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SCHOOL FEES 2020 – NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR PAYMENT BY INSTALMENT
The Catholic Education Office and its system of schools are in the process of a business transformation. Part of this transformation involves a new administration and accounting package being rolled out to schools. As you would be aware our school has been introducing Compass as our administration system over a period of time. It is now fully functioning together with a new web based accounting system called Technology One.
This will allow for school fees in 2020 to be invoiced centrally by the Catholic Education Office under advice from schools. Additionally, families will still be offered the opportunity of paying their school fees by regular payments over the school year as is the existing practice. However, the new system also allows for instalments to be calculated and advised to families with a Schedule of Payments and the dates that they are due. This replaces our current process of School Fee Agreements and the necessity for families to calculate their own payments.
Please note, families may elect to pay school fees by instalment under the following terms and conditions:
- The family must complete a Request to Pay School Fees by Instalmentand present a separate request to each school in which their child/children are enrolled.
- Families may have only one instalment frequency. If the family has multiple accounts due to children at different schools, they may only elect one payment frequency eg fortnightly in both schools.
- The instalments must pay the school fee account in one school calendar year with an end date of the first week in December.
- On receipt of the Request to Pay School Fees by Instalment, an Instalment Scheduleadvising dates and amounts, will be generated by our accounting system and forwarded to the family by email so that payments can commence.
- The Request to Pay School Fees by Instalmentwill continue year to year until a further notice is received from the family.
- If instalments are not paid as agreed and there is serious default,the school may withdraw the offer of payment by instalment at any time and all fees will be due and payable until such time as a further arrangement is agreed upon with the school. Please note, families will be informed of the withdrawal of instalments in writing by email.
FAMILIES WITH EXISTING SCHOOL FEE AGREEMENTS
If you have an existing School Fee Agreement and are meeting your periodical payments as set out in the agreement, you will automatically be allocated to the instalment process in 2020 with your payment frequency. Therefore, it will not be necessary for you to submit a Request to Pay School Fees by Instalment.
FAMILIES WITHOUT AN ACTIVE SCHOOL FEE AGREEMENT
If you do not have an active School Fee Agreement in place and would like to pay by instalments, please obtain a Request to Pay School Fees by Instalment from the school office. By submitting this request you may elect to pay your school fees this year by weekly, fortnightly, monthly or quarterly instalments. When fees are invoiced and issued in early 2020, you will be provided with a Schedule of Payments and due dates with your school fee statement to enable you to commence payments. Please note, if you do not elect to pay by instalments, your school fee account will be payable in full 30 days after annual invoicing.
FAMILIES WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP
For those families who are experiencing financial hardship, please do not hesitate to contact the school office to access an Application for Fee Concession, either when your 2020 school fee statement is received, or in the case of an existing Fee Concession arrangement, on the date of your annual review.
SYSTEM REMINDERS
With the introduction of the new system, we now have the ability to generate system reminders for late payments. Should you default in your payments, reminders will be issued for each payment missed and they will continue to be issued until your account is brought up to date.
You will also have the opportunity to contact the school, if necessary in these circumstances, to provide explanation and make a further arrangement for payment.
SCHOOL FEE BILLING
Please be advised that all billing and statements are now prepared by Catholic Education Office in Wollongong.
Miss Debbie Casey - SSS0
Our SPB4L focus for this week (Week 8) is Self Respect
In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:
- Completing my work to the best of my ability
- Following the school rules
- Accepting responsibility for my own actions
- Being honest
- Learning from my mistakes
Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respectful, Responsible and Safe Respect for Self to be taught include:
- Not trying my best
- Not following the school rules
- Being dishonest
- Blaming others for my behaviour
Our SPB4L focus for next week (Week 9) is Respect for Others
In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:
- Looking at others when they are talking
- Speaking courteously to others
- Accepting other people’s differences
- Listening to other people’s opinions
- Encouraging friendships
- Keeping personal space
Examples of behaviours that negatively impact Respectful, responsible and safe behaviours when Respecting Others to be taught include:
- Minding someone else’s business
- Taking someone else’s belongings
- Speaking unkindly to someone or about someone
- Bossing people around
- Physical aggression
- Invading someone’s personal space
- Keeping friends to myself
We would very much appreciate your discussing these weekly focuses with your children and reviewing the expected and non-acceptable behaviours in our endeavour to see that St Patrick’s is a more respectful, responsible and safe learning community for all.
SPB4L Data
It is with pride that I inform you that over the last two weeks (Weeks 6 and 7) TBC students were given Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards whilst there were 5 incidents of Inappropriate behavior recorded.
Congratulations boys and girls. This is wonderful news to share.
Please continue to act respectfully, responsibly and safely.
