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NEWS FROM MICHAEL HANNEY
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS
Term One Parent Teacher Interviews will take place this Thursday, 4th April. School will finish at 1:00pm for students on this day. OSHClub will be operating from 1:00pm on this day for after school care. All children not going to OSHClub are required to be picked up at this time. Bookings for Interviews are currently open and close at 8:00am on Wednesday, 3rd April. All interviews on Thursday will take place in the school hall with the waiting area to be the breezeway. Entry to the school will be via the front car park. The front car park will open at 12:40pm on Thursday for after school pick up.
FIRST WEEK OF TERM TWO - Two school days
The first day for students in Term Two will be Tuesday, 23rd April as Monday is Easter Monday. Students will be at school for the Tuesday and the Wednesday. There will be no school on Thursday as it is Anzac Day and no school on Friday, 26th as it is a staff Professional Development Day for staff.
STUDENT FREE DAYS REMAINDER OF THE YEAR
As detailed in the last newsletter, and above, Friday, 26th of April will be a Student Free Day in Term Two. There will be no school for students on this day as the staff undertake Professional Development.
OSHClub will be open all day.
Further student free days are as follows.
- Friday, 7th June
- Monday, 4th November
- Friday, 29th November
The last day of school for students in 2019 will be Wednesday, 18th December.
WINTER UNIFORM CHANGE OVER
The transition to Winter Uniform takes place at the beginning of Term Two. Families have two weeks to transition from summer to winter with all children expected to be in correct winter uniform by the first day of week three, Monday, 6th May. Our uniform supplier is PSW 15 Mills Street Cheltenham.
PREP ENROLMENTS 2020
Prep Enrolments for 2020 are now open. I ask all current families who have a child starting in 2020 to obtain an Enrolment Form from the School Office and return it as soon as possible to assist in identifying the number of vacancies we have for new families in 2020.
ANZAC DAY MERCHANDISE
STUDENT SUCCESS
One of our Year Six students got off the bus and headed straight to a Calisthenics competition where she came second in her Graceful solo. Congratulations Zara Greco 6KM on having the commitment and energy after a huge week away.
LEGO COMPETITION WINNER - JAKE BARATTA 2AC
Jake Baratta (2AC) and his friend Ben Grant (2AC) share the winning design with Mr Hanney. Jake entered a Lego contest and was announced as the winner. The prize includes a Lego Master Builder, building Jake’s design which will go on display and then be presented to the school. Jake has also won a free lego workshop for his class and a free visit to Legoland for his all the Year 2 Students. Congratulations Jake.
Press release from Lego
We are delighted to announce the winner of our school design competition: St Peter’s Primary School in Bentleigh East!
The judges loved the submission by grade 2 student, Jake (aged 8), who created a miniature St Peter’s Primary School using cardboard, icy pole sticks, pipe cleaners and polystyrene.
We were looking for a combination of creativity, artistic interpretation and effort – Jake’s submissions had high levels of all of these! The artistic creation accurately resembles the actual school building, and the scale was done exceptionally well! We also really loved the finer elements such as flags and basketball ring - such awesome attention to detail!
Our Master Builders are excited to start building St Peter’s Primary School out of LEGO - we hope we can do justice to Jake’s excellent design! The school will be put on display in MINILAND Melbourne, before being handed over to St Peter’s Primary School for permanent ownership.
Students and teachers from the Jake’s class will be invited to participate in a free School Workshop at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Melbourne and all students from the winning year level have won a free school excursion to LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Melbourne.
2018 AFL PREMIERSHIP CUP COMES TO ST PETER'S
Claire McDowall, mother of Madeline (2MW) and Chloe (1BD) works for the West Coast Eagles Football Club and was able to bring the 2018 Premiership cup to visit St Peter's. It was presented at the whole school assembly where children had the opportunity to find out more about the cup. The children in 2MW and 1BD had a group photo taken with the Premiership Cup.
PAST STUDENT SUCCESS
Stan Lykourinos, De La Salle College St Mark’s House Vice-Captain
My name is Stan Lykourinos. I joined De La Salle College in Year 11. In 2019 I am serving as St Mark’s House Vice-Captain.
Being chosen as a Student Leader makes me feel honoured. To have the ability to give back to the community that has helped me to grow into the man I am today is truly an honour.
