P & F News 

Happy Monday everyone! We’re getting excited, and you should be too, because we have our end of year Christmas celebrations coming up and there’s no better way to celebrate Christmas than with carols, crafts, food and raffle prizes, and that’s exactly what we’re doing. Read onwards for all your need-to-know information, including the next lunch order day, end of year events and fundraisers. Thank you!

Upcoming Events 

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

Lunch Order Day – Wednesday December 7th (Italian Day)

Christmas Carols Night – Thursday December 15th

Christmas Raffle – Thursday December 15th 

St. Fidelis Community Day – Sunday 19th March 2023

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!

Lunch Order Day – Wed 7th Dec -Volunteers

To celebrate ‘Italian Day’ at St. Fidelis, on Wednesday 7th December, the P&F have organised pizzas and gelati mini cups for lunch!  Orders are now CLOSED! 

Volunteers are also required to help heat and serve the pizza and gelati. If you have some spare time that day, please assist us by joining as a volunteer through QuickCliq (in the volunteer section). Thank you!

Christmas Carol Night – Thurs 15th Dec

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 5:30pm, with carols at 7pm, followed by an 8:30pm finish.

At the event, there will be Christmas craft activities, lucky dip, Christmas novelty gift stall, face painting, gingerbread making (thanks to THE VILLAGE BAKERY) the annual Christmas raffle, and a sausage sizzle. Please see flyer below for further details. We recommend you BYO ‘other food’ and non-alcoholic beverages, a picnic rug and/or chairs for seating.

*IMPORTANT – The P&F need your help on the evening to run the BBQ from 5pm – 7pm. If you know now that you could be of assistance, please sign up via QuickCliq through the volunteer tab.  Thank you in advance. 

Annual Christmas Raffle – Drawn on Thurs 15th Dec

In celebration of one of the most wonderful times of the year, the P&F are in the process of organising our annual Christmas Raffle – to be drawn at the Christmas Carol Night on Thursday 15th December. There are 15+ prizes in line for the winning, inclusive of, but not limited to the following gifts:

• Bunnings Charcoal Roaster Pack                                               - Tricycle
• Various Children’s Toy/Activity Hampers                                 - Loose Tea Pack
• Beauty Pack                                                                                       - Wine & Fitness Pack
• X2 Tiamo $100 Restaurant Vouchers (Thanks to Gian Messini)                                     
• Armature Pilates Voucher

And many, many more… BUT you gotta be in it, to win it!!! By now, you should have received a booklet of raffle tickets, and as per usual, each ticket costs $1 to purchase. Please clearly name and add contact number to EACH TICKET and drop off with money at the front office before 9am, Monday December 12th. Many thanks, and GOOD LUCK!

Loose Change Drive

And the WINNERS are GRINNERS! A big congratulation to FLW for winning the ‘Loose Change Drive’ for 2023 – a yummy pizza lunch is coming your way. CONGRATULATIONS though to all of the classes, who together, successfully raised $1526.70. What a fantastic effort by all. 

These funds, as per usual, will go towards resources for the students to improve their learning within the classroom. Thank you to ALL the parents for your support with this fundraiser, it is very much appreciated! A breakdown of class earnings is as follows:

2022 Summary of Events

What an amazing year of events and FUNdraising we have had! We are very lucky that we are part of a school community that values the learning of children and sense of community – this is evident through the continued support of all the P&F events and activities. THANK YOU to all the P&F members, families of St. Fidelis, Staff and Community businesses (a list of major supporters will be presented in newsletter next week) that allow us to run these events and yield such wonderful results. 

Below is a current, up to date summary of profit and loss, however, final events such as icy pole close, Christmas raffle and Christmas carol activities is yet to be added. 

As you can see, this year alone, as a school community we have raised $19,790.52 (not yet including the addition of our final events). What an effort, we should all be proud, THANK YOU!

And while we’re discussing profits and LOSS, the P&F would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU and FAREWELL to Lucy Leahy. Lucy has been an active member of the P&F for 8+ years, with her final role as P&F treasurer. Lucy has decided it is time to step down from the P&F, and what a great loss to us this will be! So hint, hint – the TREASURER role is up for grabs! Lucy, many thanks for all your years of service, we are sure to continue ‘annoying’ you for assistance and we’ll see you around the school yard! Also, FAREWELL and THANK YOU to Irene Bautista, who has also assisted with numerous P&F activities/events the past couple of years. Your time and support is greatly appreciated!

St. Fidelis Community Day

On Sunday 19th March, 2023, 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 to 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, or use as raffle/game prizes, 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!

P&F meetings will commence again in 2023, as we had our final meeting (the AGM) on Thursday 1st December. Thank you to all the parents who attended and for your motivation and support for this year and for next year. Please, 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