St Anne's Family Night
New and returning families are invited to attend the St Anne's Family Night on Thursday 21st February from 5:30pm at MCC Kew, 397 Barkers Road Kew.
Join us for dinner, barefoot bowling and supervised kids activities. It will be a fantastic, fun-filled night for all families. All meals must be pre-paid. Bookings at St Anne's Family Night by 17th February.
For any inquiries please contact Sam Lovrich on 0477044424 or samanthalovrich@yahoo.com.au.
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Year 1 & 2 Hospitality Mass
This Sunday 17th February we have the Year 1 & 2 Hospitality Mass at 10.30am.
We would appreciate it if each family could please bring along a plate for morning tea.
If you can help with set up, serving or clean up, please let Lisa Hodgkinson know. lis_burns@yahoo.co.uk
Parents and Friends Meeting
The first P&F meeting for 2019 was very positive and productive. Our new Parish Priest, Fr John Salvano attended so that he could introduce himself and we welcomed his expression of support for the School community.
Arrangements for the very popular and highly enjoyable Family Social Night were confirmed. It will take place on Thursday 21 February 2019 and all families are encouraged to attend. Be sure to book your place and pre-order your family’s meals (instructions included in this Newsletter and via the SchoolBag Ap). Our thanks to Sam Lovrich for pulling this together.
On Sunday 24 February 2019, the first of the School’s working bees for the year will take place. Each working bee is open to all school families so please bear this in mind. The old adage “many hands make light work” is never truer than when it comes to a working bee and it being just a two hour commitment (2pm-4pm), we trust we can count on your support. Kids are welcome too! We still need a Co-ordinator to assist Clare Bellio – please consider.
In 2019, our annual Parish Picnic will be hosted by St Anne’s, so mark Sunday 3 March from 11.30-2.30pm in your diaries. Our Glee Club will be performing, food and drink is provided for all and there will be fun attractions for the kids! We need helpers for set-up and clean-up and to man the Popcorn stand and BBQ. Sam Lovrich has kindly volunteered to co-ordinate these rosters so please show your support by volunteering for one of these tasks – the time commitment is minor.
We can look forward to a fantastic Dinner Dance this year on 15 June 2019 (save the date). We have a focussed sub-committee led by Didi Muccio and Bianca Pezzano and it is bursting with great ideas. This is our major fundraiser for the year and the beneficiaries will be our children so there is no excuse not to come along and make this a great night for the School! With the funds we have raised over the past two years, we are going to resurface the lower playground courts. We are currently obtaining quotes and will confirm the scope of works and installation timeline very soon!
Becky Ellis, Lisa Hodgkinson and Kathleen Sexton have done a super job in refreshing the Uniform shop and we are delighted that Jocelyn Elliot has volunteered to co-ordinate it in 2019.
Finally, the P&F want to show our support for the St Anne’s swimming team by helping to help fund team t-shirts because the children participate so enthusiastically and the support they give each other is wonderful to behold. Good luck to our team for the inter-school sports on 25th February 2019!
Hopefully this gives you a snapshot of some of the things the P&F Committee members are doing but really, anyone can be involved and we don’t even need you to come to any meetings! Our aim is to break things down into small manageable tasks so that the thought of volunteering is not overwhelming. Now it is up to all parents and friends to give just a little bit of their time in a way they can manage. The opportunities are there, please take them up. It is great fun and the difference we can make for our children is enormous!
Richard Clancy
President St Anne’s P&F
Class Reps Wanted
The P&F are looking for 2 parents from each class to help out as class reps. This a great way to get to know other parents and be part of the school community. This year we'd love to see some Dads as well as Mums get involved.
If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Anne-Marie Moir (Henry's Mum: anne.marie.moir.71@gmail.com)