Reminder that assemblies will now take place on a Friday
afternoon commencing at 2:15pm from week 1 in Term 2.
Dear Parents,
We have had a number of phone calls regarding the correct dates for the Easter school holidays. As you may be aware the State Government made some changes late last year to school holidays which meant that schools will now have a 2 week holiday at Easter. The magnetic school calendars that where printed had been done well in advance of any date changes and therefore still show the old dates. Please note the following changes to the school holidays for 2012.
Easter holidays:- Saturday 31 March – Sunday 15 April. The students will return to school on Monday 16 April, there is no longer a pupil free day on this day.
The Pupil free day to begin third term which is 9 July is no longer allocated students will commence third term on this date.
The pupil free day for 22 October is still valid.
There is also a change to the Exhibition holiday, the only day allocated now is the Wednesday 15 August. The schools holiday for the 16 August has now been absorbed into the Easter break.
The new Queens birthday public holiday for October which is 1 October, falls in the school holidays.
Regards,
Stephen Locke
APRE St Anthony’s Kedron
121 Somerset Rd Kedron
This Friday is St Patrick’s Day. Students can wear green to celebrate the day. Please note that the usual school socks, shoes and hats must be worn.
We ask that children donate a gold coin to Caritas for wearing their green shirt. 
On Monday 5th March the school has engaged guest speaker to present to students from Years 4
to 7 informative and valuable sessions on Cybersafety. In addition there will be a presentation to
all teachers at an after school meeting and we are providing the opportunity for parents to
participate in a choice of TWO sessions in the new hall – one being held from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
and the other in the evening from 7:00pm to 8:30pm.
This is a most important topic for our students who are participating actively in online learning
activities and school and at home. Many also participate in social networking and online gaming
activities at home. As teachers and parents we are duty bound to help children learn how to keep
themselves safe online and so we strongly encourage you to make the time to come along to one of
the sessions even if your child is in the lower primary grades.
Mr Brett Lee (not the cricketer) comes to us with an impressive resume having among other
things served in Iraq, worked with the FBI and worked as an undercover online detective. I can
assure you all that you will walk away from Brett’s presentation feeling well informed and wellarmed
to cope with and to help your children with the challenges that an online environment
presents.
Dear Parents
This TIME OUT chart published by Queensland Health lists medical conditions requiring a period of ‘time out’ to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. In the interests of our community’s health and well-being please be aware of the information contained in the link.
Regards
Patrick Borger -Assistant Principal
Parents you are invited to our new school hall before or after your Parent Teacher Information session for a cuppa and chat.
You are invited to attend a parent information evening on Wednesday 8th February in your child’s classroom. The format of the evening consists of a short presentation by your child’s teacher about the school curriculum and day to day classroom procedures and practices. There will also be a short general question time. Any specific information for your child should be discussed with the teacher at another negotiated meeting time. Your child’s class teacher will be happy to make an appointment to meet with you one to one.
The session times for the evening are:
6:00pm – Prep, Year 3, Yr 6/7
6:45 pm – Year 1, Year 4, Year 5
7:15pm – Year 2
A presentation about the Music Program will be presented in the school hall at 6:00 and 6:45pm by our Music teachers.
We look forward to sharing your child’s 2012 learning journey with you.
Please come along and join in our next P & F Working Bee on 11th February 2012.