St Pat's News

Principal: Olga Lyons

Deputy Principal: Peter Sanderson

Parish Priest: Fr. John Corrigan

Phone: 55681371

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,

I hope you all had a relaxing 4 day weekend with plenty of fun family time.  As we head into Autumn and cooler weather I feel the need to encourage the children to bring a jumper or coat to school to wear in the school yard.  Coats are not to be worn in the classrooms.  

A reminder to complete the ESCI survey before the end of the term.  Information about how to login to the survey was sent home a couple of weeks ago.  Or is a downloadable link on this newsletter. 

The staff had a professional learning day with Anne Ruddell on Friday to refine our School Wide Positive Behaviour Support approach.  This day outlined clear expectations for respectful, safe behaviours, the way we recognise positive behaviours and tiered consequences for inappropriate behaviours.  Information will be shared with parents in coming weeks. 

Kind regards,

Olga Lyons, Principal

This week the Teacher Leadership Team focused on organising the Harmony, St. Patrick's Feast Day and Kaboom Sports events that are going to be a feature next week.  

Miss Williams is holding auditions for the Talent Quest being held next Wednesday afternoon.  Good luck to all of the auditioning artists. 

Mr. Steere has volunteered to be responsible for the Sustainability Program in our school.  He spent time meeting with the Sustainability Leaders this week to plan some planting projects around the school.  

Miss Forrest is responsible for supporting the Mini Vinnies Leaders in their quest to give themselves to Goodness in our community.  She is also organising the Sacramental Programs of Reconciliation, Confirmation and Eucharist.

Mrs. Lyons meets fortnightly with all the student leaders to guide them in their leadership roles and plan projects to enhance student wellbeing and safety. 

Mr. Sanderson is preparing us for NAPLAN and completing the EMU maths Intervention testing.  He is also orgainising a group of high achieving maths students to take part in the Olymiad project. 

Miss Mahney organised a very informative spelling Professional Learning session with Matt O'Brien, the Learning and Teaching Advisor from the Catholic Education Office.

Mrs. Balmer is doing an amazing job implementing our SWPBS behavioural framework.