St Andrew's Primary Marayong Newsletter

We Welcome Mrs Reshma  Kerai to our St Andrew’s Family.

On Monday  the 16th of September, we welcome our new Senior Finance Officer, Mrs Reshma Kerai to our staff. Mrs Kerai currently works for Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta and is very familiar with school expectations, policy and procedures of our Diocese. 

I wish to sincerely thank Mrs Anne King who has been caretaker of the Finance role this year.  Mrs King has done an outstanding job as Senior Finance Officer and will return to her original role as Senior Admin officer on Monday. 

Discos - another successful fundraiser for Term 3

I wish to thank the P&F for organising our Term 3 fundraiser especially the many parents who gave up their time so generously to pack the gift bags. It was wonderful to see both 

Enrolments   for 2020

We are at the business end of Kindergarten enrolments for 2020. If any parishioners or families of our school still need to enrol their child, I ask you to please lodge your application ASAP.  We have been overwhelmed with  many applications for 2020.  

NAPLAN 2019 

This week our NAPLAN results were released and our results were very strong across the testing domains.  Our students have performed well above the CEC benchmark. Congratulations to our students and teachers. 

Artist in Residence

Over the past few weeks our children have been working closely with our Artist in Residence Ms Margaret  Lopez. Each grade are working on exciting projects that will be displayed around our school grounds. We are very lucky to have an opportunity to work with Margaret and I thank CEDP for funding this project.  

Bathurst Excursion

Our Year 5 students visited the area of Bathurst on Friday to experience life on the gold fields as part of their HSIE studies.  The children were amazed by what they experienced and some were even able to strike it rich during their gold panning experience. It was a long, cold, windy day, but that did not dampen the spirits of our children.  A big thank you to the teachers for organising a great excursion, and to our families for supporting the event.  

Staff Spirituality Day-  Date for your diary

First day of next term, Monday the 14th of October will be a pupil free day.  The children will return to school on Tuesday the 15th of October following the Term 3 student vacation. 

The staff will be involved in a day of spiritual renewal and theological studies.  

Change over from Winter to Summer uniform

It is very hard to predict the weather at the moment. Over  the next few weeks I will leave it up to parents to decide what uniform to send your child in.  Please note it is either full winter uniform or full summer uniform, I ask that parents do not combine the two. 

Students return in Term 4 in full summer uniform.

Haircuts

I wish to thank the parents for supporting our haircut policy.  During the holiday period, many students choose haircuts that are not supported by the school.  I ask that on return to school all haircuts follow our school policy. 

This term Ms McDonald and myself met with many parents to discuss the  attendance rate of the children. Student attendance is a priority of the Diocese and of our school. 

If children are sick they need to stay at home until they are well enough to attend school. On their return they need to have a note explaining their absence. 

Can I also request that parents arrive at school on time.  Many students are arriving well after the bell. Some as late as an hour every day. This really disrupts the learning of your child and also the flow of the lesson as teachers need to stop what they are doing to explain the learning that was missed. 

I thank you in advance for attending to these issues. 

First day of next term, Monday the 14th of October will be a pupil free day.  The children will return to school on Tuesday the 15th of October following the Term 3 student vacation. 

The staff will be involved in a day of spiritual renewal and theological studies.  

When: Week 9 - Friday 20th September

Where: Our school oval.

There will be a sausage sizzle provided by the P & F.

Please refer to the sausage sizzle order form below. 

For more information on the Child Protection Modules (required for parent helpers) please  

click here

During Week 7 SAPS held our annual fundraiser. This year it was a NINJA WARRIOR FITNESS CHALLENGE COURSE! Students had the opportunity throughout the week  to complete various fitness challenges with their class group and  are now A ST ANDREWS NINJA WARRIOR!

The money raised will go towards TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES for the School 

There are a number of prizes up for grabs! 

For each $10 RAISED, students will receive a ticket to go into the draw a chance to win

A LARGE VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGY SPORTING EQUIPMENT AND GAMES!

PLUS: The highest fundraiser from each class receives an invite to the VIP PIZZA PARTY in Week 10

Please return the sponsorship form with money to your class teacher or the front office by

WEEK 9 – FRIDAY 20TH September, 2019 

CLICK HERE for Prizes 

"Last week at St Andrew's Primary, we had an amazing and exciting Ninja Warrior Challenge. All teachers and children absolutely loved it. We would like to show our appreciation to our Year 6 Sports Captains for helping all children to participate in the challenge. They did an amazing job!!

We would also like to thank the Ninja Warrior committee of teachers for all their hard work."

By Edgar T 5B

Please click here to download your Ninja Warrior Sponsorship Forms.

St Andrew’s, Little Big Shots performance showcase will be held in Term 4, Week 2 [Friday the 25th of October]. 

This year the P&F is conducting this fundraiser again for those who wish to obtain or renew their membership for 2019-2020. The digital membership will be available to be purchased, downloaded and be used on 4 devices. The Sydney Greater West Book and the Sydney and Surrounds Book are now combined to make the Sydney Book, giving you even greater value for money. Cost is $70 and can be purchased now. Details are in the flyer included in this newsletter.

The book or digital version can be ordered and purchased online. When ordering online, it can either be available for pickup or be sent home with your child, otherwise you can have it delivered at a cost of $12.

You can go the The Entertainment Book website www.entertainmentbook.com.au for a sneek peek and more details. 

A sample of the Sydney Book is available at the school office if you wish to view it. If you have any questions, please contact Maria on 0413180787 or Nicole on 0420996008.

If you wish to purchase a book for digital version, go to https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/9444k66

We will be selling The Entertainment Book until the end of Term 3 so don’t miss out.