MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

for unto us a child is born...

On behalf of all the St Fidelis staff, I want to extend a very special thank you to each and every one of you for being such extraordinary parents this year. With what has been such a difficult year in so many ways, your support has assisted your children to continue on their learning journey, grow in resilience and survive such an interrupted year. For all your efforts, we want to sincerely thank you and we look forward to continuing our partnership in 2021 and beyond.

Wishing you a joyous Christmas Season

Enjoy a well-deserved break and time for yourself and your family.

Warm Regards,

Manuela Watson

Week 10, Term 4, 2020

Dear Parents and Carers,

This final newsletter for 2020, has lots of information and I encourage you to read it and refer back to it before the beginning of next year. I will keep in touch over the holidays if there are any updates.

Firstly, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all my staff for their dedication and commitment to ensuring your children were given the best support and education during this very unusual and difficult year. They are a dedicated, hard-working group of teachers who worked tirelessly at school and home to ensure that your children were receiving the best education that we could offer. I wish them a very well deserved and restful break.

I would be remiss if I did not thank all of the wonderful parents who worked tirelessly with their children during the two lockdowns. Your commitment to ensuring your children were staying engaged with their learning, connected with their peers and having fun is to be commended and acknowledged. Thank you for your support and we look forward to continuing this strong partnership in 2021. Enjoy your well-deserved break.

Farewell Mrs. Hedley

We farewelled Mrs. Hedley this morning at our Whole School Prayer Assembly to thank Mrs. Hedley for her time at St Fidelis. The students

Next year we welcome back Ms. Tania Fragopoulos after her maternity leave who will be job sharing with Michele Casamento in Year 5/6. We also welcome our new teachers, Ms. Alycia Marsico who will be teaching Foundation and Mrs. Maria Delaney who will be teaching Year 1/2 in 2021. We welcome them to the St Fidelis community.

We have a number of families who have their youngest child finishing at St Fidelis, we wish them well and hope to welcome them back at some stage in the future.

Finally thank you to all the wonderful St Fidelis students. You are the reason all the teachers get out of bed every morning. Thank you for being great children, it has been a pleasure getting to know you all and I wish you a safe and relaxing holiday break.

On behalf of Father Linh, Father Bourke and the staff, I wish everyone a very Happy and Holy Christmas. Enjoy the Christmas break with your family and I look forward to working with all again in 2021.

Kind Regards

Manuela

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM 2021
SENIOR LEADERS
Principal	Manuela Watson
Deputy Principal	Di Manthos
Student Wellbeing & Learning Diversity leader	Sally Lentini
Learning and Teaching Leader - Numeracy	Colleen Monaghan
Learning and Teaching Leader - Literacy Leader	Di Manthos
OH&S AND Compliance Officer & Daily Operations	Michael Jennings
LEARNING LEADERS
Religious Education Leader	Mark MacGregor
Digital Technology Leader	Joe Frazzetto
Family Engagement Leader	Leanne Wenckowski

LEARNING SPACE LEADERS 2021
Foundation FLW	Leanne Wenckowski
Foundation FAM	Alycia Marsico
1/2SC	Stefanie Carriera
1/2BF	Belinda Filippone
1/2MD	Maria Delaney
3/4GT	Graham Troy
3/4MM	Mark MacGregor
3/4KD	Katarina Davidson
5/6OS	Olivia Sargent
5/6CF	Michele Casamento & Tania Fragopoulos
5/6VC	Viviana Clarke

SPECIALIST TEACHERS
Visual Arts	Joe Frazzetto
Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics(STEM)	Joe Frazzetto
Italian	Rosa Fokianos
Physical Education	Michael Jennings

ADMINISTRATION STAFF
Administration Officer/ Bursar	Ann Russo
Administration Staff	Jane Prestia
Education Support Staff
Student Support & Library Technician	Leonie O'Brien
Student Support	Tania Ferraro
Student Support	Angie Naso
Student Support	Gail Di Bartolo
Student Support and Family Engagement Assistant	Angela Favero

TERM ONE DATES
January 27th	Staff Return Professional Learning Day One
January 28th	Staff Professional Learning Day Two
January 29th	Years 1-2 students begin 8:45am
January 29th	Foundation students begin 9:15am

February 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th	Foundation Rest Days
February 17th	Ash Wednesday School Mass 9:15am
February 22nd	School Photos

March 17th	St Patrick’s Day

April 1st	Term One Ends 1:00pm
April 1st	Whole School Stations Of the Cross
April 2nd	Good Friday
April 4th	Easter Sunday

The daily school times for 2021 will be:
8:30am	School Gates open supervision in the yard begins (Children may enter the learning space, unpack bag and go outside to play)
8:45am	First Bell (All adults leave the classroom and children enter the Learning Space)
8:50am	Second Bell (Attendance roll taken and class prayer)
9:00am	Gates locked Formal Learning Begins
10:00am	Fruit/Veggie Break
11:00am -11:25am	Recess Break
11:30am -1:30pm	Formal Learning Time
1:30pm -1:40pm	Eating Time
1:40pm - 2:20pm	Lunchtime
2:25pm - 3:30pm	Formal Learning Time, messages, prayer
3:30pm	Dismissal

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2021 SCHOOL LEADERS

School Captains	Alice Hockey, Charlie Dinatale
Vice Captains	Madeleine Russ, Isaac Petrilli
Sport Leader	Angelina El-Bitar, Christian La Porta
Sport Leader	Lachlan Ross, Erica Leahy
Sport Leader	Jacob Carnes, Andie Torcasio
Sport Leader	Jamie Dixon, Lola Zagami
Community Leader	Leah Sortino, Henry Scutella
Social Justice Leader	Kiara Zaita, Avia Di Bartolo

NEW BANNER

We received our new banner last week thanks to Rafael (3/4GT) who won the School Banner colouring competition earlier this term.

YEAR SIX CONFIRMATION

Congratulations to our Year Six students who received the Sacrament of confirmation last Sunday. The reception of this sacrament is a significant step in their initiation and life in faith. Special thank you to Fr Linh Fr Bourke for celebrating this event on such short notice and making this a very special celebration for the students and their families.

SCHOOL FEES AND LEVIES

Please read the attached regarding fees and levies for 2021.

School Community News

School Community encompasses the following areas: Parents, Parish, School Advisory Council and wider community