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St Brigid's Primary School Ballan
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98 Inglis Street
Ballan VIC 3342
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P: 03 5368 1015
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St Brigid's Primary School Ballan

98 Inglis Street
Ballan VIC 3342

Phone: 03 5368 1015
Email: administration@sbballan.catholic.edu.au

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Newsletter September 3rd, 2024

  • Weekly Prayer
  • Principal Message
  • Welcome to St Brigid’s
  • Thank you
  • 3-Way Conferences
  • Footy Colours and Hot Pies - Friday 20th September
  • Last Day of Term 3
  • St Brigid’s School Cookbook - P&F Fundraiser -
  • Save the Date - P & F School Disco - Friday 20th September
  • St Brigid’s Parents & Friends Committee
  • P & F Bunnings BBQ - Save the Date!
  • Whole School Prayer/Assembly
  • Key Dates Term 3
  • Enrolments for 2025
  • School Fee payments
  • Hot Lunches - Roster Term 3 & 4
  • School Uniform - transition to summer uniform
  • Preschool Story Time
  • Birthdays
  • Community News & Events
  • Gordon & Bungaree Parish News
  • SZapp Mobile Application - St Brigid's communication in one place! -
  • Change of Details

Weekly Prayer

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Principal Message

Dear Members of our St Brigid’s Community,

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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.

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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

Welcome to St Brigid’s

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This week we welcome Kaison and Laiken Speak and family to St Brigid’s. Kaison will join our Year 1/2R classroom and Laiken will join our Year 3/4W classroom.

Thank you

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Thank you to Mickal Trinder and Hayley Plageman for facilitating our Father’s Day Stall on Thursday. We truly appreciate all the hard work put into organising and running the stall, ensuring that it was a memorable experience for everyone involved.

Thank you also to Asha Shanahan who organised our Pie Drive this year. Our Pie Drive was a huge success and we are beyond grateful for Asha’s organisation, preparation and facilitation.

3-Way Conferences

3-Way Conferences will take place this afternoon 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.

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Footy Colours and Hot Pies - Friday 20th September

To celebrate the end of Term 3, children are invited to dress in footy colours/casual clothes on Friday 20th September. On this day our Parents and Friends Committee are offering hot pies for lunch (no cost involved). There will be no hot lunch orders on this day.

If your child does not want hot pies or if there are any specific dietary requirements please advise via email administration@sbballan.catholic.edu.au

Please send snacks or a sandwich to school if more lunch is needed in addition to the pies.

Last Day of Term 3

As previously communicated, school will conclude at 2:20pm on Friday 20th September, 2024. Term 4 will commence on Monday 7th October, 2024.

St Brigid’s School Cookbook - P&F Fundraiser -

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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 or collect a hard copy from the office: 

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.

Save the Date - P & F School Disco - Friday 20th September

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St Brigid’s Parents & Friends Committee

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Our next P&F meeting will take place on Thursday 5th September 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.

P & F Bunnings BBQ - Save the Date!

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Save the date! Parents and Friends have booked the Creswick Rd Bunnings BBQ on Sunday 24th November. More details to follow.

Whole School Prayer/Assembly

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

Key Dates Term 3

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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:

Tuesday 3rd September

3-Way Conferences 2:30pm-6:00pm

Wednesday 4th September

Year 5 SEED experience day

Thursday 5th September

Parents & Friends meeting 3:15pm

Friday 20th September

Last day of term 3 - 2:20pm finish

School Disco 

Term 4:

Monday 7th October

 First day of term 4

Monday 14th October

Little Feet Big Footprints Day 3 - Year 6

Monday 14th October -

Friday 18th October

Foundation - Year 2 swimming program

Monday 28th October

Little Feet Big Footprints Day 4 - Year 6

Monday 4th November

Student Free Day

Tuesday 5th November

Melbourne Cup public holiday

13th November - 20th November

Book Fair 8:30am - 9:00am &

2:45pm - 3:30pm daily

Monday 2nd December

St Brigid's Christmas Carols

Tuesday 3rd December

Whole School 'step up day'

Wednesday 11th December

Year 6 Graduation & End of Year Mass

Wednesday 18th December

Last day of term 4 - 3:00pm finish

Thursday 19th December

Last day for Staff

Enrolments for 2025

We are pleased to offer school tours in preparation for 2025. Additional tour dates have been added to our website.  https://www.sbballan.catholic.edu.au/



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School Fee payments

Monthly statements are being emailed and would appreciate all accounts being paid by 5th December, 2024. if you have any queries or need to know your balance please contact Tracey in the office. 

Hot Lunches - Roster Term 3 & 4

Hot lunches have resumed for Term 3 via the online ordering system - Spriggy Schools.

Please note - No hot lunch orders will be accepted after the 10am Thursday cut off time. 

Volunteers:

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!

Hot Lunches Roster Term 3

Date Parent Helper 1 Parent Helper 2 Parent Helper 3

Friday 6th Sept

Nicole Le Feuvre

Elise Jreige  
Friday 13th Sept

Nicole Le Feuvre

Rhiannon Breguet Elise Jreige

Friday 20th Sept

Pie/Footy Colors Day

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Natalie Byers  

Hot Lunches Roster Term 4

Date Parent Helper 1 Parent Helper 2 Parent Helper 3

Friday 11th Oct

Friday 18th Oct

Friday 25th Oct Elise Jreige
Friday 1st Nov Elise Jreige
Friday 8th Nov Elise Jreige
Friday 15th Nov Elise Jreige
Friday 22nd Nov
Friday 29th Nov
Friday 6th Dec

Friday 13th Dec (TBC)

School Uniform - transition to summer uniform

As spring has arrived and the weather is starting to warm up, students can wear full summer uniform if desired.

Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct uniform, either full summer or full winter uniform.

Daily sun protection times are forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology for the time-of-day UV levels are predicted to reach 3 or higher, based on location. At these levels, sun protection is recommended for all skin types. In Victoria, UV levels typically reach 3 or higher daily from mid-August to the end of April.

Given this, children will need their hats effective immediately and will be advised when to wear them according to the UV rating on the day. 

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.

A reminder to please label clothing, lunchboxes, containers, bags and water bottles!

Preschool Story Time

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Birthdays

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September 2 - Flynn CLoster
September 5 - Bowie Clarke
September 5 - Max McNiven
September 9 - Kaylee Stancliffe
September 9 - Laiken Speak
September 12 - Alfie Phillips
September 12 - Georgia Shanahan
September 15 - Max Byers
September 17 - Alex Cauchi
September 22 - Edie Beazley
September 25 - Lukas Stancliffe
September 25 - Annalise Winfield

Community News & Events

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Gordon & Bungaree Parish News

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Sun 9:00am

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Sun 10:30am

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SZapp Mobile Application - St Brigid's communication in one place! -

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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. 

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Change of Details

Notification Form

It is imperative that our records are kept up to date for contact, census and funding purposes. If you have a change of address, phone number, email address, occupation or similar, please notify the school office as soon as possible. This form provides a quick and easy way to let us know.

Thank you for your submission. It has been received successfully.

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