Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had quite a few new families through the school in the past few weeks doing school tours. The school tour has two sections, a meeting with myself and then a personalised tour around the school led by the Year 6’s. I want to congratulate the Year 6 students on the fantastic job they’ve done in this role. The feedback from visiting families has been overwhelmingly positive, with many commenting on how confidently the students spoke and how proud they are of their school. This is truly wonderful feedback and a testament to the leadership and school spirit of our senior students. We will begin to process the enrolments for 2026 in the next couple of weeks.

I think we can all safely say that the warmer weather is unfortunately behind us, and the cooler temperatures are here to stay as we head into Winter. During the warmer weeks at the beginning of the term, we were relaxed about which uniform students were wearing. However, as of last week, I addressed the importance of wearing the correct uniform with students during Monday’s assembly. All students are now expected to wear their full Winter uniform to school. We are still seeing a mix of Summer and Winter uniform items, and while this was acceptable earlier in the term, we now ask that all students wear the complete Winter uniform. This includes the correct school socks (with no logos), school shoes (not runners), and no jewellery except for plain studs/sleepers or a religious necklace. Also a reminder about jumpers too. The v-neck woollen jumper should be worn with the Winter uniform only. There are a few students wearing their sports crew tops with the Winter uniform and this should only be worn with the Sport uniform.

Winter sport uniform includes:

- Red long sleeve St Paul's polo

- Blue/Navy tracksuit pants (school shorts are able to be worn under tracksuit pants on sports days)

- White socks

- Runners (any colour)

- Optional: St Pauls crew jumper (not the knitted V neck jumper)

- Optional: St Paul's jacket 

School Winter Uniform

Optional 1:

- Blue long sleeve St Paul's polo (no short sleeves)

- St Paul's pinafore dress

- St Paul's navy socks or navy blue tights

- Black school shoes

- Optional: St Paul's knitted v neck jumper (not the sports crew neck) 

- Optional: St Paul's jacket 

Optional 2:

- Blue long sleeve St Paul's polo (no short sleeves)

- Navy blue school pants (no shorts)

- St Paul's navy socks 

- Black school shoes

- Optional: St Paul's knitted v neck jumper (not the sports crew neck) 

- Optional: St Paul's jacket 

With uniforms a hot topic of discussion among the students, I have been asked about scarves, hats and gloves. These accessories are allowed to be worn if your child feels the cold however, we ask that you purchase these in school colours. With AFL and other sporting codes very popular at the moment, it is becoming a trend to wear your footy team’s scarf to school, especially if they have had a win over the weekend. These are not part of the school uniform and students will be asked to remove them if they are worn. I am very happy for the students to wear the Big Freeze beanies for the next few weeks in support of the MND charity. 

This week, the P&F will be holding the annual school disco. Excitement is already building, and from what I’ve heard, it sounds like it will be a fantastic night! A big thank you to the P&F for organising this event and to the many parent volunteers who have offered to help out on the night. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Just a reminder that this Friday is a student free day. As mentioned in our last newsletter, our staff will be undertaking professional development in the area of Writing. I hope families enjoy their long weekends and we look forward to seeing students back on Tuesday 10th June after the King’s birthday holiday on Monday.

Thank you again for your continued support.

Kind regards,

Jussahra Treagus

Upcoming Dates to note

Thursday 5 June - School Disco 

Friday 6 June - School Closure Day

Monday 9 June - King's Birthday Holiday

Friday 13 June - First Eucharist Reflection Day

Monday 23 June - Whole School Assembly 2.45pm

Tuesday 1 July - Parent Teachers Interviews from 4pm

Wednesday 2 July - Parent Teachers Interviews from 2pm. Finish 1.30pm

Friday 4 July - last day of term - Finish 2.30pm

Term 3 Dates: Monday 21 July - Friday 19 September

Term 4 Dates: Monday 6 October - Tuesday 16 December

Book Club

Book Club pamphlets were sent home last week - please note that all orders must be made on line and will close on June 10th.

Junior Playground Plans Are Underway!

We are thrilled to share that, thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of our Parents and Friend’s Association, St Paul’s will be getting a brand-new junior playground! We are incredibly grateful for their support and are hopeful that the new playground can be designed and installed later this year.

At St Paul’s, we value student voice and believe it’s important that our students have a say in shaping their school experience. Our SRC met last week to begin brainstorming ideas for what makes an amazing playground – from the features they love to the things they would like to avoid.

We can’t wait to see what creative and exciting ideas come to life.

Watch this space – the playground journey has just begun!!