Good afternoon families,

I hope you are all managing to stay cool. We are now in the count down to the end of this school year.

The prep classes had a Prayers in Pyjamas day on Tuesday. It was lovely to see so many parents/grandparents at the parish mass with their child and celebrating our faith all together. The time that was then spent in the classroom with parents / grandparents was very exciting for all the preppies. Thank you to the prep teachers for their preparation and support to have these special days. Thank you to Father Huy and Mrs Douglas for the beautiful mass.

The School Advisory Council (SAC) and P&F representatives

The School Advisory Council (SAC) and P&F representatives had a lovely night together sharing the strengths and challenges of each parent body and how they can continue to support the whole school community.

Library News

The library will be closed from Monday 25 November for the rest of the year.

Please check your house and cars for library books as we need all books returned for stocktake.

Swimming training

Swimming training starts on Wednesday 27 November at Mentone Aquatic Centre at 7 am- 8 am. All competent swimmers in year 2 - Year 5 are invited to attend. The purpose of swimming training sessions is to help us chose our swimming squad for the District swimming sports in late February 2025. The swimming sports will be in a 50m pool so the swimming training helps build up the endurance of our swimmers so they can compete over a 50m distance. It is amazing to see the growth our swimmers have by attending these sessions. we do not expect that all the swimmers will be able to swim 50m now but with training it is very achievable. These training sessions are NOT compulsory and you do not need attend all of them. In 2025 we will be having one session at Mentone and one session at Toby Haenen- Chelsea Heights per week.

Swimming training dates are for 2024 :

Wednesday 27 November 7-8 am at Mentone Aquatic

Wednesday 4 December 7-8am at Mentone Aquatic

Wednesday 11 December 7-8 am at Mentone Aquatic.

Swimming Training dates for 2025: (Mentone dates still to be secured)

Tuesday 4 February 7-8 am at Chelsea Heights

Tuesday 11February 7-8 am at Chelsea Heights

Tuesday 18 February 7-8 am at Chelsea Heights

Tuesday 25 February 7-8 am at Chelsea Heights.

Friday 28 February District Swimming Carnival at The Pine pool in Seaford.

Prep 2025 Orientation

Our fourth Prep 2025 orientation will be on Wednesday 27 November from 9-11 am

Kids on Keys Concert

On Wednesday 27 November all the students at St Louis' who have music lessons with Kids on Keys will be performing in their End of Year Concert. Parents are welcome to attend the concerts that have been timetabled throughout the day.

State Cricket Final- Friday 29 November

Good luck to our Year 6 cricket team. They will be representing St Louis' at the State finals. This is an amazing achievement to have made this level and we wish them all the very best.

Be Bright for Brain Cancer - Friday 29 November

On Friday all students are invited to dress with brightness and donate a gold coin. This is an annual fundraiser for brain cancer. A few years ago we lost a beautiful mum from our school community to brain cancer and this fundraiser is very special to our two students and their dad.

Swimming Lessons Prep - Year 2

Swimming lessons start for prep to Year 2 students on Monday 2 December. More information will be in the class newsletters. Swimming caps can be purchased from the uniform shop.

Enjoy your weekend.

Carmel Stutterd