Important Information This Week
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.
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.
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.
END OF TERM ASSEMBLY
Our end of term assembly will be held in the Multi-Purpose Hall this Friday at 12.30pm. Parents are welcome to attend this assembly, however due to the current COVID climate within our school could I ask that all parents attending the assembly please wear a mask.
LOST & FOUND UNIFORM
We currently have a very large number lost and found items that are unlabelled, and we have been unable to return to students. A table will be set up at the entrance of the Hall on Friday during the whole school assembly, if you have lost any uniform items dring Terms 1 & 2 we encourage you to come and have a look, and to collect anything that may belong to you.
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.
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.
ST ITA’S SCHOOL CONCERT— “Dance With Me In Africa”
West Gippsland Arts Centre - July 28th, 2022
Art Centre Practice—Wednesday, 27th July
Concert Day—Thursday, 28th July — costumes required at school.
This year’s school concert is titled “Dance With Me In Africa” and will be on Thursday 28th July at the West Gippsland Art Centre, Warragul. There will be 2 performances and all students are required to perform in each show. There is a matinee show at midday and an evening performance at 7pm.
Important – All students will be required to be at school by 9am on Wednesday 27th July and Thursday 28th July.
On Wednesday 27th July, students will be taken with their grade by shuttle bus to/from the Arts Centre to practice coming on/off the stage.
On Thursday 28th July, all students will be taken from school by shuttle bus to the Arts Centre for the matinee show and will be returned to school by 3pm after the matinee performance.
Please look out for the permission form on PAM in Week 1 of Term 3, for parents to sign to enable their child to travel to and from the Arts Centre by bus.
All students will need to be collected from school at the 3.20pm finish time. Parents will then drop their children off at the Art Centre at 6.30pm for the evening performance & collect them afterwards.
Tickets are will be on sale via the West Gippsland Art Centre, WGAC ticket office, phone or on-line, as of Monday, 11th July for $15 each (children under 2 free on parent’s knee).
This year a pensioner concession ticket is available for a reduced price $10 for the matinee performance at midday only.
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.
NCCD INFORMATION SHEET FOR PARENTS
COVID UPDATE
We are still getting 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 cleared.
If children present at school with symptoms you will be contacted by the classroom teacher or admin and you will be required to collect your child.
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.