Community Update #4.3

St Patrick's Church

Fr Siby has informed us that over the last couple of days, vandals have broken the windows at the front of the church. The police have taken fingerprints. We encourage our community to phone the police if you notice anybody damaging the church or school grounds.

Virtual Lectures - The Catholic Contribution
The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne and Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) are proud to present The Catholic Contribution, a virtual lecture series from Professor John Haldane.

The aim of this series is to understand the nature, development and self-understanding of Roman Catholicism and its contribution to the culture of Europe and beyond, not just historically but through to the present day and into the future.

The first lecture is entitled:  What does it mean to be Catholic ?

Attendance is free and open to all.

For further information and to register for The Catholic Contribution series, please visit macs.vic.edu.au/Haldane.

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Finish at 3:25pm from Week 2 onwards

Thank you to all families for your flexibility with the 2:30 finish during the week. School will finish at the usual time of 3:25pm next week.

Those families that qualify to send their children onsite, please ensure you reapply for the new week by Friday of the previous week as per the criteria at this link in Community Update #4.1.

Prep 2022 Information Evening

Despite the challenges of COVID we are looking forward to welcoming parents to our online Parent Information Evening Tuesday 12 October from 7 - 8pm. You can access all of our transition dates on our website at this link.

Below is the invitation link to the Parent Evening. You can join from 6:50pm for a 7pm start.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82913788414?pwd=cWlMSCs3YUFTZlhZanBpRytGWExXZz09

Meeting ID: 829 1378 8414
Passcode: 524802

Please do not hesitate to contact Jenny Hawkins  principal@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au with any questions

School Fees

Updated school fee invoices will be sent out in the coming week with adjustments for year levels in relation to discounts including sports levies and sacraments. 

Please contact Jenny Hawkins to discuss your situation in relation to financial hardship.

Masks mandatory for Year 3 and above P& F Initiative

Boxes of Children’s Disposable Masks  -  $10 per box – available to order next week

With today’s announcement today that masks will become mandatory in schools for Grade 3 and upwards, one of our generous families have made boxes of disposable masks available for purchase at a reduced price to members of the school community. Both CHILDREN’s and ADULT masks are available. Each box contains 50 disposable masks for $10.00 per box using the CDFPay App. These will be available to order from next Monday 11^th October, and orders will close on Friday 15^th October. Boxes will be delivered to school the following week, with more details to be provided about how to collect them. Orders will be limited to a maximum of 5 boxes per family (total) and we are exploring making a further order available in future.

St Pat’s Trivia Night – Dressed for a PJ Party!

What a fantastic night it was. We had nearly 50 families join us online for our first ever online trivia event.
We were entertained by our host Brad Richardson from RadBee who ran 3 rounds of trivia, interspersed with games and raffle draws.
There were so many winners on the night!


Round 1, Keren Beynon, Gerald Dillon, Julie Jacobs
Game 1: Who am I?, Mark Langham
Raffle draw 1, Meg Copes


Round 2, Sandra Iorlano, Tim Newton, Mark Langham
Game 2: Guess the number, Lisa Finamore
Raffle draw 2, Sarah Bacon


Round 3, Vince Persi, Melinda Vella, Fiona & Richard Ford
Selfie Most original, Kim Johnston
Selfie Most effort, Siobhan McNally

Selfie People’s choice, Caterina Slade/Christie Alexander

Raffle major prize, Ralph Ford

Raffle 2nd prize, Dhilan Vijayalingam

Raffle 3rd prize, Fiona Campbell

Raffle 4th prize, Kara Narayanan

Special thanks to our generous donors for our food and drink offers and raffle prizes: Murrumbeena Wine Bar, JaneO Food, Basilico and Ann Peacock from Crown.

Thank you to all the families who joined us and to those who bought raffle tickets. All funds raised will go towards the Michelle Barclay Memorial Running Track.

 Term 4 ( Summer uniform and hats )

Dates highlighted in yellow will be updated once we can proceed

Prep 2022 Parent Evening online                 Oct 12 7pm-8pm 

Prep & Year 1 students return                      From Oct 18

        Year 3 First Reconciliation                           Oct 19 at 5:30pm

Year 4 Reconciliation                                    Oct 20 6pm

Year 4 First Communion                               Oct 23 9:15am (4R) 

        Year 3-6 students return                               From Oct 26 

         School Advisory Council                                       Oct 27 7pm

        Year 4 First Communion                               Nov 6 9:15am  (4M)

Closure Day Assessment                             Nov 1

       All students back onsite                              From Nov 5

          Parents & Friends AGM                                Nov 11

Closure Day Planning 2022                          Nov 19

School Swimming                                         Nov 29 - Dec 10

         School Advisory Council                                      Dec 1 7pm 

School Concert.                                            Dec 8

End of term                                                    Dec 15 at 1pm