AUSTRALIA DAY AWARD

Congratulations to John Norgrove, long time parent from our school, for his recent Australia Day award. John received an Australia Day award in recognition of his outstanding service as a Senior Contract Clinician and Aviation Medical Officer in the Canberra region. Well done John, your award speaks volumes about your leadership and commitment to service of others.  

PARENTS AND FRIENDS COMMITTEE

We are still in need of some support for our Parents and Friends Committee:

• Coordinator of Fundraising and Social Events – This role oversees the planning and organisation of such events for our school e.g. school discos, colour run, community gatherings etc. The person is strongly supported by a group of helpers whom are on the P&F as well as assistance for each event from the wider school community.

• Class Parent Representatives – To help keep families updated across the range of events, we have Class Parent Representatives who act as an avenue of communication between class teachers and families regarding special events (e.g. the need to supply morning tea for a class mass) and also a point of connection between families (e.g. organise an occasional informal class play date at a park or the like). The role of Class Parent Representative is not time consuming and does not require attendance at any P&F meetings (unless you choose to) nor attendance at school events. The Parent Representative Coordinator (Hannah Norgrove) will keep all our class Parent Representatives up to date on school happenings. The role simply asks for the coordination of:
• Touching base with your classroom teacher from time to time to find if there is any information that may need to be distributed amongst families.
• Arranging a note to be sent home when it is your class turn to host Mass and morning tea.
• Helping distribute information and encourage attendance at school/P&F events.
• Welcome new families in your class to the school.
• As an optional addition, you may like to coordinate class get togethers during holidays/weekends.

• Clothing Pool Assistant - Over a number of years, our Clothing Pool has been coordinated by Mrs Barbra Cox. In this role she maintains the stock, gathers uniform to meet parent orders and occasionally holds an after school stall to sell our second hand uniform items. As Barbra’s family will finish at St Benedict’s at the end of the year, we are after someone to ‘learn the ropes’ and assist this year, with the aim of taking over the coordination of the Clothing Pool in 2023.

If you are able to fulfil any of these roles, we would love to hear from you. Please either call the Front Office or send an email to alana.Quirk@cg.catholic.edu.au . Remember, many hands make light work.

CAR PARK SAFETY

The car park continues to be an area of safety concern. Please:

• Ensure that when you enter the car park, you are travelling at low speed and following the arrows of direction.
• Take note of the ‘No Parking’ zones – these are the areas in front of the double black gates (where the children enter and leave the grounds) and in front of the boundary fence (under the basketball hoop).
• Park in a designated parking bay. DO NOT stop in the drive through area.
• Collect your child/ren from the black gates. You must collect your child from this area – do not call them over to you. NO CHILD will be allowed to cross the carpark without a parent/carer.

LATE ARRIVAL

If your child arrives late to school (any time after 9:00am), they must be signed in at the Front Office by a parent or carer.

STUDENT ABSENCE EXPLANATION

As the class roll is a legal document, all student absences are required to be explained by the parent/carer. Please use the Compass App for this purpose. Even if you phone the school to let them know of your child’s absence, we still require a written explanation via the Compass Portal.

FIRE DRILL

Today we conducted a whole school fire drill so the children can practice what to do in the event of a real fire. They may come home with questions or comments on their experience from today. I suggest that you discuss the need for practicing to ensure everyone's safety. Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions.