Newsletter May 13th, 2025
- Weekly Prayer
- Cross Country
- Mother’s Day Breakfast & Liturgy
- Head Lice
- School Uniform
- Inform & Empower
- Hot Lunches
- Whole School Prayer/Assembly
- St Brigid’s Parents & Friends Committee
- NCCD Parent Information Sheet
- Enrolments are open
- School Counsellor/Pastoral Care
- Preschool Story Time at St Brigid’s
- Key Dates to Remember
- Birthdays
- Gordon & Bungaree Parish News
- Community News & Events
- SIMON Everywhere App & PAM accounts
- Change of Details
A huge shoutout to our amazing students who represented our school at the Cross Country event in Ballarat on Friday. Special mention to Landen Doyle (9/10-year-old boys division), who placed 12th, and Anaya Bamford (11-year-old girls division), who placed 8th - both will progress to the Greater Western Regional Cross Country event to be held at Albert Park, Warrnambool on Monday the 26th May, 2025. Thank you to our amazing staff for their outstanding organisation in preparation for the Cross Country event.
On Friday 9th May, we celebrated our wonderful mothers, grandmothers and special people! Our morning commenced with a delicious breakfast followed by a Liturgy. It was a truly special occasion and was well attended by many of our mothers, grandmothers and special people. The buzz in the Gathering Space and Church was electric!
Recently we have had cases of head lice reported in our school community. While head lice are not harmful, they can spread easily, so we encourage all families to take a few proactive steps.
Please check your child’s hair regularly for any signs of head lice or nits (eggs). If you find any, we recommend beginning treatment promptly and notifying the school to ensure that we can monitor the situation. For guidance on treatment and prevention, please consult your pharmacist or healthcare provider.
We have now made the transition to winter uniform. Please ensure that your child is wearing the correct winter uniform daily.
Children are required to continue to wear the correct sports uniform each Tuesday and Wednesday. Given the nature of Physical Education lessons, on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s children can wear either correct sports shorts/skorts or track pants.
If you have any winter tunics or navy trousers you would like to sell, particularly in smaller sizes, please contact the school office.
The St Brigid’s winter uniform consists of the following:
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Delivery: Community Webinar Presenter: Martin McGauran & Carley McGauran Date: Thursday May 15th Time: 7.30pm (90 mins) |
Please register using the following link:
Hot lunches will take place each Friday via the online ordering system - Spriggy Schools on SZapp.
Volunteers
We have re-introduce a roster looking for volunteers to help prepare and serve lunches on each Friday. Ideally 2 helpers are required.
If you are available to help out on a Friday between 11.30am-1.00pm please contact the school office with your dates (valid Working with Children Check is required).
The children really enjoy hot lunches and this can only happen with the help of volunteers!
Term 2 Roster:
| Date | Helper 1 | Helper 2 | Helper 3 |
| 16 May 2025 | Verity Mc Lucas | Megan Wells | Elsa Bonnet |
| 23 May 2025 | Rhiannon Breguet | Elise Jreige | Brooke Simpson |
| 30 May 2025 | Sarah Pandur | Meghan Loft | |
| 6 June 2025 | Student Free Day | Student Free Day | Student Free Day |
| 13 June 2025 | Verity Mc Lucas | Rhiannon Breguet | Elise Jreige |
| 20 June 2025 | Elise Jreige | Jo Muldeary | Brooke Simpson |
| 27 June 2025 | Rhiannon Breguet | Nicole Le Feuvre | |
| 4 July 2025 | Elise Jreige | Sarah Pandur | Brooke Simpson |
Please find below an updated menu.
Whole School Prayer/ Assembly will continue to take place on a fortnightly basis at St Brigid’s Church on Monday afternoons from 2:30pm.
Term 2 dates:
- Monday 26th May, 2025 @ 2:30pm - Year 2/3M facilitating
- Monday 23rd June, 2025 @ 2:30pm - Foundation A facilitating
Our next P&F meeting will take place on Monday 2nd June 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.
Suzanne Beaver will again be at St Brigids every Tuesday this year.
Suzanne is available for individual sessions with children. Common issues addressed are managing strong emotions, self esteem, friendship issues, anxiety, and family challenges such as illness, grief and separation.
Suzanne is also available for individual sessions with parents. Topics can include a range of parenting challenges, i.e. managing strong emotions, school reluctance, helping your child form strong friendships, and helping your child to navigate family separation.
Suzanne can also assist you in finding the right external support for your child and family.
This is a great service provided right here at school. Please don't hesitate to contact Suzanne with any concerns you might have. Contact Suzanne by phone on a Tuesday or by email any day sbeaver@sbballan.catholic.edu.au.
You can also access the service through the office or your classroom teacher.
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.
2025, Term 2
| Thursday 15th May |
SEED Experience Day - Year 5 Inform & Empower Community Webinar 7:30pm |
| Tuesday 20th May |
LFBF - Day 2 |
| Wednesday 21st May |
SAC Meeting 4:30pm |
| Monday 26th May |
Whole School Assembly/Prayer 2:30pm Year 2/3M facilitating |
| Monday 2nd June |
Parents & Friends Meeting 3:15pm |
| Friday 6th June |
Student Free Day |
| Monday 9th June |
King's Birthday Public Holiday |
| Friday 20th June |
Save the Date - School Disco |
| Monday 23rd June |
Whole School Assembly/Prayer 2:30pm Foundation C facilitating |
| Friday 4th July |
Last day Term 2 - 2:20pm finish |
| Thursday 24th July |
Save the Date - Christmas in July Event |
May 11 - Adelaide Loft
May 11 - Alice Loft
May 11 - Roczen Mead
May 12 - Alyssa Muldeary
May 13 - Heidi Edwards
May 15 - Scarlett Tatchell
May 17 - Ash Arthur
May 20 - Ailie Ogrowsky-Sharp
May 20 - Violette Ogrowsky-Sharp
May 22 - Freddie Lynch
May 29 - Amelia Borg
Welcome to St Brigid's Primary School's Parent Access Module or PAM.
PAM is the home of your school related, student information and will be used for medical profiles, excursion/camp permissions, parent teacher interviews, absences, text notifications and daily messages. Please follow the instructions below to set up your account.
Step 1:
You will need to set your own access password. To set your password click on the link below. This will take you to the PAM login page. Click on the 'Forgot Password?' link and follow the prompts.
Download the SIMON Everywhere app to access PAM on your preferred
device/s. Search 'SIMON everywhere' in the app store and download. Once
downloaded, click on the 3 lines in the top left corner, click on 'add school',
select 'St Brigid’s Primary School' then enter the login details that you set up
for PAM in Step 1.
Step 3:
Please complete the medical profile for each of your child/ren and upload any action plan if applicable. Please Note: It is the parents/guardians' responsibility to update their child/ren's profiles, to inform the school of any changes. This profile will be the main school medical reference for camps and excursions.
If you are experiencing any difficulty with the setup process, please contact the office.