St Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish Primary School Warrawong eNewsletter

From the Principal Desk

Year 5 and 6 Overnight Excursion to Canberra

Thank you to our Year 5 and 6 students for their participation and engagement in the overnight excursion to Canberra. A huge thank you to Mr Green, Ms Maloney, Mr Murphy, Mr Gilmore and Mrs Agius for all their organisation, giving up their time and creating memorable moments. It would not have been possible without you! Thank you also to Father Damien, Glenn (the bus driver) and Wayne from Federation Tours for all your support.

You can help! We can help!

This was the theme for our St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal, which was held at the end of Term 2. Thank you to our wonderful staff and families for the jams, soups and other donations. Congratulations to our Year 3 students who all wanted to join the Mini Vinnies team this year. Your enthusiasm and commitment is greatly appreciated.

Special thanks to Mrs Zaffonato, Ms Maitland and Ms Martins for supporting the Mini Vinnies team. Thank you also to Rhonda and Emily from St Vincent de Paul for collecting the donations and attending our assembly to present the certificates and badges to our newest members.

The Parents and Friends Association (P&F)
The P&F supports the school staff in their mission to educate our students. They demonstrate this support by raising funds to spend on school resourcing and facilities, providing a forum for the school to communicate to the parent body, giving parents the opportunity to be kept informed on educational issues and coordinating parental involvement in the school.
The P&F is run by parent volunteers and seeks to engage the school community through its activities. How Can You Help? The P&F’s success is built on the commitment and efforts of parental involvement. You can be part of that effort in many ways, including:

Joining the committee
Participating in regular P&F meetings
Volunteering for P&F events
Contacting the P&F to see if you can help in any way.

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As you are aware, the P&F has been managing the canteen. With the support of parent volunteers, we were able to provide this service for the students and families. Due to work, travel and family commitments, we were unable to fill our canteen rosters for Term 3. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our P&F committee and wonderful parent volunteers for all the work they put into running the canteen during this time. Our P&F look forward to continuing to support our school community, and we look forward to catching up with our volunteers at the next P&F event.

Thank you for all you do for our school community!
Your time and support has been greatly appreciated.

On Monday, we welcomed Ben and Peggy, who have kindly offered to come on board as our new Canteen Managers. We look forward to working with you!

End of Year Dates
Students will finish the school year on Friday 16 December. Staff will engage in professional learning on Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 December.