CROSS COUNTRY - MONDAY 10th MAY

This Monday 10th May - Children from Froundation to grade 6 will compete in the school cross country. This is an onsite carnival and permission has been sent out via Operoo to allow the route for the Grade 3 - 6 children to run through Civic Park and around the Drouin Rec Reserve. Children can wear their house colours on the day. Recess will be at 10.30 Monday with the carnival to start at 11am. Parents are invited to attend this event, but will be expected to stay on the bottom oval where social distancing expectations can be put in place. Any parent entering the school site will be required to sign in via the QR code located on gate entries. 

If you are avaiable to help with supervision and have a current Working with Chidlren Check can you please contact Joe Black on jblack@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au or by calling School Admin by phoning 56237222.

NAPLAN - Grade 3 & 5 - Tuesday 11th May

READ MORE IN MAY CHALLENGE

You would have received an email and Dojo message about the READ MORE IN MAY CHALLENGE on Monday. Thank you for encouraging and supporting your students to complete this challenge.

Mrs McKenna talked to all the students this week in their library class and everyone has a reading log if they wanted to take part. If they don’t have one, they can make their own reading log. Just tick off 10 minutes of family reading every day.

Many students have also committed to the challenge by writing their name and adding it to our display.

Tips to help you with this challenge…

• Take a book everywhere with you
• Set aside time for daily reading
• Read aloud with your children
• Provide a wide variety of reading material
• Limit screen time

Please send photos through of your family reading time to share with us in the library to cmckenna@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au

CARDBOARD SUPPLIES REQUIRED FOR ART ROOM

The art room requires some empty & clean cardboard boxes & similar cardboard supplies for projects this term. If you have any at home that are not required, please ask your children to bring to the art room each morning. 

• cardboard & cardboard boxes - any size & shape
• egg cartons
• cardboard cylinders - from paper towel, postage, cling wrap etc (Due to hygiene reasons - please do not bring toilet roll inserts or tissue boxes)

BUS FREE DAYS

School buses will not be operating in the Drouin network on the following days in Term 2 & Term 3. All bus travellers will need to make alternative arrangements to/from school on these days.

Term 2 - Monday 10th May 2021

Term 3 - Monday 16th August 2021.

SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY - 11th JUNE

SCHOOL FEES & FEE CONCESSION

Term 1 school fees are now overdue & Term 2 school fees are due by Friday 14th May . BPAY details are available on your school fee statement. School fees are due by the 4th week of each term and must be paid in full by the end of the school year they are due, December 2021.

If any families would like to pay off their fees either weekly, fortnightly or monthly, please set up a direct debit schedule by completing a Direct Debit Form and returning to the school office at your earliest convenience.  Please calculate the total fees payable by the number of weeks/payments required for your fees to be paid by December 2021. For any assistance please contact the school Admin office via email on: admin@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au

For any families that have recently received a Government means-tested health care concession card & have not already advised the school office, please forward a copy of your card to the office to check your eligibility, as a fee concession may apply. The card must be in the name of the parent/fee payer for a fee concession to apply with the student details listed on the card.  A CSEF (Camp, Sport & Excursion Fund) form must also be completed. Application forms must be completed each year.

If your current Health Care concession card has expired, or is due to expire and your card is re-issued or any details have changed, please send a copy of your new card details to the office as soon as possible for the concession to be checked and applied to your fees.