Dear parents,

Welcome back to term four!  It is hard to imagine that we have only nine weeks until the end of the school year.

Term four is always a busy term but like the majority of this year, many events will be impacted by COVID-19 restrictions.   This week there has been an easing of restrictions that will allow us to hold most events even though they may be in a modified fashion.  All events run by the school must have a COVID plan which has to be submitted to Catholic Education prior to the event and all events must adhere to public health protocols.

Both our Year 6 camp to Camp Cooba in week four and our Year 5 camp to Sydney in week 6 have been given permission to proceed.  This information has been received with great enthusiasm by the students.  Year six parents would have received communication about their camp earlier this week while the year five note & information will go home today.  Local excursions for other classes are already taking place.

The following Covid-19 restrictions are still in place until further notice:

• Drop Off and Pick up procedures remain the same as Term 3.  Parents are asked to only enter the grounds if necessary, maintain physical distancing and not enter classroom buildings.
• All adults on the school premises for longer than drop off/pick up must be signed in via the Front Office.  This is to ensure we have accurate records, for possible contact tracing, should they be required.  Please do not enter the school grounds if you are unwell.
• Please note physical distancing and hand sanitiser are essential for all visitors to school grounds. 
• If any student or staff member has any kind of illness, even if it is simply light cold or flu-like symptoms, they must not attend school.  If a student is showing any signs of illness, their parents/carers will be called and asked to collect their child.
• The attendance of parents at school is still limited by social distancing rules. While indoors we must still adhere to the 4 sq metre rule for adults and outdoor events are now 2 sq metres.
• As with term three weekly assemblies will not be held.

Math’s Problem

Well done to both Selina Li and Emma Liew who both attempted the holiday problem ‘youcubed my heart’! Both students received prizes for their efforts today.

This week’s problem is below.

Teddy has 144 small cubes that are 1cm on each side. He also has a box that is 7cm long, 6cm wide, and 4cm high. How many more small cubes does Teddy need to fill the box completely?

Swimming Kindergartent to Year 2

Our annual swimming lessons for all Kindergarten to Year 2 students will be going ahead in weeks 6 and 7.  Notes regarding this will be coming home next week.

Sun Smart

A reminder that it is heating up and we need to be sun-smart.  Remember to slip, slop, slap, seek and slide!  Hats are compulsory.  Please ensure all uniform items have names so if they get misplaced we can attempt to find the owners.

God Bless

Peter Hughes