Principal's Message

Dear Parents

Once again Catholic Education has nominated the first day of next term, Monday 12 July, as a pupil free day for staff professional learning. All children return on Tuesday 13 July. Children in Kinder to Year 2 will continue to participate in Gym sessions so should wear their sports uniform on the first day back.

I have had a lovely few days meeting many of our new families as I interview the preschoolers enrolling for 2022. With the term rapidly coming to a close I will be interviewing all siblings early in Term 3, you definitely have not been forgotten.

Please remember if your child is not well do not send them to school. We need to remember to keep COVID safe and where a child is required to have a COVID test they should not return to school until a negative result is received and the school is advised.

While annoying, parents will need to sign in if visiting teachers or assisting in the classrooms via our CBR Check-in app and then via our sign-in kiosk. The Check-in app is how ACT Health is monitoring the movement of people around Canberra, should contact tracing be required. Thanks for your understanding. We are so lucky to live in Canberra.

Year 6 Expression of Learning

On Thursday 24 June the Year 6 will be displaying their learning through dance and drama. Please keep the evening free for this special presentation.

Absentees

Please make sure all absences are accounted for with a note via Compass, an email to the office or a written note. The class roll is an official electronic document and must reflect why a child is not at school. Parents can check via the Compass Parent Portal. Reminder notes will come home in the next few days.

Medical Plans

All medical plans must be updated each year and provided to the school. We are currently reviewing our records and have discovered many asthma and anaphylaxis plans are out of date. This puts the school in a compromised situation in an emergency as we strive to provide the best care possible when a child is not well. As children with a medical plan are required to have a formal personalised plan, letters will be sent to families, in the next week, indicating if you need to provide an updated plan. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Compass Parent Portal and School Reports

Please register with the Compass Parent Portal if you have not already done so. Please ensure your email address is correct for registration to go through. If you are having difficulties with registering please contact the Front Office. Reports will be distributed via the Compass Parent Portal so please register.

The teachers have been working hard over the last few weeks moderating your child's work in preparation for school reports. As indicated in previous newsletters CE has elected not to include comments in the new report for Semester One. Reports will be sent to families in Week 10 with the opportunity for a parent interview to occur in the first two weeks of Term 3.

Thank you

Sincere thanks to Katherine O'Sullivan for her efforts to recycle lots of the books left over from our White Elephant sale. All the boxes have now been removed from the hall.

Continue to stay COVID safe and may God's blessing be with everyone.

Carmel Maguire

Principal