St Pat's News

Thursday Sept 12    Mia Wolff, Kate Dempsey, Lashae Harman

Friday Sept 13          Jo MacKenzie, Leearna Moloney, Marcelle Hennig

Thursday Sept 19    Nikki Payne, Sioban Murnane, Felicity Little

Friday Sept 20           NO CANTEEN - LAST DAY OF TERM

Thursday Oct 10       Julia Gibbons, Sarah Lu

Friday Oct 11            Bree Porter, Tamara Wright, Rebecca Greene

Library Reshelving- For the week of:

Monday Sept 16      Caroline McGowan

Monday Oct 7           Jess Lambert 

Monday Oct 14         Jo Matthews

Sickbay Linen

Friday Sept 13         Mia Wolff

Friday Sept 20         Ilona Carson

Friday Oct 11           Karen Bowes

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.

At the start of the year we had an inspiring Student Leaders Congress with people such as Sarah Wall, a former netball player for the GWS Giants, Ben the Bandit, who was born with no arms and Matt Bowtell, who helps people like Ben and makes prosthetic limbs. The Leaders Congress is a day to come up with an idea to improve something in your school. At the end of the Congress they gave us a task for the year, it was to make our school environment a better and healthier place.

On Monday 9th September, all the student leaders at St Patrick’s went to the Lighthouse Theatre for a Leader's night. We showed a video of how we went with the task set at the beginning of the year.  We used our video of our Wellbeing Day, it showed what the day looked like and the activities we did. The activities included: yoga, just dance, outdoor games, reading in the Library and fitness activities such as boxing and weight lifting. We also launched a book swap. 

All the primary schools in the district were there, as well as the 4 Warrnambool secondary schools, Emmanuel, Brauer, Kings and Warrnambool College. Each school received a certificate of appreciation for helping out their school community and making the world a better place.

We have a sleeping bag in lost property that was not collected after the Yr 3/4 camp. If this is yours please come and collect it from the office.

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 looking for volunteers to sell raffle tickets at the Saturday Farmers and Community Markets at Railway Place for the next 5 weeks in the lead up to our Spring Fair. If you have a spare hour or two we would love to have your help.

For those who are unable to assist at the Fair this year, this would be a great way for you to contribute.

If you can help, please ring Georgina 0410 469 065 or Renee 0418 541 294 

F/1 Area – Movie Raffle – All donations by the end the term please

·      Microwave Popcorn & Blocks of Chocolate

Yr 2 – Garden Raffle

·      Hose, seeds, garden tools, potting mix, pots, etc.

Yr 3/4 Area – Gourmet Food & Kitchen

·      Platters, pickles, cheese board, cheese knives, wine, oils, sauces, nuts, etc.

Yr 5/6 Area – Kids Raffle

·      Games, toys, art & craft items, stationery etc.

There are boxes outside the following rooms for the donations to be placed in: F/1M, 2CF, 3/4M, 5/6B

Do you have any pets that we could use for our Petting Zoo at this year's Fair?

We are looking for all sorts of animals such as dogs, kittens, goats, chooks, rabbits, if it's friendly we would love to have it.

Please contact Renee if you are able bring along your pet for the Fair on 0418 541 294.

After the great success of last year's Talent Show, it will return again this year. Get your act together and start practising. Auditions will be later in the term, date and time to be confirmed.

The Fair coordinators are looking for donations of marquees to use on the day of the Fair. If you have one they could use, please contact Renee Killen on 0418547294.

Kiss a Lizard will also return this year - details to follow.

It's time to clean out the toy box and send any toys in good condition to the school for the  Toy Stall. All donations can be left at the school from now and up to the Fair.

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 tomorrow Thursday September 12.

Sporting School's commencement day for Term 4 is Wednesday October 16.

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

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