File - St. Mel`s Primary School Shepparton

St Mel’s School
2016
Parent Information Booklet &
Calendar
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www.smshepparton.catholic.edu.au
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“CHRIST OUR LIGHT" We hope all people everywhere, Especially the members of St Mel’s community, Will always see Christ as their guiding light, Showing them the way towards God. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of our land the Yorta Yorta Nations and Bangerang peoples.
School Principal: Dom Poppa
Kinder Director: Miriam Stewart
St Mel’s OSHC Director: Leanne Cator
35 Hamilton Street,
200 Archer Street
35 Hamilton Street,
SHEPPARTON 3630
SHEPPARTON 3630
SHEPPARTON 3630
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Phone: (03) 5821 3163
Phone: (03) 5821 9982
Phone: 0438 213 163
Fax: (03) 5821 6202
ST. MEL’S PARISH
18 H AMILTON S TREET, SHEPPARTON V IC. 3630
TELEPHONE : (03) 5831 2194
Email: [email protected]
Parish Priest: Fr. Joven Lustre
Christ the King Church
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Mass Times
Sunday: 9:30 am and 5:30 pm
Weekdays: Monday to Thursday 8:00 am, Friday 9:15 am (first Friday 6pm), Saturday 9am
Reconciliation: Saturday 9:30 – 10:00
Office Hours: Tuesdy to Friday 9:30 – 3:00pm
St Mel’s is a proud Catholic school and kindergarten striving, learning and achieving together,
through Christ our light.
Our Vision Statements
St Mel’s strives to: Build a community illuminated by our Catholic Tradition and grounded in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Nurture the spirit, mind, and body of each learner. Create learning environments that invite learners to inquire, explore and discover. Embrace all families working in partnership with parish and community to engage in life long learning. Rejoice in the diversity of our community and celebrate its uniqueness. Our Graduate Outcomes At St Mel’s we endeavour to educate students who: Demonstrate openness to faith and willingness to act justly. Are open to nurturing their personal spirituality. Are curious engaged learners, risk takers in their learning and life long learners. Are literate and numerate. Have good self-­‐awareness and confidence to explore possibilities. Understand their responsibility in caring for all God’s creation. Show understanding and appreciation of the diversity of society. Are respectful, cooperative, and can communicate and work with others harmoniously. Playful learning to inquiring minds Inquiring minds to cooperative learners Cooperative learners to self directed individuals. Developing creativity through learning Be a St Mel’s
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Respect our school.
Do your best.
Help others succeed.
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Our House Teams are:
MEL – Green
O’REILLY – Red
MERCY – Blue
SCALABRINI – Yellow
All families belong to a team!
Fr. Joven Lustre
Dom Poppa
Wendy Baldwin
Lorraine Spies
Tony McDonald
Kellie Raymer
Robyn Parker
Maria Makin
Julie Ferguson
Veronica Hibble
Cindy Lombardozzi
Sunny Alessi
Heather McArthur
Sarah Maloney
Jacqui Westblade
Katie Ferrari
Sandy Carver
Donna Jensen
Dean Simpson
Luisa Cassise
Robyn Banfield
Alison Wignal
Penny Murdoch
Melani Fitzsimmons
Carolyn Brodie
Mandy Christoe
Roslyn Wilson
Amy Clifford
Adrian Mancini
Laurel Baxter-Butts
Kerry Amadei
Jodi Cox
Catherine Whitford
Ellie Phillips
Barbara Brown
Carmel Hutchison
Ebony Anderson
Kara Mc Kann
Emily Slaughter
ST MEL’S STAFF
Parish Priest / Canonical Administrator
Principal
Deputy Principal / Reading Recovery
Curriculum Coordinator / Special Education
Catholic Identity Coordinator / Reading Recovery
School Administration Officer
School Administration Officer
Librarian / Teacher Assistant
Koorie Education Worker
Teacher Assistant
Teacher Assistant
Teacher Assistant
Teacher Assistant
Teacher Assistant
Teacher Assistant
Teacher Assistant
Pastoral Wellbeing Officer
Canteen Manager
Caretaker
Curriculum Support Teacher
Arts Teacher
Japanese Teacher
Science Teacher
Speech Pathologist
Foundation Teacher
Foundation Teacher
Foundation Teacher
Year 1 / 2 Teacher / Leader
Year 1 / 2 Teacher
Year 1 / 2 Teacher
Year 1 / 2 Teacher
Year 1 / 2 Teacher
Year 3 / 4 Teacher / Leader
Year 3 / 4 Teacher
Year 3 / 4 Teacher
Year 3 / 4 Teacher
Year 5 / 6 Teacher / Leader
Year 5 / 6 Teacher
Year 5 / 6 Teacher
SCHOOL HOURS OF DUTY
8:30 a.m.
