We thank everyone for supporting our Easter raffle. We had a huge collection of prizes and our winners are listed below. Thank you to our P&F for their work in organising prizes and tickets. We especially thank Rose, Eva, Allison and Christine for their efforts to ensure the raffle took place without a hitch. 

Today, we have had a number of volunteers supporting our Cross Country. We appreciate all your time to ensure the children enjoyed a great day.

A reminder, that we will hold a Volunteer Induction on Monday, May 2nd at 5.30pm.

Today, we say a special “Thank you” to Deb Fox for her commitment in teaching the Year 5MC class during the first term. We appreciate her availability and enthusiasm throughout the term and have valued her contribution to the school community. Lauren Madeley will return in Term Two and work alongside Mrs Vicki Colley. Mrs Colley will work each Monday and Mrs Madeley will work the remaining four days of the week. Deb Fox will return to St Thomas’ on a casual basis.

I congratulate our Year 5 students for their presentation of the “Passion Play”.  We acknowledge all their work and that of their teachers. I’m sure each child will leave with a recollection of the events leading to the Resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. May they acknowledge the promise of new life in knowing Christ and the symbolism of the easter egg. May God’s spirit be with them all during the Easter season.

PICK UP/DROP OFF ARRANGEMENTS TERM 2

Next term, we will continue with three exit points with all students finishing at 3.15pm except for country bus students. We will encourage our Foundation families to use either the Raglan St gate or the Gumnuts gate at 3.15pm. The admin foyer gate will still still be open to Foundation families, however, it will not open until 3.15pm. It will be most important that your child knows where their pick up point will be. Students will need to wait on school grounds until parents arrive. Gates will be opened by the duty teacher.

In the morning, gates will open at 8.30am for all families. Playground supervision does not begin until 8.30am. All classrooms open at 8.40pm and the school day begins at 8.55am. QR scanning will still be a part of our practice for contact tracing purposes.

Please know that all staff thank you sincerely for your support during this term. We wish you every blessing for the Easter holidays. May it be a chance to rest and enjoy time with friends and family.

Take Care and God Bless

Anita and staff