St Pat's News

Our sympathy is extended to the following families:

Kristan Braun and Andy and Elli (Yr 3) Kirkpatrick on the passing of their father and grandfather last weekend;

Angela Hewett, Clinton, Claudia (Yr 1) and Sawyer Williams on the passing of their grandmother and  great-grandmother last week;

Terry, Jo, Lylah (Yr 2), Lincoln (Yr 1) and Ned Hamilton on the passing of their grandfather and  great-grandfather last weekend.

Working Bee 

Thank you to everyone who attended last Saturday’s working bee. Lots of jobs were accomplished and the grounds are now looking much tidier. There is a bit of whipper snipping left to complete, so if anyone has a whipper snipper and a spare hour, your assistance would be appreciated.

Football

Good luck to the girls who are trying out for selection for the Moyne Schools’ team in the girls’ football competition this Friday in Warrnambool. These girls will be notified of team selection after training tomorrow night.

Head Lice

There have been a few cases of head lice reported in the last week. It might be timely to check your child’s hair and treat if necessary.

Planning 2020

Enrolment interviews will be taking place over the next few weeks and this will then allow us to begin our planning for 2020 in terms of class arrangements and staffing. If you know your child/children (other than current Year 6 students) will not be attending St Patrick’s next year, it would be appreciated if you could let us know as soon as possible. This then makes our planning as accurate as possible.

Kind regards,

Sue Paulka

Principal

Term 3 & 4 of 2019 sees the beginning of Performing Arts for years F-6.  It is time again for our bi-annual school musical performance.  It will be taking place on Wednesday 27th November.

This year the school students will be performing Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits.   It is a show filled with mystical mayhem and a swag-bag of laughs to provide an Arabian night the students will never forget.  

There is much to prepare and all classes will be involved in contributing to the show.  There will be artwork to be created, songs to learn, dances to master and many rehearsals.  All acting parts are open to children in Year 4, 5 and 6.  These children have begun to register their interest for parts and auditions began this week.  We intend to have settled upon a cast by the conclusion of week 3, following which rehearsals can begin.

On Friday July 26th F-2 are participating in an excursion to enhance the Inquiry unit “Paddock to Plate’. We will be visiting Leddin’s farm - native wattle seeds, Wright’s farm - dairy and the wharf  (note changes). Please bring gumboots in a plastic bag for farm visit. (Muddy farms!)

Children are to supply their own snack and lunch for the day and need to wear their sports uniform.

Please ensure that you have confirmed your child’s attendance or non-attendance on PAM.

F-2 Teaching Team:

Clare, Jen, Emily, Fraser & Mon.

Dear Parents,

We understand there are many times when you may need to provide cash to your child to pay for canteen, uniform, special food days. But cash isn’t the only option in today’s world; which is why we want to make it convenient for you to make payments.

In Term 3 we will be introducing CDFpay, which is a cash-free solution for our canteen, special food days & uniform store. This solution is an online payment platform offered by the Catholic Development Fund Melbourne (CDF).

We will be encouraging all parents to use this simple, cash-free platform in the future. For canteen and special food days we will only be accepting payment by this method but parents can still choose to pay via cash or EFTPOS for uniform, however to ensure the success and drive the full benefits of this program we encourage your participation.

The benefits of our school going cash-free with CDFpay are:

• Greater security: a safer option where you don’t have to be concerned about your child losing cash from their bags and pockets.

• Anytime, any device:  order and pay for lunches (while setting dietary needs & allergy requirements) from your mobile, tablet or computer at any time.

• Fast & easy payments: it allows credit card or bank transfer payments. Stored credit cards make the process of [ordering lunch] faster and easier than ever.

• Reduced administration: counting and handling cash is costly for the school, especially now that we do not have a NAB branch in town. CDFpay will help eliminate admin fees so we can better distribute funds for other activities.

The brochure on how to download the app, create an account, how to order and more can be found on our website in the Parent Information section, click on the link below, a copy was also emailed to all parents at the end of Term 2. We look forward to working with you as we implement CDFpay in our school community. 

If you have any questions, please contact the school office.

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

Saturday July 27 @ 6.30pm - Port Fairy

Sunday July 28 @ 10.30am - Koroit