From the Principal

St Justin’s Primary School acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia's First People and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which our school stands.

We pay our respects to the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation, and their elders past and present, and emerging as we continue to proudly live and learn on their land.

St Justin's Primary School - Celebrating over 40 years of Catholic Education

Dear Families and Friends,

It has been another very BIG week at St Justin's with many great events taking place.

Please read on to find out all about our week 9. Please be mindful that there is more than 1 page to our newsletter - click on the arrows at the top.

It is hard to believe there is only 1 week left of Term 1!

Palm Sunday - Sunday 29th March

This Sunday is a special day in the Church calendar - the celebration of Palm Sunday. 

Palm Sunday is the first day of Holy Week when we remember the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. 

Dear God, 

We thank you for sending us your Son, Jesus. 

Help us to welcome others into our lives just as the crowd welcomed Jesus. 

Help us to see that sometimes what we want may not be God’s plan 

just like the expectations of the crowd. 

Help us to be the best followers of Jesus that we can be. 

Amen. 

Stations of the Cross

On Wednesday 1st April we will gather as a school community for the Stations of the Cross to remember and reflect on the journey of Jesus during His final hours. This special time invites us to pause, pray, and think about the meaning of His sacrifice and the love He showed for others.

Parents and carers are most welcome to join us in the church at 2.35pm for the Stations Of The Cross. They will be led by our Year 5 students.

By coming together, we deepen our understanding of the Easter story and are encouraged to show compassion, kindness, and forgiveness in our own lives. It is also an opportunity for us to unite in faith, supporting one another as a community.

 Holy Week

Easter is approaching and it is our tradition at St Justin’s to join with the wider community to celebrate these important events in the Church Calendar. 

Please refer to the Education in Faith Page for dates and information.

Working Bee 

Thanks to those who were able to attend our working bee last Saturday. With determindation and hard work, we achieved lots. We added softfall to the senior school adventure playground, repainted markers around the school, added mulch to the garden beds, cleaned up around the compost heaps and removed logs from along the back fence. More importantly, we had time to catch up and have something to eat and a drink - a great day out.

Thanks to Leon, Lear, Alfie, Andreas, Connie, Arthur, Lewis, Billy, Dimtries, James, John, Tilly, Roberto, Helen, Jen, Tammy, Aria, Mia, Leo, Peter, Sally, Adam, Tony (pre workng bee worker) and any others we may have missed. 

Working bees are not just about getting things done, it's about opportunities for the community to come together - thanks everyone for your amazing support. we will have another working bee next term - keep an eye out for the date.

Open Day

Thanks to all who were able to help with our Open Day. Visitors were very impressed with:

• Our confident, articulate Year 6 leaders who conducted tours throughout the day and to the students for staying back after school last night 
• Our beautifully presented school, including the grounds and clean, open and bright classrooms
• Our calm and engaged students
• Our friendly staff and parent helpers
• Pretty much everything really.

Thanks again to everyone for your amazing support. We know that such a feel cannot be created for one day; it's something that we continue to build on every day. We are very blessed. 

Project Compassion

We are continuing to raise money for Project Compassion and have seen a significant increase in donations over the past two weeks, well done, St Justin’s! It has been wonderful to see more classes getting involved, especially our Year 6 classes.

A special congratulations to Year 2DW, who are still leading the way with a total of $112.50, followed by Prep LI with $96.45. In third place is Year 6DB with $78.30, closely followed by Year 6SL with $72.60.

At the end of Week 9, our school total has grown from $187.80 to an impressive $821.10, an outstanding effort by our whole community in supporting such a worthy cause.

We now have just four days remaining to donate, with all contributions due by Thursday 2nd April. Let’s keep the momentum going and see how much we can raise by the end of Term 1.

A big thank you to our RE Captains, Social Justice Leaders and Mini Vinnies Leaders for their enthusiasm and support in promoting this initiative across the school.

Thank you for your generosity.

Harmony Day Bake Sale

Wow! What a success last Friday was!

Thank you so much to all the families who baked and our volunteers who packaged, set up and sold the yummy treats.

Thank you to everyone for your support, we are proud to report that we sold out at 3.36pm and raised$592which will be put towards 'Shop Front Cubbys' for the front play area. This is a P&F project which we will continue to fundraise for throughout the year...watch this space and we will see you again for another Bake Sale in Term 2! 

