Dear Parents and Friends,

  I hope this finds you and your families safe and well. While this has been a difficult and strange yearfor all of us, I am heartened to hear how our community continues working together to support eachother and keep connections alive between the children and adults alike.

The Caring for Them, Caring for You: Parent wellbeing during COVID-19 parent sessions have been very well received. The feedback from the first session has been really positive with one parent saying that they felt like they’d had a ‘warm hug' and another telling us that they felt that they understood so much more of why their family was interacting the way it is. We still have a couple of spaces for the session this Wednesday evening, please email me if you would like to attend.

  Father’s Day will bring mixed feelings this year for many of us, some joyful and some sad. On behalf of the Parents and Friends, I would like to wish all the Fathers a Happy Fathers’ Day. While our usual Father’s Day breakfast and stall is not possible this year, we hope that your children make your day special in their own way. To those not able to spend the day with your Father or children, we are thinking of you.

  Although we are not fundraising this year, we have recently applied for sponsorship through the Highett Bendigo Bank. We are hoping to secure funds to continue to redevelop our outdoor spaces to create welcoming play spaces for children when they return to school and to provide opportunities for outdoor learning.

  If your company has grants or sponsorship programs available, please let us know as there are many projects we would like to explore.

Karen Glancy

P&F Coordinator

stcathsparentsandfriends@gmail.com