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Welcome Back!
We are delighted to welcome everyone back to another exciting year of learning at St Cuthbert's. We would particularly like to welcome new students and their families to our community. We look forward to working closely with all of you throughout the year.
Our students have made a fantastic start to the year, settling in well to their new classes. Our immediate focus across the school is ensuring that all students are fully aware of our expectations around learning and behaviour.
At the beginning of the year our staff were very fortunate to attend some professional learning from UK behaviour expert, Tom Bennett. Tom spoke to us about the need to explicitly teach the behaviour we want to see and that, for some students, we can't assume that they fully understand what good behaviour looks like. Tom stressed the need to interweave a behaviour curriculum with our mainstream learning to ensure that we create a culture that is consistent and understood across the school.
Capital Works
2025 will be an exciting year as far as capital development is concerned at St Cuthbert’s! The next phase of our playground development will be happening this year. I speak of course of the area next to the Early Years Center and the undercroft area. This project will include new courts and a passive play space. The project is about to be put out to tenders.
The other exciting project is the building of a new Grade 1/2 unit which will be situated where Presentation House is currently located . We are in the process of working with the same award winning architects who designed our Early Years Center and are hopeful of construction commencing at the end of this year.
Student Free Day
Please note that the first day of Term 2, 28 April 2025 is a student free day at St Cuthbert's.
Nut Aware School
Please note that our school is a nut free environment. Please do not send any food items containing peanuts or tree nuts to school. This would include nutella and hazelnut spreads. We appreciate your support with this as we have students with severe allergies.
P&F
Thank you to our Parents and Friends for catering and welcoming our new and old families by providing morning tea in the first few days of school in Week 1. We are really grateful to them for providing our community an opportunity to get together for the start of the year.
Enrolments 2026
The deadline for Grade 7 2026 enrolment applications for Catholic schools is Friday 14 March 2025. If you wish to enrol your current Grade 6 student into a Catholic high school and haven’t already done so, please make contact with your preferred school to complete an enrolment application.
The deadline for 2026 Kinder enrolments is Friday 9 May 2025. If you have a child born in 2021 they will be due to start Kinder next year. Please contact the school office with any enquiries, or for an enrolment application form.
Marcus Donnelly
Principal
Welcome back to a brand new and exciting year at St. Cuthbert’s Catholic School.
Jubilee Year
Late last year, Pope Francis declared 2025 as a year of Jubilee. In the Catholic Church, a Jubilee year is a special year of celebration and forgiveness that happens every 25 years. It’s like a big "spiritual reset" where people are encouraged to pray more, help others, and ask for forgiveness. During a Jubilee, the Pope might invite people to visit important churches or holy places, and there are special ceremonies. The main idea is to bring people closer to God, celebrate God's love, and start fresh in their faith. It’s a joyful time to show love and kindness to everyone! This year’s theme for Jubilee is ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. The theme reminds everyone that, no matter where they are on their journey, they are not alone—God is with them, guiding them towards renewal, peace, and joy. It encourages people to approach the Jubilee Year with a spirit of hope, ready to grow in their faith, receive forgiveness, and build a better future together. Our classes are already well underway in learning about what it is to be a Pilgrim of Hope in their Religious Education lessons.
We have a few important dates coming up and information is below for your convenience
Parent Information Session for the Bellerive-Lindisfarne Parish Sacramental Program
Next Wednesday evening (26th February), our Parish priest Father Mark Freeman, will be running a session on the upcoming Sacramental program for 2025.
Date: Wednesday, 26th February
Time: 6pm-7pm
Location: Corpus Christi Church, Bellerive
Who for: Parents of children in Grades 4-6 who are interested in enrolling their child for the Sacramental program.
Please RSVP to Father Mark Freeman at bellerive@aohtas.org.au to register your attendance for the evening.
Commissioning Liturgy
Next Thursday Father Mark and Father Kasun will be celebrating our Commissioning Liturgy with us. Families are very welcome to join us on this occasion. Please refer to Compass for further information.
