P & F News 

Hello and welcome back to returning St. Fidelis families. And welcome to all our new St. Fidelis families for 2023, we look forward to meeting you and getting to know each of you – we hope your Foundation children have settled in well.

The P&F are already planning for a fun-filled, successful school year, filled with community events, fundraisers and much more.

As usual, we will communicate with you via the weekly school newsletter and via SkoolBag notifications. Please check these regularly so that you don’t miss out on any important information.

We would also like to invite more of you to join our team. We meet approximately once a month and share the duties of each of the events that are organised. As you know, more hands make for lighter work, so we would really appreciate all the help we could get. There is no expectation that members attend every single meeting, or that they participate in every activity/event planned – it is strictly a help as you can role!

In saying that, we have a role open for a 2023 TREASURER – an individual who would be happy to assist with reviewing and managing the P&F budget, and who could also lead the banking. If you are interested, please contact Josie on 0421 076 580. Support will be offered for your transition into the role, many thanks in advance for your consideration of this role.

Upcoming Events 

P&F Meeting – Monday 6th Feb (TONIGHT) @7pm in the staffroom

Icy Pole Fridays – Every Friday, Icy Poles $1 each

Uniform Stall - TBA

Lunch Order Day – TBA

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle – Sunday 5th March

St. Fidelis Community Day – Sunday 19th March 

Easter Raffle – Friday 31st April

Hot Cross Bun Drive - TBA

Icy Pole Fridays

Every Friday, all students can purchase an icy pole at lunchtime for ONLY $1.

Students simply need to line up, pay for, and collect their icy poles from the designated areas. 

We thank you in advance for your support with this fundraiser.

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle

That’s right! You’ll see us at Bunnings Coburg (Gaffney St.) on Sunday 5th March. 

This event is one of our biggest fundraisers, so we need YOUR HELP. In the coming weeks, further information will be released about this event, but for now… PLEASE SAVE THE DATE. We ask that (when the time comes) you sign up as a volunteer to assist at the sausage sizzle. The experience is always fun, always go quickly and is always greatly appreciated. Thanks.  

St. Fidelis' Community Day

On Sunday 19th March, St. Fidelis will be hosting a ‘Community Day’. It will run from 12pm – 4pm and be comprised of FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS:

1. Food/Drinks
2. Teaching/Learning – Open day information for prospective families 
3. Market Stalls
4. Children’s Games/Entertainment

As you could imagine, the P&F committee alongside school administration has already begun planning for this event. It is an important event as we are hoping to gain future student enrolments, fundraise for the school and as usual celebrate our school community. In anticipation of this event, we need YOUR ASSISTANCE in the following way/s:

• If you have some spare time and would like to join the committee for this event, please contact Josie (details below).
• If you have some GOOD CONDITION 2nd hand toys/books/clothes to sell at one of our market stalls, please drop them to the school office.
• If you have some BRAND-NEW toys/homewares/tagged clothing/books (or anything else) to sell at one of our market stalls, or use as raffle/game prizes, please drop them to the school office.

Closer to the event we will be asking parents to sign up to assist at various stalls / games / activities for this event. Please begin considering how much time you could offer, as it will be impossible to run this event without school community support. 

We look forward to helping Manuela host this community day and we know that with your support, this will again prove to be another successful fundraising event for the school with the bonus of ‘bragging’ our wonderful school to the wider community.

Easter Raffle & Hot Cross Bun Drive

Our annual Easter raffle and hot cross bun drive will be running again this year. Details for both events will be released mid – March. As usual we will be asking for your support with Easter hamper donations, thank you.

And in case you missed this last year…

2022 Summary of Events

What an amazing year of events and FUNdraising we had! We are very lucky that we are part of a school community that values the learning of children and sense of community – this is evident through the continued support of all the P&F events and activities. THANK YOU to all the P&F members, families of St. Fidelis, Staff and Community businesses that allow us to run these events and yield such wonderful results. 

 As a school community we raised $19,790.52 in 2022. What an effort, we should all be proud, THANK YOU! Our closing bank balance was left at $20,625.86. Let’s see if we can top it this year?!

THANK-YOU for taking the time to stay updated with the P & F NEWS!

Our next meeting is TONIGHT Monday 6th Feb @7pm in the main staffroom. We ask that you attend to meet us, join us or assist us 😊 And please, if you have any ideas to assist us with fundraising or event organisation, general queries relating to P&F NEWS, are able to provide goods/services for use in fundraising events or if you would like to join our team, please contact: JOSIE SERVELLO    -    0421 076 580   josieservello@gmail.com