Welcome Back Night What a way to start the school year. A great social get together to catch up with other parents. Families form picnic spots on the concrete oval. Children go crazy for some have not seen each other for 8 weeks!! Come prepared in some dancing shoes!
Tears and Tissues Class Reps co-ordinate two Tears and Tissues events, one for Years 1 – 7 and separate one for the Prep families.
A quiet get together, a chance to have a cuppa and a breather for the first week back at school.
School Disco
This is where the junior and senior primary students get down and boogie at the 2 discos held each year. The disco is broken into 2 time frames:
• Prep to Year 3 (4.30pm – 6.00pm) then
followed by
• Year 4 to Year 7 (6.30 – 8.30pm)
They have come dressed in denim and lace, celebrity disco and what ever theme captures the moment!
Fete
The Fete is our major fundraiser, providing funds for resources and equipment and plays a valuable role in building our school community. The highlight of the Fete is the Principal Challenge! The school fete is held annually mid June.
Trivia Night TBA
Working Bees Twice a year on a Sunday morning in Term 1 & 3, the parents, predominately the fathers, get together bright and early with their sleeves already rolled up in readiness to provide the much needed TLC around the school.
At times it will be a new coat of paint for the playground or move some landscaping supplies to the awaiting garden beds. By lunch time the school grounds look refreshed and ready to take on the wear and tear from our children.
Remember, many hands make light work.
Parent Information Nights
Each year we invite guest speakers to speak to our parents across a broad number of subjects of interest such as cybersafety and literacy skills.
Volunteering - Helpers' Register In partnership with the School, St Catherine's P&F achieve great things each year through the efforts of its families. Family participation and involvement is encouraged in a broad range of social, pastoral, educational and fundraising activities.
Your help and support for the various activities staged during the year are invaluable. P&F will request help via the School Contact, P&F email and in notices sent home with your child. In the first instance, you can register your interest to a specific activity via the Helpers' Register. This is co-ordinated early Term 1.
Please consider offering your services or time. Perhaps you could volunteer at a fete stall, make some sweets, attend a working bee, help at the disco, or just join in!
Class Rep Group
Our innovative Class Representative (Reps) program, established in 2006 has met with enormous success and has greatly enhanced the warm and caring community environment at St Catherine’s.
One parent from each class (Prep - Yr2) and one parent from each year level (Yr 3 - Yr 7) volunteers to act as the Class Rep for the year. They work closely with the Class Rep Co-coordinator (a member of the P&F Committee) and other Class Reps.
The Class Reps help to provide families with the chance to meet with other families whose children are learning alongside their own. They bring people together to help to create a community that works together to make school a wonderful experience for our children.
Feedback from our school families indicates that they greatly value the role of the Class Reps, their practical and emotional support, and their achievements in helping to engender even greater interaction and sense of belonging within the school community.
Craft Group – The Crafty Crew!
The Crafty Crew is a group of parents & grandparents who have joined together, through a love of craft, to support the St Catherine’s school and parish community to raise funds by selling the items they produce. The Crafty Crew meets to share ideas & skills, motivate, to plan and prepare for up-coming stalls. Our meets are held regularly throughout the year at
St Catherine's, details are published in the Contact. For further information contact craft group co-ordinator listed below.
Travel Safe Group
Established in 2008 to initially review, identify and implement safe travel initiatives ensuring our children’s safety at all times.
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