Dear Families,

It’s hard to believe we are in our final week of Term 1. This time last year, we were handing out home learning packs dressed in our pyjamas! It is wonderful to be able to finish off the term this year with students physically at school.

This week is also Holy Week. As Catholics, we see this week as probably the most sacred time of the year. Palm Sunday marks the end of Lent with Christ’s triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, knowing that shortly He will be betrayed by those closest to Him and by those who welcomed Him as a king. While Good Friday reminds us of the sacrifice Jesus made for all of us, the greatest moment for Christians occurs during the Easter vigil, where we celebrate Christ’s Resurrection. As Christians, our God is a living God and Easter reminds us of this.

Student Management System - COMPASS
Next term the school will be moving to a new Student Management System called COMPASS. This Catholic Education initiative will be rolled out across all Catholic schools in our Archdiocese. This system will replace a number of different programs we currently have in place to manage student data. Some of this data includes:

• Attendance
• Events
• Student Reporting
• Student Wellbeing
• Parent Portal

A flyer of the benefits of COMPASS is included below. We will start the roll out with student attendance and gradually introduce other elements of the system throughout next term. This new system requires parents, of students who are late, to school to sign their children in using the electronic kiosk. This means if you need to sign your child/ren in/out you will need to come into the front office to do so electronically.

Caritas Fundraising
I would like to thank all of you for your generous support of our fundraising for Caritas. So far we have raised over $1200 for the missions. This equates to 240 chickens or 120 COVID prevention kits and much, much more! We know families still have raffle tickets to send in so I am sure that by Thursday, we will have gone well past this target.

I wish you all a Holy Easter. If you are travelling over the school holidays, be safe. I look forward to seeing all students back at school on Tuesday 20th April.

New procedures for Kinder pick-up
The area outside of the kinder classrooms has been fenced off a little earlier than expected to prepare the grounds for our new ELC. This will mean that parents will not be able to pick up students from outside of the kindergarten classroom. Instead, students will meet their parents at their morning line-up area.

God Bless

Please note that the last day of Term 1 is Thursday, 1 April 2021 as Friday, 2 April 2021 is Good Friday.

Please note that Term 2 begins on Tuesday, 20 April 2021. 
Monday, 19 April 2021 is a pupil free day due to staff training.

Please note that Term 3 begins on Tuesday, 13 July 2021. 
Monday, 12 July 2021 is a pupil free day due to staff training.

Please note that there are several public holidays in Term 3.

Please note that school fees are now overdue.  Payment would be appreciated by Thursday, 1 April 2021.  Please ignore this message if you pay by direct debit or payment plan.

'It is with regret that School Sport Australia is cancelling all 2021 School Sport Australia National Championships. The Board considered that running Championships in 2021 was not viable because of the ongoing volatility caused by COVID-19 outbreaks, hot spot declarations and border closures. School Sport Australia’s priority is on the wellbeing of students, teachers and other officials.'

For the full announcement please head to the SSA website- http://www.schoolsportaustralia.edu.au/

SSACT is investigating other options for School Sport state teams in the hope of students competing and representing the ACT in 2021. We will keep you posted

School Banking will take place on Thursday, 1 April 2021 this week due to school holidays.  Bank books are required by 9am Thursday.

Students are required to wear winter uniforms in Term 2.  Please go to our link below to view our uniform requirements and view the photos below.

Community News is located on our website.

Wednesday 21 April 2021 is  St Francis Xavier College Expo Day.  This is a day when our Year 6 students experience high school for a morning.  Please see Permission Note below.