From the Principal

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES

On Saturday 29th August the Year 6 students were confirmed by Fr Fabian. The children participated in Mass and shared what they had learned on their retreat day about St Carlo Acutis. Fr Fabian’s Homily focused on St Carlo’s short life and the difference he made in a short time he had as a young person and how strong his faith was. He spoke about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and allowing these gifts to help make a difference by being active Catholics in the community.

Fr Fabian was impressed and commented on how the candidates and families prayed and participated reverently during the receiving of the sacrament.

We thank parents and teachers who have walked alongside with the candidates in preparing them. Special thanks to our RELs Rozeta and Anne along with Fr Fabian and Fr Antony for their coordination and support to make this a memorable celebration.

May God’s love and blessing fill their heart with hope as they walk in the footsteps of our Lord. We pray that the gifts of the Holy Spirit inspire them to make a difference. We are immensely proud of each student and the way they prepared and presented themselves for this Sacrament.

FATHER’S DAY

Happy Father's Day to all our fathers, grandfathers and male role models in our community. We wish you a day full of celebration, love and joy as you are spoilt by your family and children.

Thank you to our Parents and Friends Association who started cooking breakfast for all the fathers, grandfathers and special friends at 6:30am for all to enjoy. It was a great start to the day and a great social event for all the fathers, grandfathers and special friends to enjoy a special breakfast together. The Hall was filled with lots of interesting conversations, games and lots of eating and coffee. A great atmosphere enjoyed by all who attended.

The children enjoyed the Father’s Day Stall and selecting a special gift. We hope you enjoy their gift especially selected just for you.

Be in it to WIN it!! - MACSSIS SURVEY2026

Thank you to the families that have completed the survey so far. You still have until the 18th September to complete the survey - look out for the email sent out 1st September from Lorenza. This year we are introducing a reward to each Home Group that gets all parents to respond to the survey!!

30 Minutes of extra play time for each Home Group that achieves 100% of parents in the Home Group completing the survey.
The Home Groups with 100% responses or the Home group with the most responses gets an ice-pole each.
Parents who copy in the office via the admin email are also entered into a raffle to win $100 gift voucher

Prizes will be drawn and awarded in Week 1, Term 4.

Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys (MACSSIS): will be held from the 31 August –18 September 2026

We encourage all parents to take a few minutes to provide us your feedback and support as we use this information from students, staff and parents to set our goals and to improving our school.

Letter regarding the MACSSIS Survey to our parents.

How to ENTER

Parents just need to take a screenshot that the survey has been completed and share the email with the Home Group teacher or send it to admin@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au. If you have more than one child please send the details to each child's Home Group teacher.

Please ensure you provide:

your name
Your child's Name
Your child's Home Group.
the screenshot (with your email visible) of the evidence that the survey was completed. .

Teachers will keep a record of surveys completed.

All Home groups that get 100% completion will win the REWARD!!

In addition parents who also submit their evidence to the office will go into a raffle for a $100 gift voucher.

Parent Teacher Interviews - Thursday, 17th September

Please note: Students will be dismissed from school at 1pm on this day.

Parent/Teacher interviews will be held in your child's Learning Space from 1.30 pm til 8.00pm. You can book your interview time through nMeet on the NParent Portal. Bookings open today (Friday 28th August) and you will also be notified via email. You can then go to NPortal and access nMeet to select your child's interview time.

Each interview is allocated 15 minutes with your Home Group Teacher to enable you to discuss your child's progress. Your child is also asked to attend, as their goal setting will be discussed at this time.

If you wish to meet with a specialist teacher, please email them directly to organise an interview for Thursday, 17th September or an alternative time.

Email addresses for specialist teachers are:

lbarbakos@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au (Physical Education)

mjunkeer@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au (Visual Arts)

mjewiss@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au (Student Wellbeing)

rlenko@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au (Student Wellbeing and Mental Health Leader)

dwilenberg@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au (Music)

rsoysa@sfslynbrook.catholic.edu.au (Environmental Science)

Angela Faiola

Acting Principal