Dear Families,

Letters of Offer for news students for 2021 were sent on 1 July.  The completed and signed Parent Commitment Agreement and Enrolment Acceptance Forms must be returned to the school by 31 July 2020.

School Fees for Term 3 will be sent out this week.  We would like to reach out to those families who are struggling financially at this time. If you are struggling to pay your school fees, please contact Lee Black in the Front Office who can provide you with information on how to apply for a reduction of waiver. The fees committee is a very small group and your privacy is paramount, so any information you provide to support your application will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Issue 5
Online orders due by 6 August 2020

Scholastic now use online ordering.

No cash orders will be accepted at the Front Office for Scholastic Book Club.

The school will still get credits and the books will still be delivered to school for us to distribute, unless parents have requested they be delivered to their home.

Please download the INLOOP App
on your device or order from the online website.

https://mybookclubs.scholastic.com.au/Parent/Login.aspx

 Any questions please contact me via email ksligar@bigpond.net.au

The Beginning of August is Hats On For All of Us  
    
The beginning of August marks the start of the sun protection period for Canberra primary school settings, this is because we begin to witness daily UV levels climb to 3 and above every day, and whilst it may not be all day, it will be for part of the day in August ie lunchtime. ACT schools need to know what time to enforce sun protection each day and never rely on temperature to gauge sun protection times. 

Yes, August is still very cold in the nation's capital but it also signals Hats On Again for all Canberra primary schools and early childhood services.

Dear Parents and Carers

Please note that students who are late for school (after 9am) must be accompanied to the Front Office by an adult and be signed in by that adult.

If your child needs to leave school during the day, please provide their teacher with a note at the beginning of the day to ensure minimal disruption to the class.  These students must also be signed-out and then signed-in via the Front Office and should only re-enter the school via the Front Office door and not other external doors.

Thank you for your co-operation.

School Banking will recommence in Week 1 of Term 3. 
Banking will take place on a Friday morning by one of our wonderful volunteers. 
Please have your Dollarmite books to the Front Office by Thursday each week.

Transport Canberra has worked closely with the school community and we are providing increased frequency and additional services for school students across Canberra.

As a new timetable is being introduced, there will be minor changes for all students travelling to and from school on public transport across Canberra from the first day of Term 3, 2020 (Monday 20 July 2020). 

In addition, Transport Canberra has made the following changes:

School special extended to St Thomas Aquinas Primary

• From Term 3, school route 1062 will be extended to make it easier for students from Dunlop and Fraser to use public transport to get to St Thomas Aquinas Primary.
• This service will run in both the morning and afternoon, and stopping at bus bays directly outside the school on Lhotsky St.
• There will be no changes to school route 1062.

Route information is available here.

All schools, parents and students can find out more about the specific changes by:

• checking the information packs for each school, which are online at transport.act.gov.au
• checking timetables for each route (including school specials), which are online at transport.act.gov.au
• calling 13 17 10.

Should you have any queries regarding your school service or regular route services servicing your school please call 13 17 10.

The piano in the school hall is available - free to a good home, however it does need maintenance and tuning.  Please contact the front office if you are interested in taking it home.

Each week we accumulate a large amount of lost property - uniforms, bags, lunch boxes, hats, hair accessories, pencil cases, drink bottles.

We are often unable to return these items to their rightful owners as they are not labelled with the child's name. 

Please label all belongings clearly in permanent marker.  Items that are not labelled are either disposed of or placed in the clothing pool for purchase.

We have attached the Access Canberra ACT Parking Infringement Guide.  The following guides are extremely relevant to our school and are a safety issue for our students, staff and parents.  Please park in the designated school parking zones or across the road in the rear car park of the Charnwood Shops.

• Please do not park in the bus zone at the front of the school.  We have a new school bus service that needs to use this space to pick up our students.

• Please do not stop on/near a children's crossing.

• Please do not stop paths/nature strips.

Community News is now located on our website.

Cyclabilities have places available.

JULY 2020
Congratulations to the following students who will be celebrating their birthday this month:

Archer P;  Mila M;  Sebastian M;  Grace C;  Marlenna K;  Alexis J;  Oliver F;  Abigail S;  Anthony H;  Marko CC;  Lukas M;  Nicholas B;  Natalia O;  Daniel A;  Hannah M;  Ruby T;  Ajah A;  Aiden C;  Nelson D;  Levi T;  Robert M; Angus P;  Addyson W;  Chloe B;  Tazmyn L;  Samuel S;  Thomas B;  Stefford R;  Layla L;  Jacob A