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Calendar Dates- What's on.

MAY

3rd                St Philip's Day-Whole School Mass 9.00am

6th                Running Club on oval commencing 8.40am

8th                Mothers Day Breakfast 7.45am

9th                Walk Safely to School day / Running Club

10th              Mother's Day Stall 

14th              Brilliant at Being Resilient Incursion 

28th              Grade 5/6 Camp Information Night

PLEASE NOTE:  SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS IS BETWEEN 8.40AM TO 3.45PM ON SCHOOL DAYS. 

PRAYER 

“This is my commandment: 

Love one another, as I have loved you. 

A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15)

Lord may we be generous with the gifts and talents which you have given to us. 

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you are all well.  

St Philip’s Feast Day

Tomorrow we will celebrate the Feast of St Philip the Apostle. Our celebration will begin will Mass at 9.00am. Following that, students will engage in learning activities in their classrooms. They will be offered a cinnamon donut and icy-pole as part of our celebration. 

School Assembly

All parents and friends are welcome to attend our school assemblies on Friday mornings at 9.00am in the Fr Arnold Centre. The assembly roster is as follows:

Mother’s Day Breakfast  

Bookings are still open for our Mother’s Day breakfast next week, Wednesday 8 May at 7.45am in the Fr Arnold Centre. This is always a special occasion, a time when mothers, grandmothers, aunts and special friends can gather for a light breakfast and catch-up. Bookings can be made via Trybooking using the link https://www.trybooking.com/CRDFD

Walk Safely to School Thursday Day 9 May, 2024

The national Walk Safely to School Day encourages all primary school children, their parents and carers to walk safety to school. This day also promotes the health benefits of walking and road safety. We encourage all students and their parents and carers to walk to school on Thursday 9 May. If you must use the car we encourage you to park some distance away and walk the rest of the way. Students will be offered a light breakfast when they arrive at school. 

2025 Enrolments 

Enrolments are now open for 2025. Enrolment forms are available via email or from the office for families of children who will be commencing school next year. 

Warmest regards,

Michelle Worcester

Principal  

Waste Wise Wednesday

Parents, we would like to inform you that we are starting Waste Wise Wednesday.

Last week was Earth Day. The theme for this year is Planet vs Plastic. We have decided as the students of St Philip to take action to save our planet. 

On Wednesdays we will aim to be waste free and not use plastic or wrappers. We will encourage all of the students and staff to use containers, thermoses, Bento boxes and if you can beeswax wrappers or reusable wrappers.

We encourage families to be mindful of the amount of plastic wrappers/rubbish that is used each day.

Thank you for your support with Waste Wise Wednesday. 

By John, Jane, Navkirat and Zara

Swimming Program 

The students enjoyed swimming lessons at Aqualink in Nunawading. The program falls within the Victorian Water Safety Certificate Guidelines which describe specific competencies that should be achieved by the end of primary school. These competencies identify the knowledge and skills to enable students to safely enjoy water-based activities in calm and shallow aquatic environments. The competencies focus on water safety knowledge, rescue skills, survival sequences and the ability to swim a continuous distance of 50 meters. The students  from Prep to Grade Four participated in the program this week. 

Cross Country Running Club 

Some of our students from Grades Four to Six will compete in the district cross country next month. To help them prepare for this event we will be holding a running club from 8.40 am until 8.50 am from next Monday, 6 May. The running club will continue to be held on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays for two weeks.  All students, and parents/friends are very welcome to join. 

Cake Raffle 

The weekly cake raffle will be drawn at Assembly on Friday mornings. To support this fundraiser we ask for volunteers to provide a sweet treat (eg; cake, slice, cookies, cupcakes etc) to be raffled.    Please sign up for Term 2 to bake using the following link https://volunteersignup.org/ECRFE

All donations of baked goods require a list of ingredients attached.

Raffle tickets are 20c each and sold at the beginning of assembly.

Thank you for your support

Tuck Shop

                       Tuckshop will be closed tomorrow due to swimming. It will resume Friday 10th                          of May. 

Clara and Angi are managing the tuckshop in 2024 - please reach out to them if you’d like to join the tuck shop team.

Clara: 0449 767 020 and Angi: 0431 021 711 

Entertainment books are another piece to our fundraising puzzle. When you sign up you receive 12 months of discounts and offers - and our school benefits - 20% of every membership purchased goes to support our school! 

https://subscribe.entertainment.com.au/fundraiser/9a27151 

COMMUNITY

OUR LADY OF SION COLLEGE