Newsletter August 6, 2024

Dear Members of our St Brigid’s Community,

Spring is in the air! With Springtime comes a renewed sense of focus, joy and sunshine. In the coming weeks, we look forward to the warmer, longer, brighter days! As we approach the last three weeks of Term 3, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your ongoing support of our wonderful school.

Last Friday, we had the pleasure of hosting our annual Father's Day Breakfast and Liturgy. It was truly wonderful to see so many fathers, grandfathers and special people join us at school. Our morning began with a delicious breakfast. Following breakfast, we gathered for a beautiful liturgy, which added a meaningful and reflective tone to the day. The smiles on everyone's faces were a testament to the special bonds we share and it was wonderful to spend such quality time together with our loved ones.

Have a wonderful week everyone.

Take care and God bless,

Jayne Bosworth

'Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.'

Excerpt from St Brigid's Prayer

As part of our Little Feet Big Footprints initiative, today we welcomed Year 6 students from St Mary’s Clarkes Hill, St Michael’s Daylesford, St Patrick’s Gordon and St Augustine’s Creswick. Our day commenced with Mass at 10:30am at St Brigid's Church with a focus on the legacy of Mary MacKillop. We then gathered in the Library and engaged in a wonderful session facilitated by Fr Justin with a focus on linking the Catholic Social Teachings with Mary MacKillop’s mantra, never see a need without doing something about it. 

Our students had a fabulous day fostering connections with fellow Year 6 students within the Diocese.

Congratulations to Anni Clarke who has been selected by School Sport Victoria (SSV) to represent Team Vic as a member of the Team Vic 10-12 Years Cross Country team for 2024. Anni will be heading to Yarra Glen, Victoria from Tuesday 20 August to Friday 23 August to participate and will proudly represent St Brigid’s. 

As part of this opportunity, Anni will participate in mandated activities including but not limited to briefing sessions, training sessions, presentation days, ceremonies and education sessions. This amazing opportunity is a testament to Anni’s hard work, dedication and skill. 

Well done Anni, we are so very proud of you and wish you the very best with this exciting new chapter.

Yesterday, children from Years 4 to 6 represented St Brigid’s at the Catholic Schools Athletics Day at Llanberris Athletics Reserve in Ballarat. All of our children displayed bravery, perseverance and resilience when competing in each of their individual events. We are very proud of our St Brigid’s superstars. Congratulations to the following students:

Marcus Speakman - Jamie Jarvis -  Petar Filipovic- Annie McNiven -  Isla Doyle -  Iris Yearwood -  Reina Borg - Evie Miles - Grace Conlan - Eddie Tranter -  Felix Trinder -  Tommy Sims -  Anni Clarke - Kiara Grigg -  Kaylee Stancliffe -  Maya Filo

Our P&F are in the process of creating a St Brigid's School Cookbook. Please click on the following  link to submit your recipe: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DCDNJBT

Handy tips when submitting your recipe: 

• Please use standard metric measurements for ingredients (cup, teaspoon, tablespoon, millilitres, grams)
• Temperatures to be given in Celsius (not Fahrenheit)
• Please list the method/directions with numbered instructions

Sample recipe below:

Condensed Milk Chock-chip Cookies

Serves: approx. 60 // Prep time 20 Minutes // Cooking time 12 minutes

Ingredients

• 500 g butter
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 5 cups self-raising flour
• a pinch of salt
• 3 x 250g bags chocolate chips (any mix of milk, white and dark)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180oC Line baking trays with non-stick paper.
2. Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add salt and condensed milk and continue to beat mixture until light and fluffy.
3. Add flour 1 cup at a time, mixing in between each cup
4. Add the chocolate chips and mix in.
5. Using wet hands, roll dough into golf ball sized balls. place onto baking tray.
6. Bake for approximately 12 minutes or until lightly golden.

This recipe makes a lot of cookies so you may need to bake in batches!

You are welcome (and encouraged) to submit more than one recipe for consideration! This will help us if we receive duplicate recipe submissions.

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  are now open.

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

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.

St Brigid's Parents and Friends are again organising our Pie Drive fundraiser. Orders can be made via the Spriggy Schools App and need to be placed prior to Friday 16th August. Delivery to St Brigid's will be on Thursday 29th August, 2024.

Hard copies of order forms are available from the school office if required. 

A big thank you to our Parents and Friends for organising this pie drive.

To order please go to Spriggy Schools using the Events Tab.

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.

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.