School News
Students NOT returning to St Paul's in 2022
Unexplained Absences
A reminder to parents to enter your child's absences in the Compass Parent Portal on the day the link is forwarded to you by the school.
Letters will be forwarded to families this week with outstanding unexplained absences. Please ensure you either enter the explanation in Compass (tip sheet below) or sign the form and forward back to the school office.
Mackillop Awards - Year 6 Students
Year 6 students who are eligible to receive a MacKillop award are asked to submit the required number of Principal awards to the school office no later than Friday, 3 December 2021.
Unfortunately awards submitted after this date cannot be accepted as sufficient time is required for the printing of award certificates.
New Medication Procedure
Following a review of the school sick bay and the dispensing of long term daily medications the school has been advised to update our medication procedure.
Commencing term 1, 2022 all long term medication must be provided to the school in a WEBSTER PACK containing one months supply per pack, clearly labelled with your child’s prescription, name, quantity and time medication is to be taken. The school advises that you consult with your GP or pharmacist to discuss the different styles of packs that will work best with your child’s medication.
Should your child require short term medication, no longer then one to two weeks, the webster pack is not required. Parents are to provide the medication in the bottle or packet that it is provided by the pharmacist with the prescription clearly labelled. All liquid medication requires a syringe or medicine cup to be provided for dispensing the medicine.
An ‘Authority to Dispense Medication’ form must be provided to the school for all prescribed and over the counter medications before any medication can be dispensed to your child. Parents can access this form via the school website and the school office.
Should you need to discuss this change in procedure in more detail please contact the school office (46548900) before the end of 2021 school year to ensure that your child’s medication is compliant for the commencement of the 2022 school year.
School Fees Credits
If you have a fee credit, have no children attending St Paul’s in 2022 and are not sending your child to a Wollongong Diocesan high school please email info@spcdow.catholic.edu.au to request a refund including your bank account details BSB & account number. The school will forward your request to the Catholic Education Office to action.
For families that have a fee credit and their child is attending a Wollongong Diocesan High School in 2022 the fee credit will be forwarded with your child to their new high school.