Mary Immaculate Primary Newsletter

Zone carnival will take place at Mount Druitt Pools on Thursday 18th February. Permission slips will be going home this week with the zone team. We are still awaiting confirmation on parent attendance. We thank you for your patience during this time. 

At MIPS we encourage our students to bring fruit and vegetables as a snack to fuel them throughout their day. We allocate time during their learning where students can crunch on either a fruit or veg and sip on water!

To give your child the opportunity to develop healthy habits by participating in the Crunch & Sip break, we ask that you pack a ready-to-eat serve of fruit or vegetable, along with a bottle of fresh water. 

For more information please refer to the following brochure.

We would like to remind you to ensure children bring their school hat everyday. Applying sunscreen on your child in the morning will also help protect them from the harmful UV rays during outdoor play. Make sunscreen part of your morning routine. 

If your child is sick or absent you are required to notify the school. All explanations for absences must be provided within 7 days of the first day of any period of absence. 

Absences can be explained using one of the following methods:

Where an explanation has not been received within the 7 day timeframe or the explanation has not been accepted, the school will record the absence as unexplained or unjustified on the student’s record. The school will not be able to accept explanations which are not received within the 7 day timeframe. 

Families will be receiving their School Fees statement shortly. These statements are sent from the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta (CEDP) outlining the 2021 school fees for your child(ren). Included in the first Tax Invoice are the Payment Plans families can adopt for their 2021 tuition fees. Instructions will be included, should you wish to utilise the Direct Debit or BPay options.

PLEASE NOTE: Any outstanding amount in a family’s school fee account will not automatically receive the BPay or Direct Debit plans for 2021 fees. 

Please contact Liz Padlan on 02 9933 7800 or imac-qkhlfees@parra.catholic.edu.au for all fee related queries.

Tuesdays and  Fridays - 8:30am to 10:00am.  Parents are welcome to visit the uniform shop during this time. 

Online orders and emails for exchanges are to be placed on the QKR App by 4:00pm Monday and Thursday.  Uniform orders and exchanges will be delivered to your child's classroom on Tuesday and Friday mornings during the school term. 

When exchanging items purchased from the uniform shop please send an email to elle@ozfashions.com.au prior to leaving the items at the school office in a bag labelled with your child's name and class.

All inquiries please contact Elle on 0421 216 414 or via email elle@ozfashions.com.au

Paula's Pantry is open Monday to Friday: before school from 8:25am, lunchtime and recess. 

Lunches can be ordered at the canteen in the morning before school or online via the QKR App. When ordering online please ensure you place your order before 7:50am. 

We are once again participating in Scholastic Book Club. Book Club operates twice a term. Each order earns 20% in Scholastic Rewards to help purchase additional learning and literacy resources for our school, however there is never any obligation to order. Orders will be delivered to your child’s classroom approximately one week after the school order is sent to Scholastic.

Issue 1 of Scholastic Book Club will be  sent home this week and orders need to be placed by 9am Monday 15th February. Our school uses the LOOP (Linked Online Ordering and Payment system for parents) to process all Book Club orders. When paying by CREDIT CARD using the LOOP login to scholastic.com.au/LOOP or download the app from App store or Google play and then follow the instructions. There is no need to return paper order forms or payment receipts to school. We do not accept CASH payments or CHEQUES. Please disregard these options on Book Club order form. If you have any further questions please contact the school office on 9933 7800.