A big thank you to Abbey Walters, and the OLSH Staff and students for organising and running the Father's Day stall two weeks ago! It was great to see the kids excited with their purchased gifts for dad, grandad and the other special father figures in their lives - we hope everyone enjoyed opening their specially selected gifts on Father's Day!

Bunnings Barbeque - Sunday, November 19th

We have locked in a date to hold another Bunnings Barbecue before the end of the year to continue raising funds for our mural and garden projects and we'd love your help! Please visit https://volunteersignup.org/J3LKX to sign up to volunteer for a timeslot now. We'll also need supplies for the day, including drinks, sauces, hand sanitiser and napkins, and will send out a detailed list of supplies needed in early term 4. Thank you in advance for your help supporting our fundraising efforts!

Mural update

We are excited that 14 students have nominated to be part of our mural working group focused on 'the many faces of belonging'. In other exciting news, we have appointed our artist, Tricia "Vandal" Van Der-Kuyp  a proud Wiradjuri woman and Melbourne-based artist (Bundadhaany). You can see some of her work here - Tricia's work appears on trams, the Royal Children's Hospital and other spaces around Melbourne so we are lucky to have her collaborating with us on this project. You can see some of her work here: https://www.artistvandal.com  Tricia will work with the students, families and staff on the design for the mural.

We have also applied for a $10,000 grant to apply the final design to the entirety of the wall so the timelines for the project have been extended to July, 2024 to allow us to incorporate this funding. The first workshop will be held in November, to introduce the project to the students and begin to design the collaboration process, with this work continuing in 2024. 

 We will also be reaching out to families next year to explore their ideas of belonging and what helps them feel like they belong in our school community, so look out for ways to get involved early next year.

Graduation dinner

The P & F have been working with Ms Tavcar, Mrs O'Donnell and the year 6 students on the graduation function for Thursday, December 14 (Evening). The students had lots of ideas about how they would like to celebrate this important milestone with family and supporters and a save the date will go home with more details at the end of this week. The function will commence at the Church and include a liturgy and presentation of awards before a celebratory dinner and activities in the hall. While not giving too much away, they have gone with a 'round the world' theme for a buffet and high energy activities so make sure to wear some comfy shoes and watch out for upcoming Operoos.

 

Mums Time Out events

Upcoming events:

Start of term 4 drinks - 

Join us after the holidays for a drink on Thursday, 5 October at Le Bar Supper Club, Beaumaris from 7.30pm, www.lebar.com.au. Please let know Nat know if you can attend!

 

Save the date: Axe Throwing and Lunch: Sunday, 22 October. Organise some time out from home, gather your class Mums and let loose at LumberPunks with 90mins of Axe throwing! (Axes start at 300g apparently, no need to panic!)

$40 11 Mums+ otherwise $45.

Lumberpunks 11am session and St Ali Coffee Roasters, 12.45 booking.

Please let Nat Taffe know if you have any questions and if you can come to either or both - nattaffe@gmail.com or 0438548739

More info: https://www.lumberpunks.com/what-to-expect-lumber-punks

 

If you’d like to join the What’s App group, please also contact Nat!

 

End of year Christmas raffle!

Can you believe it’s only 81 days to December 1? We are getting organised early, with our end of raffle already in planning! If you have a business or service that you’d like to contribute a prize on behalf of, please let Nat Taffe know at nattaffe@gmail.com. Raffle tickets will be sent home early in Term 4, to be sold and returned for the Major Raffle to be drawn at the Christmas Carol evening, Thursday, December 7.

 

Pancake Parlour School Rewards Program

School holidays are just about here so why not treat the kids to a Pancake Parlour meal at Southland? St. Catherine's is registered in the Pancake Parlour Rewards program and every spend at a store adds to St. Catherine's tally! WE are currently coming in first place at Southland and fourth overall! If we score the most points in our local area, we will win $1000 cash!

 

Uniform shop

Don’t forget to have a look in the cupboards and donate any items your children have grown out of! There are lots of summer items available at the uniform shop, open this Friday from 3.10-3.40pm, in the P&F room, just off the quadrangle. Cash and eftpos available!