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May 17, 2012: Mother's Day Celebration
Sunday’s Mother’s Day Mass at St Finbarr’s was a beautiful celebration with many of our mums and their sons and daughters present. Thank you to Catie Kelly and Emily Wooldridge for their preparation of the liturgy, to Jane Massingham and Emily Byrne for leading us in song, to Father Peter for his words from the heart, to the children who read and to the children who sang The Irish Blessing; your presence and involvement ensured the mass was a very real celebration of His presence and unconditional love for us all.

May 2, 2012: Woolworths Earn and Learn
We are again participating in the Woolworths Earn and Learn program. From the 9 May when you shop at Woolworths you can collect the stickers from the checkout operator and place them on the sticker card that your child will bring home with them. One sticker will be given for every $10 spent. Once you’re the sticker card has been completed your child can place them in the collection box at school.

Please see Karen at the office if you require more sticker cards.

May 2, 2012: Election Day BBQ and Cake Stall
Thank you to the many parents who despite Saturday’s wet and miserable weather turned up to help out at the Election Day BBQ and cake stall. Though the weather was less than ideal for a fund raiser the spirit and good humour of the volunteers was commendable. Special thanks once again to the P&F executive – Rhonda Fowler, Beth Chapman and Renee Mills - for combining forces to organise the day and in the absence of Rob Champion who was celebrating a wedding anniversary, special thanks to Dieter Wagner for his quality control and overseeing of the day.

March 16, 2012: Intra School Swimming Carnival
Congratulations and thank you to everyone on the success of Monday’s Intra House Carnival which saw the Stark Team victorious with 649 points, Lalor second with 429 points and Turrabal in third place with 423 points.

Thank you to the parents, grandparents and friends of the children whose words of support, praise and encouragement ensured all competitors felt they had achieved a ‘personal best’. Thank you to the parents whose assistance ensured the smooth running of the carnival. Thank you to the staff for, as always, going and giving that bit extra to ensure the carnival’s success for the children. Thank you to Moya Frisby for the organisation of a most enjoyable and well run carnival. Thank you to our tireless student leaders who led their respective houses with spirit, pride and enthusiasm.

Finally and most importantly, thank you to the children who have every reason to be proud of their achievements both in and out of the pool. Such effort and commitment by all ensured the overwhelming success and enjoyment for everyone of the 2012 school swimming carnival.

March 8, 2012: International Women's Day Visit
This morning we were delighted to welcome the Hon Kate Ellis MP Federal Member for Adelaide and Minister for Employment Participation and Minister for Early Childhood and Child Care and Kate Jones MP State Member for Ashgrove to school. With today being International Women’s Day, Kate Jones had rung earlier in the week and asked if the Year Seven students would like to meet Kate Ellis. Carrying purple and green Judy C cupcakes the two very engaging female politicians arrived at school this morning. Students and staff were impressed with the genuine interest and manner in which the visitors spoke with the girls.

February, 2012: 2012 Class Covenants

  • Prep: I’m youth, I’m joy, I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
  • Year 1: In Year 1 we are a nest of learners.
  • Year 2 Faith: Feathers are beautiful by themselves and together they can fly.
  • Year 2 Love: Together we build our nest that protects and cares for us all.
  • Year 3: No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
  • Year 3/4: The man who has no imagination has no wings.
  • Year 4: In Year 4 we dare to dream.
  • Middle School: The woods would be silent if no birds sang except those who sang the best. A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

January 16, 2012: Welcome to the 2012 School Year
The St Finbarr's school community would like to welcome new and existing families to the 2012 school year. We are looking forward to a fantastic year!

Our school website is updatedly weekly throughout the school terms, so please check back regularly for news and details regarding school events and achievements.

Applications for new enrolments in all year levels are warmly welcomed. Please call us on 3366 1397, drop into the office to pick up an enrolment form or download the enrolment form.