Welcome back to a new Term in a new School year. We hope that students are settling in quickly.

An especially warm welcome to all of our new families.

The WELCOME FEAST is happening on Thursday 5 March at 5.30pm, which all of our College families are invited to. RSVPs are essential. Booking information will be emailed to families next week.

We welcome our new staff members, Mrs Annalise Edwards who is teaching Year 6 and Secondary Art, Mrs Andrea Lonsdale, Laboratory Technician and Miss Nateeka White, Education Assistant in Kindy.

Communication Changes

We will be using this Blog to share news with College families in 2020, rather than producing The Link each fortnight. This will help us to share good news stories more frequently. We will send an email to let you know when the blog has been updated.

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with the College website, particularly the Parents Section. Here you will find the College Calendar, Canteen Information, Sentral Parent Portal (which allows you to be able to view your child’s profile and keep up to date with attendance, notices, calendar entries, submit absence notifications, book secondary meet the teacher appointments, etc), Uniform, and lots more.

Important Dates

Please take the time to check the College Calendar freqently, either on the website or in the Sentral Parent Portal.

Here are a few things coming up that you might like to put in your calendars for Term 1:

Welcome Feast, Thurs 5 May, 5.30pm

Secondary Swimming Carnival (Yrs 7-12), Friday 28 February

Primary Swimming Carnival (Yrs 3-6), Wed March 11

KAPTURE SCHOOL PHOTOS, Tues 24 Mar & Wed 25 March

Yr 10 Carnarvon Service Trip, Fri 4 to Thurs 9 April

Meet the Teacher Meetings

Parents/Guardians are invited to attend Meet the Teacher meetings in Week 2, which is an opportunity to meet Teachers and discuss your child/ren.

PRIMARY (Pre-Primary to Year 6) – Tuesday 11 February, 7.00-8.00pm. Info Session in the Hall, then an opportunity is available for parents to meet with teachers in the classrooms.

SECONDARY (Years 7-12) – Wednesday 12 February, 3.20pm-5.00pm & 6.00pm-8.00pm. Bookings by appointment only through the Sentral Parent Portal. Please read emails sent home with instructions.

Uniform

Many thanks to Mrs Ali Constable and Mrs Jenine De Klerk who kept our Uniform Shop running at the start of this year following the resignation of Mrs Glenis Hornsby at the end of 2019. We want to acknowledge and thank Glenis for her years of service to the College.

Stock Shortages

At present we have run out of the following stock:

Secondary Girls White Blouse, size 12/14/16

Secondary Sports Shirt, size 16

Secondary Boys White Shirt, size 15

Primary Boys Blue Shirt, size 10

Primary Sports Shirt, size 10

We have low stock levels in these items:

Primary Sports Shirt, size 4/6/8

Secondary Boys White Shirt, size 13.5

Secondary Boys Grey Shorts, size 14

Primary Boys Blue Shirt, size 8

Boys Grey Formal Socks, size 7-11

We have new stock on order for everything (except socks) which is due in April. Socks will be ordered this coming week and usually take about 6 weeks to arrive.

You are welcome to place orders at the Uniform Shop for items out of stock, and staff will let you know when items have been restocked.

Uniform Shop Hours will return to normal next week: Tuesday and Thursday 8.10am-9.30am and Wednesday 2.30-3.30pm. You can always email Uniform Orders through to sccuniform@scc.wa.edu.au and staff will contact you when items are ready for collection.

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who supported the Pre-Primary cupcake fundraiser last year. Water for Africa sent us a lovely letter of thanks, and a Certificate. Well done Pre-Primaries.

Secondary Assistance Scheme

https://concessions.communities.wa.gov.au/Concessions/Pages/Secondary-Assistance-Scheme.aspx

Eligible parents/guardians can apply for the Secondary Assistance Scheme. Please see Mrs Fong in the front office for an application form.

Recyling

We have a wonderful recycling programme at the College, for the following items:

1. CARDBOARD (no paper of any sort please)
2. Drink bottles P1, P2 i.e. milk bottles, juice bottles
3. Cans
4. Toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes
5. Pens, Texta’s, White Board Markers, Liquid Ink, Mechanical Pencils

Items 1, 2 & 3 can be placed in bins around the school.

Items 4 & 5 – we have boxes kept in the staff room. Please drop items off at Reception.

Only CARDBOARD can be recycled. Please do NOT put paper in the cardboard recycling bins, as that contaminates everything.

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