Parents & Friends

P&F Update

Thank you to everyone who attended our Holy Spirit Community Fete on Saturday! We loved seeing everyone having fun, catching up with friends and families and showing what the Holy Spirit Community is all about! 

A huge thank you to our amazing Sponsors and Silent Auction donors but a MASSIVE thank you to the "hardest working Fete Committee" as quoted by Sponsor & supporter Michael Sukkar. 

We can’t thank our school community enough for pitching in to make this amazing event possible. It boggles the mind that an event of this size and calibre can be pulled off by a team of volunteers who all have their own busy jobs and families to care for.

This includes:

• People who worked sorting clothes/books and bric-a-brac donations in the lead -up
• Those who working in the Counting Room, Parish House and as Money Collectors
• Those who set up on Thursday/Friday and packed up on Sunday
• And of course, the many parents who worked on stalls during the day, while our kids consumed their body weight in sugar and subjected themselves to dizzying rides!

The Fete fundraising total will be announced shortly but it’s safe to say, money can’t buy the look of pure happiness on our kids’ faces last weekend. (Or maybe it was pure happiness mixed with face paint and ice cream in some cases!)

Scholastic Book Fair

30-31 Oct

Do you remember the excitement of the Book Fair when you were a child? The Scholastic Book Fair is back at Holy Spirit from Monday 30 Oct – Tuesday 31 Oct. Books will be displayed in the hall and children and their families will have a chance to purchase a special book or two to take home (or maybe one to tuck away for Christmas!) More details will be provided via Class Dojo closer to the event.

Introducing… 

Holy Spirit Helping Hands

Our recent fundraising and events survey highlighted a gap in our school community. Quite a few parents said they would like to volunteer, but they can’t commit to certain days or times due to work and family responsibilities. Other people have mentioned that they would like to help occasionally (if they have enough notice) but don’t want to attend any more meetings. The Holy Spirit Helping Hands group will help us streamline volunteer opportunities at the school. Members of Holy Spirit Helping Hands will be invited to help out at events like the Colour Run or Food Days, or even do little jobs like putting notices in the classroom totes (pigeon holes), selling icy poles, or helping hang clothes at the second hand uniform shop. Most of these take only a couple of hours per term, and some only take a few minutes at the end of the school day. If you can spare 10mins before the bell goes, you can be a helping hand!

If you’re interested in being part of Helping Hands, please email pandf@hsringwoodnth.catholic.edu.au with: 

• Your name
• Children’s names and classes
• Mobile number
• Email

Remember: NO meetings and NO pressure to help out all the time.

Icy poles are back!

Icy poles will be sold after school from Friday 20 October on the front lawn area for $1. 

Term 4 Event Dates – Pop them on your calendar now!

• Friday 27th October - World Teachers Day (Free dress day)
• Monday 30th October - Grandparents Day 
• Monday 30th October & Tuesday 31st October - Scholastic Book Fair 
• Tuesday 31st October - P&F Meeting, 7.30pm in the P&F room – all welcome!
• Wednesday 1st November - Uniform Shop
• Wednesday 15th November - BBQ for students provided by P&F
• Tuesday 28th November - P&F AGM and final meeting
• Friday 1st December – last curriculum day of the year. Volunteers provide morning tea for staff.
• Wednesday 6th December - Uniform Shop

PLUS we will have two Scholastic Book Club catalogues and icy pole Fridays!