Dear Parents and Carers,

On behalf of the Staff of St Fidelis, I wish all the Mothers, Grandmothers and special ladies in our Community, a wonderful and joyous day with their families this Sunday. God Bless you all!!

Mother’s Day Stall

The much loved annual Mother’s Day stall will be returning for 2026. On Wednesday 6th of May, all children will be invited to the stall to purchase gifts for the special women in their life. At the stall, a range of items, ranging in affordable prices, beginning from $1, will be available for the children to purchase. Children are advised to bring a bag to take their gifts home in. Thank you.

Mother’s Day Celebration- Friday May 8th

To celebrate the wonderful Mothers and Special Women of our St. Fidelis' Community, the P&F Committee along with THE VILLAGE BAKERY are hosting our annual Mother’s Day Event. Breakfast will commence at 8:00am. The schedule for the morning is as follows:

8:00 am - Breakfast with mums and children in the hall with slideshow

8:45am - Children to enter their rooms

9:00 -9:40am - Parents invited to their child's classroom for a Mother's Day

9:40 am - Whole School Prayer and assembly in the hall

Curriculum Overviews

The Term 2 Curriculum Overviews are now available for families to view via Nforma. The overviews outline the key learning areas and topics students will focus on throughout the term. More details about what's happening in the classroom can be found each week in the newsletter.

The key areas of learning include:

English, Mathematics, Religious Education, Inquiry, TRP and our specialist areas, including Physical Education, Italian, Visual Arts, and STEM. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher.

Doris Blackburn Kindergarten visiting St Fidelis

The 4-year-old groups from Doris Blackburn kindergarten are visiting our school this week for a Robotics lesson in our STEM Space. Doris Blackburn kindergarten is our main feeder kindergarten and we have a long-standing relationship with them.

Other neighbouring Kindergartens will also visit our school in the coming weeks. Mr Frazzetto, Ms Wenckowski and some of our older students will assist the kindergarten children with a STEM activity. We look forward to having the students at our school.

Welcome Anna Di Simone

We welcome Anna Di Simone, whose role has been made possible through the support of the Parish. Fr Brendan has employed Anna, a registered VIT music teacher to work across three schools in the BMCC. Anna will be leading liturgical singing with the children on a fortnightly basis, enriching their faith and musical experience. We are very grateful to the Parish and to Fr Brendan for providing this wonderful opportunity for our children.

Winter Uniform

From Monday May 11th all children should be in full winter uniform. If for any reason your child is not in their uniform can you please email the teacher.

Winter Colds

At St Fidelis we continue to use hygienic measures daily such as hand sanitising before and after eating, washing hands after going to the toilet, using tissues and disposing them in the bin after use and air purifiers are allocated in all areas of the school.

If your child is presenting with cold-like symptoms it would be appreciated if you keep them home to ensure that germs are not spread in the classroom. If your child is sick at school and demonstrates any cold-like symptoms parents will be called to come and pick up their child.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding with this request.

WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY

Friday May 15th , 2026

On Friday 15th May, 2026, St Fidelis School will be participating in the National Walk Safely to School Day. If you are interested in your family participating in this event, we kindly ask that parents and children meet the St Fidelis teachers at Shore Reserve (Corner of Melville Road and Reynard Street, Pascoe Vale South) at 8:15am. We ask that bikes/scooters are not used for this event. If it is raining, please wear a raincoat or bring an umbrella.

This is NOT a compulsory event. If you are unable to join us you may like to consider walking to school or parking in another street away from the school and walking a block or two.

Breakfast will be provided at no cost to all St Fidelis School Students upon arrival at school. We thank MACSEYE for the donation of milk, cereal & fruit.

Breakfast will consist of cereal, milk and a piece of fruit. Students will need to supply their own bowl and spoon to eat the breakfast at school.

We will all walk together from Shore Reserve to school taking the following route.

Parents/Carers and children are invited to join us along this route:

8:15 Meet Parents and children at Shore Reserve (Reynard Street end)

8:25 The WALK begins

Cross Melville Road at the lights
Continue along Reynard Street (on Coburg West side)
Meeting Points along the way:
Pedestrian Crossing Coburg West Primary School
Corner of Gordon Street and Reynard Street
Corner of Donne Street and Reynard Street
Corner of Queen Street and Reynard Street
Corner of Saunders Street and Reynard Street
Corner of Hawthorn Street and Reynard Street
Continue down Hawthorn Street and enter the school via the Hawthorn Street gates.
Arrive at school approximately 8:45am

When the students reach our destination at school, the students will line up at the tables and get their breakfast cereal served by the Year 6 leaders.

Please provide an alternative breakfast for your child if they cannot eat what will be provided on the day.

Weather Permitting	Wet weather alternative
Collect Breakfast in Hawthorn Yard/Saunders Yard	Collect your Breakfast
Sit in the yard to eat your breakfast with your friends and family	Take your breakfast to your classroom (Children only)
	Enjoy breakfast with your friends

Have a lovely week

Manuela

Communication | Keep Up To Date with School News

To ensure you are kept up to date with school happenings, our NEWSLETTER is distributed each Tuesday via email and on the school's website.

School Notices are shared via nForma.

You are strongly encouraged to read it each week so that you are continually informed about school events.

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Family Engagement