St Pat's News

We Acknowledge the Gunditjmara people, the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are gathered today.

We respect and honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present and future. We acknowledge their stories, traditions and living cultures on this land and commit to building a brighter future together.

Dear Parents and Carers,

As we reach the mid point of the term it's a good time to reflect on our progress and establish goals for the rest of the term ahead.  Term 3 is well regarded as the most important term in relation to learning achievements. It is equally as important to pay attention to our physical and mental wellbeing.  We know that both of these factors strongly influence learning capacity. 

A reminder that the DOBCEL Board have provided schools with a Circuit Breaker 4 day weekend this week.  Parents received a letter about this at the end of last term and the closure dates have been on our newsletter since the beginning of term 3. Therefore, there is no school this Friday or next Monday. I hope the children and staff return full of energy to make the most of the rest of the term. 

This week Celina Brown informed me that she and her husband will be relocating to Ballarat at the end of this term.  Celina has worked at St. Patrick's as our Library technician for 23 years.  We will miss her enthusiastic love for books and her beautiful singing with the children when they visited the library.  

Kind regards,

Olga Lyons, Principal

The wearing of school hats by staff and students comes into effect on Thursday September 1.

Please ensure your child has their hat ready. Hats can be ordered through CDFpay.

To celebrate Book Week 2022 we invite all children and staff to find their wild side and dress up as their favourite book character on Tuesday August 23.  The Theme this year is Dreaming with eyes open!  

Sporting Schools days for Term 3 will be Mondays and Wednesdays.

Sporting Schools runs for 7 weeks each term. The final sessions for Sporting Schools for Term 3 will Monday September 5 and Wednesday September 7.

You must sign your child up for Sporting Schools using the Skoolbag App. Please only sign your child up the night before or the day of the session they will be attending. The cut off time is 11am on the day they are to attend.