Where everyone is Welcome!
Calendar Dates- What's on.
JULY
25th Grandparents Day 9.00am-11.00am
29th Student Learning Conferences
30th Emmaus Production
AUGUST
1st School Closure Day
5th Yarra Valley Water - Incursion
8th Feast of Mary MacKillop
PLEASE NOTE: SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS IS BETWEEN 8.40AM TO 3.45PM ON SCHOOL DAYS.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
you were born in the Virgin Mary,
the daughter of Saints Joachim and Anne.
Look with love today on Grandparents the world over.
Protect them! They are a source of enrichment for families,
for the Church, and for all of society.
Support them! As they grow older,
may they continue to be for their families,
strong pillars of Gospel faith,
guardians of noble domestic ideals,
and living treasuries of sound religious traditions.
Make them teachers of wisdom and courage,
that they may pass on to future generations
the fruits of their mature human and spiritual experience.
Amen
From the Principal
Dear Parents and Families,
Welcome to Term Three. It has been a good week and positive start to the term. We look forward to many exciting things that we have planned for the term.
International Students
This week we welcomed students from China. They will be with us for between two weeks and six weeks. Our students have enjoyed time introducing the students to new things and helping them to settle into our school.
Grandparents and Special Friends Day
We will celebrate Grandparents and Special Friends Day at St Philip’s tomorrow morning in recognition of the Feasts of Saints Joachim and Anne. This is a special time in our school year and one that allows everyone in the community to gather and share time with students in their learning environment. Grandparents and Special Friends are welcome to our morning assembly at 9.00am prior to visiting the classrooms with the children. Morning tea will be served at 10.15am in the Hall.
100 Days of Prep – "100 Days Brighter"
Wednesday 30 July is the 100th day of prep for 2025. The school will celebrate this day based on the theme ‘100 Days Brighter’. Students from all classes are invited to dress up for the day in either something bright and colourful or something that represents 100.
Student Learning Conferences
Student Learning Conferences are scheduled for next Tuesday 29 July. Please book your time using the Parent Access Module (PAM). Children are expected to attend as well as this is an opportunity for students to reflect on their learning and share their future learning goals.
Best wishes always,
Michelle Worcester
Principal
FUN AT SCIENCEWORKS
Our excursion to Scienceworks on Monday the 30th of June, was full of fun learning and
experiences.
Playgroup
Cake Raffle
We appreciate our families volunteering for cake raffle bringing joy to the children at assembly every week. 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 to bake using the following link for term 3.
https://volunteersignup.org/7H7PE
Thank you to all of our Volunteers.
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 is open every Friday, we are very fortunate to have our tuckshop run by parent volunteers for the students enjoyment. This would not be possible without our small team of committed volunteers showing up week after week.
Please reach out to Clara on 0449 767 020 or Angi on 0431 021 711 if you can help. We appreciate your support.
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!