Important notes for the start of year:

 Teacher contacts:

Mrs Kerrie Meyer: kerrie.meyer@srkilsyth.catholic.edu.au

Mrs Vikki Bearman: vikki.bearman@srkilsyth.catholic.edu.au

Please do not rely on teachers checking their emails during the teaching day. Sometimes there is just not time. We will endeavour to reply as soon as possible but if the information is crucial, (e.g. late arrival or changes to pick up arrangements etc) it is better to ring or email the office staff. 

Teachers have meetings after school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please email to arrange a suitable time if you need to see us about anything. 

School Advisory Board  parent contacts for Year 1/2:  Matt Tesoriero and Andrea Sulda. 

Email adresses can be found in the newsletter if you wish to contact these parents. 

Term 2- Weeks 2 and 3

Reminder to please provide a note if your child is not wearing the correct uniform for a reason. 

Tuesday 23rd- Student Led Conversations- Please find the email sent by Marcus Gill on the 3rd of April to book your interview time. Students need to come with you to these meetings.

Wednesday 24th- Student Led Conversations. School finishes at 1:00pm. Please fill in the Google form  emailed to you by Angela Jones on Wed 17th April if youe need supervision for your child after 1:00pm. 

Wednesday 24th April- ANZAC Service at school- 10:45am

Thursday 25th-  School Closue day for ANZAC Day. St Richard's School Captains assisting at ANZAC Service at Montrose at 10:00am.

Friday 26th- Prep, Year 1 and 2 -Excursion to Healesville Sanctuary.  Wear Sport Uniform and bring food and drink in a small backpack. Please send school hat or a coat to suit weather conditions.  Thank you to all the parents who offered to assist.  Your support is greatly appreciated. Mrs Meyer will conduct a ballot on Monday and let her parents know ASAP.

Monday 29th April- Full Winter Uniform to be worn. See first newsletter of the year for details. 

Wednesday 1st May- House Cross Country. Wear your Sport's uniform with your team colours. Get ready to run your legs off!

Friday 2nd May- Mother's Day event- 6:00pm

Weekend- Students from Years 3/4/5 or 6 making their First Eucharist at parish masses. 

Term 2 -Weeks 1 and 2

Welcome back!

Please make sure school bags have been cleaned out, pencil cases restocked and returned and hats washed and stored away for Term 4. 

Many people have emailed to reply theat their child will attend the excursion. Thank you but we really only need to know those that wll NOT be attending. 

School resumes Monday 15th April at 8:55

Tuesday 16th - Performing Arts and Visual Arts 

Wednesday 17th- Wear Sport Uniform for Physical Education 

Thursday 18th- Library- every student is expected to borrow books each week. Please send along their Library bags, 

Friday 19th- St Richard's Feast Day- Wear free dress in the spirit of your House Colour- Red, Green, Blue or Gold.  Make sure you can play and be sporty . Runners are needed for the afrternoon activity. 

Mass at 9:00 am. Parents are welcome. 

Hot Lunch- Subway orders were sent home last term and should have been returned already. 

Saturday 20th- Working Bee

Tuesday 23rd- Student Led Conversations- Please find the email sent by Marcus Gill on the 3rd of April to book your interview time,. Students need to come with you to these meetings.

Wednesday 24th- Student Led Conversations.

Thursday 25th-  School Closue day for ANZAC Day.

Friday 26th- Prep, Year 1 and 2 -Excursion to Healesville Sanctuary. 

FYI-Monday 29th April- Full Winter Uniform to be worn. See last newsletter for details. 

Week 8 and 9

The Grandparents and Special People morning last Thursday was a wonderful  event. Thank you for all everybody did to help with food and preparation and clean up.  Please thank the people who came to support your child. Everyone was very positive and very compimentary about the school and the learning the children have been doing. 

Monday 18th March- Harmony Day- wear a touch of orange with your school uniform and bring a gold coin to donate to Project Compassion. Please refer to Mr Gill's email for more information. On Monday morning, each class will share a prayer time that has been organised by our Year 5/6 students.  

Thursday 21st March- School Photos- See the School Newsletter for information on how to order photos. 

Friday 22nd March- Ride 2 School- You should have received this information  and the return slip last week. See below for a copy of the letter.  Classes will be allowing students to have some extra riding/scooting/skating time at school in our Sport lesson. Children may have their bikes or scooters dropped off at school for this even if they did not ride to school in the morning. Helmets MUST be provided please. 

Monday 25th March- Our Easter Liturgies begin. They will all take place in the Mary MacKillop Hall and you are welcome to attend.

Year 1/2 will be presenting the Palm Sunday Liturgy for the whole school and community at 9.00am. 

At 3.00pm the Year 3/4 Students will present Holy Thursday and the Last Supper. 

Tuesday 26th March- At 9:00am the Year 5/6 students will present The Stations of the Cross. 

Wednesday 27th March- At 9.00am, the Preps will present the Easter Sunday story.  

