Athletics Carnival
We were blessed with a beautiful day for our Athletics Carnival yesterday. The rotations model seemed to work very well keeping students active and occupied, and I am sure they all slept very well last night.  A big thank you has to go to Miss Sharne Vickers and to Mr Josh Mackenzie for their organisation. We would not have been able to run the carnival without our magnificent parent helpers who gave their time yesterday, so thank you so very much. And to our staff, who did a fantastic job of keeping the students moving and getting them through all of their events. I would also like to thank all of you for providing the sausages through your contribution to the School Community Council fundraising, the students really enjoyed the special treat!

Assemblies
Thank you once again for your understanding regarding the one audience member per family for our assemblies. While we have been lucky in Canberra, with limited COVID cases and none in the community for a very long time, we still have to comply with government requirements around physical distancing. We are lucky to have a relatively small school and a comparatively large hall, so we do have enough space for some parents and carers to attend. Unfortunately, until this pandemic is declared to be over, we have to comply with the current rules without exception. Thank you again for your understanding.

Enrolment
Our Catholic Schools Enrolment Period has begun and continues through to Friday, 28 May 2022. If you know of anyone outside of our school community who has a child at preschool, please notify them of the opportunity to enrol at St Thomas Aquinas during this enrolment period. Word of mouth is the best advertising we can have. Enrolments can be made online by going to the link  or if you’d prefer an information pack is ready for collection from our Front Office.

Open days for both the school and the preschool will be held on Tuesday, 11 May between 4:00pm-5:30pm and Thursday, 20 May between 4:00pm-5:30pm. We are also happy for individual families to make an appointment for a tour and a chat with Maribel or me during the day.

Please spread the word. 

Book Fair
The Book Fair is on this week. Children will be able to purchase books during lunch and recess on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and parents and carers will be able to come through and have a look with their children between 3-4pm. Please be mindful that we can only have a limited number of people in the library at any one time and make sure you check-in using the CBR app.

Mother's Day
I would like to wish all of our mums, grandmas and female carers in our community a very Happy Mother's Day for Sunday. I hope your children treat you to a wonderful day.

We are very much looking forward to being able to have our Muffins with Mums this Friday. It will be wonderful to see you in the courtyard from 8am. Thank you to the School Community Council for organising this event.

OSHClub
Please see the message from Nicole regarding OSHClub. As you may know, Jessica has started her maternity leave. We did have a director identify, however she will be unable to start with us. Caitlin has agreed to step up into the Director’s position until Jessica returns. I am sure many of the families who have children in OSHClub already know Caitlin and be pleased with this decision.

Again, I wish all of the mums, grandmas and women who are part of our students’ lives a very Happy Mothers’ Day.

God Bless

Leah Taylor
Principal