Dear Parents,

Please see attached a communication that was emailed to parents yesterday regarding an incident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon. If you did not receive this via email Yesterday (7/5), please contact the office to update or check your contact details. 

While this incident is certainly concerning, it provides a timely reminder that we need to revisit personal safety strategies regularly with our children. The best messages are those that are reinforced through a home/school partnership. I encourage you to discuss the strategies outlined on the Constable Kenny Koala website  with your children.

ACT Policing have responded to a report of a vehicle following one of our students riding home from school yesterday afternoon, 6 May 2019. The child is safe and well and support is being offered to the child and family.

We are in liaison with ACT Policing and meeting with staff to discuss child safety at St Peter and Paul. Police are encouraging parents, guardians and teachers to ensure children understand how to keep themselves safe, particularly when walking or riding to and from school, and to discuss stranger safety with children.

Information on ways to help children to stay safe is available on the Constable Kenny Koala website.

You are reminded to remain vigilant and report any suspicious persons or activity to ACT Policing Operations immediately following an incident on 131 444. If it is a life-threatening situation, please phone 000. The sooner an incident is reported, the quicker police can respond and attend to target the area and the surrounds.

If a child approach occurs on the weekend or outside of school hours, parents are asked to contact police immediately.

HOW TO REPORT

If a child alerts you to an approach that has just happened, parents, guardians or teachers are asked to contact police immediately on 131 444 and in a life-threatening situation phone 000 immediately. The sooner the police are notified the sooner they can attend.

Please call me if you have any concerns or wish to speak with me about the matter.

Hall and Office Renovation project

Our hall and front office renovation project is in full swing and we are on track to have these renovations occur during the term 2 holidays. A sample board is currently on display in the foyer for you to see some of the proposed finishes which will be used in the project. On Thursday 9/5 3:15 pm, we will take interested members of the community on a walk and talk to showcase our project. Please meet in the school foyer.

Open Community Council Meeting

The Council Meeting on Tuesday 14 May from 6:30-7pm will be an open meeting where any parent may sit in and raise topics for discussion.  If you are intending to come and wish to put items on the agenda, please email scc.stpandp@gmail.com so we can accommodate everyone.

Open Days and Enrolment Period

We had our first successful Open Day on Thursday last week. Today we have our second Open Day for interested parents between 9 am and 6 pm to showcase our wonderful school. If you know of someone who could not make these times, please have them contact the office to book a tour.

Parking around the school

I received notification from Transport Canberra over the holidays about unsafe and illegal parking on Webster Street near the school during the school peak periods. They have advised that Parking Operations may visit the area in the coming weeks to monitor and enforce safe parking practices in the area.

Naplan Timetable 2019

Students in Years 3 & 5 will next week complete their NAPLAN testing. This year the test will be completely online which provides a better testing experience, more accurate results and more timely feedback. The timetable for testing at Sts Peter and Paul will be as follows: