Dear Community of St Columba’s,
A warm welcome back as we return to school for Term 2. I hope you had a blessed and joyful Easter break, celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. This sacred season reminds us of the hope, renewal, and promise of new life that comes through Christ. Hopefully families found the break refreshing, filled with rest, joy, and quality time with family and friends. It has been wonderful to see the children return to school with such enthusiasm, ready to engage in their learning. I’m looking forward to the term ahead and all the opportunities it brings for learning, growth, and connection within our school community.
Federal Election
St Columba’s will be a polling venue for the Federal Election this Saturday 3 May. Our amazing P&F will be organising catering througout the day for all who will pass through our gates to vote. Please support the P&F in this event.
Mother’s Day Breakfast
Our annual Mother’s Day Breakfast is fast approaching on Friday 9 May and we are reaching out to all parents, but particularly Fathers and Father-like figures who can assist in preparing and serving breakfast to our Mums and children on this day. Once again, please keep an eye out for information from your P&F Class Parent Representative.
Fun Run (with plenty of colour)
As mentioned last term, please note the date of a much-anticipated Fun Run has now been confirmed! This will take place on Friday 6 June, coinciding with our Mercy Mission & St Columba’s Day celebrations. Further details will be available shortly.
Other upcoming events:
Please be sure to check out our Calendar on our Website to stay informed of dates and events for Term 2.
- Saturday 3 May: Federal Election & Catering Event at St Columba’s
- Wednesday 7 May: Interschool breakfast
- Thursday 8 May: Interschool Swimming Carnival
- Saturday 10 May: Community Mass at 6pm
- Wednesday 14 May: Neurodivergent Conference at 6:30pm
- Friday 16 May: Italian day
I would like to wish our Principal, Mrs Gina Burns, all the very best for her pilgrimage as she explores the lives and legacy of the great Saints of Italy, along with some well-earned time for rest and renewal. Finally I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the wonderful P&F who are covering a number of events this term. These are courageous people who volunteer to take on work to benefit our community on top of their already busy lives.
We look forward to a wonderful Term 2 filled with lots of excitement and learning.
Kind regards
Niall Kehoe
Acting Prinicpal
Assistant Principal's Updates
WINTER UNIFORM
As we move into the cooler months, a reminder from Week 3 all students need to be in full winter uniform. This is also a good time to ensure all grooming requirements are being adhered to – especially regarding hair and jewellery.
Please click here for the school’s uniform policy:
If you are waiting on items from the Uniform Shop to arrive, please provide classroom teachers with a note outlining this.
We appreciate parents supporting us with maintaining these standards.
NOTE: Students attending Columba Runners after school are permitted to wear their sport uniform to school on those days.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the school uniform, please contact the school.
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SWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS
1st Place Pascal 1350 points
2nd Place McAuley 1254 points
3rd Place Columbanus 1228 points
4th Place Russell 1194 points
CHAMPION & RUNNER UP WINNERS
Year 4 Girls Champion – Brooklyn Hamilton
Year 4 Girls Runner up – Monica Jaramillo Restrepo
Year 4 Boys Champion – Harrison Macpherson
Year 4 Boys Runner Up – Harvey Ferguson
Year 5 Girls Champion – Eve Hamilton
Year 5 Girls Runner up – Savannah Ceric
Year 5 Boys Champion – Henry Webb
Year 5 Boys Runner Up – Vaughan O’Reilly
Year 6 Girls Champion – Harriet Webb
Year 6 Girls Runner up – Miranda Ahn
Year 6 Boys Champion – Lennox Harris
Year 6 Boys Runner Up – Alessandro Pizzata & Theo Smart
Congratulations to Pascal faction and well done to all students and staff for a wonderful event.
With thanks and best wishes
Mrs Leesa Vinciullo
Assistant Principal
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Ciao a tutti! / Hello everyone!
I’m very excited to let you know we will be having an Italian Day on Friday the 16th of May!
During the day, an authentic Italian pizza incursion and tasting has been organised for the fabulous students of St Col’s. Delizioso!!!
A gluten free option will be available. If you don’t wish for your child to eat the pizza, please let your classroom teacher know.
Grazie mille
Signora Castro
P & F News
THANK YOU IGA LOCAL GROCER BAYSWATER
We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for the donation of ALL sausages and discount on ALL buns for the recent Sausage Sizzle fundraiser at the Faction Swimming Carnival. IGA Local Grocer Bayswater (near the train station) is run by a lovely and generous family here at School. Your continued support has been the backbone of our P&F events and sausage sizzle fundraisers over the last 18 months. Thank you so much for these donations time and time again — you are a wonderful family business.
TERM 2 FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Election Day Fundraiser Saturday 3rd May (See Flyer Attached to this newsletter)
Please note we are still chasing volunteers for baked goods (can be purchased) and to fill volunteer time slots for the day. Come on down, vote & SUPPORT our School! Volunteer slots https://volunteersignup.org/C7QQ7 AND Baked goods signup https://volunteersignup.org/BELEP Note: Baked goods can be dropped to the school on Friday afternoon from school pickup until 5pm and Saturday morning between 7am and 8am. Items must NOT contain nuts, cream or meat products and be in a clearly marked container with your name and ingredients.
Mother’s Day Breakfast Friday 9th May (Menu and invitation poster attached to this newsletter )
We invite all mothers and grandmothers in our community to the St Columba’s School Mother’s Day Breakfast Celebration on Friday 9th May from 7.30-8.10am. Pre-order your breakfast items by 8pm on Monday 5th May via the link: http://www.cognitoforms.com/…/_2025PFMothersDayBreakfast
A special mention to our friends at Smoults Larder in Maylands who will be baking your delicious treats, alongside the team at Latte Lab who are visiting with their coffee van! There will be some musical entertainment by a talented Dad and a floral activity for the kids — don’t forget, the Pastoral Care Team draws their raffle before the bell! Everyone is welcome at School early for a dedicated morning to celebrate all our beautiful mother figures!
We are looking for interested Dads in the community to help volunteer at the Breakfast this year. Please sign up to help out for a short time here: https://volunteersignup.org/Y4R9Q?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ9vr5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE5ME53NnB3eTdFRGNrNHE4AR6PJkArTRtQXpGFTdy10C8wU9jxqpNfxX1RIop5c-C71PTyUSgisT477qR50A_aem_raXpKIotFZwQlLyhkqiEkw.
SAVE THE DATE — Mercy Mission Day Colour Run! (See Flyer attached to this newsletter)
Its happening (Week 6, Friday 6th June) and we couldn’t be more thrilled! With the traditional Mercy Day celebrations in the first half of the day, the P&F will be running a Colour Run in the afternoon over at the Baysie Primary School Oval to burn off the treats and carry on with the exciting day! Check out the flyer attached for some general information, with booklets being sent home at the end of next week. We are looking for 2 parent helpers per year group to volunteer on our Subcommittee which is being lead by Rebecca Wilkey. If you’d like to be involved, please email Bec directly: rebecca.wilkey@hotmail.com.
REMINDERS
Containers for Change is back!
Get involved with our School yard fundraising by joining the containers for change group. All you have to do is scan the barcode attached to the newsletter with your containers from home – all funds from your deposit goes directly back to fundraising for items that benefit the kids at St Col’s.
School Rewards Program — THE ATHLETE’S FOOT Morley Galleria
With $5 from every pair of shoes purchased being donated back to our School, This applies to the whole family across their fantastic range of school, sports, work and casual shoes. Make sure you mention St Col’s!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
3 May – Election Day Fundraising Event (Bake sale and sausage sizzle)
9 May – Mother’s Day Breakfast 7:30am
27 May – P&F Meeting
6 June – Mercy Mission Day Colour Run (Time TBC)
June – Mid Year Raffle
Pastoral Care
Happy Birthday to:
The following students who will celebrate birthday’s in the coming week:
Charlotte Hawke – KG
Leroy Etheridge – KG
Stella Pavlovich – KG
Lewis Christie – PPG
Ronan Elliott – PPG
Lucas Young – PPG
Saoirse Stafford – 1G
Georgia Whelan – 2G
Oscar Harris – 3G
Annabel Harper – 3G
Heaven White – 3W
Hugo Zachar – 4G
Jude Stubbs – 4G
Kelvin Quach – 5W
PASTORAL CARE MOTHER’S DAY RAFFLE
Pastoral Care will be holding the annual Mother’s Day Raffle this term. Tickets on sale from Monday 5 May in front of the library from 8.15am until Mother’s Day Breakfast! Donations are not necessary this year but are welcomed. You can drop them to our Raffle table.
Don’t forget to get your Mother’s Day Breakfast orders in too!
Would you like to Volunteer with us?
We are always looking for Volunteers to join the Pastoral Care Team. If you can spare a little time on a Wednesday morning after drop off, you can find us in the Church meeting room just as you enter from the basketball court entrance. Come say Hi and see what we are all about or please feel free to reach out to us by leaving a message with Lisa or Kylie in Administration and one of our amazing volunteers will talk you through volunteering with us.
WEEKLY RAFFLE ROSTER
TERM 2
Week 1 – NO RAFFLE
Week 2- 7 May
Week 3 – 14 May
| Kindy Green | Week 2 – Charles Warren Week 3 – Sophia Ward |
| Kindy White | Week 2 – Edward Zachar Week 3 – Liz Vassallo Martins |
| PP Green | Week 2 – Lucas Young Week 3 – Hadley Winrow |
| PP White | Week 2 – Sebastian Teal Week 3 – Jasmine Shii |
| Year 1 Green | Week 2 – Eva Woodley Week 3 – Siena Winspear |
| Year 1 White | Week 2 – Jayden Win Week 3 – Kieran Vernon |
| Year 2 Green | Week 2 -Samuel Young Week 3 – Georgia Whelan |
| Year 2 White | Week 2 – Heidi Zekas-Crooks Week 3 – Frankie Wilson |
| Year 3 Green | Week 2 – Mia Yanez Del Gesso Week 3 – Harry Whelan |
| Year 3 White | Week 2 – Caden Thompson Mewburn Week 3 – Matilda Stahl |
| Year 4 Green | Week 2 – Hugo Zachar Week 3 – Maria Wai |
| Year 4 White | Week 2 – Juliana Versaico Week 3 – Lily Vernon |
| Year 5 Green | Week 2 – Anzo Tan Week 3 – Tom Ross |
| Year 5 White | Week 2 -Evie Zekas-Crooks Week 3 – Cherubim Vu |
| Year 6 Green | Week 2 – Kathleen Vaccari Week 3 – Agnes Zoou |
| Year 6 White | Week 2 – Emmanuel Wai Week 3 – Kirana Stahl |
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