Dear Parents and Carers,

A few little things for you to take away from the week that was!

Before School

We have a large number of students arriving to school before 8:30am when our teachers begin their supervision. For the safety of our students we ask that they do not arrive at school before this time.

School uniform and smart watches

As we are heading into some warmer weather over the coming days, you have the option of either the winter or summer school uniform for the remainder of the term. This will also be the option for the first two weeks of Term 4. Transition to full summer uniform will be from Week 3 of Term 4. Please remember to label all your child’s belongings – uniforms, water bottles, lunch containers and shoes!

Furthermore, it has been noted that a number of our students have smart watches at school. This is a timely reminder that any smart watched with wi-fi connectivity with the ability to access music or take photos is strictly prohibited. If we do see a student with this device, we will ask them to remove it and send it to the front office.

School Community Council Open Night

Thank you to Angela Schacht, the chair of our SCC for facilitating the meeting on Monday. It was a wonderful opportunity to hear about the input of the SCC and the strategic direction our school is heading. If you would like to offer suggestions for our school moving forward at an SCC level, please take the time to complete the survey at this link. We welcome the opportunity to hear your feedback.

A visit from Catholic Education South Australia

On Wednesday we had the privilege of hosting the leadership team from Catholic Education South Australia. They spent time talking to our leadership team about how we are implementing the Catalyst program across the school. Engaging in this conversation made me reflect on the positive impact and change we have made in the way we deliver the curriculum to your children. All decisions we make at a school level are to improve outcomes across a range of areas for our students. In their visits to our classrooms they watched effective lessons being taught where all students were engaged in learning.

Yours in Christ,

Susan Chant
Acting Principal

Calendar

To view the Parent and Carers calendar please follow the link below to our school website. This calendar is very user friendly and clear to view on mobile phones.

Kelli Rootes
Librarian

SAVE THE DATE! Saturday 11 November 2023  10am-3pm

Our fete committee is working very hard to get everything ready for our spectacular fete!

 How you can help

• Like, follow our share our fete’s Facebook page
• RSVP & Share our event page
• Stall Holder Volunteers needed for the following stall: Plant Stall, Tombola, Colour Me, Chocolate Toss, Drinks & Icy Poles
• Plant stall –It’s Spring!! Don’t forget to start planting!
• The Treasure Trove – Spring cleaning?  Used Clothing – Kids Books stalls would love your treasures! We will put the call out soon with donation dates.

Please put aside your unwanted treasures:

• good quality toys, boardgames & puzzles
• good quality clothing/shoes/accessories (children & grownups)
• kitchen equipment (NO electronics)
• bric a brac
• sports equipment
• other interesting items

Books:

• We welcome any adult or children’s books - especially readers/novels.
• Handmade stall – If there is any crafty family members out there, our handmade stall will be calling out soon for some donations of products to sell.
• Community Organisations - Are you apart of a community organisation that may want to participate in our community Fete? Please reach out to the committee on sttapskambahfete@gmail.com

 What exciting stalls do we have this year?

Treasure Trove, Clothing, Kids & Adults Books, Café, Cakes, Handmade, Plants, Pick a Prize, Chocolate Wheel, Money Tree, Tombola, Showbags/Lucky Dips, Chocolate Toss, BBQ, International Foods, Gelato/Slushies/Drinks, Fairy Floss/Popcorn, Colour Me, Durkin Rides, Side Show Alley – Pluck a Duck, Pick a Pop and Balloon Toss.

We also have a Silent Auction, Live Auction & a TV raffle for our students.

Our amazing Platinum Sponsors

This year we are so lucky to have 3 Platinum Sponsors so far for our fete. We would like to thank Canberra Containers, Beaumont Tiles & Luton Tuggeranong

The St Thomas Year six netball team (BlueJays) have made it to the Grand Final and are playing at 11am at Stirling courts.

Please come along if you are available and cheer them on.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY KIDS WORKSHOPS NOW BOOKING AND CANBERRA KIDS TERM 4 AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES ARE OPEN!

 Come and build some awesome projects with Two Sheds Workshop, Wanniassa.

Workshops for kids 7yrs+, no experience needed.  Holiday classes and weekly

Afterschool classes booking now.

Check out the range here: https://enrolmy.com/two-sheds-workshop#