Welcome to St Thomas Aquinas Primary School - West Belconnen

Letter to Community-End of Term 3

17 Sep 2021

Please see the attached letter from the Principal, Mrs Leah Taylor, regarding the end of Term 3.

NAPLAN Reports for 2021

17 Sep 2021

17 September 2021

 NAPLAN Results for Year 3 and Year 5 Students

We had hoped to send NAPLAN results directly to you before the end of this term. Unfortunately, due to delays with courier deliveries in the ACT, these have not been received by the school as yet. We have been in contact with the ACT Department of Education, who are responsible for managing the delivery of these reports and they have assured us that the NAPLAN reports are in transit.

We expect the NAPLAN reports will have arrived by the time term 4 commences and will post these to you as soon as we are able.

Sincerely

Leah Taylor

Expression of Interest - 3-year-old Program 2022

16 Sep 2021

Please find attached here information regarding an Expression of Interest for a 3-year-old program in 2022.

STA News 3.10 - 14 September 2021

14 Sep 2021

Click here to view the Schoolzine eNewsletter - STA News 3.10 - 14 September 2021.

School Attendance Survey

09 Sep 2021

Please see the attached letter and complete the survey if your children need to attend school next week.

School Holiday Programs- September 2021

09 Sep 2021

Please see attached details of the ELC Holiday Program for September.

Please see attached details of the OSHClub Holiday Program for September

These will proceed under the current COVID-19 Lockdown arrangements in the ACT.

STA News 3.9 - 7 September 2021

07 Sep 2021

Click here to view the Schoolzine eNewsletter - STA News 3.9 - 7 September 2021.

STA News 3.8 - 31 August 2021

31 Aug 2021

Click here to view the Schoolzine eNewsletter - STA News 3.8 - 31 August 2021.

Update - St Thomas Aquinas School Covid-19 Release from Quar...

30 Aug 2021

Good Morning,

I am unaware of any specific families within our community who are still waiting to be released from quarantine. As you may have heard, ACT Health have had a very high number of people who needed to be released from quarantine last week (See attached). This release applies to those who were close and casual contacts and their secondary contacts who have had the required testing for COVID-19 and have returned a negative result.

Remember, if you require care at the ELC or OSHClub, you will also have to complete the declaration sent out by Maribel or Nicole and show proof of your child’s negative test if they were present at school on Thursday 12 August.

Thank you again for your support

Regards,

Reopening of the ELC on Monday 30 August 2021

27 Aug 2021

I would like to once again, thank you for your patience and support during this challenging time.

 As you are aware, I was contacted by ACT Health on Tuesday 17 August and the ELC, along with the whole school, was declared a close contact site. All students, staff and visitors who were on the site on the previous Thursday 12 August were ordered by ACT Health to immediately quarantine for 14 days from the date of exposure.

 I am pleased to inform you that testing has currently found no transmission of COVID-19 in our school community. The School site was also deep cleaned by a specialist cleaning company on Thursday 19 August.

 Following these measures, we have received clearance to re-open ELC and will be operational from Monday 30 August only for children who are unable to be cared for at home.

 Given the current situation and numbers of cases across Canberra, you are strongly encouraged to keep your child/ren at home. Only 3 staff will be on site and any attending students will be under the supervision of a range of rotating educators and teachers.

 If for some reason you are unable to provide care for your child/ren at home YOU MUST email maribel.cabezas@cg.catholic.edu.au to provide her with an indication what days you need to send your child/ren to the ELC so we can keep updated with attendance. We must also sight evidence of the child’s negative COVID19 test result.

 The safety and wellbeing of our staff and students are of paramount importance to us at all times. As such we will continue to work closely with ACT Health to ensure that we are adhering to all necessary health advice.

 It is important that we all continue to monitor our own and the health of our children daily during this time. If you, your child or a member of your household develops any symptoms such as flu symptoms, fever, cough, sore throat or shortness of breath:

• Stay at home
• Seek medical advice
• Get tested
• Contact the ELC to let us know.

Further information on COVID-19 is available on the ACT Covid website.

 I thank you again for your continued patience through this difficult period. We are blessed to be part of such a caring and supportive community.