Newsletter July 23, 2024
- Weekly Prayer
- Congratulations
- Green & Gold dress up day - Monday 29th July
- 3-Way Confrences
- Inform & Empower
- Whole School Prayer/Assembly
- School Uniform
- Hot Lunches
- St Brigid’s Parents & Friends Committee
- Enrolments for 2025
- NCCD Parent information sheet
- Key Dates Term 3
- Preschool Story Time
- Camp Australia Newsletter
- Birthdays
- Gordon & Bungaree Parish News
- Community News & Events
- SZapp Mobile Application - St Brigid's communication in one place!
- Change of Details
On Monday the 29th of July all children are invited to wear green and gold or dress as the colours of the Australian flag, to launch the Olympics.
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.
As previously communicated, this year students from Year 1-6 will be participating in the Inform & Empower Cyber Safety & Digital Wellbeing program. This means that our classes will be tuning in to live streamed incursions (with their teachers) every term that focus on healthy and safe digital habits. The incursion content is all written and delivered by qualified teachers who are endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner as a Trusted eSafety Provider.
These sessions aim to help children better navigate the online world and become more aware, clever, brave and kind. They will focus on topics including navigating unwanted contact, cyberbullying, help-seeking strategies, unsafe content, balancing screen time with "green time" and sharing personal information. Our first session will commence next week.
The following website will provide you with further information regarding Inform and Empower.
https://www.informandempower.com.au/
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 have resumed for Term 3 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.
As we are now in the process of planning for 2025, please ensure that all Foundation 2025 enrolments are submitted as soon as possible via the ‘enrol now’ tab on our website -
https://www.sbballan.catholic.edu.au/.
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 29th July |
Green & Gold dress up day! Celebrating the launch of the Olympics |
|
Wednesday 31st July - Friday 2nd August |
Year 5/6 Angahook Camp |
|
Thursday 15th August |
Parents & Friends Meeting 3:15pm |
|
Monday 19th August |
Book Week Parade 9:00am 'Reading is Magic' |
|
Thursday 22nd August |
Student Free Day |
|
Tuesday 27th August |
3-Way Conferences 2:30pm-6:00pm |
|
Thursday 29th August |
Fathers Day Stall |
|
Friday 30th August |
Fathers Day Breakfast & Liturgy |
|
Tuesday 3rd September |
3-Way Conferences 2:30pm-6:00pm |
|
Wednesday 4th September |
Year 5 SEED experience day |
|
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.