Thursday 28th March- Last day of Term 1. Whole School Assembly at 12.30pm and then school finishes at 1:00pm.

Week  7 and 8

It was delightful to see so many families at the School BBQ and to watch the students proudly showing their classroom and work. We are lucky to be part of such a lovely community.

Monday 11th March- No school- Labour Day

Thursday 14th March- 9:15-10:45am- Grandparents and Significant Person's Day.  We would love some volunteers to help set up for the morning tea, Please email teachers if you can help. We need to use the Hall for our Liturgy and then set up some trestle tables, turn urns on and put out food etc. 

Please advise your family members to come after 9:00am if they can. This will ease the traffic load. They can park on the basketball courts or at the church next door. Please leave the kiss and drop area for those in  need of the closest parking. 

Thank you for providing a small plate of food for our visitors to share. Just a reminder that children will be taking their lunchboxes to eat in the Hall with their visitors. 

Up coming events:

Monday 18th March- Harmony Day- wear a touch of orange with your school uniform and bring a gold coin to donate to Project Compassion. 

Thursday 21st March- School Photos- See the School Newsletter for information on how to order photos. 

Friday 22nd March- Ride 2 School-More information coming.. 

Week 5

Interviews with an older person are due back on Monday 26th Feb. We have received some great information and photos so far.

Please ensure that you are supporting your child to read every night and return the book and diary in their blue take home folder every day. 

It's a quiet week!

You will receive a letter about our Grandparents and Special Person Morning Tea this week. Please return the RSVP as soon as you can. 

Thursday and Friday - Mrs Meyer on Long Service Leave- Mrs Durrant will be teaching 1/2KM

Friday 1st March- Whole School Assembly at 8.55am

Week 4

Please ensure that you are supporting your child to read every night and return the book and diary in their blue take home folder every day. 

Also a reminder to interview an older person about their experiences at school. This is due back on Monday 26th February.

We have started to collect money for our Lenten appeal for Project Compassion. Some students have contributed part of their Treat Friday money or bought along money from money boxes.  This money is used to fund programs all over the world to help poorer communities become more viable.

Tuesday 20th Feb- Online Cybersafety lesson at 10.30am. Hot lunch orders. SRC Meeting at 1.10pm

Thursday 22th Feb- Library.  Return books and bring library bag. 

Mrs Meyer's mum (Nettie) is coming to tell us about her experiences at school in Holland and Australia. 

Friday 23rd Feb- Treat Friday.  Please do not provide extra money for children to buy treats for their friends. It is a lovely gesture  but children's allergies and dietary restrictions need to be considered. 

Week 3

Reminder: Some people took the yellow medical form or white ICT form away from the meeting to complete. Please return these ASAP. 

Welcome to our new Year 2 classmates- Eleanor has joined Mrs Bearman's class and Lincoln and Van have joined Mrs Meyer's class. We already feel like we have known tham forever. On Friday Van could not believe he had only been at our school for 5 days!  Both classes now have 22 students.

Monday 12th Feb-Take home reading begins.  You will receive an explanation letter and your child should have a diary and levelled book in their take home folder this afternoon. Please set up good reading routines and return the blue folder every day.

At our first  meeting we spoke about our Inquiry topic and a task to speak to older people or grandparents about their experiences at school. The interview sheet and an explanation should come home today. 

Tuesday 13th Feb- Students to  nominate and vote for class SRC members. Parents may assist with speech writing at home.

First Hot Lunch day, Orders must be placed through www.flexischools,com,au up to 9.00 pm the night before. Please make sure you click on the final Pay and Place order button to ensure  your child gets their food. A note from the teachers- The jelly cups are enormous- like a coffee mug size. They take ages for children to eat. 

Wednesday 14th Feb- Ash Wednesday Liturgy at 10.30am. You are welcome to attend. This marks the beginning of the Lent season. The students will be choosing an action that can help them to care for their family, friends, schoolmates or their world in a special way during Lent. Please ask tham what they have chosen to do and praise their efforts in this.  At the liturgy we use cold ashes to mark out foreheads with a cross to remind us that we want to be more like Jesus. 

Thursday 15th Feb- Library. Sadly we could not allow some students to borrow books last week as we did not have their library bags,  Please send these along. Books should be returned every week to borrow new ones unless they are very long or your child is enjoying the story. 

Friday 16th Feb- Whole School assembly in the Mary MacKillop Hall. This begins at 8.55am. Each class will announce their SRC Person and badges will be given out.

Treat Friday- Students may bring along some money to purchase items such as a zooper dooper or chocolate bar at lunch time. Each item is $1. This should not reeplace actual food being sent along for lunch. It is just a treat. 

F.Y.I SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: Thursday 29th August. You do not want to miss this!

Imagine your child singing, acting or dancing on a stage with costume and make up! This performance is a big part of the curriculum in Term 3 and we really encourage you to not book holidays or miss out on this experience. School Performances and Visual Art Shows alternate each year but have been Co-vid affected in the past few years.