Principal's News
Our theme for this year is
STEP UP! BE MORE!
Dear Parents,
Congratulations to Leo and Noah who were baptised on Sunday at the 10.00a.m. Mass. It was lovely to be part of this special celebration.
We hope all our mums had a great Mothers' Day on Sunday. I would like to say a special thank-you to all those who were able to make it to our Mothers' Day dinner at Shoppingtown Hotel on Thursday night. It was a fun, relaxing night and a great opportunity to chat and get to know some of our new mums. Thanks also to Tarn (Chloe's dad) for donating a lovely door prize of a Ferguson Plarre High Tea valued at $70 that he very kindly delivered to the lucky winner (Savanna - Cleo's mum) on Saturday.
FATHER GERRY'S RETIREMENT AND 50 YEARS OF PRIESTHOOD CELEBRATION SUNDAY 23RD MAY 10.00 a.m. FOLLOWED BY LUNCH IN THE HALL:
Please come along and help us farewell Father Gerry and celebrate his 50 years as a priest on Sunday 23rd May at 10.00 a.m. mass followed by lunch in the hall. If you would like to come to lunch there is a cost of $20 per head and you will need to register at the following link: https://www.stkevinsparish.org.au/whats-happening/
We will be purchasing a gift for Fr Gerry and are asking all families and staff to make a donation towards the gift of whatever they can afford. Please put your donation in an envelope and send it to the office by Friday 14th May marked "Fr Gerry - Retirement Gift Donation".
The parish has asked us to get the children and the families to write poems, stories, memories or even draw pictures of Fr Gerry that they can display in the church and hall for the celebration. They will also be made into a book to present to Fr Gerry on the day. Please return your contributions of your thoughts, stories, poems, words of thanks or praise, portraits, photos or whatever you would like to create to be included in Fr Gerry's "St Kevin's Primary School Memory Book" and display by Friday 14th May.
SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY:
On Wednesday 26th May the St Kevin’s staff will be undertaking a day of professional learning about scripture with scripture expert and theologian - Mr Joe Fleming. Joe worked for many years at the Catholic Education Office and then at Australian Catholic University and the Yarra Theological Union. He will be working with us to break open many of the scripture stories we use in our classrooms in order to improve our scripture analysis skills and to help us use these stories with our students in more meaningful ways.
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Governance Board now requires all staff working in Catholic schools to undertake 10 hours of professional learning in Religious Education every year.
This will be a school closure day for the children. We had initially planned to have this school closure day on 31st May but Joe was unable to work with us on that date, thus we have had to move the school closure day to 26th May. If you need care for your child on that day Youth Leadership Victoria will be running a program onsite.
Please call 0400 756 785 to book a place for your child if needed.
BREAD BAG RECYCLING AT ST KEVIN'S:
St Kevin's school is participating in the Wonder Recycling Rewards – a fun and easy program for Aussie schools to recycle all plastic bread bags that might otherwise go to landfill. We will earn reward points to redeem on new sports equipment for our efforts. The bread bags will be used to create wonderful things like school furniture and play equipment!
For every 5kg bin filled, our school will earn credits redeemable for exciting new sports equipment.
Please start collecting your bread bags and drop them in the box in the school foyer.
To find out more please visit https://www.wonder.com.au/
COVID REMINDERS:
- You are very welcome to come into the office and direct all inquiries/messages to Robyn, but please do not enter the learning spaces.
- Please ensure you and your children stay home if unwell and get tested
- Continue to practise good hand hygiene
STUDENT ABSENCE REQUIREMENTS
2022 ENROLMENTS:
If you are aware of anyone who has a child starting prep in 2022 please encourage them to contact us for an enrolment pack. If you have a child starting school in 2022 - feel free to access the enrolment form on our website or by accessing the link below.
Kindest regards
Frances Matisi
Principal