ENewsletter

Acknowledgement of Country

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.

From The Principal - Olga Lyons

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Carers,

Our Athletics Day was the highlight of week 9. It's always a great day out for students, staff and families and the weather was just perfect. I want to acknowledge that a significant amount of preparation goes into getting the children ready for the day as well as setting up the venue. Thank you to Mr. Greene for his Athletics Program throughout term 1.

We are experiencing Folkie fallout with several positive COVID cases amongst students and staff. I urge parents to test their children twice a week to prevent them coming to school and spreading the virus unknowingly. This is our best defence against wide spread outbreaks which will result in year level or whole school closures. We have 8 staff in isolation this week due to having the virus or caring for children who have tested positive.

Kind regards,

Olga Lyons, Principal

Congratulations

Congratulations to Simone Riddle and Adam Brian on the birth of Billy. Billy is a brother for Matilda (Yr 2), Rosie (F), Percy & Trixie

2022 School Closure Dates

Term 2 - May 5 (Public Holiday/May Races)

Term 2 - Friday May 6 (Writing PD)

Term 2 - Tuesday June 14 (Report Writing)

Term 3 - Friday August 5 (School Wide Positive Behaviour PD)

Term 4 - Monday November 21 (Report Writing)

From The RE Leader - Eliza Dwyer

Building Project Update

The roof trusses have been delivered and will start going up next week. More pallets of bricks have arrived onsite ready for the Brick Layers to start next week also. The wall frames have been completed and the foot holes for the decking have been dug.

What's Happening on the Building Site?

Class Awards

SWPBS Yard Dojo Winner - Isaac Wolff for playing football appropriately and not tackling.

Edward Taylor for working hard on his pencil grip and handwriting.

Spencer Bant for his positive attitude towards his school work.

Rosie Parkinson for her impressive information report on Cheetahs.

Japanese News - Anne Robertson

Sustainability News

PE News - Tommy Greene

2022 Athletic Results

Congratulation to all competitors at our Athletic Sports yesterday and to our winners.

1st House - Blue with 410 points

2nd House - Yellow with 326 points

3rd House - Red with 304 points

4th House - Green with 284 points

Age Level Champions

7 Year Olds - Joey Tregeagle & Nelly Parkinson

8 Year Olds - Harvey Lambert & Matilda Brian

9 Year Olds - Luke Rayner, William Leddin & Mahalia Wamoana

10 Year Olds - Royce Sheehan & Ivy Condon

11 Year Olds - Isaiah Killen & Charlotte Versace

12/13 Year Olds - Hamish Williams & Lena Watty

Foundation Athletics 2022

Next Friday, 25th March, in the St. Patrick’s School grounds, our Foundation students will participate in their 2022 Athletics competition.

Students have been practising for much of the term in preparation for their athletics day. The events being undertaken on the day are sprints, hurdles, long jump, high jump, target throw, vortex throw, egg and spoon race, quoits and relay races.

Students will be representing their house. The students can wear their a t-shirt in their house colour with their sports shorts. Ribbons will be awarded for the first three place getters in each event and an overall Champion boy and Champion girl will be recognised based on all of their efforts for the day.

We would love to see as many parents and grandparents there as possible to support our little ones on the day.

The day will begin at 9.15am and conclude at around 10:30am.

School News

Upcoming Events

Friday March 25 - Foundation Sports

Monday March 28 - Dental Forms to be returned

Monday March 28 - Yr 6 Reconciliation @ 7pm

Wednesday March 30 - Moyne Sports

Wednesday March 30 - Yr 6 Visit to Emmanuel

Tuesday April 5 - Hot Cross Bun Day cut off at 3pm

Wednesday April 6 - Easter Egg Raffle ticket to be returned

Thursday April 7 - Hot Cross Bun Day

Friday April 8 - Easter Egg Raffle Drawn

Friday April 8 - Last day of Term 1 @ 2.20pm

Tuesday April 26 - First day of Term 2

Saturday April 30 - Working Bee @ 9am - 12pm

Tuesday May 3 - Confirmation Parent Night @ 7pm

Thursday May 5 - Warrnambool Cup Day - Public Holiday

Friday May 6 - Pupil Free Day - Staff PD

Monday May 30 - Friday July 3 - Dental Van visit - Days to be confirmed

Monday May 30- Friday June 3 - Eisteddfod Week

WINTER UNFORM ORDERS

There is only 3 weeks of school left so if you are needing winter uniform items, please ensure your submit your order using CDFpay as soon as possible.

Sporting Schools - TONIGHT IS THE LAST SPORTING SCHOOLS SESSION FOR TERM 1

THE LAST SESSION FOR SPORTING SCHOOL THIS TERM WILL BE TODAY, THURSDAY MARCH 24.

THE DAYS AND DATES FOR NEXT TERM HAVE NOT YET BEEN FINALISED.

Australian Dental Health Victoria

Dental forms were sent home last week for you child to participate in the free School Dental Initiative. Forms are to be returned to the classroom teachers by March 28.

The dental van is expected to be at the school the week of May 30.

Puffin Competition Winners!

Celina Brown is delighted to announce that St. Patrick's Parish Primary School has been selected as a PUFFIN CLUB SCHOOL for 2022. It is great to be selected as we will be sent a box of free goodies each term. The large box may include bookmarks, posters, sample books, new fiction, book bags, Puffinalia magazines, pencils, stickers, etc.

All materials received will be used as prizes during Book Week or display materials in our school library.

P & F News

2022 Canteen Menu

Download

PAM - Parent Access Module

https://pam.spportfairy.catholic.edu.au

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

Calendar - St Patrick's Parish Primary School Port Fairy

http://www.spportfairy.catholic.edu.au/calendar.html

St Patrick's Parish Primary School Port Fairy

Parish Masses

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

Saturday Vigil Mass - 6.30pm at Koroit

Sunday Mass - 9am @ Port Fairy

Community News

Wannon Water Community Panel 2022

Wannon Water is hosting a Community Panel in April and May 2022 to discuss what projects and services are most important to deliver for our community over the next five years.

We are sharing this opportunity as it may be of interest to parents at your school. Each participant will be thanked for their contribution through a $350 gift card on completion of the panel events in May.

We’re looking for 12 customers reflective of our large service area to participate on our panel. The valuable input from the panel will be considered alongside technical reviews and broad customer engagement insights received between 2019 and 2021 to help us determine our activities, investments and prices for the 2023-28 Price Submission period.

How does it work?

The program will be delivered in four parts: three in-person events and one self-led online activity session. Further detail on each part can be found in the panel topics outlined on our webpage.

It is important that participants are available and committed to attending all four parts before registering.

How to register your expression of interest?

Go to the Wannon Water Community Panel 2022 webpage at: engageandexplore.wannonwater.com.au/communitypanel2022/expressionofinterest/

Check availability to attend all sessions

Click the ‘Register Here’ button to fill out the expression of interest form

Timeline

23 March 2022 - Applications close (COB)
25 March 2022 - EOI Outcomes advised
1 April 2022 - Meet & Greet
2 April 2022 - Panel session 1
30 April 2022 - Panel session 2

Contact

St Pat's News

Term 1 - March 24, 2022