Dear Families,

It was wonderful to see so many families brave the cold and wind to join us for a picnic on Friday. I very much enjoyed catching up with parents, grandparents and other adults who play a special part in the lives of children here at St Thomas Aquinas. I must thank Mrs Thomas for organising the day, including our Mass and rotations.

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend and had an opportunity for some rest. We are finding that many more students are coming to the front office early in the day with headaches, sore throats, coughs and sore tummies. We are also finding that many children and staff are coming down with a variety of illnesses and needing to stay home. If your child is sick, please keep them at home. Sometimes a few days at home will help them to recover faster and they don’t feel as miserable for as long. With this year’s cold and flu season, we are also finding that staff members are becoming sick. While we do our best to cover these classes, either with casual staff or members of the school’s leadership team, we are not always able to do this. Thank you for being understanding when your child’s class does have to be split. We try to share this as much as possible across the classes.

Thank you to all of those families who completed the survey. We received 68 responses so far. The survey will be open until this Friday 16^th June. I encourage all families to hop on if you have not already and provide some feedback. These surveys will help us with future planning.

https://tellthemfromme.com/survey/splash/sta 

I would like to thank those families who have already sponsored me for the Vinnies sleepout. This year Vinnies have many more people and families to support and so they have set the challenge for us to raise double our quota for last year. If you are able to spare a few dollars and would like to help other Canberra families who are doing it tough, please donate through the following link: https://www.ceosleepout.org.au/fundraisers/leahtaylor/act

Tomorrow, we have school photos. Students are reminded to wear their full Winter uniform for photo day regardless of whether it is their usual sport day.

Take care and God bless