ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NEWS
IMPORTANT AFTERNOON REGARDING DISMISSAL PROCEDURES
At St Pius X, we firmly believe that every minute of teaching and learning time is valuable and plays a crucial role in your child's education. Therefore, we kindly request your support in ensuring a smooth transition during afternoon pick-up.
Parents are kindly requested to gather their children from the designated areas at the conclusion of the school day. We understand the natural excitement children may feel upon seeing their parents through the windows, but this enthusiasm can sometimes disrupt the flow of lessons or dismissal procedures, resulting in valuable teaching time being lost while we refocus the children.
In the interest of our children's safety, we ask parents to provide classes with the necessary space to come out on the playground, so that teachers can visually confirm parents are present BEFORE releasing the children from their classes.
Please refer to the designated waiting areas on the playground outlined below.
|
Class |
Children line up area |
Parent waiting area |
|
Kinder |
Snakes and ladders game |
Between the vegetable gardens and playground |
|
Year 1 and 2 |
Astro patch in front of their own classes |
Large astro playground or under the COLA. Not in front of the stairs or infant classes. |
|
Year 3 and 4 |
At the base of the Year 3/4 stairs (near the rock garden) |
Under the cola in front of the staffroom stairs. |
|
Year 5 and 6 |
Under the brick wall at the bottom of their stairs. |
Large astro playground |
Bus lines - Under the basketball ring under the cola in three lines.
OOSH - On the silver seats to be picked up at 3:10 by OOSH staff.
Thank you for working with us in following our afternoon procedures so that we are able to maintain the safety of our children.
The new Active and Creative Kids vouchers are now available, helping to make activities more affordable for eligible NSW families. Parents, guardians and carers of eligible school-aged children will be able to use two $50 vouchers per calendar year.
About the program:
- Vouchers are available to those receiving Family Tax Benefit Part A, or Family Tax Benefit Part B, or both
- Vouchers can be downloaded as a QR code and used toward either an eligible physical or creative activity
- The $50 vouchers will be issued in school Term 1 and term 3. Vouchers must be redeemed before their expiry date.
See the following link for information on how to apply: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/active-and-creative-kids-voucher