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,

The highlight of this week will be the completion of the Sacrament of Confirmation program that 25 year 3-4 children have been doing.  They will be receiving the Sacrament on Friday evening at 6:00pm in the Parish Church. Please keep them and their sponsors in your prayers.

Winter series is coming up next Friday.  The make up of our Netball and Football teams will be announced soon.  Thank you to the coaches who have been training the teams during their breaks. 

I encourage you all to lock in our Aussie Themed Quiz night on June 19.  It's always guaranteed to be a fun night and a great way to finish off term 2.  Thank you to the Quiz masters who are putting the night together. 

We have 14 students going to the Cross Country competition at Deakin University next Monday.  We hope the weather conditions give everyone an opportunity to do their best. 

We had a large number of prospective parents attend our Enrolment Information session on Wednesday night.  There will be 2 tour sessions (Tuesday & Thursday) next week at 10:00am.  

Next week is Catholic Education Week.  This year we are celebrating 200 Years of Catholic Education in Australia.  Our own St Patrick's School features in the celebrations as the second Catholic School established in 1849, following on from All Saints in Portland just a few month earlier.  As part of the celebrations our Year 6 students will attend a Network Mass at St Pius X on Friday May 28.  They will take their lunch and eat with other year 6 classes from Koroit and Warrnambool schools after the mass. Parents are welcome to attend the mass at 12:00pm.

Kind regards,

Olga Lyons, Principal

As we celebrate Catholic Education Week next week we are focusing with pride and gratitude on our school's 172 year history.  

In 1844, when Port Fairy was known as the new township of Belfast, an area full of Irish-Catholic immigrants, Bishop Polding heard that the little settlement was in need of some formal Catholic structure.

July 27th 1849 was the date upon which our school, St Patrick’s was opened. 

Father Slattery built a school room, 26 feet by 16 feet (7.9m x 4.9m). It was also here that parishioners were able to attend the weekly Mass. 

Please take the time to click on the file below to read about our interesting timeline from 1849 to 2021.

Year 5/6B had a visit from our local historian Glen Foster this week. Glen came to our classroom as a precursor to our History Walk and Museum visit which we will be undertaking next week.  Glen provided us with a role play which introduced us to some of the prominent Port Fairy characters when this area was settled in 1836.  The 12 reporters asked Gunditjamara, James Aitkinson, William Rutledge and John Griffiths questions about their role in the settlement of Port Fairy.

Our Expected Behaviour Blitz is our corridors. In our corridors we use walking feet and inside voices. We also keep our corridors tidy by hanging our bags and coats on hooks or placing them neatly in our lockers.

Yard Dojo Award- ‘Be Respectful, Be Safe, Be A Learner’  

Our Yard Dojo Award winner at our last assembly was Rebecca Parkinson.  Rebecca was overheard by Miss Lee speaking kindly to others.

This week the sustainability group set up a recycling station outside the ICT Room. The recycling station has:

• A soft plastic bin, for all your soft plastics. 
• A tub for used toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, floss containers and their packaging. 
• A tub for used makers, used pens, CD’s, old phones, batteries and light globes.
• A Wonder Bread Recycling Rewards campaign bin for recycling your bread bags and tags. Help us turn bread bags into school play equipment.

If you have any of these items for recycling, drop  them at the Recycle Station outside the ICT lab.

If you have any question you can ask the sustainability leaders, Jorja and Andrew or Mr Steere.

Jorja Lowe & Andrew Gapes

Our plan for the refurbishment of the 3/4 classrooms and building of additional classrooms to replace the double portable are progressing.  We will be tendering the project in August/September with a view to starting construction in October/November.  

Plans for the project are on display in the school foyer.  A letter drop has been made to adjoining neighbours to invite them to view the plans.  

MortonDunn Architects are currently submitting our plans to the Moyne Shire for permit approval. 

St Pat's is introducing a Uniform Correction Notice from next week. If your child/children are wearing incorrect items of uniform they will be issued a notice, unless the school has received a note from a parent/guardian explaining why they are not in the correct uniform.

Coats: The school coat is not mandatory but is preferred by the school. If your child will be representing the school for any occasion they will need to wear the school coat or no coat.  Coats with brand names or related to other organisations are not to be worn to school. 

School Shoes: School shoes must be black shoes, not regular runners and not black runners with white soles. There is a runner type of shoe that is leather or leather like, that is suitable to wear. Runners must be waterproof for everyday wear. The types of acceptable shoes are like the ones shown in the picture attached to this insert.

Below is an outline of what the uniform is for sports day, summer and winter.

SPORT UNIFORM - only these items can be worn on sports days

• Unisex maroon shorts or trackpants, monogrammed short sleeve polo top, monogrammed school windcheater or monogrammed V neck jumper, white socks and runners

GIRLS SUMMER UNIFORM

• Summer Dress with navy socks and monogrammed V neck jumper and black school shoes (no tights are to be worn with the summer dress)

• Optional: Navy blue shorts with monogrammed short sleeve polo, monogrammed V neck jumper, navy socks and black school shoes

• School monogrammed hat - September - April

GIRLS WINTER UNIFORM

• School winter tunic, long sleeve monogrammed polo, monogrammed V neck jumper, navy socks or tights and black school shoes

• Optional: Navy pants, monogrammed long sleeve polo, monogrammed V neck jumper, navy socks and black school shoes.

• Optional: School coat 

BOYS SUMMER UNIFORM

• Navy blue shorts, monogrammed short sleeve polo, monogrammed V neck jumper, navy socks and black school shoes.

BOYS WINTER UNIFORM

• Navy pants, monogrammed long sleeve polo, monogrammed V neck jumper, navy socks and black school shoes.

• Optional: School coat 

  Please see attachment for more uniform information and a copy of the Uniform Correction Notice.

Yr 5/6  are in need of 4 - 6 keyboards. We would like to borrow these for the remainder of Term 2. They do not need to have a stand.  If you have one at home that you could lend us we would be most grateful. Please see Mrs Balmer in 5/6B

Just a reminder that if your child is showing any signs of a cold or the flu, they are to stay at home. 

Bookclub orders for Issue 4 will close on June 10

Future orders can be made by sending the order form and cash to the school office or via the online LOOP. Directions on how to use the LOOP are on the order page.