8.45 a.m.
8.55 a.m.
9.00 a.m.
11.00 a.m.
11.05 a.m.
11.30 a.m.
1.25 p.m.
1.30 p.m.
2.20 p.m.
3.20 p.m.
3:40 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Gates Open
Classrooms open
Warning bell
Lessons begin
Children eat play lunch
Recess
Start of second session
Children eat lunch
Lunch time
Start of afternoon session
Dismissal
Gates closed
OSHC closes
Come to our school Assembly
Friday 2:30 in the hall
All welcome.
KISS AND GO ZONE This zone has been created at the front entrance of the school on Hamilton Street, between the library and the hall, to facilitate the safe dropping off and picking up of students. Please obey all signage and ensure the safety of all our children at all times. Please support our sponsors and advertisers …shop locally, mention St Mel’s and save!
SITE MAP
Archer St
Gate
Gate
Room 16
Sand
Pit
Adventure
Play
Room15
Room 14
K-2
Adventure
Playground
Storeroom
K- 2
Toilet
Private
Property
Emergency
Assembly Area
Room 13
Kindergarten
Grassed Area
3-6
Room 12
Adventure
Playground
Storage Rooms
Room 11
Rm1b
Room 10
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Rm1a
Canteen Room 1
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Shade Sails
School
Storage
Room 9
DP
Room 8
Room 7
Toilets
Garden
&
Chooks
Storage
Shed
Bike store
Staff
Toilets
Meeting
Room
Lib
Staff Office Library
Room
Room 6
Rm 5 Rm 4 Rm 3 Rm 2
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Parish
Hall
Private
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Hall
Storage
Entrance
St Melʼs
School and Kindergarten
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Learning Suites
Studio* 1: EMU / OSHC
Studio 4: PG KJ
Studio 10: PG EP
Studio 14: PG ES
Studio 1a: Wellness
Studio 5: PG LB
Studio 11a: PG CW
Studio 15: P/Arts
Hamilton St
YOU ARE HERE
Studio 1b: Reading Recovery
Studio 7: PG RW
Studio 11b: PG BB
Studio 16: V/Arts
Exit Doors
Studio 2: PG AC
Studio 8: PG CL
Studio 12: PG EA
*N.B. Room = Studio
Water Tanks
Studio 3: PG AM
Studio 9: PG CH
Studio 13: PG KM
THE REGGIO APPROACH Reggio Emilia philosophy is based upon the following set of principles:
• Children must have some control over the direction of their learning;
• Children must be able to learn through experiences of touching, moving, listening, seeing, and hearing;
• Children have a relationship with other children and with material items in the world that children must be allowed to explore and
• Children must have endless ways and opportunities to express themselves.
Let’s keep dreaming. Keep dreaming big. It is very exciting. Are you ready to jump in!
"When we look in a mirror we see ourselves and when we look at the practice and pedagogy of the Reggio Emilia schools we find a provocation to challenge our assumptions and question our
practice. Pedagogy is a matter of choice, choosing from many possibilities, a process that is informed by continual questioning, reflection and research." Loris Malaguzzi” Founder of the Reggio
Approach
ST MEL’S PARISH EDUCATION BOARD (PEB) Our P.E.B. is an active group of people made up of school and kindergarten parents, who along with St Mel’s Parish, work to build St Mel’s
community. Meetings are held once a month to actively work on leading our learning community.
Our PEB is made up of the following governance:
Fr. Joven Lustre: Parish Priest
Dom Poppa: Principal
Wendy Baldwin: Deputy Principal
Miriam Stewart: Kindergarten Director
Leanne Cator: OSHC
Kellie Raymer: Administration
Current chairperson: Carl Byrne
Meetings are held on the 3rd and 8th Thursday of the term from 7:30 pm – 9pm. Our Annual General meeting is held in Term Three with officer
bearers and new committee members being elected.
