Parent Workshop

Thank you to Anna Cater, our school counsellor who ran a very informative presentation about emotional intelligence in children last Thursday evening. Thank you to our parents who attended that. They were very pleased with this information and support from Anna.

Year 5/6 Camp

We wish our 5/6 students and our accompanying staff a safe and happy camp at The Tops. They have 3 exciting filled days of activities, team and leadership building.

School Community Council Open Meeting

Last night we held our open school community council meeting. Our parent class contacts and Executive Council members were in attendance and shared their feedback and commitment to continued parent engagement  through our community events and school communication.

Term 4

Term 4 begins for all students on Monday October 14^th and finishes on Monday December 16^th.

 

Wishing you all a good week.

Nicole Mikkonen
Principal

The design for a lapel pin to celebrate 60 years of St Thomas More Parish is open to any student at St Thomas More's Primary School. The design should relate to life in St Thomas More Parish. It will need to incorporate the 60th Anniversary of St Thomas More Parish. The Prize for the winning entry is $200.

Designs must be received by 4pm Friday 20 September 2024. Entries can be submitted electronically to innernorth@cg.org.au or in person to the school front office.

More information and paper copies of the entry can be picked up from the school front office.

Coerver Coaching ACT September/October Holiday Camps – Registrations Now Open

Coerver® Coaching Holiday Camps offer a fun filled soccer experience for boys and girls aged

 5-16+ years. The camps will include Ball Mastery, 1v1 attack and defence, receiving and passing and small sided Coerver® games.

Participants who attend the Coerver Coaching ACT Holiday Camps – October 2024 receive:

• 12 hours of programmed Coerver Coaching delivered by accredited Coerver Coaches
• Adidas Shirt
• Adidas Ball
• Home Study Program
• Certificate of Attendance

 Dates:               

Northside: Monday 30 September – Thursday 3 October. University of Canberra, Bruce. 

Southside: Tuesday 8 October – Friday 11 October. Trinity Christian School, Wanniassa

Times: 09:00am – 12:00pm each session

Registration Link:  https://coerveract.com.au/holiday-camps

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MyWay+ is coming! Transition set to commence

The next major phase for MyWay+ is about to commence from Friday 20 September ahead of the next generation ticketing system going live this November.

Over the last few months significant progress has occurred in the design, development and testing of the new MyWay+ system.

We are now at the exciting point where system installation can commence. This includes removing the existing MyWay equipment on board buses and installing the new MyWay+ validators both in buses and along the light rail alignment. System user testing will also take place with over 200 Canberrans providing feedback on the new system and its journey planning functionality.

To enable these critical activities to take place the current MyWay and NXTBUS real time systems will no longer be available from Friday 20 September.

Bus and light rail services will continue to operate as per the scheduled timetable and frequency; however people will not need to pay during the transition period to MyWay+.

A fare free travel period was always planned as part of the MyWay+ transition. We didn’t want to try and run two systems at the same time given it will take at least six weeks to fit out the whole bus fleet and install new ticket machines at locations such as along the light rail alignment.

Key changes taking place from Friday 20 September 2024:

• Travel will be free - The MyWay ticketing system will no longer be available. Travel on buses and light rail will be free. Customers will not be required to tap on and off during this fare free travel period.

• Timetable Information will be available online and at major stops and interchanges - NXTBUS will no longer be available. This includes on board buses at bus stops and stations as well as the SMS service.

• Bus services will continue to operate to the scheduled timetable. Where possible, static timetable information be available at bus stations.
• Light rail will continue to operate to the scheduled frequency. Next stop information will still be available for light rail (onboard and at stops).

 Further details on impacted services are available online at https://www.transport.act.gov.au/news/news-and-events-items/september/transition

Customers are encouraged to KEEP their MyWay cards as the card number will assist with the balance transfer to MyWay+.