Thursday 25 July, 2024 (Week 2)

A note from Mr Pardini

Dear Families,

Confirmation Mass - We hope you can join us for Confirmation Mass on Sunday 11 August at 9.00am. During this Mass, we will celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation with Daisy, Oliver and Hudson. Following Mass, there will be a morning tea in the hall. If you could bring a plate of food to share, we would also appreciate it.

Soup Van Appeal - thank you for the wonderful support of St Brigid's soup van appeal. The tower of cans in the undercover area is very humble to see. A representative from the Bunbury Soup van will come to school Tuesday 13 August to take the cans so they may be delivered to those in need in the community. 

Book Week 'Dress-Up' Day -I know I wrote about this in last week's newsletter, but once again, please note we have changed to date for Book Week 'Dress-Up' Day to Tuesday 20 August. We look forward to gathering for our morning parade on this day. 

State Cross Country - We wish all the St Brigid's competitors every success next week as they travel to Perth for the State Cross country championships. Thank you to our families who are making the big trip to Perth to transport your children. Good luck everyone!

MJR / Merit Certificate Assembly - We look forward to gathering next Friday 2 August at 8.45am in the hall for our first assembly this term. We will be presenting the next MJR award as well as our next instalment of Merit Certificates.

Friendology UR Strong online session - Last week, I mentioned the classroom teachers had commenced teaching this new and exciting program called Friendology. We are one week in and already I can hear some of the language associated with this program filtering around the school. We encourage parents to support the same language at home and become informed by joining the online session with your child/children Tuesday 20 August 6.00pm to 7.15pm. The session will be led by the creator of the program, with the aim of the session to have parents and children hearing the same messages and allow the children to teach us! Registration is FREE, you can click on the link included in the newsletter, we have also included a flyer with additional information.

Farewell for three weeks! - At the start of next week, I will be away for a three-week period of long service leave as I travel to Europe. In my absence, Mrs Louise Barber will assume the role of Acting Principal. I will return to school on Monday 19 August. 

May everyone enjoy the weekend ahead and I look forward to returning to school on the 19 August. 

Carlo Pardini

Principal

Parish 'Paving Brick' Fundraiser

To commemorate the 120th anniversary year of St Brigid's Parish, we are delighted to share with our community this exciting fundraising project. We encourage all families with past or present links to our School and Parish to take advantage of this historical opportunity by purchasing a personalised brick paver that will be laid within a new pathway near the church and convent. Please see below for more information or contact the school office directly for an order form.

NAIDOC Week

Last week we celebrated NAIDOC Week on Friday with a Liturgy Service followed by a shared morning tea of damper - thank you to our Year 3 class who prepared the damper - a delicious treat enjoyed by everybody!

National Tree Day

This coming Sunday 28 July is National Tree Day, established in 1996, this is Australia's largest community tree planting event! Yesterday, to mark this day, our junior classes planted two trees below our library area. Thank you to all who were involved in coordinating this.

School Uniform

Please refer to the visual guides below for clarification on which uniform items students may wear for Term 3.

• Monday & Tuesday - sport uniform
• Wednesday & Thursday - formal uniform
• Friday - sport uniform with faction shirt

Bunbury Soup Van - Meal in a Can

Thank you so much for all of the donations we have received - we will still be accepting donations up until Monday 12th August. 

Canteen Roster

Look at what's coming up!

• Thursday 1 August - State Cross Country for selected students.
  
• Friday 2 August - MJR Assembly at 8.45am in the hall.