To raise issues of a more general nature, or to provide suggestions on the running of the school or other like matters, contact the Principal, the Parish
Education Board Chair or any member of the PEB.
ST MEL’S PARENTS SOCIAL CLUB (PSC)
The aim of the Social Club is to ‘raise funds, while creating fun’. As a group of parents and friends the Social Club organises many events such as
the Easter Egg Raffle, Mother’s Day Stall, Father’s nights, Winter Market and so on. They meet once a month, or as the need arises (see St Mel’s
Newsletter for dates.)
The following executive roles are held: President, Assistant President, Secretary and Treasurer, with general committee members to support
organizational issues. The current is Sarah Maloney. Executives role are called for at the AGM in Term Three. All
Welcome
At St Mel’s we believe that all people who participate in our school life have the right to feel safe and be safe. With that safety comes the sense of
belonging, being happy and the opportunities to succeed. It is also our responsibility that we make others feel safe.
FEES AND LEVIES
Family Fee
Student Levy
Capital Levy
ICT Levy
Lower Years Camp
Upper Years Camp
$1040 – per family
$270 – per student
$200 – per family
$200 – per family
$220 per student (Harrietville 2016)
$500 per student (Canberra 2016)
Due to possible losses, damages,
theft or inappropriate use, mobile
phones and electronic games are
not permitted at St Mel’s.
Fees are subject to change annually, in line with CPI (approximately 5.7%).
Due to the rising costs of camps there may be additional charges if needed.
Accounts for school fees & levies will be sent home each term. Direct debits (weekly, fortnightly or monthly), EFTPOS, Cash or Cheque
facilities are available. Should you have any concerns about fee and levies please speak to one of us in at the office.
UNIFORM
Uniform is compulsory at all times. Children who attend school without the correct uniform need to bring a note explaining why.
Clothes must be clearly and permanently marked with the child's name.
Jeweler is not permitted, except for studs or sleepers in the case of students with pierced ears - one per ear only. Nail polish or make up is
encouraged for home use. If children have long hair it must be fastened tidily - green or gold bands only please. Hair must be the child's natural
colour and of an acceptable style. The judgment of this will be left to the discretion of the Principal.
Refer to your St Mel’s Parent Handbook which can be found on our website www.smshepparton.catholic.edu.au in the enrolment downloads
section.
HOME LEARNING
Our home learning expectations require families spending time together each school night. The following guide is for
weeknights and it is up to each family to decide the best way to support and enhance school learning. Doing family chores is
a great home learning experience.
Early Primary Years
Child reading to an adult / adult reading to the child for approximately 15 minutes
Lower Primary Years
Reading for approximately 20 minutes, spelling and number facts, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems, practice.
Upper Primary
Reading for approximately 30 minutes, spelling, number facts and possible project work. Organisation skills are taught in class to develop time
management and independent study skills.
These skills should be reinforced at home e.g. No TV, computer game or electronic devices after eight o’clock or at least an hour before bedtime.
PARENT CONCERNS
Any parent or guardian who has concerns about their child should contact the classroom teacher. If you are unhappy with the way your concerns
are dealt with, or if in your opinion the concerns are very serious, please contact the Principal.
TERM DATES 2016
Term 1: 28 January to 24 March
St Mel’s
Outside School Hours Care
Monday to Friday
3:20 to 6:00 p.m.
Director: Leanne Cator
0438213163
Eligible for CCB and CCR
Term 2: 11 April to 24 June
Term 3: 11 July to 16 September
Term 4: 3 October to 16 December
TERM DATES 2017
Term 1: 31 January to 31 March
Term 2: 18 April to 30 June
Term 3: 17 July to 22 September
Term 4: 9 October to 20 December
Public Holidays will be observed on:
Australia Day, Labour Day, ANZAC Day, Queen's Birthday and
Melbourne Cup.
2016 student free days:
27 Jan, 20 May, 25 May, 21 Nov, 9 Dec, 19 Dec, & 20 Dec
Refer to the school calendar and newsletter for important dates.
School Stream App for smartphones.
This will be the school’s preferred way of informing you of
school events and news, along with the newsletter. You can
even submit absence notes via the App. Download the App
from the App Store (Apple or Android) and then search for St
Mel’s School.