I came to De La Salle from St Peter's Primary, East Bentleigh. I remember all of it!
St Peter’s definitely helped me develop my leadership skills. It instilled the values that I continue to carry with myself to this day.
I remember all the teaching staff, Mr Juliff and Mr Russo especially.
STAR OF THE SEA COLLEGE - STAR WOMEN SPEAK
OSHCLub HOLIDAY PROGRAM @ ST. PETER'S - Monday, 8th April to Thursday, 18th April
Please go to the link below to download program
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8IsZ9pU28TqVkhraHJEOE04WGkwS3MzZk1pbjZfYXE5R19R/view?usp=sharing
PARENT ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM/WEBSITE/eNEWSLETTER/APP
Last year the School Boards in the three schools discussed communication and much of the feedback indicated that the multiple electronic platforms for various forms of information was confusing. Board parents suggested that one platform that could store information and could be easily accessed would be more helpful.
I am pleased to announce after researching communication platforms of other schools we have engaged Schoolzine to support our school with a new Parent Engagement Platform, Website and School App. The benefit of Schoolzine products is that they integrate, providing easy access of information to parents.
The Parent Engagement Platform will allow parents to access the latest e-news, print a copy and locate archived newsletters. This platform also stores information such as school policies, uniform and canteen information, school calendar, and staff contacts. Other features include booking Parent Teacher Meetings, booking events, translating the newsletter into different languages and contacting the school regarding a student absence.
The school app called SZapp allows parents to access newsletters and calendar, report a student absence, call the school and eventually we may look at being able to place orders for the canteen.
The Parent Engagement Platform and the app is designed so current parents can easily access school information.
The school website, while still providing parents with general information about our school is designed more for new families wishing to find out information about programs the school offers and the enrolment process.
We are aiming to change over to the new Schoolzine products in Week 2 of Term 2. This will mean that parents will still receive a link to the newsletter via email. You will not need to subscribe as we will transfer all current parent emails over to schoolzine. Parents will need to install the Schoolzine app called SZapp on their phones. (Instructions will be in the first eNews in Week 2.)
Michael Juliff
YEAR SIX CAMP to CANBERRA
Congratulations to our Year Six students, our Year Six teaching team and Trish Mooney for ensuring that everyone had a positive learning experience in Canberra. I also wish to acknowledge the leadership of Justin McCarthy for organising and running the whole camp for us. Overall it was a great team effort and it gave our Year Six students the opportunity to see our National Capital in action.
On behalf of the staff I would like to thank the parents who took the time to make a call or send an email of thanks. It is greatly appreciated. Particular thanks to the Parents and Friends who organised a meal for each staff member who attended camp so that when they returned to school on the Friday they did not have to worry about a meal for themselves or their family that night. Finally a huge thank you to the Year Six parents who provided morning tea for all the staff last Wednesday as a gesture of appreciation to the staff who attended the camp and to the staff who had extra duties and responsibilities to cover due to the absence of nine staff on camp. These gestures of Gratitude are appreciated more than can be expressed in words.
The Australian Institute of Sport
On Thursday the 21st of March, the Year Six’s travelled to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) for an experience like never before! Once we had separated into groups, we each played three sports such as european handball, soccer, and lacrosse (sof-crosse). When we had completed our sports, we went on a tour of the various sporting facilities across the institute. One of those places was the gym, and who should be there exercising but Bronte and Cate Campbell, two legendary Olympic gold medallist swimmers! What luck! When the tour was complete, we travelled to the amazing Sportex where we could play a variety of interactive sports. We could participate in virtual reality footy, soccer and rowing, as well as ‘going for gold’ in basketball, skiing and cycling. Several students also took some time to relax and immersed themselves in athlete’s experiences on the big screen.There was also lots of past athletes’ memoirs in frames and on shelves which the students could look at and remind themselves that these people have worked so hard to get where they are today. Afterwards we visited the gift shop where a group of students got to take a photo with international netball stars, Kate Moloney and Liz Watson. As well as being professional athletes, these girls were more than happy to take a break and get some coffee! Laden with merchandise, the Year Six’s boarded the bus and, chatting and laughing, were driven by the incredible bus drivers/ tour guides, Phil and Ian, to their next destination. Wherever that would be…
We will never forget this extraordinary experience and would like to thank Mr Mac and all the wonderful teachers who contributed to making this camp possible
By Annabelle and Lauren (6RD)
Visit to the CSIRO
On Tuesday the 19th of March, whilst on our school camp to Canberra, the year 6’s had an exciting trip to Questacon and the CSIRO. As soon as we arrived and climbed down from the bus at Questacon the teachers took us in and we had a look around and went into the activity galleries. There were many fun activities and attractions such as: the drop slide which was amazing because it felt like you were falling out of space which made it more exciting. It was also a challenge for students who have a fear of heights. The caged lightning was incredible because barely any of us had ever seen lightning that close! Making circuit robots was really fun and interesting because we learnt more about how to make circuits. Four way air hockey was so cool because all of us had only played two way air hockey. We had a few hours to explore and we all had a great time. That same day we also went to the CSIRO Discovery Centre. CSIRO stands for Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. We learnt about what the CSIRO does. Fun Fact: scientists who worked at CSIRO invented WiFi! And the plastic banknotes used in many countries of the world! And Aerogard! When we were there, we did an incredible scavenger hunt game that taught us more about CSIRO and science. We were in competition with each other to gather the most points to win a prize. We had an amazing experience at both Questacon and CSIRO! We would like to thank all teachers, helpers and bus drivers who made all this possible.
