Dear Parents and Carers,

We welcome our prep students to their first week of full-time school this week! Our prep students and their families have been settling in well to the structure and routine of school life, and we are looking forward to gathering as a whole school (including the preps) at Twilight Sports Carnival on Friday 31st March from 4:30-6:30 pm

Family Night under the stars - Thank You

Last Friday we had the perfect conditions for St Simon’s families to gather on the school oval for the Family Night Under the Stars screening of “Encanto”. Thank you to our fantastic Parents’ Association members and helpers who organised a wonderful event ensuring families were fed and had plenty ice-cream, coffee and popcorn.

The Resilience Project - Partnership School - Upcoming Parent Session

St Simon’s is proud to be a Partnership School with The Resilience Project.

We are pleased to make a live Parent Information Session with The Resilience Project (TRP) presenters available.

Please visit the Wellbeing section of the newsletter for more information and registration details. I encourage all new families to St Simon’s to participate in the session so that they understand the approach and curriculum we use to teach and support emotionally literate and resilient students. I also encourage and invite our current families to reengage with the message and resources of The Resilience Project so that you can continue to support your child\ren in this space.

Managing Big Feelings for Children - Parent Session

WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH - ONLINE

As part of the partnership between home and school, St Simon’s is pleased to invite and warmly encourage parents to sign up for an upcoming webinar about how to support children in managing their feelings. Click here to register.

2024 Prep Enrolment NOW OPEN

St Simon's is accepting applications for enrolment for Prep 2024. Please spread the word amongst your networks and communities.

There will be a Prep 2024 Information Night on Wednesday 24th March 7:00-7:45 pm in the School Library.

This information session targets new prospective families to St Simon's with follow-up school tours available.

School Tours are available from 20th March with registrations filling fast. More dates will be available in April and May.

Visit the school website to make enquiries or register for a tour.

The car park pedestrian structure is open!

After many months of preparation and construction, the car park pedestrian shelter is now open. This is a welcomed addition to our school and parish, ensuring that students and staff on duty have some sort of shelter during wet and hot months of the year. We will be sharing a further update to the car park drop off \pick protocol that will continue to support the safety of all users of the car park area.

St Simon’s hosting Eastern Region Learning and Teaching Network for Catholic Schools - Thursday 2nd March

On Thursday morning after 9:00 am, we will welcome some visitors from other catholic schools from all over the Eastern Region as we host Eastern Region Learning and Teaching Network Term 1 Meeting. The event starts at 9:15 am so that the morning school drop-off routine is impacted minimally. The meeting concludes at 1:00pm so we anticipate that there will be minimal impact on the traffic for school pick-up time.

Whole School Welcome Mass Tuesday 7th March - 9:15 am - All Welcome

Next Tuesday 7th March we will gather as a whole school to celebrate Mass. We will officially commission and present badges to Year 6 Student Action Leaders and Student Representative Council members during this time.

All families are invited to join us in the celebration of the Eucharist.

Exclusive Twilight Zoo Experience for St Simon’s Families!

Tickets are selling fast!! Click here to secure your $10 family ticket

(up to 8 people per family)

Together with parishioners of St Simon’s and the parish and schools communities of St Jude’s, all school families are invited to an exclusive Twilight Zoo Experience.

ZOO PARTY 2023!

We are very excited to announce that we will be hosting a Zoo Party at Melbourne Zoo - 18th March, 5:30-9:30pm.

Come for the whole time or just part of the time.

We will have exclusive use of the zoo for our party! Each family group will only pay $10 (for the whole family) to secure your tickets. That is $10 per family group - parents and children, including your under 5s and over 12s, (up to 8 people) per ticket.

That is a great saving on a regular zoo visit!

Family members outside your immediate family can also come, so save the date with grandparents and cousins! They also just need to pay $10 for their family group (8 people per family ticket)

Ticket Booking payment via CDF Pay. Click here

After payment has been made, Melbourne Zoo tickets will be distributed via the classroom tubs the week prior to the event.

Tom Wursthorn

Principal

St Simon's Parents' Association