Important Information This Week
CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
Over the coming week’s I’m confident that schools will be more open to getting a sense of community back into them. I continue to ask all parents to exercise patience and be aware that we are doing our best to make sure schools are opening up safely.
The following is my wish list, that I’m confident we will get happening in the coming weeks at St Ita’s;
- Conducting outdoor assemblies allowing parents to join in with us
- No more QR code sign ins
- Presenting our Leadership badges to our student leaders in front of parents
- A free Sausage Sizzle per grade level where mum and dad can come into the school to spend a lunch time with their child and their friends and meet the teachers.
- Musician Andrew Chinn to conduct workshops and present a concert
- Anthony Bainbridge Golf Clinic at school as part of our sport curriculum
- Kinect to Dance school concert at the end of term
- Reconstruct our St Ita’s School Board and St Ita’s Parents and Friends
- Allow for teachers to meet face to face with parents within the classroom environment
SCHOOL COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS
St Ita’s Primary School currently uses three platforms for communication with our families;
- SCHOOLZINE – is our whole school communication method. Schoolzine is used to communicate important up to date whole school messages to our families. This is also the platform we use to distribute our weekly newsletter to families. This can be accessed as a smart phone App, or you can subscribe using the link below;
https://stidrouin.catholic.edu.au/subscribe
- CLASSDOJO – is a classroom-based communication App which families can use to communicate directly with your child/ren’s classroom teachers. Parents will need to download the App, and classroom teachers will invite parents to join the classroom and provide a unique code for secure access.
The principal has a whole school account that is used to communicate with all families. If more specific messages are required they will come directly from the class teacher. Please note that messages and comments are public to all families from the principal account.
- Simon – Parent Access Module (PAM) – is our whole school student access portal, St Ita’s use this platform to communicate School Reports, NAPLAN Results, Permission Forms for Camps/Excursions, Medical/Medication Information and Family & Emergency Contact details for all students. Please use the link below to login;
https://pam.stidrouin.catholic.edu.au/Login/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
Platforms that are no longer used at St Ita’s are:
- Operoo which was formally, CareMonkey
- Skoolbag
SECONDHAND UNIFORM
A big thank you to all our families who have donated their good quality uniform they no longer need, we currently have a huge supply of secondhand uniform available to all of families.
If you children have had unexpected growth spurts, or have lost some of their uniform as they often do, please feel free to call the Office on (03) 5623 7222 or admin@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au we may have something to help get you through!
All items in our secondhand collection, have been washed and inspected to ensure they are of good quality. All items are for sale for $2.00 a piece, a nominal donation to the school so that we can keep this service available to families.
CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE
The Conveyance Allowance application is now open for Term 1 for any families that qualify for the travel allowance as per the criteria below. You must lodge a new application each year.
Eligibility is assessed when the School completes your child’s application on the Government Student Conveyance Allowance System (SCAS). If approved, the allowance payable is based on the one way distance to make the journey to and from school. No private car allowance is payable if the journey to and from school could be made using a public transport service or contract school bus.
- You live more than 4.8 kilometres by the shortest practical route from our school and we are the closest Catholic school to your place of residence.
- You live more than 4.8 kilometres from our school and you cannot access a bus.
- You access a bus and live more than 4.8 kilometres from the bus stop.
Please complete the Conveyance Allowance Application Form and return to the school office by Friday 11th March 2022. Late claims cannot be accepted.
SCHOOL FEES & CONCESSIONS
Please contact the school office if you need to discuss your 2022 school fee payment.
If any families would like to set up a weekly, fortnightly or monthly direct debit schedule for school fees, please complete the Direct Debit Form below and return to the school office. For any assistance regarding calculations of payments, please contact us via email on: admin@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au
For any families that have recently received a Government means-tested health care concession card, please forward a copy of your card to the office to check your eligibility, as a fee concession may apply. The card must be in the name of the parent/fee payer for a fee concession to apply.
If your current Health Care card is due to expire this year and your card is re-issued, please send a copy of your new card details to the office as soon as possible for the concession to be checked and applied for next year's fees, if not already done so.