By Ruby, Isabella and Emma (6KM)
War Memorial
When Year Six went to Canberra for school camp, one of the places we went was the War Memorial. Our group saw a scout vehicle that was being used in the Afghanistan War and was sent back because it ran over a landmine, almost half of the car had been destroyed. We got to see some of their IEDs, that stands for improvised explosive devices. They were made from all sorts of things, one was a cooking pot, others were phones and metal disks. After that we went into a huge building, that was near the eternal flame made up of over 5 million tiny mosaic tiles. There were four mosaiced people representing the Air Force, Navy and Army.The last one was for people who had family members fighting in a war. The Roll of Honour was huge. There were over 100,000 names of Australians who have died fighting in a war on it. I really enjoyed the War Memorial and found it really interesting.
Anton Occhiuto 6SF
Old Parliament House
In Week 8, the Grade 6 students went to Canberra to visit some of their most distinctive attractions, one of them being the Old Parliament House. The Old Parliament was preserved incredibly well. Everyone had to wear white gloves to prevent the items from being damaged. There were interactive activities which allowed everyone to participate. After we finished the activities we walked past the statue of King George the fifth on our way to the House Of Representatives. In the House Of Representatives we learnt about the ceremonial Mace and the speaker's chair. Unfortunately we didn’t get to go into the Senate, but it was still a great experience.
New Parliament House:
After we visited the Old Parliament we went into the New Parliament. It had many stunning features, such as the enormous Australian flag and a gorgeous water pond at the front. The outside as well as the inside was incredibly spacious and was kept very clean. We went inside the House Of Representatives chamber and the Senate. We learnt that squares represent the House Of Reps and that circles represents the Senate. The colour of the House Of Reps was a beautiful green to serve Australia’s Eucalyptus landscape and thet the Senate’s colour was a warm red to copy Australia’s Dirt landscapes. We sat in the public gallery which was above the chamber. At the beginning of each conference, they would bring in the Ceremonial Mace in the House of Reps. In the Senate they bring in the Black Rod which replaces the Mace. After we visited both chambers we had our own roleplay. We debated on a bill which was “ We will take 5% of Farming Land to protect wildlife. People got to act as The Speaker, The Prime Minister, The Opposition Leader etc. It was overall and an amazing experience and all the grade 6s would love to go again if they had the opportunity to do so..
Abigail Martinez and Eloise Phan (6SVC)
Once we got to Sovereign Hill we all went to the Main Street to wander around at the shops to buy some things with our money. There were lots of people dressed up in 1850s clothes. We walked to the old style theatre to see half of a play. We moved over to a room where a lady told us about the life in the 1850s and how they dressed, wrote, and what toys they played with. After the talk about the life in the 1850s we were super excited because we were going on a mine tour. There was a voice following us through the underground which was super amazing. We learned some facts on the way though too. Once our tour finished, we joined the other kids who were panning for gold. Some kids found little pieces of gold, but unfortunately it fell back into the water. We went to the Gold Pour which was a demonstration of how they molded the gold. A few children were chosen to take a few photos holding the gold. We also saw a demonstration of how people made the raspberry drops. Some of us bought candles and some made them. When everyone was done with the candles, we moved to a bowling place where you could play and sit to talk or just relax from the heat. When we were walking back from the bowling to the Main Street again, we came across some soldiers marching with their guns. We also came across a carriage with horses galloping around. All the Year 5s came together and came back to the school at 5pm. That's my amazing Year 5 trip to Sovereign Hill.