Shrove Tuesday/Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent)
On Tuesday, 4th March, our school will celebrate Shrove Tuesday with free pancakes for students to enjoy, marking the tradition of using up rich ingredients before Lent. Students can choose whether or not to have a pancake, and class teachers will confirm preferences the day before. No one will miss out!
Have a lovely week,
Katie Potter
ILRE
E-Safety
Every year as a school we teach our students the importance of safe device use. A part of this learning is teaching the students to understand their responsibilities as individuals. Signing a contract is a part of this process and makes them accountable for their behaviour and actions when using a device at school to support their learning.
The Student Digital Technologies and ICT Agreement forms are issued to all Prep to Grade 6 families through Compass, not a traditional hard copy. The Agreement includes age appropriate information about expectations and responsibilities for using Digital Technologies and ICT. Breaches of this Agreement will be followed in line with the school policy. We ask all families to submit the Student Digital Technologies Agreement by answering the questions in the Compass event and providing consent by Sunday 23rd February.
The E- Safety Commission has a range of resources for parents to assist you to understand what children could be accessing when they are given a device and we highly recommend you exploring this, especially if you have given your child the responsibility of their own device at home. Please see link below:
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents
Goal Setting Meetings
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of the families who attended the Prep to Grade 6 Goal Setting meetings this week. It was wonderful to see so many of you taking the time to connect with your child's class teacher. These meetings provide a valuable opportunity to set academic goals and ensure a strong start to the new school year. We truly appreciate your involvement in supporting your child’s educational journey and look forward to working together for a successful year ahead.
We also look forward to welcoming our Kinder families for their goal-setting meetings on Wednesday 5th of March, and Thursday 6th March.
Information for the 3/4 Red Goal Setting meetings will be shared with families once Mr Fabrizio returns.
Jessica Thomas
Deputy
This year we will continue with an explicit focus on teaching of social and emotional wellbeing. We saw amazing student success with meeting and exceeding our School Expectations with explicit teaching and support of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).
This follows much research showing that children who have developed social and emotional skills find it easier to manage themselves, relate to others, resolve conflict, and feel positive about themselves and the world around them. This then leads to children being able to engage more fully in the academic and social elements of school.
With our whole school approach to Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), we see a particular expectation focus introduced every two weeks. Our focus will be based on our School Expectations and in line with the Australian Curriculum. This enables a consistent whole school focus on Social Emotional teaching and learning.
The focus area is introduced at Monday assemblies by our student leaders. Teaching teams then plan and focus specifically on this area to help students experience success.
We will soon see our lantern in the office light up with flames as students meet and exceed our expectations.
Welcome to Little Lanterns for 2025!
To give our Kinder children time to settle in, we are going to make the most of our Summer days and head to the beach and park for our first sessions.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday 28th Febarury at Little Howrah beach.
Alicia Parker
Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any queries.
COMPASSPAY
It is possible to view your account balance as well as pay your school fees and some Compass Events, via the Compass Parent App.
Please see the infographics attached which show how to navigate to School Fee payments in your Compass App.
MONTHLY STATEMENTS
Accounts with a balance, or with any movement since the last statement was sent, will receive a statement via email the first week of each month, to the email address registered in Compass for each parent/guardian on the school fee account.
FEE ASSISTANCE
Please remember we have fee assistance and concession card discounts available to anyone in our school community who may need to make use of these. While it may be a difficult conversation, we are here to help. Forms can be sent home on request or contact me for a confidential discussion.
QKR
The QKR App will continue to be an option for payments for Camps, Special Events and P&F Fundraising.
Please get in touch if you have any queries.
Kind regards
Karen Sawyer
Business Manager
A reminder that ALL children’s hair must be tied back if it is falling below the collar. School hats are required for Term 1.
