Hello to all our Students, Parents, Staff and Friends of St Matthew’s,
With only a few weeks to officially being Spring let us hope the cold weather disappears and provides us with some warmer weather. This weekend promises to be 19 degrees. Let us hope the weather bureau has their predictions right. Fingers Crossed.
NEW PARENTS & FRIENDS ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE
The Parents and Friends Association met recently for their AGM (Annual General Meeting) and elected a new committee. Because of COVID a lot of things have been on hold and this was one of them. This Committee will run for the remainder of the year and for 2023 as well.
The new committee is:
President - Corinna Makdesi
Vice President - Marcia Conci
Treasurers - Maria Mella & Mary Aude
Secretary - Chamindri Karunaratne
General Committee members - Jessica Saracino, Nadia Greco + anyone else who would like to join and help out on special occasions. Any parent is most welcome to join.
My sincere thanks to these Ladies for volunteering and we look forward to the upcoming Fathers’ Day Raffle and Fathers’ Day Stall.
SELOLA COURT PARKING
I received an email last Friday from a disgruntled resident complaining that parents are parking over driveways and are making Selola Court dangerous. This person also complained that we have one to many entrances to the school and that Selola Court did not need to exist. She also had a go at our wooden fence, which adjoins our brick fence. I know you are all doing the right thing, but I did say I would remind you in this newsletter.
This is my response:
Thank you for your email, Unfortunately, I do not agree with your statement that it is extremely dangerous. I am on duty at Selola Court both in the mornings and in afternoons and this has never been my observation. We need three entrances/exits, which include Selola Court as a large proportion of our families live north of Anderson Road. Also the foot traffic is almost equal to the amount arriving/departing by car. I have reminded the parents both personally and in our newsletter today to not park over driveways. They were already mindful of this.
Both William St & Lowson St are also extremely busy entrances/exits with high vehicle movement to and from our school.
Are you aware that Moomba Park PS families also use Selola Court to drop off and pick up their children. Unfortunately, more parents have to drive their children to school as predators are more prevalent and parents don't feel their children are safe walking to school on their own.
In regard to the one wooden fence bordering our property that is in disrepair. It would have been replaced with a colourbond fence prior to COVID except the owner of the adjoining rental property will not come to the party in going halves with the school. We have replaced no 14 Selola Court prior to COVID. Sorry we will have to agree to disagree.
Keep doing the right thing parents, you are doing a great job.
FEES REMINDER
Payment of all Outstanding School Fees
This is a reminder that all outstanding School Fees and Levies are to be finalised by
Friday, 16th September 2022. If you have any queries or need to set up a Direct Debit Payment to assist with paying the balance of your account, please contact Natalie (Bursar) via email: admin@smfawknernth.catholic.edu.au.
Payment methods available to settle your account with St Matthew's Primary School are:
Cash - Directly paid over the counter at the office
Credit Card - By phone or in person at the office
Direct Payment to School Account: BSB: 083 347 Account: 540 385 132 Reference: Account code (as per Statement) and Family Surname
Please note, that any credits (including the CSEF) to accounts will be put through by Mid-November 2022
Stay warm and dry and look forward to a better weekend. Take care everyone.
Yours Sincerely,
Bob Brown - Principal