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,

It has been a very busy week at St Patrick's.  Senior students are trying out for Winter Series sports teams during the breaks.

We have all had a fun day singing along with Andrew Chinn today and the concert was very entertaining.  We always look forward to Andrew's visits. 

Thank you to the parents who came along to the working bee last Saturday morning. Despite the drizzling rain we managed to start removing some growth around the water tanks in preparation for the building project due to begin later this year.  

Thank you also to the School Captains, and their parents, who represented our school at the ANZAC Day ceremony last Sunday morning. 

Congratulations to Miss Hannah Williams on her engagement to Joel Wilson over the weekend. 

Kind regards,

Olga Lyons, Principal

Andrew Chinn - Australian Religious Songwriter and Singer visited St Patrick's School today to share his songs with our children.  He was very entertaining and got all of the children fully engaged and eager to participate. 

Another busy term of school sports is upon us over the next few weeks.  Next week, on Wednesday 5th May, children in Years 3-6 will be competing in the St Patrick's School Cross Country at Russel Clarke Reserve at 9.25pm.  The three age groups for competing are 10 year olds, 11 year olds and 12/13 year olds.  The top 8 place getters in each age group will then compete the following week on Friday 14th May at the Moyne Schools Cross Country Championships which is also to be held at Russel Clark Reserve.  We encourage all children in Years 3-6 to participate in the school cross country.  Our 9 year old students will run in a race amongst themselves that is shorter in distance.  So please encourage any of your children between now and next Wednesday that are keen runners, to get in some practise.  

On Friday May 7th, St Patrick's students will be representing our school at the Warrnambool and District Primary Schools Athletics Championships.

On Friday the 14th May, the Moyne School's Soccer Tournament will be played at Port Fairy Cricket Club Grounds.  This will be played in the afternoon of the School Cross Country.  Children have registered their interest for playing on this team and over the next couple of weeks our students will prepare for the game.

On Friday 4th June, St Patricks will enter teams in Netball and Football to compete in the Moyne Schools Winter Sports Carnival.  Children have registered their interest in playing on these teams and over the next week teams will be selected and commence training.  

Yesterday, some Grade 5/6 students and Year 1 students took part in a football clinic organised by the Port Fairy Football Club.  Twelve year AFL veteran Shane Savage took the clinic. Shane did a fantastic job and the children enjoyed themselves immensely.  Hopefully Shane will be back later in the year.  

Year 3 & 5 classes will be participating in the NAPLAN Assessments on May 11,12,& 13.  The assessments are in Reading, Spelling & Grammar, Writing and Mathematics. 

Congratulations to our students on the behaviours they have displayed when they have been entering and exiting our school. Having students walking bikes and scooters across the school crossing and out the front of the school ensures their safety as they travel to and from school.

Our Expected Behaviour Blitz will be our corridors.

Our School Captains and Vice Captains represented our school by laying a wreath at the 10:15am service at the Railway Memorial on ANZAC day.  

Our school photos will be on Monday May 17. Photo envelopes will be sent home with your children today. Payment can be made using the envelope provided or online using the Shootkey on your child's envelope. The school does not handle these envelopes so please make sure you have the correct money in the envelopes or the credit card slip and have sealed the envelope. 

If you would like a family photo, the envelopes can be collected from the school office.

Sporting Schools Program

The Sporting Schools program will this year run on Monday and Wednesday afternoons after school from 3.20pm - 4.30pm starting next week. This program runs for 7 weeks each term. Tom Sell, one of our Learning Support Officers, will be coordinating the program this year, along with our trainees.

Term 2 days will be Wednesday and Thursday, commencing April 28 & 29. The activities will be soccer, football and netball.

Attendance forms are located on the Skoolbag App. Attendance slips must be filled out by 10am for each day your child is attending Sporting Schools. Any child without an attendance form will not be permitted to attend. 

Please use the Skoolbag App for each session your child is going to attend.

If you do not have the Skoolbag App, click on the link for instructions.

https://www.moqproducts.com.au/skoolbag/installation-instructions/

We invite our beautiful Mums to come along to enjoy a special breakfast in the school hall with their children on May 7th at 8am.  Orders are now open through CDFpay. The order can only be made via CDFpay and close on Tuesday May 4 at 3.20pm, NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.