WE’RE GOING GREENER - NUDE FOOD EVERYDAY
We require all students to bring their food in reusable containers of on a daily basis please. Quite simply what we’re asking you to do is to send your children to school with food that is not wrapped in foil, plastic or commercial packaging. Our hope is that all food will come to school in containers that can be brought home rather than wrapping or packaging that ends up as rubbish in our bins. We wish to eliminate single use plastics and food packaging to make a significant impact in reducing rubbish that goes to landfill.
It is our response to instilling in our students an ecological consciousness that aligns itself with the efforts and expectations of the wider community and puts into practice the principles of the Papal encyclical, ‘Laudato Si.”
Requiring students to bring Nude Food empowers students to make conscious choices about what they eat, and encourages them to think about their impact on the environment and their health.
Your support for this would be sincerely appreciated.
The GREAT St Patrick’s School and Parish GREAT FETE
I wish to convey my heartfelt thanks to the extraordinary parent, parish and staff volunteers for their generous commitment to the GREAT FETE. Whilst I understand it was disappointing to have to postpone it the decision to do so was in the best interests of all concerned. We wish of course to reschedule the Fete but I’m sure you’ll understand that in the present circumstances it isn’t possible to consider holding the fete in the near future. It is anticipated that the fete will be held in Term 4 however a date is yet to be confirmed.
The prizes for the raffle and the silent auction will be held over until a new date for the fete is confirmed.
Pre- purchased raffle tickets and ride passes will similarly be held over until the fete is rescheduled.
If you wish to have the money for your pre-purchased tickets re-imbursed please contact Mrs Kelly Pucillo on 0413 768 894.
If you have other questions about the fete please contact Mr Hoctor at school.
Mr Gavan Hoctor - Assistant Principal
Catholic Schools Week
A huge thank you to all of the parents and family members who joined us at St Patrick’s for one of the events on Catholic Schools Week! It was great to see so many people filling up the classrooms for the interactive activities, and also to share a scone in the garden for morning tea. Unfortunately, the weather precluded us from completing the class activities in the garden or the unveiling of the time capsule plaque, but I think we celebrated CSW in style nonetheless!
Project Compassion Fundraiser
On Friday of Week 6 Mini Vinnies members held an ‘Ice Cream Creation’ fundraiser, where yummy ice creams with various toppings were sold. It was a hectic time with many hands on deck making over 150 ice creams in under 30 minutes, but the juice was worth the squeeze because we raised well over $300 for Project Compassion! Students and families are still able to donate to Project Compassion during Lent, so I can’t wait until we collate all of the donations and see the final donation total! What a generous community we have.
Kind Regards,
Mr Sam Mattas
Religious Education Coordinator
It was great to have the children back in the Library this week borrowing books. It is most important that they remember to return their book each week so as the books are available for others to borrow.
Unfortunately we cannot allow children to borrow if they don't have their library bag.
Please encourage your children to borrow books from the library and promote reading. We try and introduce new books to the library regularly to keep students interested.
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Veronika Carolan - Year 1
Jacob Markovski - Year 1
Stephanie Saliba - Year 4
Alani Tanevski - Year 4
Liana Meta - Year 4
South Coast Swimming Carnival
March 5, was a delightful day for the ducks and a wet day for the South Coast Swimming Carnival. 20 delightful St Patrick’s students represented our school very well. Some, very busy, others using extreme patience, many managing nervousness very well but all performed to their best and should be very pleased with themselves.
Thank you to Mr Calleja, Mr Marras Scerri and Mr Spinelli for representing our school as officials and sharing the timekeeping job.
Congratulations to the swimmers who qualified to try out for the Diocesan team Monday March 9. They are the junior girls relay team (Makayla G. Liana, Taylah & Ella M), Makayla in 8 years 50m freestyle and Ella M in 10 years 50m freestyle.
Well done girls at the Diocesan trials. The top 2 finishers go on to MacKillop swimming trials. Our junior relay came in 5th, Makayla 4th and Ella M 6th.
Unfortunately we cannot always win but, we can fortunately, always enjoy having a go.
Mrs Anna Pulbrook - Sports Co ordinator
On behalf of the P&F Fete Committee we would like to thank all the parents who put in a massive effort with all the fete preparations. We are very disappointed the day didn't go ahead, but in the end the right decision was made. We can't help the weather.
Thankyou to all the parents who made and donated cakes and slices on Friday. We are most thankful to Bunning for letting us have a cake stall on such short notice.
We had a massive day and made $1090.00
Thanks again
P&F Fete Committee
Enrolments for 2021 are been taken now. If you have or know of any families who will have school age children please remind them to complete an Enrolment form and lodge at the School Office. Interviews will be happening early Term 2.
Come and join our wonderful school where amazing things happen.
