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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 November 25th, 2024

  • Weekly Prayer
  • Principal Communication
  • Condolences
  • Thank you
  • Congratulations Mrs Winter
  • 2025 Class Structure
  • St Brigid’s Christmas Raffle
  • St Brigid’s Christmas Carols - Monday 2nd December, 2024
  • Foundation 2025 Transition Sessions
  • Student Attendance & Absences
  • School Uniform
  • Second Hand Uniform Donations & Pop Up Shop
  • Lost Property - Collection
  • School Fees & Accounts
  • Student Free Days - 2025
  • St Brigid’s School Cookbook - P&F Fundraiser
  • Key Dates to Remember
  • Preschool Story Time
  • Zooper Doopers
  • Hot Lunches - Roster Term 4
  • Birthdays
  • Gordon & Bungaree Parish News
  • Community News & Events
  • SZapp Mobile Application - St Brigid's communication in one place!
  • Change of Details

Weekly Prayer

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God of hope, who brought love into this world,

be the love that dwells between us.

God of hope, who brought peace into this world,

be the peace that dwells between us.

God of hope, who brought joy into this world,

be the joy that dwells between us.

God of hope, the rock we stand upon,

be the centre, the focus of our lives

always, and particularly this Advent time.

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. We pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.

Principal Communication

Dear Parents and Families,

advent.pngThe season of Advent begins this week and continues through the four Sundays of Advent and ends at Christmas Eve. The first week of Advent focuses on the return of the Lord and the following weeks focus more specifically on the anticipation of the birth of Jesus. Rather than simply commemorating an historical event, Advent is a time of preparing our hearts to ‘receive’ Jesus into the world each year. Advent is traditionally marked by the colour of violet – the same colour as used in Lent. In recent years, some parishes have moved to a more blue/mauve colour for Advent to try to distinguish it from the season of Lent. 

The word advent comes from the Latin term adventus meaning "arrival" or "coming," particularly the coming of something having great importance. Advent season, then, is both a time of joy-filled, anticipatory celebration of the arrival of Jesus Christ and a preparatory period of repentance, meditation, and penance.

During each Sunday of the Advent season, we focus on one of the four virtues Jesus brings us: Hope, Peace, Joy & Love. 

Year 1/2S will facilitate our first Advent Liturgy this Friday 29th November at 9:00am at St Brigid’s Church - all welcome.

We look forward to a wonderful week ahead.

Take care and God bless,

Jayne Bosworth

Principal

'Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.' Excerpt from St Brigid's Prayer

Condolences

Last week, we received the very sad news of the passing of Pete Mullane’s mother - Margaret Mullane. We extend our deepest sympathy to Pete and his extended family - many of whom share strong connections with St Brigid's School and Church.

As a St Brigid's community, we offer our love, support and strength to the Mullane family during this difficult time as they remain in our thoughts and prayers.

Thank you

A big thank you to our wonderful parents who volunteered their time and energy to organise and facilitate our Bunnings BBQ yesterday. Thanks to their amazing efforts, over $3000 was raised, which will directly benefit our school. Events like these remind us of community spirit and support that makes our school such a wonderful place.

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Congratulations Mrs Winter

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Last week, we were delighted to hear the wonderful news of the arrival of Henry James, Therese and Mick’s beautiful grandson. Congratulations to Kate, Jay, big sister Amelia, Therese, Mick and family – we are overjoyed for you all!

2025 Class Structure

As previously communicated, next Tuesday 3rd December is Step up Day, where all children will spend the morning with their 2025 classes. On this day, we welcome our Foundation 2025 children and new families to St Brigid’s.

Class groupings have now been finalised and no further changes will be made. I am very pleased to share with you our class structure for 2025:                               

  • Foundation - Rebecca Conroy / Andrea Byvoet (1 day)
  • Foundation - Ruby Anderson
  • Year 1         - Rachel Simmons
  • Year 2/3     - Therese Winter / Andrea Byvoet
  • Year 2/3     - Jasmine McIlvena
  • Year 4/5     - Callum Stevens / Emma Anticaglia
  • Year 5/6     - Chelsea Brennan

St Brigid’s Christmas Raffle

Ticket sales for our St Brigid’s Christmas Raffle are currently underway! Keep an eye on our Facebook & Instagram page this week for our fabulous raffle prizes!  The lucky winners will be drawn at our carols afternoon on Monday 2nd December. Don’t miss your chance to join in the festive fun and support our school community—good luck!

