St Pat's News

Working with Children Check

We always welcome and appreciate the help parents and others provide around the school. This week we had some wonderful helpers making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. I remind you that parents and family members wishing to assist in the classroom, in the canteen, on excursions etc. must obtain a Working with Children check. This can be located by going to this link:  http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

The check you need is for volunteers. I encourage all parents to get this check.

Commissioning and Rite of Enrolment Mass

Thank you to all the families and staff that were able to attend Saturday night’s mass. It was good to see so many families make this commitment with their children.

Sports Day

Our Sports Day will take place at Brauerander Park in Warrnambool this Friday, beginning at 10.00am. All children will be transported to and from Brauerander on buses and all children, other than our Foundation and Year 1 students, will be competing in age groups. Foundation and Year 1 students will be competing in class levels. Children are asked to wear a T-shirt in their house colour or a ribbon of that colour if they don’t have a T-shirt. School sports shorts are to be worn with the T-shirt. Families are very welcome. 

While parents are free to take photos/video of their own children at the sports, please be aware that as per our Digital Media Policy and Child Safe Policy, uploading any photos or video to social media that has children other than your own in it, without their permission, is not allowed. It is important to remember that not everyone is happy for their child’s image to be made public.

If parents would like to take their child/children home straight from the sports, please let the teacher in charge of that house group know so that they can be marked off the roll.

Teachers in charge of each house group are as follows:

Samaritan: Hannah Williams, Monique McCartney, 

Winnen: Fraser Paton, Annie Forrest

Polding: Benson Steere, Leanne Mahney, Andrea Lane

Mackillop: Abby Lee, Antonia Balmer, Anne Robertson

Please ensure you grant consent for your children to attend the Sports Day by completing the form on PAM.

Folk Festival Camping setup

Folk Festival camping setup will take place on Thursday March 5th, beginning at 9.00am. This involves line marking, setting up lights etc. If you are able to assist with this, please contact the school office. Thank you to those families that have already indicated that they are able to help. This work qualifies for volunteer levy points.

Folk Festival Workshops

Next Wednesday the students will take part in the Port Fairy Folk Festival School Workshops. This year the artist running the workshops will be Vern Hardie of Connected Circus who uses circus skills to explore resilience and positivity.

Folk Festival Concert

On Friday 6th March the students will attend a Folk Festival concert in our school hall at 12.00pm for Foundation to Yr 3 and 1.30pm for Yrs 4 to 6.

Kind regards,

Peter Sanderson

Principal

All absences, excursion permissions, medical information will be accessed through PAM (Parent Access Module). PAM is where you have been accessing your child's reports and making bookings for interviews.

You will use the same login and password that you were given at the end of last year. If you have forgotten your login please contact me. If you have forgotten your password you can reset it from the login page.

When you log in, there may be a warning at the top that asks you to verify your email address - please do this.

Student Absences

PAM can be used prior to 10am, after 10am you will need to ring the school.

See information below.

Medical Profile

Log in to PAM

From the home page click on your child's name.

On the left hand side click select Medical Profile.

A form will appear, fill in all your child's medical details.

Excursions & Sporting Activities

You will be notified of an excursion via email. The email will include what the activity is, who it is for and the date that it needs to be approved by.

You will be given a link that will take you directly to PAM.

See information below.

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

Saturday February 22 @ 6.30pm - Koroit

Sunday February 23 @ 10.30am - Port Fairy

Invest in your most precious asset......Your Marriage!

Married couples, come and learn how to keep/rekindle the passion in your relationship and how to keep your love growing!

The weekend is based around Catholic values but couples of all faiths are welcome.

Next weekend is on   17–19 April 2020 in Melbourne

Other weekends on 17-19 July and 13-15 November 2020

Starts 7pm on Friday. Ends 5pm Sunday. Accommodation and all meals provided.

Information/Bookings: Phone Mercy & James 0409 183 676 or

Email: vicbookings@wwme.org.au  Website: wwme.org.au

Nominations are now open for the annual Warrnambool and Moyne Youth Awards. 

Coordinated by the Youth Councils, the Awards recognise young people aged between 12 and 25 years who live either in Warrnambool or Moyne Shire.

Award Changes

This year’s Awards will focus heavily on the values of individuals.

 The Warrnambool and Moyne Youth Councillors have worked to create a more inclusive awards structure to recognise the wider contributions of our region’s young people. The Youth Councillors have identified five key values as the basis for the awards:

• Cooperation
• Resilience
• Responsibility
• Kindness
• Passion

In addition, the awards will be divided into the following age categories; 12-15yrs; 16-18yrs; 19-25yrs. There will be a runner-up in each age category for each shire. There will no longer be separate award categories for male and female. In total there will be 6 winners and 6 runners-up, 3 each for Warrnambool and 3 each for Moyne.

Community members will be asked to nominate a young person and explain which 3 of the 5 values the nominee has demonstrated through their particular endeavours and/or efforts.

NOMINATIONS CLOSE 16 MARCH - NOMINATE A YOUNG PERSON NOW: https://www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/youth-awards-nomination

Prizes

In previous years the overall male and overall female winners from each shire received $200 each, $800 in total. For the 2020 Youth Awards winners in each age category will receive $200 each, $1200 in total.

Youth Showcase

This year we are looking to showcase the diverse talents of young people aged between 12 and 25. The 2020 Youth Awards will see the launch of a Youth Showcase which will include exhibits of work from young creatives, young performers, young entrepreneurs, young trades people and young apprentices.

The Youth Showcase will be launched during Youth Week at the Lighthouse Theatre and will be on display 3-19 April.

Young performers will perform at the Youth Awards presentation event on 17 April.

We are currently seeking expressions of interest from an individual or group to participate in the Youth Showcase. 

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CLOSE 23 MARCH - EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST APPLICATION: https://www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/expression-interest-youth-week-showcase

 Youth Award Celebration Night

All our young people will be recognised at an event on Friday 17th April at Lighthouse Theatre Warrnambool.

 Information

Award nominations and Expression of Interest forms for the Youth Showcase are available online at www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/youth-awards.

Contact

Rebecca Elmes at Moyne Shire Council on 5568 0555 or email becelmes@moyne.vic.gov.au

We want young people to be seen, heard and celebrated for their place in our community. We thank you in advance for promoting the Warrnambool and Moyne Youth Awards to your staff and school community.