Important Information This Week
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS
Our parent teacher interviews will be able to be booked through PAM. All families have an account set up with their primary email address that they sent the school on enrolment. The password for these accounts is simply "password" and needs to be changed immediately after logging in for security reasons. If you are experiencing difficulties please contact the school office.
This is the first time St Ita's has used this Parent Teacher Interview Booking System so we have created a user guide for parents which can be accessed here. (please see attached pdf guide).
Parent Teacher Interviews are an important time where parents can speak to their child's teacher about the school report or their progress this semester. It is also a time that teachers can share assessment data, goals and expectations for Semester 2.
Interviews are scheduled for Monday 20th June from 3.40 - 7pm and Wednesday 22nd June from 3.40 - 5.30pm.
As Mr Monckton is away on LSL he will arrange a time with his parents via Class Dojo for a face to face or phone interview.
END OF TERM 2
A reminder to all parents and families that next Friday 24th of June will be the final day of term 2, it will be an early finish time of 2.20pm. Please ensure that you have made pick up arrangements for this early finish time.
WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH TO POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR CELEBRATION
We will be having our WSAPB colours dress up day on Friday 24th of June (Last day of school for the term). On this day students can bring in a gold coin donation and can dress up creatively in the colours of our WSAPB (White, Blue, Green, Yellow and Purple). They can do any combination of these colours or any of them straight out.
The gold coin donation will be used to fund education for disadvantaged children overseas through the St Vinnies organisation.
Children will be participating in a mixed age group activity in Foundation - Grade 2 and then from Grade 3 - Grade 6 and will be doing some activities around our WSAPB values of Respect, Inclusiveness, Compassion, Teamwork and Resilience.
TERM 3 - ASSESSMENT DAY (1st day of Term 3 - Monday 11th July)
A reminder to all parents that the first day of term 3 (Monday 11th July) will be a school closure and Maths Assessment Day. You will need to book an interview time through PAM. Interviews will times be made available next week to avoid confusion for Parent Teacher Interview time slots. Communication will come out via ClassDojo and Schoolzine to notify parents to book these time slots. Interviews will be 20 minutes.
CANTEEN CLOSED - FRIDAY 24th JUNE
An important reminder to all families there will be no lunch orders available on the final day of Term 1, Friday 24th June. Please ensure your child has a packed snack and lunch on this day.
SCHOOL CONCERT
The school concert will held at the Warragul Arts Centre on the 28th July 2022. There will be a full dress rehearsal on Friday 22nd July 2022 in the school hall. It is expected that all students have their costumes sorted by this stage. Please contact your child's teacher if you are unsure of what costume is required. We will have more information in Term 3 on how families can purchase tickets.
ART ROOM
Robyn Leary, our Art room teacher, requires white or light coloured socks of any size and also any wool that families are able to donate for an Art project.
Students can bring them in on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday and take them to the Art room or their classroom.
CAR SPEED LIMIT FOR DROP OFF OR PICK UP
A reminder to all parents that the speed limit for both of our school drop off and pick up lines is 10km. We need to make sure all in our community are following speed limits to keep our kids safe, especially during these colder and wetter mornings.
CHILDREN WALKING HOME VIA DROUIN REC RESERVE
We have noted that we have a lot of students who are now walking from school via the Drouin Rec Reserve gate at the end of the day.
In the interest of student safety, we will monitor all students who walk and ask them to assemble at the end of each day under the shelter before exiting as a group.
A staff member will walk the children around to the grassed area behind the signage and parked cars so they can exit through the gate behind the goals.
For parents and carers who are parking and waiting for their child to walk to their car, these children will also meet under the shelter and parents will need to exit their cars to collect their children at the gate.
Parents must notify their child's teacher via class Dojo, a written note or email to give permission for their child/ren to walk from this point.
We thank you for supporting us to have a child safe environment at St Ita’s.
2023 FOUNDATION SIBLING ENROLMENTS
Our 2023 sibling enrolments for Foundation are currently open to St Ita’s families. To arrange an interview and school tour for your child, please contact Beck or Helen at admin@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au or 5623 7222.
COVID UPDATE
We are still getting high numbers of reported cases of Covid-19 and Influenza at St Ita’s across all grades.
Whist we are getting our staffing back on track, it’s vitally important that we do our best to keep everyone safe at St Ita’s. Thanks to parents for supporting us by keeping kids away from school whilst displaying symptoms.
If your child is displaying any symptoms at all, please keep them at home, RAT test them and only send them back to school when all symptoms have gone.
If children present at school with symptoms you will be contacted by admin and you will be required to collect your child.
RAT Tests have been sent home to all families on Tuesday 14 June 2022.
We will continue to work together to get through this current outbreak and make sure we provide students and staff with the safest possible environment whilst at school.
SCHOOL FEES & CONCESSIONS
Term 1 & Term 2 fees are now overdue, please ensure payment is made at your earliest convenience.
If any families would like to set up a weekly, fortnightly or monthly direct debit schedule for school fees, please complete the Direct Debit Form below and return to the school office. For any assistance regarding calculations of payments, please contact us via email on: admin@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au
For any families that have recently received a Government means-tested health care concession card, 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.
If your current Health Care card is due to expire this year and your card is re-issued, please send a copy of your new card details to the office as soon as possible for the concession to be checked and applied for next year's fees, if not already done so.