St Pat's News

March 4, 2020

At St Patrick’s Parish Primary School we hold the care, safety and wellbeing of children and young people as a central and fundamental responsibility of our school.

From The RE Leader - Annie Forrest

Loving God,

So many times I turn away from you

and always you welcome me back.

Your mercy and love gives me confidence.

Thank you for the invitation to share,

fast and pray so that you can form a new heart within me.

Your powerful compassion for my weaknesses leads me to ask for

mercy and await with great hope the Easter joy you share with us.

Amen.

St Patrick's Project Compassion Challenge!

Week 2: 2nd-6th March

For the four weeks of Lent the Mini Vinnies group are coordinating a whole school Project Compassion fundraising campaign. 

Week 2 challenge- bring 5 cents for every tap inside your house

Aim: to show how even just a small donation can make such a difference in the lives of people living in poor countries. 

RE DATES TERM 1

Please put these dates on your calendar:

St Patrick’s Day Liturgy- Tuesday 17th March @ 10:30am in the School Hall 

Sacrament of Reconciliation - Wednesday 18th March @ 7:00pm at St Patrick’s Parish Church.

From The Principal - Peter Sanderson

Dear Parents, Parishioners, Carers, Staff & Students,

Condolences

Our sincere condolences go out to the Hamilton (Lylah Yr 3 and Lincoln Yr 2) and Sheehan (Royce Yr 2, Edmund Yr 1 and Connor Foundation) families on the passing of Jo's, Adam's and Peter’s grandfather.

Sports Day

I have heard our sports day last Friday was a great success. Thank you to Tommy Greene and Tom Sell for their organisation, to all staff who helped make it a successful day and to the parents who came along to assist and support their children. Congratulations to all the children for their participation.

Folk Festival Camping setup

A big thank you to Brett Matthews, Seif Sakate, Felicity Little and Lachy Bowes for their hard work in setting up the school grounds for the Folk Festival campers. Your efforts are much appreciated.

Folk Festival Workshops

Today the students took part in the Port Fairy Folk Festival School Workshops. They worked with Vern Hardie of Connected Circus who uses circus skills to explore resilience and positivity. Well done to our Year Sixes who helped Vern teach the younger students. Look out for Vern at the Folk festival this weekend.

Guest Speaker

Tomorrow Mr Peter Morgan, principal of Emmanuel College, will visit and speak to the students in Years Five and Six. This is in preparation for Emmanuel College’s Information Evening on Wednesday 11th March and Open Day on Sunday 15th March.

Folk Festival Concert

On Friday 6th March the students will attend a Folk Festival concert in our school hall at 12.00pm for Foundation to Yr 3 and 1.30pm for Yrs 4 to 6.

School Photos

School Photos are being taken on Tuesday 10th March. All students are to wear their complete summer uniform, even those who would normally have sport on a Tuesday.

Kind regards,

Peter Sanderson

Principal

2020 Pupil Free Days

Friday March 20 - Staff PD

Friday May 29 - Staff RE PD

Thursday August 6 & Friday August 7 - Staff Personal Development 

School Photos - Tuesday March 10

Our school photos are next Tuesday March 10, all students are to wear their full summer uniform, no PE uniforms are to be worn to school. Photo order envelopes have been sent home, please make sure that they bring them on the day whether you paid online or not. If you would like a family photo, you can collect one from the office.

3/4 NEWS

Teamwork: In our classroom we have been looking at the positive work skills needed to be a good teammate. Working in a team is important for many parts of life, from playing sports and solving big problems. We have discovered that having a positive mindset and the following skills make you a great teammate. Be -

  • Considerate

  • Sharing

  • Good listener

  • Cooperative

  • Welcoming

  • Patient

  • Open minded

  • Positive

Layla - Team mates stick together and try to agree with each other.

Hamish - Teams work together and they never give up.

Rose - If you use team work problems are easier to work out.

Blake - Teamwork is when you work together for a shared goal like winning a game of cricket.

Piper - In a team, we all have to cooperate together and agree on the plan. 

Jye - Teamwork is when you work together and help your teammates.

 Working in teams is the St Pat’s way!

PE News - Tommy Greene

Swimming

Last week interested students were given the opportunity to try out for the school swimming team for 2020.  Thank you to all those students for competing in the time trials and congratulations to the following students on gaining selection:

Mali Little,  Bella Little,  William Verhoef,  Charlie Murray, Alice Macpherson, Ondine Serong, Poppy Myers,  Maisie Henderson, Mia Hetherington, Sarah Macmillan, Emily Leddin

The Warrnambool, Portland and Hamilton School Swimming Championships will be held next Friday 13th March in Warrnambool

Tennis

This Friday in Warrnambool our 2020 Moyne School’s Girls Champion, Ella Jarrold, will be competing in the Warrnambool, Portland and Hamilton Division School’s Tennis Finals.  So we wish the best of luck to Ella

Athletics

Thanks to all parents, family members and friends who attended last week’s St. Patrick’s Athletics Day to help create a positive and supportive atmosphere.  Congratulations to Polding House on being this year’s house champions and congratulations to all those students who have qualified for the St. Patrick’s Athletic’s Team.  The Moyne School’s Athletics Championships will be held on Thursday 19th March.

