child’s permission slip to school.

We wish all of our children who are involved in these assessments well and we look forward to celebrating your achievements with the St Paul’s community later in the year.

Bianca Koczka

Middle Leader ICT and Special Projects

In term 3 at St Paul’s we will continue to run a variety of programs to support the social and emotional development and wellbeing of our students. These evidence based, small group programs are developed by Catholic Care and are aligned to the PD, Health and PE syllabus. The programs will be facilitated by Mrs Monica McCann through the Commonwealth funded National Schools Chaplaincy and Pastoral Support Program. 

This term we will continue to run the Good Sports, Good Mates program with some students in Year 3 and Year 5, the Keepin’ it Cool Program with some of our Year 6 students and the MPower program with some of our year 4 girls. 

The Good Sports, Good Mates program is a hands-on, active small group program. The program supports students in the development of communication and cooperation skills for effective team work, helps develop an understanding of what good and bad sportsmanship behaviours are and focuses on competing against yourself to achieve your own personal best.

The MPower Girls small group program for girls from grades 4-6, provides girls with skills to maintain positive friendships, to build resilience, and fosters positive communication skills. It empowers girls to be assertive without being aggressive or passive and supports the learning of skills to appropriately solve or work through  friendship / peer issues.

The Keepin it Cool small group program facilitates the development of skills to help manage anxiety, worry, shyness or perfectionism. It teaches students to recognise clues that their body and mind give when they are starting to get worried. Students learn mindfulness strategies and how thoughts can impact how we feel and how we respond  and react in situations. The program helps students develop a toolbox of strategies to cope with worries and to use compassionate self-talk to help students move out of their comfort zone in little steps.

The Australian Government esafety Commission runs free monthly parent Webinars to provide parents and carers with the knowledge, skills and tools to support children to have safe, positive online experiences. Webinars have covered topics such as Online Gaming, Online Health, Online Sexual harrassment and image-based abuse and Parental controls. Coming up in August is a webinar on Popular Apps such as Tik Tok, Instagram, Snap Chat and YouTube. 

For further information or to register for the Popular Apps Webinar click 

here or to access previous or upcoming Webinars see the eSafety Commission’s  Webinar Schedule.

Monica McCann

Catholic Care Chaplaincy and Pastoral Support

In Term 3, the Waste-Free warriors will be continuing their work with our organic waste management system through their SEMP duty. They will also play a key role in promoting the correct bin practices around the school. 

Term 3 Environmental dates for your diary:

1-31 July - Plastic-free July - Plastic Free July Website

29 July - World Tree Day

1 September - World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Theme: Listen to the Voice of Creation

7 September - National Threatened Species Day 

Stay tuned for the wonderful work that St Paul’s will be doing to care for the environment.

Katie De Sousa

Mrs Julianne Tonini

South Coast Athletics Carnival: Tuesday 9 August

Arriving at school and class on time:

● ensures that your child doesn’t miss out on the important learning activities scheduled early in the day when they are most alert;

● helps your child to learn the importance of punctuality and routine; and

● gives your child time to greet their friends before class and therefore reduces the opportunity for classroom disruption.

Lateness is recorded as a partial absence and must be explained to the school the same way as other forms of absence.

Adding attendance notes in Compass

Following are instructions for how to add an attendance note to Compass, if your child is absent from school.

Using the Compass App on your mobile phone follow these steps:

Enrolments for Kindergarten 2023 are now open. Enrolments packs are available for collection at our school office. Please let your friends and the wider community know that enrolments are now open. Please share this information with your friends and family. 

All acceptance letters for Kindergarten 2023 have now been sent out via email. If you have not received this please call the school office on 4256 2772.

Please see below the Transition to School Playgroup dates which have been sent out via email.

Please ensure when your contact details change to email the info account, so we have a record of the new details. info@spapdow.catholic.edu.au

Our wonderful St Paul's Year 6 Fundraising Committee are running a Winter Pie Drive to help get us through the cold winter nights. Attached is the Pie Drive information and order form. Please note a paper copy of the order form was sent home last Friday.
Final orders and payment are due by Wednesday 3rd August 2022.
Payments are to be made by cash in an envelope to the school office.

Kristie Bicknell
Senior School Support Officer
On behalf of the Year 6 Fundraising Committee

Please join the SPAP Parents and Friends Executive for the Term 3 SPAP Parents and Friends Meeting on Monday 15 August at 6:30pm via Zoom. A Zoom link will be shared with parents and carers via Compass on the morning of the 15 June. If you have any agenda items you would like to add to the agenda please email Kelly Rayner via fuller.kelly@abc.net.au

Amy De Santis

P&F President

Barrack Heights Public School will be hosting the Go4Fun Program-a FREE 10-week program for children aged 7-13 and their families.

When: Wednesdays in Term 3

Time: 3:15pm - 5:15pm