As we conclude another rewarding school term in the Junior School, we look for an opportunity to rest over the break to return renewed and ready for Term 4. This week we have been able to celebrate a mufti day with retro Eddies theme which was great fun and a nod to our 70th anniversary celebrations in 2024. The school has a wonderful momentum at present and staff and students seem very connected to each other and our heritage.
Congratulations to our award winners at the Winter Sports Presentation Evenings and thank you to all students who turned up to celebrate their season. The Co-curricular program involves many people working together tirelessly. I would like to wholeheartedly thank our volunteer managers, coaches, first aiders, etc. We could not run our sports teams without your valued support and time.
ACT Athletics Championship – Congratulations to Tom Gibson (1st 100m, 1st 200m, 2nd Long Jump – 11yrs), Oscar Wightman (2nd 200m, 3rd 100m – 11yrs) and Clay Thompson (3rd Shot Put – 12yrs).
Team HEAT Holiday Program – St Edmund’s College Junior School will be hosting a fun and exciting Team H.E.A.T holiday program in the upcoming school holidays. This will take place on Tuesday 1 October to Friday 4 October and is open to boys and girls.
For more information, please contact team_heat@outlook.com
Monday 28 October – 2025 Year 7 Orientation Day. Please note communication will be sent home regarding the Year 7 Orientation Day. Students should wear their P.E uniform on this day. Students will receive recess and lunch. Any special dietary requirements can be sent to enrolments@sec.act.edu.au
Current Year 6 students not attending St Edmund’s in 2025 will be given alternate work to complete in another classroom for the day.
Year 6 Students attending a different High School in 2025. If your son is enrolling at a different High School for 2025, please get in contact with the school so we can best plan for 2025 classes. Please email Rhiannon: enrolments@sec.act.edu.au
Year 6 into Year 7 – Please note that students currently enrolled in Year 6 do not need to re-enrol into Year 7. Year 6 student enrolment automatically continues into Year 7.
Year 4-6 After School Homework Club – Homework Club will run Tuesdays and Wednesdays Week 2 – Week 7 Term 4 after school 3.30pm – 4.30pm with Mrs Ellem. This occurs in the Junior School library. Parents/carers are asked to sign up to Homework Club through Clipboard.
Year 6 Runners Program – As a part of our Year 6 into High School transition program, we will be enlisting the assistance of Year 6 students to help as runners. As runners, the students will get to know the school layout very well ahead of Year 7. The students will work in pairs for a full day (learning remotely between jobs).
Hair Policy – Thank you to all parents/carers for keeping your son/s haircuts in line with the school’s uniform and hair policy. At times barbers may make mistakes. If they are informed of their mistake, many will fix the haircut (in line with our policy) at no extra charge. Could I please ask that all parents/carers familiarise themselves with the hair policy so that students can get about their daily work without teacher’s asking them about their haircuts. Thank you for your assistance with this.
- Hair should be kept neat, tidy and clean at all times and not grown or styled into an extreme or exaggerated fashion.
- Hair should be above the shoulder in length (above the bottom of the shirt collar) and no shorter than a number ‘two’.
- Students are not allowed to have lines or designs shaved into their hair nor grow long sections of hair that can be fashioned into ‘top buns’, plaits, undercuts, braids, ‘rats tails’, ‘mohawks’ or ‘mullets’ etc.
- Hair should be evenly graded and/or blended, of natural colour, worn off the face and should not obstruct sight. Hair requiring to be tied back off the face may be necessary but only as a ‘low bun’.
- Length of sideburns should be no lower than middle of the ear and students should be clean shaven daily.
- If a haircut, hairstyle or hair colouring does not meet school expectations then the student will be asked to adjust it accordingly.
- In extreme cases the student may be asked to go home until the hair/style/colour has been changed to meet College requirements.
- No visible body adornment or art such as body piercings, jewellery, keepers or tattoos are permitted. Earrings and studs of any kind are not acceptable. Covering a piercing with a keeper of band-aid is unacceptable.
The College has final say on what is deemed acceptable in regard to these guidelines.
Student Drop Off and Pick Up – Please do not use the staff carpark (off Canberra Avenue) to drop or collect students before and after school. This is a dangerous place for our students to be moving through and we would like to keep this area for staff only. Thank you for helping to keep our community safe.
David Kelly
Assistant Principal – Junior School