School News

School Rosters

Canteen

Thursday March 5 - Sarah McCorkell, Caitlin Down

Friday March 6 - Lucy Lehne, Rhea Thomas

Thursday March 12 - Mia Wolff, Kate Dempsey, Ruth Everitt

Friday March 13 - Jo MacKenzie, Leearna Moloney, Marcelle Hennig

Thursday March 19 - Nikki Payne, Sioban Murnane, Mel Rayner

Friday March 20 - Bree Porter, Tamara Wright, Rebecca Greene

Thursday March 26 - Julia Gibbons, HELP NEEDED

Friday March 27 - NO CANTEEN

If for any reason you are not available to do you shift, please try swap with someone else on the roster.

Library Reshelving - this can be done at anytime during the week of:

Monday March 9 - Sarah Lu

Monday March 16 - Ruth Everitt

Sickbay Linen - the linen will be sent home with your child the Friday you are rostered on.

Friday March 6 - Karen Bowes

Friday March 13 - Alysha Phillips

Friday March 20 - Michelle Verhoef

Bookclub

Scholastic Book Club orders for No 2 close on Thursday March 12.

Library Shelving

Do you have a spare hour once or twice a term to help put away borrowed library books? If you do, please contact the office and your name will go down on our roster.

SCHOOL TIMES

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.

Parents & Friends News

Class Reps 2020

Class

 Name

F/1D

 Ruth Everitt

F/1P

 Alysha Phillips

1/2CR

 Anna Wagg

1/2M       

Megan Myers

3/4ML           

Julia Gibbons

3/4HW

Fiona McCosh

3/4LM 

Sally Riches  

5/6F

Karen Bowes

5/6S

Beth Conlan

5/6AB

Renee Killen

RAFFLE TICKETS WILL BE SENT HOME ON THURSDAY MARCH 19

Canteen

WE ARE IN NEED OF A CANTEEN HELPER ON THURSDAY MARCH 26. IF YOU CAN HELP, PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL OFFICE.

Canteen Days are Thursday & Friday, except the last day of terms 1, 2 & 3 and the last week of term 4. At times we may need to close the canteen, those days will be advertised in the newsletter.

All Canteen orders are to be made by CDFpay, please click on the link to access the directions, CDFpay. Each student must have a reusable container with their name and class clearly marked on it. The Canteen Menu can be accessed from our Website and the Skoolbag App. All prices are in CDFpay.

Canteen Menu Link - Parent Information Page on the Website

This button takes you directly to PAM for Absences, School Activities, Reports, Learning Conversations, Numeracy & Literacy Interviews

All absences, excursion permissions, medical information will be accessed through PAM (Parent Access Module). PAM is where you have been accessing your child's reports and making bookings for interviews.

You will use the same login and password that you were given at the end of last year. If you have forgotten your login please contact me. If you have forgotten your password you can reset it from the login page.

When you log in, there may be a warning at the top that asks you to verify your email address - please do this.

Student Absences

PAM can be used prior to 10am, after 10am you will need to ring the school.

See information below.

Medical Profile

Log in to PAM

From the home page click on your child's name.

On the left hand side click select Medical Profile.

A form will appear, fill in all your child's medical details.

Excursions & Sporting Activities

You will be notified of an excursion via email. The email will include what the activity is, who it is for and the date that it needs to be approved by.

You will be given a link that will take you directly to PAM.

See information below.

How to do an excursion permission on your mobile phone

How to enter an absence on your mobile phone.

Sporting Schools

Sporting Schools will run each Wednesday & Thursday for 7 weeks of each term, 3.20pm-4.30pm. The final sessions for Term 1 will be Wednesday March 25 and Thursday March 26. 

Please use the Skoolbag App for each session your child is going to attend.

If you do not have the Skoolbag App, click on the link for instructions.

https://www.moqproducts.com.au/skoolbag/installation-instructions/

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Parish Masses

Port Fairy St Patrick's & Koroit Infant Jesus Mass Times

Saturday March 7 @ 6.30pm - Port Fairy

Sunday March 8 @ 10.30am - Koroit

Lice Check

The school has been notified that over the holiday period there have been a number of cases of lice. Please remember to check you child's hair regularly and if they do have lice, notify the school and treat as directed on the lice products and do a follow up check and treatment.

Please click on the link below for information on lice and how to treat it from the Department of Health Department of Heath Lice Information Sheet

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