St Pat's News

Every language has a word for peace. Shalom. Salaam. Pax. What is my best word for peace?

God, give me peace, help me to accept it and

then perhaps I will find the correct word. 

Help me to make peace happen today.

It doesn’t just happen. I have to make it happen. 

It is like love.

We have to make love…make love happen.

It is the same with peace.

How can we make peace happen today?

- John Martin CSsR

Congratulations to our First Communicants and their families after their big day on Sunday. These children are now fully initiated into the Catholic Faith and we pray that they will continue to grow as disciples of Jesus.

Our Mini Vinnies group met last week to discuss plans for the remainder of the year. These plans include renewing the cut-out figures on the Union Street fence, leading the school in supporting Catholic Mission’s Socktober project during the month of October and visiting the residents at Moyneyana House.

Each classroom has a prayer table which serves as a focus for students as they pray each day. These tables are dressed in the colours of the liturgical season. Recently, Beth Conlan made new tablecloths for our prayer tables. We would like to thank Beth very much for the great job she did.

Canteen

Reminder that we are in the process of using CDF Pay for all canteen orders and this will be the only option by the end of Term 3. We will accept cash orders until then but encourage all parents to sign up for CDF Pay. Information was emailed to all parents at the end of Term 2. Please see details below.

Thursday Aug 22     Nikki Payne, Felicity Little, Sioban Murnane

Friday Aug 23           Jenny McNeil, Sarah Dyson, HELP NEEDED

Thursday Aug 29     Donna Parson, Julia Gibbons, Sarah Lu

Friday Aug 30           Bree Porter, Tamara Wright, Rebecca Greene

Thursday Sept 5      Wendy Kelly, Georgina Dumesny, Caitlin Down

Friday Sept 6            Lucy Lehne, Rhea Thomas

Library Reshelving- For the week of:

Monday Aug 26       Ilona Carson

Monday Sept 2        Michele Fox

Monday Sept 9        Tatiana Resk Wilson

Sickbay Linen

Friday Aug 23           Paulaida Fitzsimmons

Friday Aug 30           Fiona Godde

Friday Sept 6            Jemma Hocking

In an effort to improve child safety in and around the school crossing, the Moyne Shire has erected a number of "No Standing" signs near the crossing, which means no parking is permitted in the area between the signs. Please be mindful of this when dropping off and picking up your children so that you are not fined.

The office is open from 8.30am - 4.00pm each day.

There is no supervision for students before 8.40am. Teachers use the time prior to the doors opening for setting up for the day, therefore they are not available to supervise students. Students who arrive at school prior to 8.40am need to wait at the side door near the hall until the doors are opened.

The bell for the start of the day rings at 8.55am, any student arriving after this time needs to be signed in using the iPad at the office.

The bell for the end of the day rings at 3.20pm. If for any reason you are going to be later than 3.30pm to collect your child/children, please contact the school office.

Friday August 30th will be Pie Day from in the canteen. All orders for Pie Day will be through our online ordering system CDFpay. 

NO OTHER ORDERS OTHER THAN DRINKS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THIS DAY.

The cut off for the orders will be Wednesday August 28 at 3pm.

Students will need to bring a container marked with their name and class, this will be placed in their class canteen lunch box.

The menu is:

Gluten Free Plain Pie $5

Vegetable Pastie $4

Potato Pie $4

Sausage Roll $2.50

When ordering your child's lunch online, you still need to send a container to school for the order to be put in. St Pat's is a rubbish free school and therefore all orders need to be in a reusable container. 

Please also ensure that all lunch bags or containers are clearly marked with your child's class and name.

We are collecting used toothpaste tubes/caps, toothbrushes, outer packaging of toothbrushes and toothpaste and dental floss containers for recycling. Please send along any of these used items and place them in the collection box under the tv in the main corridor.

Thank you to the families who have already signed up for CDFpay, we are transitioning to a cashless canteen. We are aiming to have all lunch orders paid via CDFpay by the end of Term 3.  You will no longer need to write out your child's order as they will be printed on stickers which will then be placed on your child's lunch bag/container. Please ensure that the lunch bag/container is clearly labelled with your child's name.

Please see below for more information on how to make CDFpay account, an email was sent out at the end of last term and there is also a flyer on the school website in the Parent Information section or click on the link below.

Our next pupil free day for this year is:

November 18 - Report Writing Day

Sporting Schools is on Wednesdays and Thursdays for 7 weeks of each term. The final Sporting Schools session will be on Thursday September 11.

Attendance is done through our Skoolbag App. Attendance forms must be filled in by 10am on the day of attendance.

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