Toys, games and balls brought to school are
the responsibility of the individual and St Mel's
will not be held responsible for these.
Guns or toys of a violent nature are not
permitted.
Balls that are kicked onto the roof will be
collected only when it’s safe to do so.
2016 the Year of Mercy
Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ,
you have taught us to be merciful like the heavenly Father,
and have told us that whoever sees you sees Him.
Show us your face and we will be saved.
Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus and Matthew from being enslaved by money;
the adulteress and Magdalene from seeking happiness only in created things;
made Peter weep after his betrayal,
and assured Paradise to the repentant thief.
Let us hear, as if addressed to each one of us, the words that you spoke to the Samaritan woman:
“If you knew the gift of God!”
You are the visible face of the invisible Father,
of the God who manifests his power above all by forgiveness and mercy:
let the Church be your visible face in the world, its Lord risen and glorified.
You willed that your ministers would also be clothed in weakness
in order that they may feel compassion for those in ignorance and error:
let everyone who approaches them feel sought after, loved, and forgiven by God.
Send your Spirit and consecrate every one of us with its anointing,
so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a year of grace from the Lord,
and your Church, with renewed enthusiasm, may bring good news to the poor,
proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed,
and restore sight to the blind.
We ask this of you, Lord Jesus, through the intercession of Mary, Mother of
Mercy; you who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.
The logo and the motto together
provide a fitting summary of what the
Jubilee Year is all about. The
motto Merciful Like the Father (taken
from the Gospel of Luke, 6:36)
serves as an invitation to follow the
merciful example of the Father who
asks us not to judge or condemn but
to forgive and to give love and
forgiveness without measure (cfr. Lk
6:37-38).
Amen.
January 2016
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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Solemnity of Mary
Mother of God
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Feast of the Conversion
of St Paul
School Starts
Lisa and Andrew Castle
City: 58318007
Riverside: 58235034
February 2016
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Monday
Tuesday
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Wednesday
2
Upper Years
Information Night
8
PEB Meeting
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22
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Thursday
3
4
Foundation Rest
Shrove Tuesday 9
Lower Years
Information Night
Foundation Rest
16
Foundation
Information Night
Foundation Rest
23
Early Years 1 / 2
Information Night
Friday
10
Saturday
5
St Mel’s Feast Day
Celebration
Sunday
6
Feast of St Mel
7
Blessing Mass 9:30
+ cuppa
11
12
Year 6 Leadership
Day
13
14
17
18
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20
21
24
Foundation Rest
LENTEN
Reconciliation 7pm
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27
28
Ash Wednesday Mass
March 2016
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
2
Foundation Rest
7
8
9
Friday
3
4
5
6
Holy Hour &
Reconciliation 6pm
10
Upper Years
Camp Canberra
11
Upper Years
Camp Canberra
12
13
18
19
20
25
26
Upper Years
Camp Canberra
Upper Years
Camp Canberra
Labour Day
PEB Meeting 15
Lower Years
Camp Harrietville
16
Lower Years
Lower Years
Camp Harrietville
Big Day Out
Holy Week 21
Harmony Day
Liturgy Church
22
Holy Week Liturgy
23
24
Holy Thursday Liturgy
Holy Week Liturgy
28
29
17
School Photos
Last Day of Term
1:20 Finish
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Sunday
Welcome twilight
fun games and BBQ
Upper Years
Camp Canberra
14
Saturday
31
Good Friday
27
Easter Sunday
April 2016
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Sunday
2
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Divine Mercy
Sunday
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12
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16
17
Start Term Two
Sacrament Program
Enrolment
18
Student Parent
Teacher
Conference
19
Student Parent
Teacher
Conference
25
ANZAC Day (PH)
Sacrament Program
Enrolment
20
Student Parent
Teacher
Conference
26
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28
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30
Sacramental Program
Information Evening
7:30
PEB Meeting
Jenny Serra-Stylist
0409 149 159
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Sacramental Program
Commences: Parish
day for children.
