Newsletter October 14th, 2025

Dear Members of our St Brigid’s Community,

This week we are excited to dive into a range of engaging learning experiences both in and out of the classroom.

Yesterday, our Foundation to Year 3 students began their swimming lessons at BlueFit Swimming in Bacchus Marsh. The week-long program includes daily 45-minute sessions designed to build students’ water confidence, safety awareness and swimming skills. We look forward to observing growing confidence as students learn new techniques and enhance their water safety knowledge.

Meanwhile, our Year 6 students and staff enjoyed an excursion to St Michael’s Primary School in Daylesford as part of the Little Feet, Big Footprints initiative. The day was filled with engaging activities, opportunities to connect with students from other schools and moments that encouraged teamwork and leadership. Experiences like these help our senior students build confidence and community as they prepare for their transition to secondary school.

We look forward to a wonderful week ahead!

Jayne Bosworth

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

Excerpt from St Brigid's Prayer

We are very excited to announce that Foundation teacher Rebecca Conroy is expecting a baby in March, 2026. We congratulate Bec and Chris on this fabulous news and wish them the very best in the months ahead!

Each year, teachers undertake the work of creating class groupings for the following year and many hours are spent on this task. Please be assured that teachers use their professional knowledge of students and their professional knowledge of what is best for each individual child when considering groupings. In assigning students to classes, teachers are asked to consider various factors.

Parent/Carer 2026 class requests of a serious nature, need to be emailed to Jayne - jbosworth@sbballan.catholic.edu.au  prior to Monday 27th October, 2025. Please note that requests are not guaranteed.

Requests submitted after this date will not be considered.

Our next P&F meeting will take place on Thursday 23rd October 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.

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.

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 4 dates:

Monday 27th October, 2025 @2:30pm - Foundation C facilitating

Monday 10th November, 2025@ 2:30pm - Year 2/3M facilitating

Monday 24th November, 2025 @ 2:30pm - Year 1S facilitating

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.

We have only a few boxes of Cadbury chocolates left at the school office for just $60 each. Each box is packed with a tempting selection of treats—perfect for sharing, gifting, or indulging yourself!

All funds raised go directly towards supporting our school community. Please return all money asap.

Let’s make this fundraiser a sweet success! Grab your box today and help us spread the chocolatey joy!

Loreto College invites prospective families to come along to their upcoming Open Morning and Year 7 2027 Information Evening. Open Day is perfect for those families who haven’t toured the College before. At the Year 7 2027 Information Evening, learn more about Loreto life, the future of learning at Loreto College and meet our College Leadership Team and key staff. This evening is for Year 7 2027 (Year 5 Students) prospective parents/carers and students. Please note that availability is limited for both events.

KEY DATES and links:

Open Morning – Thursday 23 October 2025

Year 7 2027 Information Evening – Tuesday 28 October 2025 

Year 7 2027 Application Closing Date – Friday 6 February 2026

For further information, please visit our enrolments page at https://loreto.vic.edu.au/loreto-education/enrolment/ 

https://www.ballarat.catholic.org.au/parish/gordon

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.

PAM Login

Step 2:

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.