Holy Name Primary School Forster eNewsletter

Assistant Principal's Report

Welcome back to school everyone!

I hope you had a lovely Summer break with your families. We have hit the ground running at Holy Name in 2025.

I would like to welcome Mr Ben Doyle to our wonderful school. We all look forward to working with Ben to continue to offer your children a great educational experience.

Sport

We held our school Swimming Carnival last Thursday at the Aquatic centre. Thanks to Mrs Quilter and Ms McKinnon for organising the event and for all staff and parents who helped to ensure the carnival ran smoothly.

The Swimming Champions were:

Senior Girls	Senior Boys
1^st Eden Lucenti	1^st Bryce Quillan
2^nd Isla Ware-McKay	2^nd Eli Lea
3^rd Summer-Rose Dalton	3^rd Elijah Suckling

11 Years Girls	11 Years Boys
1^st Maddie Keegan	1^st Brabham Cooper
2^nd Charlotte Allan	2^nd Henley Chapman
3^rd Edie Loy	3^rd Eli Te Raki-Pitfield

Junior Girls	Junior Boys
1^st Anna Brooks	1^st Tane Te Raki-Pitfield
2^nd Abbie Keegan	2^nd Josef Janse Van Rensburg
3^rd Remi Tull	3^rd Rocco Lambkin

Last Monday, our HNS Swim team travelled to Taree to compete in The Manning Regional Carnival. Thanks to Mrs Quilter, Mr Doyle and Ms Simon for accompanying the team. We had some good results on the day and Age Champions will be announced on Monday.

The next carnival will be the Diocesan carnival to be held in Newcastle on Wednesday, February 26^th. Please see the following flyer for information on Primary Sport from the CSO.

Diocesan_Sport_Website_Guide_for_Primary.pdf

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PB4L

Our Positive Behaviour for Learning framework will continue this year. We have some great signage to go around the school, we are revisiting our Rewards system and we are continuing to take part in professional learning in the area of student behaviour and engagement.

Our focus for Weeks 3 & 4 is Moving Calmly Around the School. Children are being rewarded for displaying this skill by walking in lines, not running on the concrete and using quiet voices when moving about.

Uniform

Please ensure that your children are in full Summer uniform. The school hat is a compulsory part of the school uniform and needs to worn whenever the student's are outside. Shoes and socks are to be plain black - no stripes or logos. Hair longer than shoulder length must be tied back. Jewellery is to be kept to a minumum - sleepers/studs in ears, a watch and a signet ring are allowed. No dangly earrings, large hair decorations, painted nails or coloured hair.

Thank you for supporting us in this area.

Attendance

Attendance at school is compulsory and important. If your child is unwell, please advise on Compass or ring the office please.

Start times

Children are supervised at school from 8.30am. In the afternoon, supervision is until 3.15pm (excluding children who catch buses.) If you require care outside of these hours please contact St Nicholas OOSH.