May 2016
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1
2
3
4
5
6
Mother’s Day Stall
7
12
13
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15
Pentecost Sunday
19
20
21
22
28
29
Ladies High Tea
9
10
NAPLAN
16
11
NAPLAN
17
Mother’s Day
NAPLAN
18
8
Pupil Free Day:
Thinking and learning
conference
23
24
30
31
PEB Meeting
Catholic Education
Week; Year of Mercy
Catholic Education
Week; Year of Mercy
26
25 Sorry Day
Pupil Free Day:
Sacrament of
Catholic Identity
Reconciliation
27
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Catholic Education
Week; Year of
Mercy
6
7
Friday
2
Sunday
3
4
10
11
12
17
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19
Feast of St Anthony
Feast of the
Sacred Heart
Open Day Tours
10 a.m. & 12 noon
8
Saturday
9
5
Sacramental Program:
Confirmation / Euch.
Incursion: It’s a
mad world.
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16
Queens Birthday
School Disco
9:30 a.m.
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23
Report Folios
Home
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Last day of Term
1:20 Finish
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Thursday
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Saturday
Sunday
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Term Three Starts
Confirmation:
Bishop Leslie
9:30 Mass
25
PEB and PSC AGM
26
World Youth Day,
Krakow, Poland
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World Youth Day,
Krakow, Poland
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World Youth Day,
Krakow, Poland
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Pupil Free Day:
Writing PL
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World Youth Day,
Krakow, Poland
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World Youth Day,
Krakow, Poland
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Tuesday
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Thursday
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Sunday
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Book Week: Dress
Up Day
27
28
Principal Reading
Challenge Starts
Feast of the
Assumption Mass
22
Book Week:
Australia Story
Country
PEB Meeting 29
Book Week:
30
Australia Story
Country
31
Principal’s Reading
Challenge Finishes
POPLAR AVENUE
IGA X-Press Plus Liquor
Open 7 Days 58212211
73 Fryers Street Shepparton
5821 4011
Open Everyday 11:00 a.m. - Till Late
email: [email protected]
Migrants &
Refugees Sunday
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Big Bloke’s
Breakfast
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6
7
12
13
14
Feast of the Exaltation
of the Cross
Sunday
2
3
Father’s Day
4
First Holy
Communion: 9:30
Mass
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10
11
16
17
18
24
25
Father’s Day Stall
8
Reflection Day
Sacramental Program
15
House Athletics
Carnival
End of Term
1:20 Finish
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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2
Month to the
Memorial of Our
Lady of the Rosary
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Term Four Starts
PEB Meeting 17
Parent Teacher
Conference
24
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Parent Teacher
Conference
Parent Teacher
Conference
25
23
School Mass
9:30 a.m.
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Monday
Tuesday
Bishop’s Holiday
Wednesday
1
2
Solemnity of All Saints
Commemoration of All
the Faithful Departed
8
9
Melbourne Cup
7
Thursday
Friday
3
Sunday
4
5
6
Remembrance Day11
12
13
19
20
Feast of Christ the
King
26
27
Foundation
Transition Session
10
Foundation
Transition Session
14
Saturday
Twilight Fun Fair
15
16
17
18
Foundation
Transition Session
PEB Meeting 21
Pupil Free Day:
Report Writing
22
28
29
Foundation
Transition Session
23
24
Year Two Sleep
Over
30
25
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Monday
Tuesday
5
2017 Foundation
Parent Welcome
Session
12
Volunteer Morning
Tea
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1
2
3
4
8
9
10
11
16
Last Day of School
17
18
25
Orientation Day
Pupil Free Day:
Curriculum Day
13
Report Folios
Home
14
15
Transition Session
End of Year Mass
& picnic 6:00 p.m.
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School starts
January 31, 2017
Thanks to our sponsors and calendar advertisers – please support these businesses.
Phone: 5822 0766
Lisa and Andrew Castle
City: 58318007
Riverside: 58235034
POPLAR AVENUE
IGA X-Press Plus
Liquor
Open 7 Days
58212211
73 Fryers Street Shepparton
5821 4011
Open Everyday 11:00 a.m. - Till Late
email: [email protected]
Proudly pro
St Mel’s Parent Social Club
All funds raised will go directly to our children.
Please support the PSC as best you can.
Some of our events include:
Bunning’s BBQ
Ladies High Tea
Mother’s Day Stall
Big Blokes Breakfast
Fathers Day Stall
Fun Fair
Major Raffle
Christmas Raffle
Creating fun while raising funds!