Good Afternoon Parents and Guardians,

News from Mrs Sullivan

Hope you are having a great week. In this newsletter we will talk about our upcoming events, hear from our students who were in district athletics last week, our exciting color run, the F-2 Scienceworks excision, our amazing Art Show and lastly what our 3-6 students thought about the market and art work at Mordialloc College.

On Thursday October 31st, we are celebrating a wonderful year with a whole school picnic down at Peter Scullin Reserve. Children will bring there own lunch (please feel free to add a special treat) and drink bottle. We will also be having an Assembly at 2:15pm on this day.

We will all walk down to Peter Scullin after recess and stay until approximately 1.30pm. The children will have an opportunity to play on the new playground and eat lunch. We will provide them with a little treat as well.

Kilbreda End of Year Assembly

What a privilege it was to be invited to the Kilbreda Year 12 End of Year Assembly this morning. It was so exciting to see this year's Co-College Captain - Alicia Nobel (ex St Brigid's student & Blake's sister) pass on the mantel of College Captain for 2025 to Charlotte McLean, ex St Brigid’s student. Both Alicia and Charlotte did Kilbreda (and us) proud. Their speeches were warm and friendly and upheld the value of Kilbreda! Both Tracey and I had a tear in our eye! Alicia and Charlotte's parents were bursting with pride, as were we!!! It was also wonderful to see a number of our ex-students also receive Academic and Community Awards.

Congratulations

A huge congratulations to Isla S, Ollie W and Eva G who represented St Brigid’s in the District Athletics last Friday. Isla placed 9th in the 1500m race and 8th in the triple jump. Ollie placed 8th in the discus and Eva placed 13th in the hurdles.

This is an amazing effort and I think from memory this is the first time we have been represented at District since I have been here!

Foundation 2025 Parent Information Night

It was fantastic to meet our 2025 Foundation families last night. It was wonderful to see new and existing families share how they are feeling about their children starting school in 2025. Our existing families spoke about how safe and cared for their children are here at St Brigid’s. Our new families spoke about how welcome they have felt so far and how much they are looking forward to being a part of this great community. We cannot wait to see the 2025 Foundations students at their first orientation next week on Thursday 24 October at 8:45am.

Silent Auction

We are thrilled to announce that we raised $775.00 in our silent auction that finished today. Thank you to our winning bidders! We hope you love your new art work! Art can be collected from the office.

STUDENT NEWS

District Athletics

Ollie - Ollie made it to the District Athletics for Discus and was excited to compete. There were about 16 under 10's discus competitors. Competition was fierce but fun!

Eva - Eva competed in Hurdles in under 10's for District Athletics. Eva was super nervous to compete but really enjoyed herself.

Isla- Isla competed in Triple Jump and 1500 meters in under 10's. Isla was nervous at the start competing against fifteen people for both events, she ended up coming 9th in 1500 meters and 8th triple jump. FANTASTIC!

Colour Run

The Colour Run is back for another year! We are doing the colur run on Friday 8th November at 2.30pm! Last year we raised $5,705 which was an amazing effort - I wonder if we can beat it this year!

The money raised will go towards refurbishing the library - we have many colourful ideas with murals, furniture and new shelving! Sigi and Glenn are vey excited about the new library!

We may have some secret incentives coming your way - stay tuned…..I wonder if it may involve a teacher or two!

F to 2 Scienceworks Excursion

Our Foundation - Year 2 students had a wonderful day at Scienceworks on Monday! The bus ride was a success as it was our Foundation students first big bus ride as school children!!

When we spoke to the children they really loved the light display and of course our Year 2’s thought the sports exhibition was amazing!

Interview with Vincent

What was the excursion about and how does it relate to what you are learning in class?

In Inquiry we are learning about Earth's resources and changes that occur in our world. This is what we were learning about during the excursion.

What did you do?

We made lightning happen.

Interview with Greyson and Bryson

What was the best thing about the Scienceworks excursion?

Greyson and Bryson in Foundation could not decide what was the best - they loved it all!

Art Show Feedback

What we thought about the Art Show!

Raffy - He thought that it was some of the best art he has seen, his favorite art piece was the dogs. Raffy said he would give the Art Show an 8.5/10

Jess - She enjoyed how everything was set out and how it was very nice. Her favorite art pieces were the bears from the year 4's. Jess rated her experience 10/10!

Alfie - His favorite part of the Art Show was voting which dog was the best. His favorite art piece was the butterflies. Alfie rated his Art Show experience an 8/10.

Mordialloc College Market Day

What a wonderful day we had at Mordi College experiencing their Art Show and then spending their money on toys and activities that were made by Year 10 students. I have to say how lovely the Year 10 students were to the children.

Harry H may have purchased a toy or two and he may have seen a St Kilda cushion being purchased by a certain one eyed St Kilda supporter .

A massive thank you to Mrs Marziano who coordinated the whole event!

Here are Harry's thoughts on the market

What do you think they could have changed about the market?

I thought that there could be more products to buy.

What did you enjoy about going to Mordi college?

I loved looking at the fabulous artwork.

What was your favorite piece of artwork in the art show?

I loved the Coby and Gigi portrait.

Here are Sasha's thoughts on the market

What do you think they could have changed about the market?

I think that they could have made more products for their stand.

What did you enjoy about going to Mordi college?

I thought that everyone from Mordi college was very pleasant and welcoming

What was your favorite piece of artwork in the art show?

I liked the Jenna Ortega scream artwork because it looked very realistic and she is one of my favourite actors.

5/6C Assembly

Our 5/6C students are very excited to be presenting at Assembly tomorrow afternoon. Everyone is welcome. Assembly starts at 2:15pm. The 'Best in Show" dog will also be announced at tomorrow's assembly. We wonder which cute puppy will win?

Running Club

As the weather gets nicer it has been lovely to see so many get involved with running club and helping us make it to Sydney by the end of the year.

Laps = 182

Km run = 9.1km

Double Km for term 4 = 18.2km

Total km = 585.3km

We are on the Hume Fwy/National Hwy in New South Wales coming into Bowning.

We hope you enjoyed our newseltter.

The Sports Leaders - Hugo, Mikki, Chloe, Sammy, Kirra and Josh G

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