- Chrysanthi Nikias 5GM
Dress Up:
The clothes in the old classroom were very different to the ones we see today. One of the differences was with the dresses. Under the dress they had a petticoat. The purpose for the petticoat was to make the dress have a bell shape. Another interesting fact about the clothes in the 1850’s is the hats the men wear. Did you know that the taller your hat was the more important or rich you were?
- Quinn Villanueva 5GM
The Mine Tour:
In the mine tour the students learnt about the golden nugget found in the 1850’s. We went underground 50 steps! The experience felt close to real. There was a leak and the helpful miner blocked it for us. The students listened very well to the teachers and to the helpful miner. Close to the end of our journey in the mines we watched our miner friend find his precious golden nugget. He called the others to come and help him get the gold from within the stone. In the end we had lots of fun and learnt lots about the gold mines in Ballarat.
- Quinn Villanueva 5GM
What the Aboriginals thought of the gold:
The Aboriginals knew about the gold already. Where it was, how to get it they knew all of that. But they did not think of collecting the gold. Do you know why that is? Well you see the Aboriginals did not have any interest for it. The Aboriginals couldn't use the gold for anything too. The gold was too soft to be used as a spear/weapon so they didn’t use it at all. What the Aboriginals found valuable was possum fur. They use it for clothing because it is warm. The possum fur is warm because it has something in it called fibre. The fibre traps the heat from your body and from the fur to make the fur warm and the Aboriginals warm. And that is why the Aboriginals found no interest in gold. - Quinn Villanueva 5GM
The first thing we did, after the lolly shop, was gold panning! Everyone went crazy and gold fever hit us hard. We put our pans in the water, dug up dirt, picked out the big rocks and looked carefully for the gold. Some people had trouble but others would help them and in the end everyone had a few specks ! Panning was my favourite activity. I definitely had the fever !
Next stop was the old fashioned classroom. The teacher was very friendly, not like in the olden days, and she explained everything incredibly well and clearly. You could smell all the dust and see the chalkboards. We wrote our names in ink using ancient pens and we discovered that many people could not read and write. The teacher let us have a good crack of some of the objects that they used like scratch boards (instead of white boards). Then we dressed up! Connie dressed up as a poor mine worker. She wore a flannel shirt with a mine hat and a loose scarf to dust the coal off her face. Mary got in to a little girl’s school clothes. She looked adorable. She wore a cute little dress and a bonnet on her head. After that I got into an old fashion dress with a hula hoop skirt underneath and a high fashion hat on top. Matilda hopped into a white shirt, vest, jacket, loose scarf and a top hat. Everyone looked fantastic. It was so much fun.
After a while we came to our next destination, the Red Hill Mine. We split into two groups, girls and boys. Girls went first of course. The mine went down and up and around and there were lots of loose pebbles. There was a man telling us where to go and telling us to follow the lights. There was a three metre high ladder we had to climb, though it only felt like one metre at most. Then, we reached a small waterfall. We all knew it would stop after a while but, even still, we got quite impatient. In the end Connie Kimball shouted out for the water to stop and remarkably, it stopped. After a long underground walk we came to a scene. The scene was about a desperate miner who eventually found a really big gold nugget that weighed sixty nine kilos!. That's three times as heavy as Mary! #WOW.
The Blacksmith’s shed was a mystery and we didn’t know what was coming. But soon enough, we saw gold being poured out of a very hot pot, and when I mean hot, I mean over one thousand degrees! The Blacksmith said, “ OK listen up I am going to pour 1,064 degree gold out of this pot and pour it into this iron cup!” We were shocked, I thought he was lying but no he wasn’t! He pulled the gold out and WOW it was BRIGHT, bright yellow. To make it cooler ( so he could touch it ) he put the gold into a big pot of water and when it hit the water it sizzled.
