Newsletter July 16, 2024
- Weekly Prayer
- 3 - Way Confrences
- Inform & Empower
- Whole School Prayer/Assembly
- School Uniform
- Hot Lunches
- St Brigid’s Parents & Friends Committee
- Enrolments for 2025 are open
- NCCD Parent information sheet
- Key Dates Term 3
- Preschool Story Time
- Birthdays
- Gordon & Bungaree Parish News
- Camp Australia Newsletter
- Community News & Events
- SZapp Mobile Application - St Brigid's communication in one place!
- Change of Details
As we step into this new term,
Restore our spirits.
Renew our passion for sharing your wisdom
And nurture our compassion
for those in need of greater support.
Transform us as we seek to transform:
Guide us as we seek to guide;
Open our minds and hearts
As we seek to open minds and hearts
To the Good News of justice and peace.
Help us to listen deeply
To the world and to your Word,
So we can walk with those in our care,
Attentive to the Wisdom that
Calls us all to the Kingdom of God.
Amen
St Brigid's Primary School Ballan wishes to acknowledge respectfully the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, work, learn, play and gather.
3-Way Conferences will take place this term on Tuesday 27th August from 2:30pm - 6:00pm and Tuesday 3rd September from 2:30pm - 6:00pm. 3-Way Conferences will be 10 minutes in duration. Given the nature of these meetings, it is expected that all students attend the conferences with their parents. Families can book a suitable time through PAM/SIMON Everywhere. Bookings will be made available within the coming weeks.
If you were unable to attend and would like to view the session, please click on the link below:
Raising Kids in a Digital World - Parent Resources for St Brigid's
https://www.informandempower.com.au/parents
Replay - To access the webinar replay, the password is informempower
- Toolkit (slides, links & resources from the session)
- Blog posts
- Printable family poster
Whole school prayer/Assembly will again take place in Term 3 from 9:00am - 9:20am. The timetable is as follows:
Assembly Schedule Term 3
| Week | Class |
| Week 3 - 02/08/24 | Year 1/2S |
| Week 5 - 16/08/24 | Year 5/6B |
| Week 7 - 30/08/24 | Father's Day Breakfast & Liturgy |
| Week 9 - 22/03/24 | Year 3/4 BW |
Assembly Schedule Term 4
| Week | Class |
| Week 1 - 11/10/24 | Year 1/2R |
| Week 3 - 25/10/24 | Year 4/5A |
| Week 5 - 08/11/24 | Foundation |
| Week 7 - 22/11/24 | Final Assembly |
We have now made the transition to winter uniform. Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct winter uniform including bringing the St Brigid’s school bag to and from school daily.
Children are able to wear the correct sports uniform each Wednesday and on classroom nominated sports day as directed by your child’s classroom teacher.
The St Brigid’s winter uniform consists of the following:
A reminder to please label clothing, lunchboxes, containers, bags and water bottles!
Hot lunches will resume again this Friday 19th July via the online ordering system - Spriggy Schools.
Please see the brochure for information regarding the Spriggy Schools App.
Volunteers
This term we will re-introduce a roster to help prepare and serve lunches on each Friday. If you are available to help out on a Friday between 11.30am-1.00pm please contact the school office (valid Working with Children Check is required).
The children really enjoy hot lunches and this can only happen with the help of volunteers!
Our next P&F meeting will take place on Thursday 15th August from 3.15pm - 4.00pm in our school Library. An active P&F committee allows families the opportunity to play a valuable part in providing social and fundraising activities. Please attend this meeting if you are interested in joining our P&F committee.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as all funds raised contribute to resources and materials to support your children in their holistic development.
With many enrolment forms already received for Foundation in 2025, if you are aware of anyone who is thinking about enrolling their child for 2025, please encourage them to do so as soon as possible, via the ‘enrol now’ tab on our website - https://www.sbballan.catholic.edu.au/.
This will assist us in our preliminary stages of planning for 2025.
All of the timetabled events (to date) for the school year can be found on our school calendar which can be accessed through PAM and via this newsletter.
2024 Dates
Term 3:
| Monday 15th July |
First day of term 3 - 8:55am commence |
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Wednesday 31st July - Friday 2nd August |
Year 5/6 Angahook Camp |
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Thursday 15th August |
Parents & Friends Meeting 3:15pm |
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Monday 19th August - Friday 23rd August |
Book Week (more details to follow) |
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Thursday 22nd August |
Student Free Day |
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Tuesday 27th August |
3-Way Conferences 2:30pm-6:00pm |
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Thursday 29th August |
Fathers Day Stall |
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Friday 30th August |
Fathers Day Breakfast & Liturgy |
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Tuesday 3rd September |
3-Way Conferences 2:30pm-6:00pm |
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Wednesday 4th September |
Year 5 SEED experience day |
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Friday 20th September |
Last day of term 3 - 2:20pm finish |
SZappp Mobile Application is a fantastic way for communicating and making information or resources available to our St Brigid's school community.
Please follow the instructions in the below guide on how to install the SZappp and register an email account for communication.
