St. Simon The Apostle Primary School

From the Principal 

ALL OUTSTANDING SCHOOL FEES are now DUE  

(unless you are on a payment plan).  

Please contact the school office to finalise any outstanding balances. 

 

 

Dear  Parents and Carers,

 

The time for parents to provide feedback about their child’s class placement for 2025 has now passed. Any email sent to me via principal@ will receive an acknowledgment response. If you haven’t received a response, please contact the office. Our teachers are working hard to compile class lists for 2025, considering all students' different needs.

 

Enrolment for 2025

School organisational planning for 2025 is well underway, assuming all students enrolled in form Prep to Year 5 will return in the 2024 school year.  If not, I ask that you contact the school office immediately and notify your intentions, office@ssrowville.catholic.edu.au. This information assists the school leadership immensely with the planning and resourcing for the 2025 school year.

Remembrance Day

This week, our school gathered to commemorate Remembrance Day with a whole school liturgy led by Year Two students in the Church.

The students, throughout the liturgy, reminded us why remembrance day is an important part of our Australian Culture, and by remembering, we honour the sacrifice of service men and women of the past and present made as to protect the way of life and democratic principles we experience in the current times.

Thank you to the many families who joined us for celebrating this liturgy and for the collective reverence demonstrated throughout the liturgy.

Thank you to the Year Two teachers and Hedy Carvalho for leading the students in the liturgy preparations.

 

One of our students in Year 4 has written a thoughtful poem about the essence and meaning of Remembrance Day, which encapsulates the sentiment of the occasion beautifully. Thank you to Neve Stone (4R) for sharing with us.

 

 

 

 

 

PA Colour Fun Walk a thon

In amongst typical Melbourne weather of rain and full sunshine within an hour, we preserved with the Colour Fun Walk a thon.  It was great to see so many families coming out to support the afternoon activity and enjoy in some of the excitement of colour powder at the end.  Thank you to our teachers, support staff and visiting pre-service teachers from Australian Catholic University for their encouragement, support and help running the walkathon.  The gold coin collected will contribute to the Parents’ Association fund raising efforts for the school year. Check out St Simon’s School Socials for more images of the day.

 

Parents’ Association’s Student Disco - THIS WEEK

This Friday 15th November, our amazing Parents’ Association is hosting our annual school Disco in the Hall.  Thank you to all the volunteers who are assisting with running the disco including food and drink service as well as set up of hall.  Please note No Mobiles phones are to be brought into the disco. Any phones found during th disco will be confiscated and returned at the end of the session. The aim is to ensure students remain focussed on enjoying the music and dancing atmosphere without the distraction of technology.  

 

Prep 2025 Transition

Our Prep 2025 Transition program is well underway, and we are very excited to welcome our newest students to St Simon’s over the coming weeks as they engage in classroom sessions and experiences.

The Prep 2025 Parent Information Night will be held on Wednesday 20th November in the School Library at 7pm. 

 

Season of Advent: Liturgies at St Simon’s

As we approach the year's end, the Advent season is upon us.  This is a time in our church calendar when we prepare for the birth of Jesus, ultimately celebrated on Christmas Day. 

In the lead-up to Christmas, the four Sundays prior are marked as days to celebrate the Advent season.  At St Simon’s School, we celebrate and enter into the spirit of Advent through four student-led liturgies during the final weeks of the school term. The liturgies will take place as follows, Starting time 2:30pm in the church.

 

  • Monday 2nd December
  • Monday 9th December
  • Friday 13th December
  • Monday 16th December

 

All members of our school community are encouraged to attend and join the students at these liturgies as this forms part our end of year Christmas celebrations. 

 

 

 

 

Returning of ALL Library Books

All borrowed library books must be returned to school as soon as possible.  If you can’t find any books, please contact the school to discuss the matter.  

Each year our library staff conduct a thorough stocktake of the 15,000 plus books and resources we have to ensure we keep our library well-stocked, engaging and relevant to students’ needs and interests.  Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.Library books all now due.

Carpark Safety

A reminder about the importance of safe practices within our parish and school carparking and pedestrian areas: Please remember the following and report any instances of unsafe practices to the school office.

  • Gate 2 Entry  during school hours is for disabled parking, staff parking and deliveries only
  • Gate 4 Entry is for access to the carpark and kiss and drop\pick up section
  • Gate 1 Entry is for parishioners visiting for parish activities.  No school families should use entry during school hours.
  • All vehicle movement in within the school and parish site must at a walking pace or slower.
  • Obey all public parking and road traffic rules when coming and going from the school site.

As a community, we are all responsible for keeping students, families and visitors to our school safe with driving and pedestrian behaviour. Thank you

St Simon’s Socials

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