News from the Principal's Desk
This year’s celebrations are especially meaningful, as we not only welcome parents back on site, they also coincide with the nationwide celebration of 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia.
This year’s CSW theme, ‘Faith in the Future’ encourages us to reflect on the achievements of the past, to ensure Catholic schools continue to be vibrant communities of faith and to improve learning.
Order of Events
- 4:30pm Tours of St Brigid’s School for families seeking enrolment in 2022
- 5:00pm Guided learning walks and talks for all current families
- 5:30pm Welcome and prayer
- 5:40pm Family picnic in the school grounds
Regular school attendance will help your child to succeed in later life. Attending school every day makes learning easier for your child and helps children to build and maintain friendships with other children. If your child doesn’t learn the basic skills in the early years of school, they may develop learning problems in later years.
Question 2 - Must I send my child every day?
● go to a special religious ceremony;
● is required to attend to a serious and/or urgent family situation (e.g. a funeral); and
● is too sick to go to school or has an infectious illness.
● birthdays;
● shopping;
● minding other children;
● routine check-ups or care such as hair cuts;
● minor family events; and
● sleeping in.
Medical and other health appointments for your child should be made either before or after school or during the school holidays.
Queston 4 - Why is arriving at school on time important?
Arriving at school and class on time:
● ensures that your child doesn’t miss out on the important learning activities scheduled early in the day when they are most alert;
● helps your child to learn the importance of punctuality and routine; and
● gives your child time to greet their teacher and friends before class and therefore reduces the opportunity for classroom disruption.
Lateness is recorded as a partial absence and must be explained to the school the same way as other forms of absence.
HOLY SPIRIT COLLEGE ENROLMENTS FOR YEAR 5 AND YEAR 6
This year, Holy Spirit College will be accepting enrolments from Year 5 students for Year 7 2023. Limited places for Year 7 2022 are available. Please contact the Enrolments Officer Raelene Ware on 42866211.
Holy Spirit College is the Catholic feeder school for St Brigid's Please find attached important dates and information.
SOCIAL MEDIA WEBINARS FOR PARENTS AND CARERS
The Council of Catholic School Parents (NSW/ACT) has joined with the eSafety Commissioner to present two free webinars for parents and carers in late March 2021.
The webinars are:
- Helping kids thrive online (for parents/carers of 5-12 year olds)
- Tech, teens and time online (for parents/carers of 12-18 year olds).
Both are free but registration is required.
Provided are two flyers to use to promote these webinars in your parent/carer community via the school newsletter and any school social media platforms.
For newsletters - link to the pdf version so that the relevant hyperlinks remain active. For social media - use the jpg version as the graphic/visual and include the relevant links in the text of the post so that people can link to the registration page.
The relevant link for both webinars is https://www.ccsp.catholic.edu.au/webinar.
This google form can be found on the St Brigid’s website, as a link in the Brigid Bulletin and by clicking the link in the COMPASS news-feed.
Students and staff who have undergone testing but HAVE NOT been directed to self-isolate can return to school when: they have received a negative test result AND are not displaying symptoms of illness.
Please complete it any day or time of the week, including weekends. The information will automatically come to Ms Uroda and Mrs Sammut.
| 22/3 | CSW Event | 4:30pm |
| 26/3 | Pupil Free Day - Staff retreat | All day |
| 1/4 | Cross Country Carnival | From 9:30am |
| 1/4 | School term ends | 3:10pm |
| 19/4 | Pupil Free day | All day |
| 20/4 | School commences for Term 2 | All day |