P & F News 

Welcome to the 2024 school year. The P&F committee hopes that you and your families had a relaxing school break. An extra warm welcome to our new Foundation families – we hope that your children settle into the school and the community comfortably. 

The P&F Committee are more than happy to assist you with any questions or concerns that you may have relating to P&F events and activities, so please do not hesitate to contact us. Furthermore, we strongly encourage new parents to join our P&F committee, it is a wonderful way to strengthen positive relationships within your school community and offers you a welcoming support network. Volunteer time is strictly a ‘help where you can’ basis, with no strings attached. If you are interested in joining, please contact Josie Servello or Rebecca Koutivas (contact details at the end of this article).

As usual, the P&F team have many events planned for this year - of course, our usual annual events as well as family nights, community events and other activities. We look forward to sharing these experiences with you.

Please read our article weekly, as this is where we communicate our main information, however you will also receive Audiri notifications, where required. Wishing you all a happy and safe 2024 school year!

Upcoming Events 

Icy Pole Friday – every Friday for only $1 each

P&F Meeting – Monday 12th February, 7pm (St. Fidelis Staffroom)

St. Fidelis Community Open Day – Sunday 17th March, 12pm – 4pm

Easter & Community Day Raffle – Drawn on Sunday 17th March

Hot Cross Bun Drive – TBA

2nd Hand Uniform Stall – TBA

Icy Pole Fridays

During Terms 1 and 4, students can purchase an icy pole at the beginning of lunchtime for only $1. Students simply need to bring $1 worth of coins to school every Friday to purchase their icy poles. Thank you to our wonderful senior students and our teachers for helping to run this weekly event.

St. Fidelis' Community Open Day

Save the date – on Sunday 17th March from 12pm – 4pm, we are hosting a Community Open Day. Like the event we ran in 2023, there will be food/drinks, market stalls, children’s activities, school tours and much more. Closer to the day we may ask for some parent assistance to run specific activities, such as the BBQ, so please pencil this date into your planners.

Our 2023 likewise event was very successful. It provided the school with an ample injection of funds, but most importantly it brought our school community, along with our extended community together, with so much fun and positivity.

The P&F committee are looking forward to hosting this event, please reach out if you would like to assist, if you have a stall you would like to run or if you are able to source donations for our raffle. Many thanks!

Easter & Community Day Raffle

On Sunday 17th March, at the St. Fidelis' Community Open Day, our annual Easter Raffle will be drawn. Like always families will be given a raffle booklet with 20 tickets to purchase/sell at only $1 per ticket. The raffle prizes will include Easter themed items as well as various other items, vouchers and products. 

In preparation for this raffle, we ask that you consider donating any new and unwanted items for use in our hampers. Some ideas could include homewares, body products, candles, children’s toys, etc. Any donations can be dropped to the school office before Friday 8th March. Your assistance with the organisation of this raffle is very much appreciated. Further information to follow shortly. 

THANK-YOU for taking the time to stay updated with the P&F NEWS!

Please, if you have any ideas to help with fundraising or event organisation, general queries relating to P&F NEWS, are able to provide goods/services for use in fundraising events or if you would like to join our team, please contact:

JOSIE SERVELLO – 0421 076 580   josieservello@gmail.com     

REBECCA KOUTIVAS – 0430 344 194   bterra86@gmail.com

Our next meeting will be on Monday 12th February at 7pm in the school staffroom. You are welcome to join us.