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Holy Spirit Community School
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Dear Holy Spirit Community School,
We had a big week last week with our 2nd Food Day and our annual Trivia Night.
Our 2nd food day was a HUGE hit with the kids. We had around 336 orders placed. We loved supporting local business “North Ringwood Charcoal Chicken”. We would love it if you could give them a visit if you ever want a night off cooking dinner. They are fantastic! They cooked around 1500 nuggets, 94 dim sims and 78 potato cakes (wow!!). We had amazing feedback from the students that they loved having a hot lunch, and the serves was so generous. We are so happy that the students love our food days. All the money raised from this food day will go straight towards the new Grade 5 and 6 Playground. We look forward to running another two P & F foods in Term 3 so watch this space!!
We also held our annual Trivia Night last Saturday night. It was such a fantastic and fun night for all our parents and friends. It was such a successful night, and we loved seeing everyone happy and having fun. We are still finalising the numbers but we will get back to you with a total amount raised from Trivia Night next term so stay tuned!!
I would love to thank the Trivia Committee who put months of hard work, organisation, preparation and dedication into making this event such a success.
Thank you so much to;
Laura Ellenby-Taylor, Lauren Moraru, Nat Pullar, Alicia Wein and Georgette Di Manno.
Thank you also for giving up your time to set up the hall on Saturday afternoon. Nights like this wouldn’t happen without a strong committee of volunteers organising it so I really appreciate it. Thank you to Andrew Meissner for running the try booking for us and doing the Live Auction on the night. We would like to also thank Duncan for also helping with the Live Auction. Thank you also to the parents who stayed back and helped us pack up the hall at the end of the night.
We had a Silent Auction, Live Auction, Raffle Draw and Door Prizes this year. The Quiz team that came out were fantastic again and very engaging and fun for the audience. I think all the parents loved all the games in between and trivia questions. There was some nice friendly competition going on between some of the tables!!
We couldn’t have done without our 7 sponsors which I have listed below. We would love it if you could support these amazing businesses who support our school so much. We also want to give thanks to all the businesses that gave us generous donations to give out as prizes.
We look forward to planning another amazing Trivia Night for you all in 2027!! We might even add another fun parent social night on the calendar for 2027! Watch this space!!
We would love everyone to save the date for our up and coming 50th Birthday Celebration. We would love to see as many families as we can to help celebrate this amazing milestone birthday. Please save the date. Saturday 8th of August. We welcome you to come to The Coach (only a 7 minute drive from the school!) and join us in a fun night of celebrations. Grab your friends, dust off your dancing shoes and help us celebrate 50 amazing years of community, friendship and social spirit. We will have a DJ, food platters and birthday cake. The P & F and school can’t wait to celebrate with you all!! Details and tickets sales links are listed below. It should be a fantastic and fun night for all!!
At the end of 2026 our Treasurer Andrew and Vice President Lincoln are stepping down. This means that come 2027 we will need a new Treasurer and Vice President to join our team. These two roles are highly important and valued in the successful running of the P and F Association and help make up the Executive Committee. We need these two positions filled by the end of the year so, in the next few weeks, I’ll provide more information about what is involved in taking on these two positions. Watch this space.
Come and speak to Georgette if you are interested in these very important roles!!
We are also on the lookout for General Members to join us. You can even come to one of our monthly meetings and see all the work we do behind the scenes and how we run the P and F Association. We always welcome new faces and new ideas. If you have a passion and interest to help our school community and be involved in the fundraising/social side of the school, I would love to hear from you!!
Kindest Regards,
Georgette Di Manno
P& F President
P & F Association
TRIVIA NIGHT 2026- SATURDAY 20TH JUNE
We would like to thank our 2026 Trivia night round table and game sponsors!!
We would also love to thank these businesses for donating prizes for the silent auction, raffle and live auction.
- Dinner Ladies
- Abstract Art
- School Pix
- Easy Turf
- Interhampers
- Tilnak Fine Art Portraits
- Lombards
- Julias Pizza
- Verve Portraits
- Bunnings Ringwood
- PSW Uniform Shop
- North Ringwood Charcoal Chicken
- Flower Pot Florist
- Tuckshop
- Cash Convertors Glen Waverley
- Conor Ryan
- The Reformer Room Warrandyte
- Ninja Parc Bayswater
- Laura Ellenby- Taylor
- Lauren Moraru
- Alicia Wein
- Georgette Di Manno
TRIVIA NIGHT PHOTOS!!!!
OUR 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION- Saturday 8th of August
Saturday 8th August - Holy Spirit Community School 50th Birthday Celebration!!
What an incredible milestone and a wonderful reason to celebrate!
We warmly invite our entire school community—past and present families, staff, parishioners, and friends—to join us as we celebrate 50 years of Holy Spirit Community School.
Grab your friends, dust off your dancing shoes, and help us celebrate 50 amazing years of community, friendship, and school spirit!
📆Saturday, 8 August
🕛7:00pm – 11:00pm
📍The Coach, Ringwood
👔 Smart Casual
🔞Adults Only
💲$30 per person
🎙️DJ
🍽️Food platters
🎂Birthday cake
🍸Drinks at bar prices
🎟️Tickets on sale now:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1600212
📷Share Your Memories!
If you have photos from your time at Holy Spirit that you would like included in the celebration, please email: pandf@hsringwoodnth.catholic.edu.au
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
INSTAGRAM!!
- We’re on Instagram!
The P&F has launched an Instagram page to help keep our school community connected, informed and up to date with upcoming events, fundraisers and all the fun happening throughout the year!
You might even catch some behind-the-scenes content and event sneak peeks
Give us a follow and help spread the word!
@holyspirit_parentsandfriends
https://www.instagram.com/holyspirit_parentsandfriends?igsh=aWIxYWdhdTMzdHMz
IGA
Do you shop at RITCHIES IGA across the street?
Make sure you download the RITCHIES IGA app or pick up a card in store and nominate 'Holy Spirit Primary Ringwood North P&F'.
The school receives 0.5% of your purchase in rebates through their Community Benefits Program. Another easy way to help the school fundraise!
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2nd HAND UNIFORM SHOP
We are still seeking winter uniform donations. If you have any winter items you would like to donate please drop them off in the bins located outside the P & F room. We also sell our Holy Spirit winter beanies at the uniform shop for $19.45 each.
HOLY SPIRIT- PARENTS AND FRIENDS FACEBOOK PAGE
Did you know that P&F has a Facebook group? We use this group for reminders and keeping in touch with parents in a more informal way. Members can also post questions in the group. Please note this is a closed group for current parents/caregivers only. Please ensure you answer the membership questions when applying to join or your request will be declined. https://www.facebook.com/groups/holyspiritpandf
I wish you all a safe, happy and fun school holiday break. We look forward to seeing all the students refreshed for another busy term. We can’t wait to tell you about all the fun and exciting events we have planned for Term 3!!
Kindest Regards,Georgette Di Manno
P & F President
Ph: 0431 301 006
Email: pandf@hsringwoodnth.catholic.edu.au
DIARY DATES: TERM 3
- Friday 7th August - P&F Food Day
- Saturday 8th August - 50th Birthday Celebration
- Friday 14th August – Second Hand Uniform Shop
- Monday 24th – Tuesday 25th August – Scholastic Book Fair
- Thursday 3rd September - Father’s Day Stall
- Thursday 10th September – Fete Lob-A-Choc / Free Dress Day
- Thursday 10th September- Dad’s Night
- Friday 11th September - Second Hand Uniform Shop
- Friday 18th September - Teams Day / P&F Food Day