Principal's Piece 

Term 4, Week 7

Dear Parents and Carers, 

As we near the end of the school year, our teachers are hard at work finalising end of year progress reports, ensuring that every student’s growth and achievements are recognized. These reports are a valuable tool to celebrate your child’s learning journey and provide insights into their development. To further showcase and celebrate the incredible work of our students, we invite you to attend our Celebration of Learning on Tuesday 3rd December. We look forward to seeing you there!

Congratulations to Dionne and Evan on the safe arrival of their beautiful son, Xander! May this time be filled with love, joy, and cherished moments as you begin this beautiful journey together and the next chapter of your lives. Welcome to the world, baby Xander! 

Last week, our Year 6 students were blessed with beautiful weather for their mini fete. The event was filled with special treats (lots of sugar) and activities, and we are proud of all the students' efforts. We raised an incredible $4,000! This is an amazing achievement, and we thank all our families for their generosity and support.

The final session of our HEADSTART program was today. Special thanks to all families who supported the program and to our staff who provided a headstart  for our Prep 2025 students and families. Our Prep meet your teacher day will be on  Wednesday 4th December when the children will meet their teacher and classmates for 2025. 

Our staff Movember team are growing some impressive moustaches 

in support of men’s health initiatives. If you would like to donate, there’s still time to contribute to this great cause. Your support will help make a big difference!

You can donate via this link:  https://movember.com/t/the-mo-team?mc=1

We are excited to be part of an artistic initiative provided to us by Fulton and Hogan as a thank you for our school community’s patience and support during the recent road works in our area. On Wednesday 27th November, an Indigenous artist, Alex Kerr will be working with some of our talented and artistic students in designing and painting pavers that will be installed at the front of our school. The pavers will feature our school vision of love, faith, hope, and learning and will be laid at the front of the school, leading up to our cross. This is a fantastic opportunity for our students to engage with Indigenous art and create something meaningful for our school. We would like to thank Fulton and Hogan for providing us with this opportunity. 

Our final fundraiser of the year, we will be supporting families in our local community through St. Vincent de Paul and our Parish. Over the next three weeks, we invite families to donate items to fill our Christmas Hampers. Your generosity will help brighten Christmas for families in need and show the true meaning of community spirit. Thank you for your support!

A reminder to order your tickets for our Christmas Musical on Wednesday 11th December.

Kolbe College Gymnasium (39 Lysterfield Dr, Greenvale)

Performance Times:  

5:30 pm: Kolbe and Romero Houses 

7:30 pm: Samaritan and Teresa Houses 

Link for tickets:https://compasstix.com/e/1ilcemhhh3

School closure day: Friday 6th December 

Thank you for your continued involvement and support of our school community. We look forward to finishing the year strong together!

God Bless

Cinzia Mancuso

Acting  Principal