2025 - Beginning of Year Update
Hi Everyone,
I hope your break is restful - Just a few updates here including some changes, our Staff Development Day dates for the year and a few save the dates. Class Requisite Lists have been sent in a separate Compass alert.
A Back to School newsletter will be published prior to the start of school.
Thanks,
Katie
Changes in 2025
Assembly | Thursday (2:15pm) |
Creative Arts/Music Lessons | Friday |
PE Lessons | Friday |
Assembly Day Change - Thursday
Starting next year, assemblies will be held on Thursday afternoons every two weeks. This adjustment has been made to accommodate changes in our Creative Arts and PE lesson timetables, ensuring we can make the most of the expertise of our specialist teachers.
We hope this new schedule will be accessible for families, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused by this change. If your child is receiving an award, we will notify you via a Compass email in most cases on the Tuesday prior to the Thursday assembly.
Creative Arts and PE – Friday
In 2025, PE and Creative Arts lessons will be moving from Wednesday to Friday. In order to secure teachers with specialist training in these subjects we have had to be flexible with our timetable.
Our Wednesday timetable will now run on Fridays (I will update in the back to school newsletter).
Sport Uniform will continue for Wednesdays and Fridays.
Staff Development Days 2025
There will be a total of nine staff development days scheduled for 2025. Additional days have been added by the Catholic Schools Office (CSO) to further support professional growth and implementation of new syllabus documents. students. We have kept these days to the beginning and end of terms to minimise disruption. Furthermore, a ninth compliance day has been included by the Office of Safeguarding as scheduled child protection training.
We will contact St Nicholas OOSH regarding days from Term 2 onwards. For the days before school commences, St Nicholas is operating at St Columban's Mayfield.
Term 1 | |
Week 1 | Friday 31 January |
Week 2 | Monday 3 February |
Term 2 | |
Week 1 | Monday 28 April |
| Tuesday 29 April |
Term 3 | |
Week 1 | Monday 21 July |
Week 10 | Friday 26 September |
Term 4 | |
Week 1 | Monday 13 October |
Week 10 | Thursday 18 December |
Week 10 | Friday 19 December |
Term Dates 2025
Term | Term Dates | Staff Development Days |
1 | Tuesday 4 February* - Friday 11 April *Kindergarten Thursday 6 February | Friday 31 January Monday 3 February
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2 | Wednesday 30 April - Friday 04 July
| Monday 28 April Tuesday 29 April
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3 | Tuesday 22 July – Thursday 25 September
| Monday 21 July Friday 26 September
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4 | Tuesday 14 October – Wednesday 17 December
| Monday 13 October Thursday 18 December Friday 19 December
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Uniform Shop
The Uniform Shop will be open for pre-term purchases and collection of pre-orders on Friday 31st January from 10am - 12pm.
Online ordering will be available through Qkr! from 17th January 2025, with all pre-orders being available for collection from the school office from 10am on Friday 31st January and from 9am on Monday 3rd February.
Save the Date
A Parent Planner will be published before school starts – a few important dates are listed here for your information
Term 1
Wednesday 19 February 9:15am – Opening School Mass including Year 6 Leaders Induction
Monday 31 March-Wednesday 2 April – Stage 3 Camp
Thursday 10 April – School Athletics Carnival
Term 2
Tuesday 27 May – School Photos (Winter Uniform)