Principal's Message
Dear Parents,
At St Angela’s we are extremely lucky to have teachers who are not only high quality but who are dedicated hardworking professionals who have your child’s best interest at heart. Despite all of our efforts, at times things will go wrong for students at school. It is only natural that all children will go through some learning difficulties, relationship issue or other grievances from time to time. This is where our avenues of communication and trust and support of each other as adults and professionals is important.
Concerns need to be directed to the school at all times, if we voice our concerns as carpark gossip or through social media forms with other parents, especially in the presence or knowledge of our children we often get a different version of the reality that has or is taking place. It can also place unfair negative talk on teachers, parents and students. Our children and school community do not benefit from gossip or innuendo.
Student Leadership
Hearing the voice of our students and giving them opportunities to develop as leaders and individuals is importance to us. For 2021 the school leadership team has decided that all students from grade 3-6 will form the Student Representative Council (SRC). These students will meet twice termly with me to communicate what’s working well (WWW) in our school and Even Better If (EBI).
We are also asking for nominations for four Social Justice Leaders to help organise and facilitate school awareness of fund-raising initiatives, care of our school environment and resources and providing examples of the behaviour and safety responsibilities of all students. Students interested in these positions have been asked to write a letter to me by the end of the term, successful applicants will be selected by the school staff and announced at our first assembly on Friday 30th April.
Importance of Reading
Learning to and fostering a love of reading is one of the most important skills for students. At St Angela’s your children will receive nightly reading which we strongly encourage you to complete with your child and to sign and send their diaries to school each day. The poster below highlights the significance and importance of reading!
Lunch Orders
We are very pleased to announce that we have secured a lunch order provider to begin in Term 2. Lunch orders will be available for purchase every Friday.
Our local provider is Almentios, who focus on lots of healthy “green and amber foods” (most of which is homemade), as well as a few “red” processed items on the menu that are not offered as regularly.
Almentios uses an online ordering system called Flexischools, which is an easy app or website, where each family set up an account and order.
Please see the below flyer for further information on account setup.
Students will bring home a copy of this flyer this week.
Classroom Open Afternoon
Parents are invited to our end of term, Open Afternoon. Our students have been working very hard and would love to share their work with you. Classrooms will be open on Wednesday 31st March from 2:00pm to 3:00pm. Please stay for our Easter Raffle at 3pm. Please note this will be the final day of Term 1 for all students, due to a staff closure day on Thursday.
Easter Raffle
A reminder that your Easter Raffle books are due by Tuesday 30th March, ready for our Easter Raffle on Wednesday 31st March.
Extra booklets can be collected from the office.
Thankyou to the wonderful mums for putting together our Raffle Prizes.
Library Help
We have a library full of books that need some contact covering. If you would like to help the school with this task, please see the office staff for a take home bundle. Any help big or small will be appreciated.
Enrolments for 2022
We are currently taking enrolments for the 2022 school year, if you have a child starting or know of anyone who is interested please get in contact with the office to book an interview ASAP.
School Assembly
At the start of term 2 we will begin to have School Assemblies every second Friday at 3:00pm, alternate weeks to the newsletter. Due to mass gathering restrictions these assemblies will be held outside in the under-cover area (weather permitting).
