Thanks to Mrs Lewry for putting together this year’s Remembrance Day service with the schools Liturgy team. The children presented a really respectful service. A big thank you to Levi Camilleri for his instrumental offerings on guitar, and to the Grade 1 students for their artistic Poppy Flowers.

Also, a huge thank you to the students and staff of St Ita's who purchased merchandise to commemorate Remembrance Day. We raised $1,070. Money raised will go towards supporting veterans in our community.

WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY 

It was great to have our first whole school assembly last Friday, and a big congratulations to our Foundation students who did an amazing job coming in settled and aware of the routines.

SCHOOL START TIMES

We are seeing an increasing number of students arriving to school after the 'Walkers Gate' has been closed each morning. In an effort to reduce the number of visitors and students moving through the Admin building, we would like to remind all families of our expectations for student drop off each morning;

8.30am 'Walkers Gate' is opened

8.50am All students should be dropped off and through the gate 

9am School Commences

GRADE 6 GRADUATION / BIG DAY OUT

We are currently looking into the options that are available for our Grade 6 Graduation and our Grade 6 Big Day Out celebrations.

The challenge we face with Graduation, is that all venues currently have density limits, which limits the options availabe to us. In the event that we can source a venue, it will most likely be a children and staff event, and parents may be required do drop off and pick up.

Either way we’ll do our best to get families back into our school in some capacity over the last weeks of term to see our Grade 6 students graduate.

GRADE 6 GRADUATION MASS & DINNER

Many in our school community continue to face financial impacts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are committed to supporting families experiencing financial challenges through our School Fee Concession programs, and encourage any parent/carer/guardian experiencing difficulties to contact us regarding fee assistance.

Please contact our Administration Officer - Beck Bradley on (03) 5623 7222 or admin@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au to explore confidential financial support arrangements or to obtain further information.

We strongly advise families to return application forms for their 2022 Foundation students to guarantee enrolment for next year, our places are filling quickly.

If you require an interview and school tour with your child, please contact our school Admin on (03) 5623 7222 as soon as possible to book a time (COVID-19 Dependent).

All parents will be required to complete a student questionnaire prior to the commencement of your interview (this takes a couple of minutes and you will receive it on arrival). You will also receive an enrolment pack with an enrolment form enclosed.

SCHOOL FEES & FEE CONCESSION

School Fees for 2021 are due and payable by December 2021. 

BPay details are available on your school fee statement. All school fees are now due and payable and all accounts must be finalised by the end of the school year they are due, December 2021.

Direct Debits can be implemented at any time, if any families would like to pay their fees by instalment weekly, fortnightly or monthly, please complete the below 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 and 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.