All good things come to an end and we packed up at 2.30pm. On the way to the bus we detoured through the lolly shop (“probably a mistake”, said the teachers !) When we got to the bus, the teachers counted us on and we settled into our recliner chairs! We watched Kung Fu Panda, ate a few lollies and sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star! Sovereign Hill was super fun and all the Grade Fives hope to visit again one day soon.
Year 5PH
MATHS NEWS - Can you help ?
During Terms 2 and 3 we are running a before school Maths Support Program to assist Year 3 students.
We are looking for parents who are able to commit to 20 minutes before school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The program runs from 8:25 to 8:45am.
For more information please meet Mandi Mackey on Tuesday, 2nd April at 9.00am in her office off the library. Otherwise email Mandi on mmackey@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au to organise another time to meet.
Thank you
Mandi Mackey and Cath Epstein
Numeracy Leaders
BUCKET FILLER AWARD
Congratulations to Noah Lentine from Prep MR! You were noticed helping out another Prep who was sitting at the Friendship Stop waiting for a friend – what a wonderful bucket-filler you are!
NATIONAL RIDE/WALK2SCHOOL DAY
National Ride2School Day was held on Friday, March 22nd and the Bicycle Network sent some volunteers to hand out stickers and raffle tickets. A big thank you to the Year 5 volunteers who clipped Ride 2 School Cards on this day – you did an awesome job!
Congratulations to the winners of the Junior and Senior Ride 2 School trophies!
Junior – 2GC
Senior – 5GM & 5PH
Students who collected a raffle ticket at the gate waited to find out whether they had won a prize…congratulations to the winners of the water bottles:
Abbigail Cannestra (3KM), Isla Recupero (3WG), Stephanie Qu (3LK)
PARENTING IDEAS by MICHAEL GROSE
Michael Grose, founder of Parenting Ideas, is one of Australia’s leading parenting educators. He’s the author of 10 parenting books including Thriving!, the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change It, and his latest release Spoonfed Generation: How to raise independent children.
Click the link below to read the latest article:
The Messages All Boys Need to Hear
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8IsZ9pU28TqelpjMFEzV3ZTeExQLXRXMm9BbzNFYnY3WERj/view?usp=sharing
Read LessP & F NEWS
SAUSAGE SIZZLE & CASUAL DRESS DAY- TOMORROW – TUESDAY 2ND APRIL
Upcoming Events/Opportunities: (Details Below)
- Next Meeting - Monday, 1st April, 7:00pm *All welcome!*
- Sausage Sizzle – Tuesday, 2nd April
SAVE THE DATES FOR TERM 2
Year 4-6 Movie Night - Friday, 10th May
Mother’s Day Stall Friday - Friday, 10th May
Mother’s Day Breakfast- Friday, 17th May
Trivia Night - Saturday, 22nd June
Vision Portraits Family Photo Fundraiser - Saturday, 23rd and Sunday, 24th March
Thank you to all the families that took part in our Vision Portraits Family Photo fundraising shoot on the weekend. Everything ran very smoothly and there were some beautiful photographs taken. In addition we raised over $1000 on the day to go towards our school yard redevelopment plan.
For those families who have ordered prints these will take approximately three weeks to be printed and will be available for pick up early in Term 2. Vision Portraits will send a text message notifying families when they are ready to be picked up at the school.
Once again thank you for participating in this event.
P&F
2019 St Peter's Cookbook
A Short Questionnaire was emailed to Families via CareMonkey last Friday. Please respond by no later than Thursday, 4th April to help us gauge interest and support.
Do you have an eye for graphic design? Or food styling? A flair for copywriting? Or love a good spreadsheet? Would you like to be part of a fun group working together to create something special?
The P&F is looking for people to be involved in creating a cookbook to showcase our wonderful community at St Peter's. We are aiming to create something the school community can be proud of whilst raising funds to support the redevelopment of play spaces for the children.
A committee is forming to share the various roles and make the project light work for all. We are particularly keen to hear from people with any of the following skills:
- Photography
- Food Styling
- Graphic Design
- Copywriting
- Editing or Proof Reading
- Logistics and Planning
- Admin and general help
If you are interested in being a part - small or large - of this fun and exciting project or would like more information, please email Amanda Phillips or Catherine Green on pnf1@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
A letter with more information regarding the Entertainment Books was emailed to all families last week via CareMonkey .
