Term 3 - Week 5, 2024
- Fathers' Day Breakfast
- Congratulations Jules!
- Mini Mounties Transition Program/ Kindy Enrolments
- What's On - Term 3
- Whole School Focus
- 2024 Book Week & Book Fair Events
- Class Awards
- 2024 Premier's Reading Challenge
- Term 3 School Fees
- School Facebook Page
- How to Cancel a Canteen Order
- Farm Safety Awareness Day
- Community Notices
Fathers' Day Breakfast
We are hosting a Fathers' Day breakfast on Friday 30th August here at school, starting at 7:30am. All students and their fathers, grandfathers and father figures are welcome!
On the menu for our dads will be bacon and egg rolls, tea and coffee; and for students there will be our usual Friday breakfast of toast, fruit and milo.
Please send in a photo of you with your dad/ grandfather/father figure for our special photo display.
Congratulations Jules!
On Tuesday, Jules represented the Clarence Zone in both track and field events. He ran, jumped and threw really well - what a great effort! We are all so very proud of you!
Mini Mounties Transition Program/ Kindy Enrolments
Our Mini Mounties Program for 2024 is starting next Wednesday 28th August. Mini Mounties in Term 3 is open to any child eligible to start school in 2025. Mini Mounties is an opportunity for preschool students to come to Mt St John's, participate in classes and playground activities, meet some staff, see what Mt St John's has to offer, and most of all, have fun! Parents have the opportunity to socialise and meet new parents. Staff also conduct information sessions for parents to learn vital information about school readiness and are available to chat with parents to address any concerns or answer questions.
Dorrigo Preschool beautifully supports our transition; however, if you know of any other children who would benefit from joining Mini Mounties, please pass this information on!
What's On - Term 3
After positive feedback last term, we have published a 'What's On' for Term 3. This document is designed to help you plan ahead for Term 3. Please be aware that changes may (and probably will!) happen. We will continue to keep you updated via Compass. Here is the LINK.
Whole School Focus
At Mt. St John's, we have four core values that guide our behaviour: Respect, (Self) Responsibility, Safety, and Effort. These four expectations are our behaviour norms.
Our whole school focus this fortnight is Responsibility. Staff have unpacked what Responsibility means in our school and how we can demonstrate responsible behaviour. Our teachers and student leaders look for students demonstrating these skills and give out GEM Awards to celebrate.
2024 Book Week & Book Fair Events
Our Book Week & Book Fair has been a roaring success, as always. Wednesday's Book Character Parade was very well attended by families and friends and the students' costumes looked AMAZING! Thank you to all those parents who no doubt stayed up late the night before to create some wonderful book characters.
Congratulations to Sophie, Ivy and Malachi, who were the winners of our colouring-in competition. They won $20 worth of products each from the Book Fair to take home.
The Book Fair has been very successful , with our target goal of $1200 being reached. This will enable us to take $360 worth of books for our school library - thank you to all those who supported us by buying something from the Fair. Very special thanks to Angela Jackson, who has coordinated this year's Book Fair.
Book Character Parade
Class Awards
Congratulations to all our Award Winners for Weeks 4 and 5.
| Kindy | Zahli Bailey | For your great work when learning about your friends of 10. |
| Henry McGrath | For your great work when solving addition problems. | |
| Sam Garnock | For always being hard-working, polite and greeting others with a smile. | |
| Ziggy Carter-Sims | For great listening skills when learning about your sounds. | |
| Stage 1 | Brianna Bosshard-Guest | For your continued hard work during InitialLit and for always trying your hardest. |
| Abby Thomas | For fabulous game playing skills during Maths and your ability to demonstrate to the class. | |
| Natalie Macey | For creating sentences which are descriptive and using words in the right context. | |
| Larney Francis | For making great connections in Mathematics when counting. | |
| Stage 2 | Patrick Moffatt | For making valuable contributions in Maths and for sharing partitionaing strategies to solve multiplication problems. |
| Ryan Beaumont | For giving 100% in class spelling and dictations. Great work with being able to spell familiar words. | |
| Tate Miller-Thompson, Tyson Talbot & Rory O'Leary | For displaying excellent learning behaviours during your small group instruction with Angela. | |
| Lucca Laughlin | For using partitioning strategies in addition to find the sum of 2- and 3-digit numbers in our Maths warm-up task. | |
| Stage 3 | Colby Gibson | For a fantastic effort getting work finished during English lessons. |
| Hayley Munro | For a fantastic effort on starting your research project in Religion. | |
| Malachi Fell | For a wonderful input into all class discussions, especially English. |
2024 Premier's Reading Challenge
The Premier's Reading Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is open to all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 9, in government, independent, Catholic and home schools. You must read a certain number of books to complete the Challenge. The Challenge closes for students on Friday August 23, 2024.
