School Notifications
Last Day of term 4
Please be advised the last day of term 4 for Year 6 will be Thursday 15 December. The school year will conclude with a Whole school Mass and graduation at 5:00pm in the St Columba’s Church. All children are expected to attend. Children in Year P-5 will finish school on Friday 16 December 1:00pm. This is consistent with other Catholic schools in the area.
Uniform
Hats are Back
With Spring comes higher UV levels and that means all children are required to wear their hats for the remainder of the year during play times. The ‘No hat, No play’ rule applies.
School Uniform
Children are to wear their full summer uniform. Hats however, are compulsory.
Please note correct winter uniform for girls includes blue knee highsocks or blue tights and white socks with summer uniform (no ankle socks).
A reminder that all children are to wear the correct school uniform including black school shoes on all days except when they have PE or classroom sport. Classroom teachers will inform you of the days when sport and PE occur please refer to the website for the correct uniform. https://www.stcolumbasprimary.org/uniform.html
eSmart update
The esafety commissioner website is an excellent source of information for parents andeducators. If you have questions or concerns about online safety this is the place to go.
Parent Webinars: https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
Apps/games: https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide
Celebrating 40 Years of Service from the Heart
Sacred Heart Mission is celebrating four decades of heart, faithful service and the future. It said that life begins at forty. Yet, Sacred Heart mission has already achieved so much and transformed thousands of lives since it was founded in 1982.
Join us on Sunday, 27 November from 11:00 a.m. for a special Mass to commemorate four decades of serving the community, to celebrate who we are today and the spirit of ongoing faithful service into the future.
The Mission will generously provide the refreshments from 11.45 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. but volunteers are needed to help serve and make tea/coffee, and assist with the cleaning up after the event. Anyone interested, please contact Jane or Christine at the parish office.
More Volunteers Needed at the Sacred Heart Mission
The Mission has now expanded the meal program in the dining hall from five days/week to seven days/week. Since reopening more fully, both the dining hall and the Op shops urgently require volunteers to keep these activities fully functioning.
Previous to Covid, 1800 volunteers across Mission services were on hand, since returning after lockdown, this number has dropped to 500 volunteers.
If you would like to assist either the dining hall, the Op shops or some other service in the Mission, please register on their website: www.sacredheartmission.org
Pastoral Care & Maintenance Levy
Thank you very much for the great response to our Pastoral Care & Maintenance Levy. Over 40% of families invoiced have already responded. We ask that the remaining invoices be paid as soon as possible. Please feel free to contact Jane at the parish office in any issues or questions. Thank you.
Jane Hearnes
Parish Administrator
Catholic Parish of Sacred Heart & St Columba
2 Normandy Road, Elwood VIC 3184
03 9531 6120; www.shscparish.org.au
