Dear Parents,

Thank you for your continued support. The children have now begun formal classes and should be well and truly settled into school. Remember we need to all work together to ensure that we are working on the same page.

Tomorrow, Miss Siobhan Kerr (PrepK teacher) is getting married!

We wish Siobhan and Mitch every happiness for their future life together.

A number of parents have noticed that there is someone parking very close to the circular driveway exit (there is now a school board placed there). This makes it very difficult for the cars who are exiting to have a proper line of sight. Please ensure that you do not park there.

Enrolments are now open for Prep 2025. If you or someone you know has a child ready for prep, please encourage them to pick up an enrolment form or attend a school tour.

Car Show

Our car show committee, which is a subsidiary of the P&F, have been working hard behind the scenes to ensure that our Car Show is a wonderful success. There will be cars on display, children's activities and food for purchase. The car show will take place on Saturday 16th March between 3:30-7pm.

Thank you to our major sponsor My Agent Real Estate.

As our Car Show is fast approaching, we are requiring help to ensure that our car show goes smoothly. How can you help??

If you have a car that you would like to show or know of someone that would like to show theirs, please register your car by using the following link https://share.hsforms.com/1Q7FPiezpSpSCErJpdbya6wd6rzr
Would your business like to sponsor our event or provide something for the raffle? Do you have a donation that could go to our raffle?If so, please speak to Derryn or Caroline.
Do you work in an automotive related industry? Why not hold a stall to advertise your business. Please come and speak to a car show member.
Are you able to spare an hour or two to help on the evening? Please add your name/your husband or wife's name/grandparents name to the timetable https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OuXo6AmD4--b-jgtuBRHS-MubEj2HmAvqC4QCRXmh9s/edit?usp=sharing or ring the school office (9471 0883) and let Leanne know when you are available.
Do you know any Food truck vendors that might be able to help on the night? Please speak to Caroline or Derryn.
Do you know of any band or up and coming musicians that would like a free performance time or could spare a little bit of time between 3-7pm on the 16th. Please come and speak to one of us.

Social Media

It has been brought to our attention that there are a number of children who are on snap chat. Please make sure that you are aware of what your children are saying on social media, as it is very easy to become a keyboard warrior. In other words, we don't want to encourage our children to say things online that they would not normally say to someone directly.

Beanies

This year, the P&F have organised Holy Name beanies. Although you may not be thinking of the winter yet, these beanies are of a good quality and can be purchased through the school office for $25. Please, please make sure that your child's name is clearly placed inside the beanie.

2024 Fees

Thank you to all the wonderful families that have come to the office to organise or begin to pay their 2024 school fees. All fees have been emailed out, so please check your spam folder if you have not received yours.

You can pay by cash, eftpos, credit card in person or by phone, Bpay or you can set up a Direct Debit (see Leanne in the office for a DD form). If you have any queries about your statement, ring the office.

If you have a health care / pension card, and wish to apply for CSEF (Camp, Sport & Excursions Fund) and/or apply for 2024 concessional fees, you need to organise this now please. See Leanne or Vivien (Bursar).

Parent Class Representatives

Each year, we call for parent volunteers to act as Class Representatives who are an important part of our school in assisting us to build a strong community. This is not a difficult role and would suit either a mum or dad. The Role of the Reps is as follows:

RESPONSIBILITIES	SUGGESTIONS
Acts as a contact point between the Parents & Friends and school Feedback to P & F and School Staff on what parents are thinking and commenting on Act as a source of information for new families to the school Acting as an extra line of communication between the teacher and parents, for example by passing on messages about school events	Organise social events for parents to get to know each other Setting up and running a Facebook page where class parents can communicate

There are 11 classes and we are looking for one rep per class. In the past, some classes have had two reps and this has worked particularly well, so if you would like to partner up with another parent in your child's class, please do so.

If you are interested in taking on this role, please see/email Leanne in the office (office@hnpe.catholic.edu.au) by 1 March. We will be in touch with all parents who have volunteered after this date.

MAD DADS GROUP

The MAD dads have their first event on Wednesday 6th March. All dads are welcome to join us for some table tennis and pizza. This is a great opportunity to get to know the other wonderful dads in our community.

Testimonial Requests

Are you willing to write a testimonial about your child's/families experience at Holy Name? We are hoping to celebrate our school community on our website with testimonials.

If you are happy to write a short note please click on the below form.

Many thanks

https://forms.gle/2XvND5fkwnsRT7NQ6

Catholic Schools Creative Art Exhibition

Congratulations to five of our students whose art work has been selected to be displayed at the Catholic Education Week Creative Art Exhibition. This is a wonderful achievement and we are very proud of our students.

1. Nicola G (Steampunk sculpture)

2. Christiana B (Minecraft bee sculpture)

3. Jasmine P (needle felting picture)

4. Danny H (styrofoam print)

5. Liam K (collagraph print)

Assembly Roster


26th February	GRADE 1/2B
4th March	GRADE PREP B & K
11th March	NO ASSEMBLY LONG WEEKEND
18th March	GRADE 3/4Z
25th March	GRADE 5/6C

PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORT

Mr Derryn Ling and Mr Peter Koulaxizellis