Middle School Bulletin - Term 1, Week 5

The window for this years NAPLAN will be Wednesday 13 March to Friday 22 March. Years 3 / 5 / 7 / 9 students will be participating.

On NAPLAN Testing days students in Year 7 and 9 need to arrive on time with a full charged device, a working keyboard and headphones compatible to their device. The school is unable to provide loan devices or headphones for the testing.

Further details will be provided to students in the week of testing.

We encourage you to make a time to talk to subject teachers at the Parent/Teacher interviews which are scheduled for Friday 15^th March, 2024 from 8:30am to 4:30pm. A link will be shared with you in the near future to get your appointments booked.

PAYMENT NOMINATIONS must be submitted by Tuesday 6 February 2024. Download the Payment Form here.

There is no need to submit a payment nomination if you have paid your 2024 fees in full. Thank you.

• Annual Fee Due 13 Feb 2024
• Quarterly Fee Due 13 Feb, 30 April, 30 July, 22 Oct 2024
• Monthly Fee Due 25^th of each month Feb to Nov 2024, or the next business day if the 25^th is not a business day
• Fortnightly Fee Due Friday fortnightly commencing 16 Feb and ending on 8 Nov 2024

Subject and music adjustments will be amended later in February once payment nominations and queries are effectuated.

Please contact Kaye at familyaccounts@stmarks.wa.edu.au if you have any queries.

Thank you for your patience during this busy start to the 2024 school year.

The Secondary Assistance Scheme is available to parents/guardians with children enrolled in Years 7 to 12 who hold an eligible concession card (a Pensioner Concession Card or a Health Care Card).

The SAS consists of two allowances:

• $235 Education Program Allowance (payment made to the school); and
• $115 Clothing Allowance (payment made to the parent/guardian).

Parents/guardians in receipt of the ABSTUDY School Fees Allowance from Services Australia (Centrelink) are not eligible for the SAS, but they may apply for the ABSTUDY Supplement Allowance.

Applications open at the commencement of Term 1 2024 and close on 28 March 2024. Forms are available from Main Reception during Term 1 between 8am and 4pm.

Please check the eligibility criteria here.

Our School community, like the wider community, continues to be impacted by COVID-19. We appreciate, when contacting the School to report your child’s absence that you are letting us know if they have tested positive for COVID-19. Please continue to do this.

While nowhere near the levels reached in previous years, the number of cases among our students and staff is not insignificant.

Current advice from the WA Department of Health is:

• Manage your symptoms with rest and pain relief. Remember to check with your doctor if you are eligible for antiviral treatment.
• Stay at home until your symptoms resolve. This could take up to 10 days or more. A minimum of 5 days is a good guide.
• Don’t forget to tell anyone you have had close contact with that you have COVID. You’re most infectious 2 days before symptoms start.

Please be reminded that students with any symptoms should not be sent to school regardless of a negative RAT test. If your child presents to the Wellness Centre with any cold or flu symptoms, we will have to call you to come and collect them.

For information regarding the latest rulings relating to COVID cases, please click here.