Leggings
School Active Sports, an online company, sell Forest Green 3/4 length leggings for $39.95 and full length leggings for $49.95. Postage of these is approximately $10. According to current families who have already purchased these the sizes are smaller than normal so it is recommended to go up a size for your child. One of our committee members did contact the company and they can also custom make bigger sizes that are not listed on their website. Please see link below to purchase:
3/4 Length Leggings: https://schoolactivesports.com.au/collections/girls-3-4-school-sports-leggings/products/girls-forest-green-3-4-leggings?variant=28928543555664
Full Length Leggings: https://schoolactivesports.com.au/collections/best-school-uniform-long-leggings/products/girls-forest-green-long-leggings?variant=28928435978320
Please note that these leggings are NOT available to purchase from our school uniform shop Perm-a-pleat, you will need to order them direct from School Active Sports.
UNIFORM SHOP
43 Currajong St, Mornington, TAS 7018
Phone: (03) 6240 4420
Email: Hobart.Retail@Permapleat.com.au (beside MacKillop College's oval)
https://stcuthberts.permapleat.com.au/shop/
Delivery to the school office is currently unavailalbe. Collection is from Permapleat Hobart Retail Outlet at Mornington.
Opening Hours during Term
Monday 8am – 1pm
Tuesday 11am – 5:30pm
Thursday 12 noon – 6pm
Saturday 9am – 12 noon
2025
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Term One Resume (Teaching Staff) |
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3 February 2025 |
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Term One Resume (Students) |
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7 February 2025 |
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Term One Concludes (Students) |
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10 April 2025 |
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Term One Concludes (Teaching Staff) |
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11 April 2025 |
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Term One Student (Non-Attendance Time) |
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14 April 2025 – 25 April 2025 |
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Easter (Good Friday) |
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18 April 2025 |
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Easter (Easter Monday) |
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21 April 2025 |
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Easter (Easter Tuesday) |
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22 April 2025 |
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Term Two Student Free day - St Cuthberts Term Two Students Resume |
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28 April 2025 29 April 2025 |
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Term Two (Concludes) |
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4 July 2025 |
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Term Two Student Non-Attendance Time |
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7 July 2025 – 21 July 2025 |
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Term Three Resume (Teaching Staff) |
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21 July 2025 |
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Term Three Resume (Students) |
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22 July 2025 |
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Term Three Concludes |
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26 September 2025 |
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Term Three Student Non-Attendance Time |
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29 September 2025 – 13 October 2025 |
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Term Four Resume (Teaching Staff) |
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13 October 2025 |
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Term Four Resume (Students) |
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14 October 2025 |
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Term Four Concludes (Students and Teaching Staff) |
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18 December 2025 |
https://catholic.tas.edu.au/term-dates
Term dates are set by Catholic Education Tasmania.
2025 Clarence Jazz Festival Details:
The 2025 Clarence Jazz Festival runs from 20–23 Feb at Rosny Farm Arts Centre, with four jam-packed days of mostly free gigs and heaps of fun for the whole family! Come along for heaps of amazing live music, free activities, amazing local food and drinks, and lots of safe, open space for kids.
- Opening Night – Thurs 20 Feb | 5pm – 9.15pm | FREE
- Friday Night – Fri 21 Feb | 4.30pm – 11pm | FREE (ticketed gigs in the Jazz Lounge)
- Big Day at the Park – Sat 22 Feb | 11am – 11pm | $25, Kids under 15 FREE
- Closing Night – Sun 23 Feb | 3pm – 6.30pm | FREE
? Full program & details: www.clarenceartsandevents.net/events/clarence-jazz-festival-2025/
https://www.facebook.com/belleriveparish
We would like to continue to offer school families the opportunity to publicise their business in the 'St Cuthbert's Community Business Directory'.
Our goal is to promote and support members of our school community, with the hope that St Cuthbert's School families may choose to support other St Cuthbert's School families when doing business.
If you would like to add your business to our directory, or update details previously provided, please contact the school office.