St Brigid's News and Events
STEM Bebras Challenge 2025
It was wonderful to see how many Year 3 - 6 students enthusiastically participated in the 2025 Bebras Challenge (run by the Australian Maths Trust) that we completed a few weeks ago in STEM. Throughout the challenge, students worked through a series of computational thinking tasks that increased in difficulty, requiring persistence, problem-solving and creative thinking. Many students continued working through the challenges at home as well!
We are incredibly proud of all students who took part and gave their best effort. Their positive attitude and willingness to try complex problems is a great reflection of their resilience and curiosity.
Of particular note, we would like to congratulate the following students who achieved outstanding results for their age: Will S, Pip E., Amaru S, Levi P, Mason P, Flynn O, Emily D, Mato B, Juliet E, Jessica L, Torin C, Jordyn B, Josh P.
Well done to everyone involved!
Mrs Patterson
STEM Teacher
Social Media Age Restrictions
How to support your child under 16 with the new social media age restrictions
From 10 December 2025, the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 will require social media platforms to:
- prevent children and young people under 16 from having a social media account
deactivate or freeze existing accounts held by people under 16.
Delaying access to social media protects the health and wellbeing of young people and gives them extra time to build real world connections and digital literacy skills.
The responsibility will be on the social media platforms, not parents, carers, children or schools, to implement these new restrictions.
Most popular social media platforms will be age restricted. These include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Reddit and YouTube.
Messaging services and online games, as well as apps and platforms that support health and education, can still be used.
How to help under 16s prepare for the change
Parents and carers play an important role in supporting their children to be safe online.
To help get under 16s ready for the social media minimum age requirements, you can go to the eSafety website to learn more about the social media age restrictions and find tips on how to talk about social media age restrictions with young people.
What the change means for our school
At our school, most age-restricted social media platforms are blocked for student use on the school network. Our school allows student access to YouTube in a logged-out state. However, this access is restricted so mature content cannot be viewed.
To keep up to date about the new social media age restrictions, visit the eSafety website and subscribe to their newsletter.
If you have any questions please contact the school.
TheirCare Summer Holiday Program
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Congratulations
Well done to Darcy and Jordyn who competed at the AASCF Nationals in Melbourne last week. Jordyn (3A) competed in 3 events and came away with a second place in Hip Hop, 3rd in Lyrical. Darcy (FE) came 3rd in Lyrical and 4th in Jazz. What a clever little pair of dancers!
St Mary of the Cross
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Thank you
A BIG thank you to Ryan and his fantastic Team at Baker's Delight Mordialloc for very kindly donating the bread for our Sausage Sizzle at our Christmas Carols last night. Also a BIG thank you to Jen De Jong for her very kind donation of a 5 Class Pass at Club Pilates which was one of the prizes included in our St Brigid's Hamper.
