Newsletter September 9th, 2025

Thank you to all who attended the 3-Way conferences. To showcase some of the students' work was marvelous and the support of families attending was greatly appreciated. We are very proud of all our students and the staff who support wonderful learning opportunities continuously.

On Friday 5th September, we were excited to welcome fathers and special people in our lives to our Father’s Day Breakfast and Liturgy. We will thank all those who celebrated with us last Friday and the staff for preparation of the morning. We hope all families enjoyed our celebration and had a wonderful weekend.  

Foundation, Year 1, 2 and 3 were excited to see wonderful Australian animals from Wildlife Xposure. The children enjoyed the experience of meeting up close and personal with our native animals and all the information Xavier had to share.  We throughout enjoyed the day and learned so much information about our wildlife.

This Thursday, the 18th September, we will gather as a whole school to celebrate Mission Mass at 11:30am at St Brigid's church. All welcome to attend.

All of the timetabled events (to date) for the school year can be found on our school calendar which can be accessed through PAM and via this newsletter.

Whole School Prayer/ Assembly will continue to take place on a fortnightly basis at St Brigid’s Church on Monday afternoons from 2:30pm.

Term 4 dates:

Monday 13th October, 2025 @2:30pm - Year 4/5S facilitating

Monday 27th October, 2025 @2:30pm - Foundation C facilitating

Monday 10th November, 2025@ 2:30pm - Year 2/3M facilitating

Monday 24th November, 2025 @ 2:30pm - Year 1S facilitating

Suzanne Beaver will again be at St Brigids every Tuesday this year. 

Suzanne is available for individual sessions with children. Common issues addressed are managing strong emotions, self esteem, friendship issues, anxiety, and family challenges such as illness, grief and separation.

Suzanne is also available for individual sessions with parents. Topics can include a range of parenting challenges, i.e. managing strong emotions, school reluctance, helping your child form strong friendships, and helping your child to navigate family separation.

Suzanne can also assist you in finding the right external support for your child and family.

This is a great service provided right here at school. Please don't hesitate to contact Suzanne with any concerns you might have. Contact Suzanne by phone on a Tuesday or by email any day sbeaver@sbballan.catholic.edu.au.

You can also access the service through the office or your classroom teacher.

Our next P&F meeting will take place on Monday 20th October from 3.15pm - 4.00pm in our school Library. An active P&F committee allows families the opportunity to play a valuable part in providing social and fundraising activities.  Please attend this meeting if you are interested in joining our P&F committee. Any help would be greatly appreciated as all funds raised contribute to resources and materials to support your children in their holistic development.

Hot lunches will continue this week and take place each Friday via the online ordering system - Spriggy Schools on SZapp.

Volunteers

We have re-introduced a roster looking for volunteers to help prepare and serve lunches on each Friday. Ideally 3 helpers are required.

If you are available to help out on a Friday between 11.30am-1.00pm please contact the school office with your dates (valid Working with Children Check is required).

The children really enjoy hot lunches and this can only happen with the help of volunteers!

Term 3 Roster:

Please find below an updated menu.

Our Parents & Friends team is kicking off a delicious fundraising drive for Term 3, and we need your sweet support!

Boxes of Cadbury chocolates are now available from the school office for just $60 each. Each box is packed with a tempting selection of treats—perfect for sharing, gifting, or indulging yourself!

All funds raised go directly towards supporting our school community. Please return all money by Friday 10th October 2025.

Let’s make this fundraiser a sweet success! Grab your box today and help us spread the chocolatey joy!

Loreto College invites prospective families to come along to their upcoming Open Morning and Year 7 2027 Information Evening. Open Day is perfect for those families who haven’t toured the College before. At the Year 7 2027 Information Evening, learn more about Loreto life, the future of learning at Loreto College and meet our College Leadership Team and key staff. This evening is for Year 7 2027 (Year 5 Students) prospective parents/carers and students. Please note that availability is limited for both events.

KEY DATES and links:

Open Morning – Thursday 23 October 2025

Year 7 2027 Information Evening – Tuesday 28 October 2025 

Year 7 2027 Application Closing Date – Friday 6 February 2026

For further information, please visit our enrolments page at https://loreto.vic.edu.au/loreto-education/enrolment/ 

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Welcome to St Brigid's Primary School's Parent Access Module or PAM.

PAM is the home of your school related, student information and will be used for medical profiles, excursion/camp permissions, parent teacher interviews, absences, text notifications and daily messages.

Please follow the instructions below to set up your account.

Step 1:
You will need to set your own access password. To set your password click on the link below. This will take you to the PAM login page. Click on the 'Forgot Password?' link and follow the prompts.

PAM Login

Step 2:

Download the SIMON Everywhere app to access PAM on your preferred
device/s. Search 'SIMON everywhere' in the app store and download. Once
downloaded, click on the 3 lines in the top left corner, click on 'add school',
select 'St Brigid’s Primary School' then enter the login details that you set up
for PAM in Step 1.

Step 3:
Please complete the medical profile for each of your child/ren and upload any action plan if applicable. Please Note: It is the parents/guardians' responsibility to update their child/ren's profiles, to inform the school of any changes. This profile will be the main school medical reference for camps and excursions. 

If you are experiencing any difficulty with the setup process, please contact the office.