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,

The wintery weather this week has reminded us of what is to come over the next couple of months.  A reminder to check that your children have jumpers and coats for outdoors.  

We have 6 teachers isolating this week with COVID which has presented some challenges, but we are determined to remain operating as normal as possible.  Masks must be worn by students who are close household contacts.  

This week is Volunteer's Week.  Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who support our school community in so many ways.  The National Better Together Volunteer campaign is a chance for all of us to celebrate and recognise the vital work of volunteers and to say thank you.

Kind regards,

Olga Lyons, Principal

We now invite all families to visit our school website, to complete the enrolment form for any 2023 Foundation children.

Enrolments opened on Monday 16th May and close on Friday June 24.

Our Parent Information session on Wednesday night was very well attended and we extend an invitation for prospective parents to attend our Discovery Tour on May 24 from 9.00am - 11.00am. 

5/6 have been very busy this term. We have been enjoying our sporting opportunities - Moyne Athletics, Cross Country, Moyne Cross Country and we are all looking forward to Winter Sports next Friday May 27th. 

In our classroom we have been focusing on using high modality words to persuade our readers to agree with our opinions. This fits beautifully with our inquiry topic where we are investigating the three levels of Government - Federal, State and Local. We have learnt that politicians need to use lots of high modality words to persuade their constituents to vote for them. Some of us were lucky enough to meet our local Federal Minister, Mr Dan Tehan.  Mr Tehan is the minister for Trades, Tourism and Investment. He will be running for the seat of Wannon in this Saturday’s election.

In music / drama we have been learning ‘shuffle dancing’.  We have learnt the running man step, the diagonal running man and the T step. We will be performing our synchronized dances next week.

Welcome Home Chooks                                     　　　              

We have new chickens, Brownie, Skinny, Koroit and Kirkstall, names that are still in dispute, have made a new home or should I say nest, at St Patrick's Primary School. They arrived last Sunday and immediately made themselves at home. This exciting delivery came at a cost though, chicken Yambuk, was moved off to a farm to live the rest of his days and her friend, Toes, is now the only original chicken left in the coop. We hope that the new chickens enjoy their home as much as we enjoy them.                                                  

Parents

There is fresh Parsley in the garden next to the canteen, you may have seen this during at our Mother's Day Breakfast. Feel free to come and collect some during drop-off or pick-up time. 

Next Monday our Cross Country qualifiers will head to the Deakin University course to participate in the District Schools Cross County. We wish the following students the best of luck: Ivy Condon, Royce Sheehan, Occy Hayes, Eadie Archbold, Jacob Murray, Lena Watty, Archie Cameron, Rose Greene, Alice Macpherson, Blake Robertson, Hamish Williams, Isaiah Killen, Lenny Hetherington, Charlotte Versace and Harry Haylock.

Thank you to the parents that have offered to transport the children to and from the event.

Next Friday our Yr 5/6 football and netball teams will be representing the school at the Moyne Winter Sports. The football and netball teams will be competing against neighbouring schools at Victoria Park in Koroit.

The Dental Van has been postponed until the week of August 8. Unfortunately the pandemic has caused a shortage in staff across all sectors with health and education being the highest. 

Sporting Schools for Term 2 will be on a Monday and Wednesday from 3.20pm-4.30pm.

The last session will be on Thursday June 15. Sarah Roberts will be the coordinator this Term.

To sign your child up for Sporting Schools you need to use the eForm in the Skoolbag App.  This form is to be filled in for each session that they will be attending, this is to be done the night before or the morning by 11am of the session they are attending.