Dear Families,

2027 Enrolment – Change of dates

We will be holding our Enrolment Information night this term, as well as our Principal Led Learning Tours. The dates for these are as follows:

March 23 Principal Led Learning Tour @ 5.00pm
March 24 Principal Led Learning Tour @ 9.30am
March 25 Principal Led Learning Tour @ 12.30pm

We will also hold our Enrolment Information evening on Tuesday 24 March @ 7.30pm in the Meeting Room. Bookings for the Principal Learning Tours and the Information Evening can be made by clicking on the 'Event Registration' button on our school website

Please note that parents can complete the enrolment application form attached to our school website link under the 'Enrolment Application' button.

Please note that enrolments will be open from Tuesday 21 April and will close on Friday 22 May. These dates are the same for all Bendigo Catholic schools.

Prepare to change over to winter uniform

The weather, over the next 9-10 weeks, can vary greatly in temperature (though it doesn’t feel like it at the moment!). Subsequently, for the first four weeks of Term 2 students are able to wear either the summer or winter uniform. However, all students are required to be in the Winter uniform by Monday 18 May.

Project Compassion

As part of our annual tradition, we will once again be participating in Caritas Ks. This year’s event will take place on Friday, 20th March at 9:30am. During this time, students will carry buckets of water as they walk laps around the school track. This symbolic action helps them experience, in a small way, what many communities supported by Caritas must do each day to access clean water. It is always a powerful and memorable experience for our students.

In previous years, our school community has shown incredible generosity, together we have raised over $6,000 to support Caritas’ life‑changing work. It would be fantastic if we could reach, or even exceed, this mark again in the year ahead.

If you are able to contribute, please use the QR code provided OR the following link to make a donation:

https://www.projectcompassion.org.au/fundraisers/stfrancisofthefieldsschool

Every contribution, no matter the size, helps create opportunities and hope for communities in need.

Thank you for your ongoing support and for helping our students live out the values of compassion, justice, and service.

Parents & Friends Meetings for Term 1:

All parents are invited to come along and support our children at the following Parents & Friends meetings:

Thursday 12 March @ 7.30pm in the staff room
If you would like to attend the meeting online here is the link:

P&F Meeting Online Link

St Francis - Whole school Cross Country

This year's Cross Country will be held on Wednesday 1st April. Please below for the times each year level will be staring their race.

All parents and carers are welcome to come along and cheer on the children. The Coffee Storm coffee van will be onsite for parents to purchase a coffee.

CROSS COUNTRY START TIMES
Race Time	Year Level	Distance
9.15am	6	3km
9.25am	5	3km
9.40am	4	2km
9.55am	3	2km
10.10am	2	2km
10.25am	1	1km
10.40am	Fdn	600m

Scholastic Book Club Orders

Book Club Issue #2 was distributed to children on Monday.

Please remember that all orders are to be completed online - no cash/orders at school.

Closing date for orders is tomorrow, Friday 13th March.

https://scholastic.com.au/media/14575/bc_2-26_issuu.pdf

Shed Unavailability

The shed will be unavailable for training use on the following dates:

Thursday 26 March - School Photos
Friday 27 March - School Photos

Christ has no hands but yours.

Tim Moloney | Principal

Term 1 Unit Newsletters

Please click on the links below to access the Unit newsletters

St Francis Basketball Club - Registrations open

The Winter 2026 Basketball registrations are now open. Students from Fdn to Year 6 can register to play this season which runs for Term 2 and 3. The season starts April 20th. You can find more information on our website:

https://stfrancisbasketball.majestri.com.au/home

The registration link can be found on the above website or on the Facebook page 'St Francis Basketball '

St Francis Mums’ Needlepoint Group – First Event!

Parent Bulletin

Term 1 Week 7 · 12 Mar 2026

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