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The PCA – Bringing us together The Parent Community Association (PCA) commenced 2022 with great excitement and optimism for a better year ahead with many events and activities planned as we emerged from the pandemic restrictions and moved towards reuniting our School community. Our parent welcome events and coffee mornings organised by our School’s wonderful team of Year Level Representatives were very popular with infectious enthusiasm from parents to catch up face to face with their peers as COVID-19 restrictions continued to ease. The Kitchen Garden Working Bee in March was a huge success. A full team of energised parents and children transformed the Garden; neatening, clearing waste, putting the finishing touches on the chicken coop, and making it ready for Autumn planting. It was all about revitalising the soil in preparation for planting seedlings. A change to the management of the Garden has led to each of the planter boxes being allocated to Year Levels and School Groups and these beds are now primed with fertiliser, blood and bone, and lime. There was some serious gardening expertise among our green-fingered group with one of our volunteers performing a master stylist grooming of the lemon trees and espalier apple, and another landscape gardener polishing off listed tasks with great speed. No matter the level of skill or proficiency, our PCA was immensely grateful to all of our team for giving
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up their morning to volunteer to keep the garden growing and thriving for the St Michael’s community to enjoy its spoils. To finish the day, our volunteers enjoyed the special treat of homemade pizzas from ingredients grown in the Garden and cooked in the School’s pizza oven, located in the Garden. It was an extremely rewarding day for all involved. Our School’s Twilight Chorals by Candlelight at the end of Term 1 was a wonderful evening for students, staff and families to be on campus together. The choraling-students performed beautifully while the candles glowed and lights glittered as the sun set and darkness fell. Our parents, students and staff enjoyed barbeque food and treats from the stunningly beautiful parent-created PCA bake sale. One of our largest number of PCA volunteers was rallied to support this event and assist at the popular Second-Hand Uniform sale. It was an opportunity to create wider community connections and especially to build friendships. Our PCA’s annual Mother’s Day Lunch was held beachside overlooking the bay at The Views - Life Saving Victoria, Port Melbourne. An apt location to celebrate parents as lifesavers and universal superheroes. It was a wonderful day enjoyed by over 170 parents, creating new connections within, and across, year levels. There were many laughs, and gifts to take home. Student Leaders took this relaxed opportunity to encourage our School’s wonderful spirit of giving and promote
