Parent Teacher Interviews and Semester Two Reports

Parent Teacher interviews are being held on Monday and Tuesday 5 and 6 December. Bookings are now available via Compass. The interviews will be an opportunity for the teachers to discuss your children's academic, social and emotional progress across the term. This will be an important discussion given the removal of comments on reports across all schools in the Archdiocese. Semester Two Reports will be uploaded to Compass on Friday of Week 9. 

Colour Run

Tomorrow is the final day for cash to be sent in for the Colour Run. QKR! payments will close on Friday morning so that raffle tickets can be written for the grand prize draw at 2:00 pm. We will gather in the hall for the prize draw at 2:00 pm and then commence the run on the oval at around 2:30 pm. Don't forget to dress your children in white or light clothes and pack a poncho or towel for them to cover up when traveling home!

We are hoping to raise at least $6,000 for the purchase of new Chromebooks so that the school can continue to provide our 1-to-1 device program in Years 3-6 without placing the burden on families to provide the device in addition to school fees. Thank you to Paris Dounoukos, Irena Morschel and Khara Williams and Caitrin Dunn for organising businesses to sponsor our event.

Julie Ogden Community Farewell

RSVP's will be due next week so that catering can be organised: https://forms.gle/FLfJRnUSHTw17JBr8 

Kinder Nativity and End of Year Celebration

We look forward to the presentation of the Nativity by our Kindergarten class next week. All families are most welcome to attend and to stay for lunch with their children following the nativity.

Year 6 Leadership 2023

On Tuesday our Year 3-6 students gathered in the hall to listen to speeches from our Year 5 students who have nominated for School Captain. Twenty students bravely stood before us to tell us what leadership qualities they possessed, how these relate to our School Creed, and what initiatives they could bring to the role. We look forward to announcing our 2023 School Captains in next weeks More Reminders. 

School Fees 2023

Catholic Education has taken careful consideration has been taken in reviewing the fees for 2023 to continue to support our school’s requirements while keeping increases manageable and fair for families in the current economic environment.

I can now advise you that in 2023, our fee for a single student will be $1153 per term an increase of 7% to match current inflation.

This fee combines Tuition, School levies, and Building Fund and will help to keep pace with rising salaries and running costs to ensure our school continues to deliver the quality education for our students that you would expect. 

In 2023, sibling discounts for tuition fees will continue to be reduced to align with our Catholic Archdioceses around Australia.

Please see attached the schedule of fees for 2023 and the changes to sibling discounts for tuition fees.

As always, if fees create financial concerns for you, I encourage you to make an appointment with me to discuss how we can help. It is a policy in the Archdiocese that no student should be refused enrolment, excluded or disadvantaged because their family is unable to afford fees. Any discussion on fees would be strictly confidential.

If you have any questions regarding school fees for 2023, please feel free to contact me.

Celebrating our Learning

I was thrilled to recieve a visit from a group of 3/4 students who shared some of their writing. Their sentence structure and vocabulary are certainly worth sharing. Here’s a snippet of these authors' work:

As the storm brewed in the foggy night, the spooky behemoth snuck into the haunted and deserted cottage in the misty town to find the key to the neverworld.

Things weren’t looking good in 1693, and the streets were definitely not the place for children. Yet the group of young lads still willingly trudged, down hearted along the dangerous scene.

Boom! Crash! Bang! At 1:43am, the abominable, slimy and fat behemoth let out a bloodcurdling, monstrous scream in Parliament House whilst devouring its latest victim.

On a dark and misty night a hair raising beast demolished the remaining piece of the King and Queen’s Castle.

Have a great end of the week,

Luke Donnelly
Principal