P&F Team

P&F Thank you 

Thanks to the P&F for their support with the Sasuage Sizzle lunch. It was a wonderful day! Your help and support is greatly appreciated!

P&F Dads Night

Friday 1st May 6:00pm - 12:00pm

South Oakleigh Bowling Club - North Road, Oakleigh South

6:00pm - 12:00pm

Bowling, Dinner and Big Screen Footy

Drinks at Bar Prices 

More details to follow

Enrolments 2027

We are currently processing Prep enrolmets for 2027 . To be considered for first round offers, applications must be in by Wednesday 1st April. For an application, please click on the link below:

https://www.sjwheelershill.catholic.edu.au/enrolments

Important Dates 

Whilst we have most dates in the calendar, some dates include: 

• Monday 30th March - Whole School Assembly 2:40pm PAC
• Monday 30th March - Easter Raffle Wrapping in PAC
• Tuesday 31st March - Fair On the Hill Meeting 7:00pm - 8:00pm in the Staffroom (all welcome).
• Wednesday 1st April - Stations Of The Cross - 2.35pm - Church (All Welcome)
• Wednesday 1st April  - 2027 Enrolment Applications close
• Thursday 2nd April - Easter Bonnet Parade
• Thursday 2nd April - Easter Raffle 12:00 – 1:00pm
• Thursday 2nd April - Term 2 Last Day 1:00pm finish

Please refer toDates Ahead for a full list of important dates in Term 1

Fair on the Hill Meeting 

Our first meeting is being held on Tuesday 31st March, 2026 and it will be held in theStaff room at 7:00pm. There will be food and drink to tempt you to come along and an opportunity to find out what it is all about. 

Reminder - Mini Hot X Bun orders

A reminder to all families that the cutoff for the Hot X Bun Orders is Minday 30/3/2026 at 3:00pm.

Please see the link to purchase the HOT X-BUNS for your child/children.

https://www.trybooking.com/DKNCO

It is important to note that there are NO LATE ORDERS or REFUNDS available as we have ordering cutoffs that need to be met and we thank you for your ongoing support of this annual Easter fundraising event.

Parents and Friends

The Parents and Friends (which is all of us) have been busy organising a number of events and activities. As always, some of these events and activities are organised to raise funds, others are simple organise to bring our community together and celebrate friendship, learning, togetherness, connectedness and much more. Some events include:

• Easter Bonnet Parade: Thursday 2nd April - students are asked to make their own simple bonnets to help celebrate Easter and our creativity. Our Visual Arts Captains presented some examples to student this week.
• Hot Cross Bun Morning Tea: Thursday 2nd April (orders in by Monday 30th March)
• Easter Egg Raffle: Thursday 2nd April (casual dress day on Friday 27th for Easter Egg donations)
• Morning with Mum: Friday 8th May (more details to follow)
• Trivia Night: Saturday 30th May (more details to follow)
• Kiosk Friday: Every Friday in the Undercover Area

For more information, access the Parents and Friends page in this newsletter.

It certainly is a busy time but as always, it's great to see so much happening. If at any stage you would like to help out, please reach out to the Parents and Friends or come to the meetings. Please remember, all volunteers need to be a registered with the school - once you have your Working With Children Check / VIT, just call the office and make a time to meet with Mr T. Once registered, please sign in at the office and get a lanyard when volunteering. 

Sacrament Dates 2026

Please refer to Education in Faith for 2026 Sacrament Dates.

Visitors to school

A reminder that all visitors must report to the school office before entering any other areas of the school premises. 

We also take the opportunity to remind parents, grandparents and carers that they are not to talk to students through the school fence when the children are playing outside.   

This ensures a safe and secure environment for everyone on the school premises and ensures that all persons are reporting to the office as per our policy and procedures around visitors to our school. 

School Safety

As we work to create a safe environment for us all, a reminder to parents that supervision of students commences at 8:40 am and concludes at 3:45 pm. If any child needs supervision outside of these times, please contact MACSEYE. Whilst we would never leave a child unattended, I would hate a child to be left at school or arrive early and there is no one here. Please also note that side gates into the school will be locked at 9.30am and unlocked at 3.00pm. If you are running late, please enter via the school office and sign your child in. All visitors to the school must enter via the school office.  We appreciate your support with this matter. 

As always, thank you for your ongoing support.

All the best,

Pat

Mr Patrick Torpey

Principal