P & F News 

Hello all, we hope you had a great weekend!

Happy Mother’s Day to our amazing St. Fidelis Mum’s, Grandma’s, Carer’s and Staff. We trust that you had a lovely weekend surrounded by your beautiful children and extended family and friends.

The week that just passed was very exciting, filled with our Mother’s Day stall and breakfast event. The feedback we received has been very positive, so we thank you all for your support and participation in these events.

There are a still a few things coming this term from the P&F – please read forward for details.

Upcoming Events

Lunch Order Day – Friday 14th May

St. Vinnie’s Winter Appeal – Between May 17th to June 17th

2nd Hand Uniform Stall – Friday 4th June

Lunch Order Day

The first lunch order day is scheduled for Friday 14th May – by now you should have received a flyer with the following details:

- Sushi available from ‘Sushi Sushi’, assorted flavours for $3.20 each.

- Large Sausage Roll from ‘The Village Bakery’ for $4 each.

- Iced Cupcakes from ‘Coles’ and ‘Food Family Passion’ for $1.20 each.

A reminder also (from the Principal, Deputy Principal and P&F) that this event is NOT compulsory, however if you choose not to order your child a meal, please refrain from delivering food items to the school. Instead, you could consider packing a ‘special lunch’ in your child’s lunchbox.Thank you for your understanding.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email parentsandfriends.stfidelis@gmail.com  

St. Vinnie’s Winter Appeal

Following message from Danielle Sportelli – LEAD of Vinnie’s Winter Appeal:

Once again, this year, we as school community will be supporting the Vinnies Winter Appeal to help those less fortunate than ourselves. The main aim of being involved in this appeal is to educate our children on the following topics -

Thinking about those in need and doing what we can to help them.

Giving to others wherever we can.

Sharing items we don't need or we have excess of.

Acting as a community in a positive way - with strength in numbers we can make a difference in many lives!

In previous years we have had an overwhelming response to this appeal. We are therefore asking families to assist in any way possible - whether it be donating one toiletry or food item, or multiple items such as any clothing or beanies they no longer need. Whichever way you can assist, it has always been greatly appreciated. We will be working with Marc McGregor and the Social Justice students on this cause. They will be assisting the P&F with prompting the appeal and helping with the logistics of collecting and storing items ready for us to check and sort into groups.

As a quick summary we are seeking the following items -  

• Winter Clothing for all ages and both genders - including baby clothing

• Scarves / gloves / beanies / Socks (socks to be new and unworn)

• Blankets

• Toiletries - for e.g. shampoo / soaps / tissues / baby wipes etc.

• Nonperishable food - for e.g. canned food, biscuits, pasta, rice

Please see the attached flyer for more detailed information on the above (hard copies will be sent home too).

Note - For logistics and class educational discussion purposes,  drop off points for clothing, accessories and blankets will need to be separate from toiletries and food donations - see flyer for details

How will our donations be distributed?

Items will be distributed in the following, various ways via the Vinnies Representatives we are linked with.

- to local Melbourne families in need who are seeking assistance with food and winter items.

- Via the Vinnies soup vans to those in need in the City of Melbourne. This includes assisting those who may be sleeping rough and need warm items.  This service also includes helping refugees and international students who can't access Government funding but do have access to cooking facilities.

- to local single mothers and their young children who are in great need.

- to a location in Hosier Lane in Melbourne City called the "Living Room": where the neediest of the marginalised are looked after during the day and toiletries will be useful here.

- to those needy who have been housed in motels and hotels during the covid period but need additional support with necessities.

We thank you in advance for your contribution and look forward to seeing the results of this appeal over the coming month. If you have any queries, please text Danielle Sportelli on 0410 674 544

2nd Hand Uniform Stall

On Friday, June 4th @3pm, we will be running another second-hand uniform stall. At this stall you can find an assortment of preloved school uniform items in a range of sizes. As usual this is a cash only event, and we ask that you bring along a bag to take your purchased items home in. Keep an eye and ear open for Skoolbag notices closer to this event, which will detail location of stall dependent on weather.

Thank you.

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Mother’s / Special Women’s Day

What an AMAZING week we just had! St. Fidelis Mother’s, Grandmother’s and Carers joined together to celebrate the joys of motherhood. We kickstarted the week with a Mother’s Day Stall followed by a delightful breakfast celebration on Friday morning.

Many thanks are in order, as these days would not be possible without the hard work of the P&F committee, our family and friends, our sponsorships and staff. So, thank you to all those involved, your eagerness to assist does not go unnoticed and is greatly appreciated.

Here is a summary of each event:

Stall – on WEDNESDAY 5th MAY our eager St. Fidelis students attended the Mother’s Day Stall, ready to purchase their loved ones the best gift ever – and that they did! A total of 770 items were sold, resulting in a $1088 profit for the school.

This event brings so much joy to the P&F committee. Our members and helpers always comment on our how fulfilling and fun it is to the children put the time and effort into making their purchases. And we hope that all of you Mum’s were joyed to receive the gifts the children bought for you.

Thank you first and foremost to Lucy Leahy who is the backbone of this event. She spends A LOT of time ordering the gifts and organising the finer details that go into this stall, so thank you Lucy! And a HUGE thank you to ALL the parents who assisted Lucy, without you this event could not succeed.

Overall, this event was successful, and we look forward to hosting it again next year!

Breakfast– On Friday 7th May, the P&F put together a wonderful Brekky in celebration of our St. Fidelis Mothers. We had a fantastic time. The feedback we received was as follows: “Fun, great to see everyone and to connect, a comfortable atmosphere, delicious food and was enjoyed by all”.

The event begun with a general meet and greet, followed by individualised breakfast boxes, freshly baked scones with jam and cream, tea/coffee, followed by x18 door prizes that lucky mother’s won, followed by an AMAXING impromptu visit and performance by the St. Fidelis Choir and ending with much needed conversation and catch ups between friends.

Shout outs to the following: the parents who helped with Thursday evening set-up, the parents who helped with running the event and behind the scenes details, ‘The Village Bakery’ for their delicious scones, Cathy Campisi from ‘Boudoir St Jean’ for displaying her Intimo collection, Sylvaine from ‘Grace Cosmetics’ for her contribution to door prizes, ‘Miss Penny Cakes’ for door prize contributions, Tara Soares and her Mother for supplying all the table decorations, ‘Bunnings Coburg’ for their door prize voucher, Angela M from ‘indulge by Angela Marie’ for her amazing food brekky boxes AND finally to all the wonderful parents who attended the breakfast.

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

Our next P&F meeting is booked for FRIDAY MAY 28th@9:30am in the staff room. You are welcome to join us - please contact Josie (contact details below) if you are attending J

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   parentsandfriends.stfidelis@gmail.com