P & F News 

What a wonderful sunny weekend we just had, what a wonderful sunny week we have to come and what wonderful end-of-term celebrations are nearing… read on for all your need-to-know information!

Upcoming Events 

Icy Pole Fridays – Every Friday, Icy Poles $1 each

Loose Change Drive -  ends Thursday December 1st.

Christmas Carol Night – Thursday December 15th

Christmas Raffle – Thursday December 15th 

St. Fidelis Community Day – Sunday 19th March 2023 (TBC)

Icy Pole Fridays

Every Friday, all students can purchase an icy pole at lunchtime for ONLY $1. Students simply need to line up, pay for, and collect their icy poles from the designated areas. We thank you in advance for your support with this fundraiser AND may the icy poles bring on the sunny weather!

Loose Change Drive – Commences start of term 4, ends Thursday 1st December. 

ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT TO GET THOSE COINS IN…

“Pretty much everyone has a handful of loose change just hanging around at home.  Why not give those lonely coins a purpose and send them along to school with your child?  Each class competes to see who can raise the most money from the start of term 4 until the end. At the end of the drive, the funds are collected for the school and the winning class will be awarded a pizza lunch.”

In each class, there is a money jar for students to add their coins, at the conclusion of the event the P&F will count the TOTAL money raised peer class and announce the winning group. Children are welcome to contribute as little OR as many COINS as they like, daily OR weekly… There are no rules… so Start Collecting AND Good Luck to Each Class!

Christmas Carol Night – Thursday 15th December

To finish off the year, the P&F invites you and your family to attend the end of year Christmas Carols Night. The evening will commence at 5:30 pm, with carols at 7 pm, followed by an 8:30 pm finish. At the event, there will be Christmas craft activities, simple entertainment, the annual Christmas raffle, and a sausage sizzle. We recommend you BYO ‘other food’ and non-alcoholic beverages, a picnic rug and/or chairs for seating. More details to follow in the coming weeks.

Annual Christmas Raffle – Drawn on Thursday 15th December

In celebration of one of the most wonderful times of the year, the P&F is in the process of organising our annual Christmas Raffle – to be drawn at the Christmas Carol Night on Thursday 15th December. In the coming weeks you will receive a booklet of raffle tickets, and as per usual, each ticket will cost $1 to purchase. We already have some great prizes lined up, HOWEVER, if you are aware of any businesses that could assist us with our raffle, please reach out to them. OR if you are personally able to supply support by providing the P&F with monetary / brand–new product donation we would greatly appreciate it. Some ideas could include, but are not limited to the following:

Many thanks, the P&F Committee

St. Fidelis Community Day

On Sunday 19th March, 2023 (TBC), St. Fidelis will be hosting a ‘Community Day’. It will run from 12pm – 4pm and be comprised of FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS:

1. Food/Drinks
2. Teaching/Learning – Open-day information for prospective families 
3. Market Stalls
4. Children’s Games/Entertainment

As you could imagine, the P&F committee alongside school administration has already begun planning for this event. It is an important event as we are hoping to gain future student enrolments, fundraise for the school and as usual celebrate our school community. In anticipation of this event, we need YOUR ASSISTANCE in the following way/s:

• If you have some spare time and would like to join the committee for this event, please contact Josie (details below).
• If you have some GOOD CONDITION 2nd hand toys/books/clothes to sell at one of our market stalls, please drop them at the school office.
• If you have some BRAND-NEW toys/homewares/tagged clothing/books (or anything else) to sell at one of our market stalls, please drop them to the school office.

We look forward to helping Manuela host this community day and we know that with your support, this will again prove to be another successful fundraising event for the school with the bonus of ‘bragging’ our wonderful school to the wider community.

THANK-YOU for taking the time to stay updated with the P & F NEWS!

Our next P&F meeting will be Monday 14th November @7:30pm in the school staffroom. You are welcome to join us - please contact Josie (contact details below) if you would like to attend. In addition, if you have any ideas to assist us with fundraising or event organisation, general queries relating to P&F NEWS, are able to provide goods/services for use in fundraising events or if you would like to join our team, please contact:

JOSIE SERVELLO    -    0421 076 580   josieservello@gmail.com