	{"id":100861,"date":"2025-09-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=100861"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:39:50","slug":"a-special-brekky-for-some-special-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/a-special-brekky-for-some-special-men\/","title":{"rendered":"A special brekky for some special men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HEATHCOTE Primary School welcomed fathers, grandfathers and father figures from the school community to a special Father&#8217;s Day breakfast barbecue last week.<\/p>\n<p>Guests enjoyed a breakfast of sausages, bacon and eggs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were very grateful for the donation of sausages, bacon, rolls and sauces from Coles McIvor Road through one of our families and a donation of eggs from another family,&#8221; principal Carolyn Crowther said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to thank our fathers, grandfathers and father figures who braved the cold and an early start to join their young people for breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We introduced the barbecue breakfast in 2024, and it was back with a bang this year with at least double the attendance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am grateful to Brooke, our kitchen leader and chief chef for organising the event and the staff who donned aprons and whipped up breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a line for seconds, and thirds, and not an ounce of food was left by the time 9am rolled around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brooke Wallace, kitchen leader at the school, said she was pleased with the number of people who supported the event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/09\/HPSFathersbreakfast_83493.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"701\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fathers, grandfathers and father figures joined students for an early breakfast in honour of Father&#8217;s Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was wonderful to see so many father figures and family members enjoying a cooked breakfast to celebrate all that they do for our students,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Crowther said she received lots of positive feedback about the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The barbecue was a great way to celebrate Father&#8217;s Day and my son&#8217;s birthday morning,&#8221; said Brendan, father of grade 3 student Jett.<\/p>\n<p>Jake, father of foundation student Ernie, said it was a good turnout of dads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks for the breakfast,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan, father of foundation student Lincoln, said it was a fantastic breakfast spent with his little man.<\/p>\n<p>Zane, father of foundation and grade 2 students, enjoyed meeting other dads he hadn&#8217;t met before.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The food was good. 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