Congratulations to the following students, who have completed this year's Premier's Reading Challenge:
Jack, Isaiah, Brianna, Sophie, Lawson, Vasja, Larney, Conrad, Natalie, Tyler, Skylar, Charlotte W, Elle, Rokko, Charlotte B, Ahlia, Evie, Abby, Cooper, Gracie, Seth, Eden, Matilda, Chloe, Jinky, Ruby and Finn.
Term 3 School Fees
Term 3 school fees have been billed to each family. Term 3 fees are due by Friday 6th September, unless you are paying by regular direct debit amounts.
1 student - $318
2 students - $556.50
3 students - $715.50
Payment options are:
- Good news! We now have BPay facilities. On your most recent school fee statement, there are instructions on how to make a payment using BPay. This is our preferred payment method.
- using the Compass app - You can check your school fee balance and pay fees through the Compass app. Select more - school fees - next - and enter your credit card details. You have the option to pay in full or pay a portion of your fees.
- cash at school
Remember, if you feel you will be unable to finalise your Term 3 school fees by this date, some financial assistance may be available from St Vincent de Paul - to make an appointment with them, call 0472 718862. You will need to take your school fee statement with you to your appointment.
Thank you!
School Facebook Page
Check out our school Facebook page! It is wonderful to be able to share the good news of our school with our families and community.
How to Cancel a Canteen Order
If you need to, you can cancel canteen orders before 9am on canteen day. If you know your child is going to be away you can go into Compass Canteen and select "cancel order".
The refunded money goes back into your Compass "wallet" so you can use it next time you order - when you get to the Confirm & pay screen, click on the down arrow and select Compass Credit.
Farm Safety Awareness Day
Community Notices
GLUE & Messy Church
GLUE God Loves Us Eternally KidsClub is held each Wednesday during school term time from 3-5pm at the Anglican Church Hall. Afternoon tea, games, fun worship and craft. All primary kids in Years 1-6 are welcome, as are newcomers. For more info, ring Gwenneth on 6657 2135.
The next Messy Church (Messy Samuel - see flyer below) is this Sunday 25th August from 4-6pm. Messy Church is a community event for families and children on a Christian theme with a free dinner provided.
Kids on Stage 2024
Dorrigo Drama Club's Kids on Stage's next production will be Santa Claus: The Panto.
See flyer below for more information or call Dina on 6657 2243.
Camp Creative 2025
The event isn't until January, but tickets are already on sale.
There are over 50 courses available for kids and teens in the 2025 program (age ranges vary for each course). So Camp Creative is a great opportunity for young people to spend an exciting week learning a new skill or craft. There are also 48 courses available for adults, so the whole family can join in!
Camp Creative supports the NDIS, so parents/carers can contact me to create an invoice for their child to attend a course as part of their NDIS package. We also accept Service NSW Creative/Active Kids Vouchers.
If any parents have any questions, they are welcome to reach out to me via this email or my phone number below.
Nicole Ruigrok
Camp Creative Coordinator - Phone: 0419 379 146
Dorrigo Swim Club
Play Tennis in Dorrigo - Hot Shots
Taking expressions of interest for Hot Shots Tennis Coaching for Term 3. I am hoping to run groups of 4 to 6 students for 30-minute sessions on Friday afternoons after school during Term 3.
Tennis Australia trained coach and keen player.
Call Ben Hazlett on 0448 805 336.
Dance Classes for Kids in Dorrigo
School Bus Travel
Students who need a School Opal card or travel pass for 2024 can apply here. A new application will need to be submitted if they are applying for the first time, or if they are requesting additional travel entitlement because of new shared parental arrangement (e.g. joint custody).
If a student’s distance eligibility has changed based on their grade (i.e. grade two to grade three), the system will automatically update their entitlement if they meet the new criteria. If they do not meet the new eligibility criteria, an expiry notification will be sent via email.
Students who have an entitlement approved under a medical condition that is due to expire will receive a notification advising them to re-apply.
Term Bus Pass holders will receive a notification to re-apply.
Students living in rural and regional (R&R) areas should receive their travel pass at the start of the new school year from their nominated transport operator. It may come via the school or be sent directly to them at home. Note: some R&R operators do not issue travel passes. Students/parents should confirm with their nominated operator if they do not receive a pass.
School Drive Subsidy
The School Drive Subsidy is available for eligible school students where there is no public transport available for all or part of the journey. If you have to drive your child more than 1.6km to a school bus stop, you may be eligible for this subsidy – go to the link below to apply.