Parents & Friends (PFA)

PFA NEWS

We held our final PFA meeting of the year on Tuesday night with the major agenda item being the biennial School Fair which is scheduled to take place in early 2021. The chaos that Covid-19 has created has put much of the PFA activities on hold for this year, however we plan to take a pro-active approach to the start of 2021 in regards to the staging of the Fair.

We have decided to plan for an event to be held early in the new school year (March 20th). Our goals for the event will be:

To be one of the first major local events in the community
To be engaging for both our school community and the broader local community
To create exposure for our school throughout the community
To showcase the values of our school and project them to the community through a fun, family friendly event

Our concept is to have a single key component then build other elements around this to create an event. The idea of a concert has been tabled, with the concert stage being the focal point for the entire event, and elements such as food and drink vendors built in around that. Think a music festival type event with a program of performances across the day and other activities to keep people interested between performances.

Here’s where we need your help! We are seeking information from anyone in the school community who might be able to help get some high-quality acts to our school. Maybe your mother’s cousins wife’s sister knows Elton John and can help open the conversation about getting him here! Maybe your dog does dog training with John Farnham’s dog. Any leads/information will help! We’re looking for Bands, Comedians, sportspeople etc. etc. – basically any high-quality acts that could fill a timeslot through the day. Once we’re able to build a program, we can then build the rest of the event around that.

So…dig deep into your network of friends, family and acquaintances to see if there is some way of helping getting someone or something massive to our Fair.

Finally, we also held our PFA AGM on Tuesday night and completed the formalities for the year. We are pleased to say that the key roles within the committee will remain the same with the exception of our long serving Treasurer Scott Miller who steps down and is replaced by Wes Folkard. Thanks for all your time and effort Scott and welcome to Wes. As always, if there is anyone out there who is keen to be involved please let us know.

Now, its time to start scrolling through your phone contact list, lean over your back fence, go to the dog park and send all possible Fair concert leads to pfa@santglen.catholic.edu.au

Cheers,

Scott & Troy

Christmas Trees

The PFA is pleased to announce that it is again supporting Rotary (Chadstone East Malvern) in its annual Christmas Tree drive.

For each tree purchased our school receives a donation and your home will be filled with the fresh smell of Christmas cheer!

Rotary will deliver (contact free and no charge) your chosen tree to within a 25km radius of Chadstone.

Delivery dates are Saturday Dec 5th, 12th and 19th. Please order at least 3 days prior to requested delivery date.

Prices for Christmas trees are $65 medium and $75 large. Tree stands and Christmas cakes are also available and will be delivered with your tree.

To purchase these Christmas trees online, access RCEM online store at https://rccem-onlineshop.square.site/.

Select Shipping (or pick up if preferred) and ‘Add a Coupon Code: Set to ‘STAP' (once you have added to Cart). This allows RCEM to donate an amount to St Anthony's Primary School.

This offer is available to all your family and friends so please forward this email if they are interested.

Thanks, and here’s to a merry Christmas,

Sharon Stewart (Darcy's Mum 3/4TD)

0417334149