Bunnings Barbecue - 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!

School Years Photo Frames Fundraiser Opportunity

Thanks to everyone who purchased a School Years frame! As well as getting a beautiful way to remember your child's school years you helped us raise $130 to go towards our various school grounds improvements and end of year events.

Dad's Group

The end of the year might be approaching, but you can still join the Dad's Group to stay in the loop for upcoming events! Text Bernard Laville on 0429 055 911, Pete Brook on 0422 082 281 or Darren Brady on 0490 502 108 to join the WhatsApp group today.

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, 2023 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

Axe Throwing - JOIN US!

Ever wanted to throw something as hard and fast as you could? Now you can, in a safe, controlled fun environment at Lumber Punks! With axes starting as light as 300grams, let loose with the St Cath's Mum's group on Sunday 22 October. This is an adult only event, closed toe-shoes must be worn. Price: $40 each if our group is 11 Mums+ otherwise $45.Or want to join us for lunch afterwards? 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

End of year Christmas raffle!

Can you believe we're already counting down to Christmas? 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

St Catherine's is registered in the Pancake Parlour Rewards program - and every spend at a store adds to St Catherine's tally! If we score the most points in our local area, we will win $1,000 cash! We are currently in first place at Southland!

Parents - please familiarise yourself with the options to attribute the points to St Catherine's tally - becoming a member (free) via their app, instore when ordering or via their website: https://bit.ly/447hLSs Thanks to those families who have dined already and added to our tally! Competition runs until the end of December 2023.

Uniform shop:

If you are in need of summer uniform items please feel free to browse the uniform shop - keys can be obtained from the school office to have a look, and payments can be made to Laura Bailey in the office. Alternatively the uniform shop will be open on Thursday at school pick up time - there are plenty of summer shorts, button down shirts, and dresses, however we don't have any navy zip jumpers, polos or jumpers yet.