Community Update #1.8

 Catholic Education in Australia Celebrates 200 years.

Congratulations to our Swimmers

Our amazing swimmers won the Dendy District Swimming carnival this week. We are so proud of them. Congratulations to our swimmers who will be participating in the Beachside Carnival on  Friday 5th March.

School Photos Friday March 5

School photos for 2021 will be conducted on Friday 5th March. All children should be in their summer uniform including black school shoes, (not sports uniform and runners). Hair shoulder length and longer should be tied back. (Jo Jo (oversized) bows etc are not part of the school uniform and should not be worn.)

Each child should return their own envelope regardless of whether payment is done online or included in a sibling envelope.

Please contact the office if your child does not have an envelope or if your family requires an additional order form.

Preferably please give these envelopes to your children to bring to school on the actual photography day. They feel better knowing that they have them to hand to the photographer.

If you would like a sibling group photo, this is a separate envelope/form and is available from reception.

Arrangements have been made with our school photographer to arrive at school early on Friday morning in order to take sibling (if required) and portrait photos of the children participating in the swimming carnival.

(Children that are participating in the swimming carnival can arrive at school by 8.30 with their siblings to sit for their photos. Class photos have been scheduled so that the years 4-6 will take place after lunch when the swimmers have returned.)

If you have any further queries please contact the School Office.

Award winners for assembly Week 5 Term 1 2021

Enrolments open for 2022/2023

Sibling enrolment forms are now available from the office. Please email the office and a form will be sent home with siblings.

Parish Education Board (PEB) Update from the  Meeting 24.02.2021

Current members are:

Victoria Nguyen Jones - Chairperson (Parent)

Christina Cardillo - Secretary (Parent)

Jenny Hawkins - Principal 

Fr Siby  - Parish priest

Liz Hills - Deputy Principal

Brendan Fitzpatrick - Parent

Patrick Muscat - Parent

Maggie Pereira - Parent

Bernadette Gallagher - Staff

Kerryn Oliver - Staff

• Plans are underway to distribute the parent resource list and update the register of parents with skills to offer the school.
• Fr Siby joined the Parish in December 2020 and met the PEB online. Fr Siby wishes to work with the school to help and support the students and families in their faith.
• Capital grant applications for 2021 were submitted in February for funding to support the internal refurbishment of the school as part of the school Masterplan. Approval is currently being sought from the Archbishop as part of the process.
• Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) took over the governance of all Catholic in Melbourne schools at the beginning of the 2021 school year. New guidelines for policies and procedures will be implemented during the course of the year.

Team Kids Message

2021 Term Dates

Sacrament Dates are published below for your reference.  Note changes as above for First Communion

Term 1

Zoom/Telephone Chats (optional)               Feb 24 3:45 - 5pm

Education Advisory Board                           Feb 24 at 7pm

School Photos                                               March 5

Confirmation Parent Information                 March 15 at 7pm

Parent and Friends  Meeting                        March 16 at 7:30pm

Communion Parent Information                  March 22 at 7pm

Education Advisory Board                           March 24 at 7pm

End Term 1                                                    March 31 at 1pm

Closure Day Staff PL Day 1                             April 1

Term 2 

Beginning Term 2                                          April 19

Year 5/6 Camp ADANAC                               April 19-21

Year 5 Reconciliation                                    May 5 10:30am

Year 6 Confirmation                                      May 7 7pm

Year 5 First Communion   5S                       May 8 9:15am

Year 5 First Communion   5J                        May 15 9:15am

Year 4 Reconciliation                                    June 16 10:30am

End Term 2                                                     June 23 at 1pm

Closure Day Staff PL Day 2                          June 24

Closure Day Staff PL Day 3                          June 25

Term 3

Beginning Term 3                                          July 12

Closure Day  Staff PL Day 4                         Aug 20

Year 3 Reconciliation                                    Sep 8 10:30am                                 

End Term 3                                                     Sep 17

Term 4

Beginning Term 4                                          Oct 4

Year 4 Reconciliation                                    Oct 20 10:30am

Year 4 First Communion                               Oct 24 9am & 5pm

Closure Day Assessment                              Nov 1

Closure Day Planning 2022                          Nov 19

School Swimming                                        Nov 29 - Dec 10

End of term                                                   Dec 15 at 1pm

Star of the Sea College

We are pleased to let you know that our Application Portal for Year 7, 2023 at Star of the Sea College (Grade 5 students this year) is open (until Friday 20 August 2021 at 4pm). 

We are excited to confirm our Virtual Tour next week on Thursday 4 March 2021 at 4pm.  The Virtual Tour will be via Zoom and will include a live Q&A session with members of the College Leadership Team.  Families will need to make a booking for the Virtual Tour through trybooking www.trybooking.com/BOTDX. 

To apply online, visit www.starmelb.catholic.edu.au/new/enrolment/application-to-enrol-year-7-2023.

 

To find out more about our College families can also visit our website www.starmelb.catholic.edu.au/new/home or Facebook page www.facebook.com/staroftheseabrighton.