Organisation

Specialists

At St Brigid’s all Foundation students will participate in several specialist subjects.  These take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

 

Tuesday Physical Education (PE) 

Wednesday Visual Arts  

Thursday - Italian on a fortnightly rotation (odd weeks).

Friday - Performing Arts on a fortnightly rotation (even weeks).

 

Please note: This means that ALL Foundation students need to wear their sports uniforms on TUESDAY (for PE).

 

All Foundation students also participate in PMP (Perceptual Motor Program). PMP is a movement-based program which helps younger students improve their hand/eye and foot/eye coordination, fitness, balance, locomotion and eye-tracking skills. Students will participate in PMP on Mondays and Thursdays. The students will be wearing their normal school uniform for PMP but will be removing their shoes and socks. We would appreciate it if you could practice this at home and please make sure their shoes and socks are clearly labelled as many students have identical size and style shoes.

Library Day 

All Foundation students will be visiting the Library every Friday. In this time they will be allowed to borrow 1 Library book that they can read at home over the week and change the following week. Please make sure your child has a library bag on Fridays. 

Take Home Reading

During term 1 all students will begin to take home heart words and 1 book a week for reading, as well as a picture chat with a matching set of question prompts for you to discuss over the week. We ask that you read with your child every night and fill in the reading journal, these will be monitored at school. More information will be sent home when this begins. 

IMPORTANT DATES

Tuesday 11th February - SCHOOL FINISHES AT 1:30pm - 2-8pm Get to know you Interviews (Parents only)

Wednesday 12th February - 4-6pm Get to know you interviews (Parents only)

Friday 14th Febraury - Family Fun Afternoon - 2pm to 4:30pm - this includes Assembly commencing at 2pm where the Foundation Students will be presented with their Buddy Bear.  All welcome.

Thursday 20th February-  School photos - full summer uniform to be worn

Sunday 23rd February - Foundation Level Mass at Braeside Park 10:30 am

Tuesday 4th March-  Shrove Tuesday

Wednesday 5th March-  Ash Wednesday 

Monday 10th March - Labour Day Public Holiday

Monday 24th March - House Cross Country

Monday 31st March - Celebration of Learning

Thursday 3rd April -  Last Day of Term 1

Friday 4th April - Student Free Day

 

Friday 18th April to Monday 21st April - Easter

TERM 2 

Tuesday 22nd April - Term 2 Begins

Friday 25th April - Anzac Day