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Calendar Dates- What's on.
NOVEMBER
20th Hockey Program - Postponed
27th Hockey Program - 3rd session
27th Prep 2026 Orientation session
DECEMBER
4th Jump Rope for Heart
4th Hockey Program - Final Session
11th Colour Run
11th Wine & Cheese Night- Parents only
12th Yr 6 Big Day Out
15th Yr 5/6 Water Safety Program
15th Whole School Orientation
17th Final Assembly 9.00am
17th Last Day-1.00pm Dismissal
PLEASE NOTE: SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS IS BETWEEN 8.40AM TO 3.45PM ON SCHOOL DAYS.
PRAYER
Christ Jesus,
I acknowledge You to be the King of the universe;
all that has been made has been created for You.
Exercise over me all Your sovereign rights.
I hereby renew the promises of my Baptism,
renouncing Satan and all his glamour and works,
and I promise from this moment to lead a truly Christian life.
In particular, I commit to bringing about the triumph
of the rights of God and Your Church. Divine Heart of Jesus,
I offer You my poor actions so that every heart may acknowledge
Your Sacred Kingly Power.
May the Kingdom of Your peace be –
firmly established throughout all the earth.
Amen.
From the Principal
Dear Families,
School Advisory Council Annual General Meeting
I take this opportunity to acknowledge the parents who have been members of the School Advisory Council (SAC) this year. The SAC plays a significant role in supporting the spiritual and educational welfare of all students at St Philip’s. I thank the members for their wisdom and ongoing support offered across all aspects of school life. Next week, Thursday 27 November, we will gather for the Annual General Meeting. Parents from all families are encouraged to attend the AGM and stay for a catch up following the meeting while enjoying a cup of tea or coffee or a glass of wine. Please contact me if you are interested in joining the SAC in 2026 or if you would like to know more about it.
Parents and Friends Committee
Thanks also to the members of our Parents and Friends Committee (P&F) this year. Their contribution to tuckshop, Mother’s and Father’s Day stalls is always appreciated. The committee will meet again for a ‘Wine and Cheese’ night on Thursday 11 December at 7.00pm. Please join us for this social event and let me know if you are interested in joining the committee next year. An active P&F committee allows families the opportunity to play a valuable part in providing social and fundraising activities.
Prep 2026 Orientation
Next week we have our third of four, Prep 2026 Orientation sessions. Our eleven students will also attend our Transition Day on Monday 15 December, There are two more sessions planned for the new students to enable them to become acquainted with the school. They will also attend on Thursday 12 December when students from Grades Prep to Five will meet their 2026 classroom teachers.
Best wishes,
Michelle Worcester
Principal
JUMP ROPE for HEART
This year our school is participating in Jump Rope for Heart – a fantastic physical activity and fundraising program by the Heart Foundation that has been running for over 40 years.
Students will be practising skipping at school and will be taught new techniques and tricks. We encourage students to also practise at home.
Our Jump Off Skipping Showcase Day will be held on Thursday 4th December at 2.30pm. Our whole school will come together to celebrate and put on a great skipping display.
We warmly welcome our school community to come along and watch the children and support the cause.
Since Jump Rope for Heart started in 1983, schools like ours have raised more than $111 million for the Heart Foundation’s lifesaving work. Jump Rope for Heart is a great way for your child to keep fit and learn new skills, but it also helps raise funds for vital heart research and education programs.
To make fundraising easy we will ask for a gold coin donation from each student. All money raised will be donated to the Heart Foundation. Children are encouraged to wear a "Touch of Red".
Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!
Yr 6 - Brendan McCole Memorial Race
The Yr 6 students competed in the Brendan McCole Memorial Race last week, congratulations to Jesse Kwan who was this year's winner.
Wine and Cheese Night
Playgroup
Cake Raffle
We appreciate our families volunteering for cake raffle bringing joy to the children at assembly every week. The weekly cake raffle will be drawn at Assembly on Friday mornings. To support this fundraiser we ask for volunteers to provide a sweet treat (eg; cake, slice, cookies, cupcakes etc) to be raffled. Please sign up to bake using the following link for term 4.
https://volunteersignup.org/J9BYP
Thank you to all of our Volunteers.
All donations of baked goods require a list of ingredients attached.
Raffle tickets are 20c each and sold at the beginning of assembly.
Thank you for your support
Tuck Shop
Tuckshop is open every Friday, we are very fortunate to have our tuckshop run by parent volunteers for the students enjoyment. This would not be possible without our small team of committed volunteers showing up week after week.
Please reach out to Clara on 0449 767 020 or Angi on 0431 021 711 if you can help. We appreciate your support.
Entertainment books are another piece to our fundraising puzzle. When you sign up you receive 12 months of discounts and offers - and our school benefits - 20% of every membership purchased goes to support our school!