Upcoming Student Free Days

Monday 6th November - student free day for staff professional development
Tuesday 7th November - Melbourne Cup public holiday

Dogs on Site

Whilst we love dogs, they do present some issues for us at school. We respectfully ask that you do not bring dogs to school for pick up and drop off. We do, however, love to see pictures and videos of your special pets!

Carolyn Goode

Deputy Principal - Wellbeing

Arts and Design Technology Showcase Invitation

Open to the public - Thursday 2nd November 6.00-8.00pm

Our clever and creative students and staff from the Arts and Design Technology Learning Area have been busy finalising art work, adding the finishing touches and framing artwork as we look forward to welcoming our College Community to our annual Art and Technology Showcase event to be held next week.

The event will be open to the public next Thursday, 2nd November, from 6.00-8.00pm and will be held in the Brigidine Centre.

This exhibition will, again, showcase student’s work, from Foundation to Year 12, and will include pieces that have been designed, manufactured and created in Visual Arts, Visual Communication Design, Media, Technology Wood and Metal, Food Technology and Performing Arts.

This year, our Art and Design Technology showcase will be opened by local artist, ‘Tank’ from Tank Art’s.

Tank has an eclectic brand of public sculpture - such as the brightly painted fibreglass cows, quirky murals and large-scale metal sculptures which can be seen scattered around many of the shops, parks, riverside and public spaces of the Greater Shepparton area.

Below is a small selection of Tank’s work.

We look forward to welcoming Tank to our College and hearing more about his career and art work when he joins us next Thursday evening and to seeing all of the wonderful creations!

The Arts and Design Technology Learning Area Team

Join us to Pray for Peace

Heeding Pope Francis’ call for prayers for peace, Catholic Education Sandhurst is offering an opportunity to come together to pray.

Date: November 2nd (All Souls Day)

Time: 5:00 – 5:30pm

Link: Click here to join the meeting

Italian Day - Wednesday 8th November

Do you have your Italian colours or famous Italian person costume ready for Italian Day on 8th November?

Bring along a gold coin donation for the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project to toss into our mock Trevi Fountain.

Italian themed activities will run at lunch time including:

Soccer game
Italian activities in the Library and learning spaces

Years 3/4 Market Day

The Years 3/4 Community warmly invites the F-8 community and their families to attend our 3/4 Market Day.

Thursday 16th November

between 11.20am and 1.00pm

Items will range from 50c to $3.50.

There will be a sausage sizzle available.

$2 per sausage.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Please donate to the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project

How we can help?

This term our College is collecting items for people who are receiving support from the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project in Melbourne.

Each TA/Class will create their own hamper/package comprised of some of the specific items that BASP requests below, especially the items in bold. BASP do not have spare space to store items that are not used.

Each TA will receive a bag for their collection and these packages will be delivered to the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project prior to Christmas.

Please give generously, if you can.

Tinned fruit	Shampoo
Sugar	Jam (especially red jam)
Olive oil	Glad wrap
Cooking oil	Tin foil
Salt and pepper	Sweet biscuits
Herbs and spices (coriander, ginger and cinnamon)	Savoury biscuits
Longlife milk	Snacks for school lunches
Tea	Conditioner
Coffee	Washing powder
Honey	Dishwashing detergent
Egg cartons	Cleaning products
Noodles	Vouchers for Coles/Woolworths
Basmati rice	Soap and deodorant
Tuna	Garbage bags
Dates	Shaving cream

What is the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project (BASP)?

The Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project (BASP) was established in 2001 to work for a humane, just and inclusive approach for people seeking asylum in Australia.

It is a Melbourne based initiative of the Brigidine Sisters who have been engaged in education and social justice since arriving in Echuca from Ireland in 1886.

Australia has a long history of welcoming migrants and refugees and is a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, but it has become increasingly apparent since the 1990s that people genuinely seeking asylum in Australia are treated unjustly. Many have been held in detention centres, both in Australia and offshore and if released are dependent on charities for their survival.

Sr Brigid Arthur regularly visited detainees in Melbourne and became painfully aware of the plight of asylum seekers if they were released into the community, so they established BASP. Initially, financial support came from the Brigidine Sisters, but as time has gone by there is increasing financial support from donations and fundraising events. The day to day support of the asylum seekers in the care of BASP is provided by over 70 highly committed volunteers.

SOLE Stars

Congratulations to all our SOLE Stars for Weeks 3 and 4.

A special mention to Memphis in Year 1 and Grace in Year 2 who were nominated for two SOLE Stars in one week.

Week 3

Week 4

Child Safe

"St Augustine's College is a Child Safe School, committed to the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children and young people."