Please go to the link below to order your book.
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1879g67
Next P&F MEETING – Tonight, Monday, 1st April - 7.00pm - All Welcome (Meeting Room off the Breezeway)
Please send us an email on the address below if you have any questions or suggestions regarding the P & F.
pnf1@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au
We also have a Facebook Page. Follow us on
https://www.facebook.com/St-Peters-Primary-School-Bentleigh-East-Parents-Friends-388657947987381/
Thank you
P & F Committee
Read Less
Justin McCarthy
CANTEEN NEWS
Week Beginning Monday, 1st April
Wednesday, 3rd April - Chris Kell & Joanne Melita - 1.30pm - 2.15pm
Thursday, 4th April - Foula Voukelatos - 1.30pm - 2.15pm
Friday, 5th April - Julie Eyles & Amanda O'Connor - 9.00am - 10.30am
Emma O'Connor, Monique D'Zilva & Maree Deeth - 1.00pm 2.15pm
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Week Beginning Monday, 22nd April
Wednesday, 24th April - Kirsty Lentine & Irene Major - 1.30pm - 2.15pm
Thursday, 25th April - ANZAC DAY
Friday, 26th April - SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY
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Week Beginning, Monday 29th April
Wednesday, 1st May - Chris Kell & Joanne Melita - 1.30pm - 2.15pm
Thursday, 2nd May - Foula Voukelatos - 1.30pm - 2.15pm
Friday, 4th May - Julie Eyles & Amanda O'Connor - 9.00am - 10.30am
Emma O'Connor, Monique D'Zilva & Maree Deeth - 1.00pm 2.15pm
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Please click on the link below to view the updated Canteen Price List
HOLY TRINITY PARISH
COMMUNAL RITE OF FORGIVENESS
Tuesday, 2nd April - St. Catherine's 7.00pm
Tuesday, 9th April - St. Peter's 7.00pm
Thursday, 11th April - St. Paul's 7.00pm
HOLY WEEK LITURGIES - EASTER TIMETABLE
HOLY THURSDAY
18th April
7:30pm—All three churches
GOOD FRIDAY
19th April
10.00am - Stations of the Cross at St. Catherine’s & St. Paul’s
11:00am - Ecumenical Way of the Cross, Virginia Park, East Boundary Road - Followed by Soup & Rolls @ St. Peter’s Lighthouse Hall, Bignell Road
3:00pm - Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion—All three churches
8.00pm - 9.00pm - Taize Prayer around the Cross at St. Peter’s
EASTER SATURDAY VIGIL
20th April
Vigil: 7:30pm - Outside around the fire—All three churches.
EASTER SUNDAY
21st April
St. Peter’s - 8:30am & 10:30am (no 5:30pm Mass)
St. Paul’s - 9:30am
St. Catherine’s - 9:30am
ST. PETER'S FOODBANK
St. Peter’s Primary School Food Bank was established in 2013 with families volunteering to cook meals for other families in the school community during a time of need. Whether there is illness, hospitalisation of a family member, bereavement, the arrival of a new baby, moving house or even if someone is in need of a little extra TLC, the Food Bank can help.
We would like to invite parents to consider becoming one of our volunteer cooks. We anticipate each volunteer would only be required to cook 2-3 times per year. Of course, you are welcome to cook more often if you like.
We also encourage you to think about your friends and classmates at the school and keep the Food Bank in mind if they are going through a tough time. It is a completely confidential service and you can access it through us or through a staff member at St. Peter’s. If you would like more information about the service or volunteering, please download our electronic brochure below.
Thank you to all the volunteers that have cooked for us in the past. We are now looking for some new parents to sign up as volunteers to start cooking for our Food Bank in 2019. We love to have as many volunteers in our Food Bank pool as possible. If you have not cooked for our Food Bank before, please ensure you email us prior to cooking, at sppsfoodbank@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au, and ask us for a Food Bank information pack.
To find out how the Food Bank works, please click on the brochure button below.
If you become aware of someone in the school community needing a little help or TLC, please contact us. You can contact us confidentially at: sppsfoodbank@spbentleigheast.catholic.edu.au or call Karina Clement 0404 057 522 or Katrina Chapman 0488 386 088 (Program Co-ordinators) or your class teacher, school office or Michael Hanney directly.