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St Brigid’s Christmas Carols - Monday 2nd December, 2024

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Foundation 2025 Transition Sessions

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Student Attendance & Absences

All children are expected to be at school ready to begin by 8:55am. Arriving on time for school is important for a number of reasons.  The first 10 minutes of school is a vital time of the day when the day's routine and structure is established.  It is a time for ‘tuning in’ and focusing on the learning intentions for the day.

If your child is unwell or absent, you are required to notify the school as soon as possible on the day of absence, via a phone call through to the office or through our school Parent Access Module (PAM). If there has been no contact from the family in the morning of the absence, a sms from the office regarding your child’s absence from school will be sent. Upon receiving a sms, families are expected to phone through to the office to inform the school of their child’s absence.

Students who arrive late or leave early are expected to be signed in/out at the office by a responsible adult. 

School Uniform

Beleza have a VIP 20% off sale starting this Saturday the 23rd November until the following Saturday the 31st. Throughout all of term 4 Foundation students for next year receive 10% off their uniform and a layby can be arranged.
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Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct summer uniform to school each day including bringing the St Brigid’s school bag to and from school daily. A navy wide brim hat is also required. If your child does not have a hat to wear they will need to play in the sheltered area only during breaks.

Children are able to wear sports uniform each Wednesday and on classroom nominated sports day as directed by your child’s classroom teacher.

Second Hand Uniform Donations & Pop Up Shop

Secondhand Uniform Items - seeking donations

The senior students are holding a Pop-Up Secondhand Uniform Shop on Tuesday 10th December and we are looking for donations of any St Brigid's uniform, particularly smaller sizes for our new Foundation children commencing school. Each item of clothing will be sold for a gold coin donation.

Please make sure the items are in excellent condition and washed prior to donating. 

We are very grateful for the support received each year.  Thank you for your assistance with this.

Lost Property - Collection

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We have many items of clothing in lost property. If your child is missing any uniform items, drink bottles, plastic containers, can you please collect asap.

Any items left in lost property will be donated to the Op Shop at the end of term. Thank you!

School Fees & Accounts

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With the end of the year drawing closer we ask all families to finalise their school fees as soon as possible, or by the 5th December.

If you are unsure of your balance, please refer to your fee statement or contact Tracey in the office. Final invoices will be emailed home at the end of November.

Student Free Days - 2025

We are pleased to announce that our 2025 Student Free Days are as follows:

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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.

Key Dates to Remember

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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 4:

Thursday 28th November

Foundation - Year 2 stay back until 5:30pm

Monday 2nd December

St Brigid's Christmas Carols from 4:30pm

Tuesday 3rd December

Whole School 'step up day' 

Mon 9th Dec - Tues 10th Dec

Year 3/4 Camp 

Tuesday 10th December

Second Hand Uniform Pop Up Shop (time TBC)

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

2025, Term 1

Tuesday 28th January

First day for Staff

Wednesday 29th January

Students (Years 1-6) commence 8:55am

Foundation Rest Day 

Thursday 30th January 

Foundation Students commence 8:55am

Friday 7th March

Student Free Day - Staff first aid training

Monday 10th March

Labour Day Public Holiday

Tuesday 11th March

Student Free Day - Learning & Teaching Professional Learning Day

Friday 4th April

School Photos

Last day of Term 1 - 2:20pm finish

Preschool Story Time

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Zooper Doopers

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Hot Lunches - Roster Term 4

Hot lunches have resumed 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 4

Date Parent Helper 1 Parent Helper 2 Parent Helper 3
Friday 29th Nov Natalie Byers Jo Muldeary Nicole Le Feuvre
Friday 6th Dec Brent  Yearwood Jo Yearwood  Jo Muldeary

Birthdays

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November 25 - Eddie Tranter
November 27 - Brandi Mulgrew
November 28 - Ciara Paolini

December 2 - Amelia Duncan
December 2 - Bridie Grigg
December 12 - Jamie Jarvis
December 14 - Levi Doyle
December 18 - Oscar Phillips
December 20 - Oliver Dalton
December 22 - Archie Clarke
December 30 - Phoebie Bellin

Gordon & Bungaree Parish News

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1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday 4th Sunday 5th Sunday

Vigil Mass

Sat 6:30pm

Dunnstown Springbank Dunnstown Clarkes Hill Springbank

Sun 9:00am

Gordon Bungaree Gordon Gordon Bungaree

Sun 10:30am

Ballan Ballan Ballan Ballan Ballan

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Community News & Events

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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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