SCHOOL FEES
Week 10 this Term, Thursday 26 & Friday 27 September Year 5 will attend their overnight excursion/camp to Teen Ranch, Cobbitty. This week Year 5 Exucrsion/Camp Levy Fee reminder statements and letters were sent home yesterday to those with outstanding levies for the 2019 Year 5 Camp. If you have been sent home a reminder letter in regards to this levy, please ensure payment is made by Friday, 6 September 2019 to avoid disapointment.

If you are experiencing financial hardship please make contact with the school via info@spcdow.catholic.edu.au your request will be handled with the utmost confidentiality. 

COMPASS
Parents consent to excursions through the parent portal.
Parents now provide online consent to events (School excursions & sporting events) via the parent portal. This means excursion notes will no longer be sent home in a hard copy. Parents will receive an email alert directing them to log into their Compass site to view the excursion note and provide consent.

Please ensure your email address is up to date. This can be done via the Compass portal. If you have not logged into Compass or require another copy of your log in letter, please make contact with the school office.

It is imperative that all parents log into Compass as at the end of Term 3, Friday, 27 September 2019, the Skoolbag app will be turned off and all parent correspondence and alerts will be via the Compass parent portal only.

ABSENTEES
Regular attendance at school is important for students to reach their potential. The school is required to record the reason for any absences as a way of ensuring that students are absent from school only when they are sick or have another explanation for not attending school.

Please assist us to fulfil our legal obligations regarding student absences by indicating the reason/s for the absence/s using the Compass parent portal.

https://spcdow-nsw.compass.education

LATE ARRIVALS
Please be aware, as of this Thursday, 29 August 2019 there will be a change to late arrivals. If your child arrives to school late, they need to be signed in at the school office by a parent where they will receive a late pass lanyard. They will then be able to proceed to their classrooms on their own. Once the bell has gone the school day has begun, and parents are unable to accompany their child to the classroom as lessons are taking place and this will lead to disruption of student learning. If students are not accompanied into the school office and signed in by a parent the late arrival will be marked as an unexplained partial absence.

MEDICATION POLICY
If your child is required to take medication during the school day, you must complete a 'request for school to administer medication' form and provide the medication in its original packaging. Please see below a copy of the CEODoW Administration of Medication in Schools Policy for your perusual, and a copy of the request to Administer Medication Form.