ENewsletter

St Patrick's Parish Primary School

Principal: Olga Lyons

Deputy Principal: Peter Sanderson

Parish Priest: Fr. John Corrigan

Phone: 55681371

Acknowledgement of Country

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.

From The Principal - Olga Lyons

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This Friday marks the end of remote learning for our whole school community. For the first time since 21st August our whole student community will be together again. We are now looking forward to the day that we can welcome our parents back into classrooms and assemblies.

As we come back together I would like to thank and acknowledge all of our parents and carers who have worked alongside our teachers to provide for our children. I'd also like to acknowledge the Learning Support Officers who were present onsite each day to supervise the onsite groups. They did an amazing job to support the supervising teachers.

Our teachers are very excited to have the children onsite consistently.

Kind regards,

Olga Lyons, Principal

Our School Vision & Mission

The attached file contains our current School Vision & Mission document. This year we are scheduled to review these documents with the Staff and School Advisory Council.

Download

From The RE Leader - Eliza Dwyer

Congratulations

Winning Entry - Maeve Murphy

Miss Lee suggested that our class look online for inspiration on the topic of saving water. I saw lots of pictures of the earth, water, plants, taps, messages of what we are doing wrong along with suggestions on how we could fix the problem of water wastage.

I took all of that inspiration and drew a digital drawing of the world with a tap on the side, plants at the top, a message saying “save water before it’s too late” and hands holding the earth made out of water. I would have never thought that it would come second in my age group!

Maeve Murphy

Congratulations Maeve, we look forward to hearing how your entry goes in the National Competition. Good Luck!

MAV Mathematics Talent Quest Awards

Congratulations to our students Jorja Lowe (High Distinction) and Lena Watty (Distinction) who were honoured at the MAV Awards held virtually today. Well done Girls.

Jorja was also chosen as the overall winner of the LaTrobe University Young Women in Mathematics winner for her investigation into "What characteristics do the 5 most popular influencers on the 4 main social media have. How do they compare?

Thank you to Ms Kenna for supporting our students in their mathematical investigations and their entries.

Leadership & Stewardship

School Advisory Council AGM

Our 2021 School Advisory Council Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday November 9th at 7:30pm.

Mandatory Vaccination in Schools

The Victorian Chief Health Officer has advised that vaccination will be required for everyone working in schools to protect children, employees, and our communities from the spread of COVID-19.

All workers in Victorian schools will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID -19 unless a medical exception applies. This is an important measure to ensure our schools and early childhood centres remain safe and are not sources of community transmission.

Who do the vaccination directions apply to?

The vaccination directions include:

i. any person who is employed by an education operator to work in an education facility (including teachers, early childhood educators and educational support staff);

ii. a person contracted to work at an education facility and who will or may be in close proximity to children, students or staff, whether or not engaged by the education operator including casual relief teachers, IT personnel, NDIS providers and auditors, but does not include delivery personnel);

iii. staff of the Education Department and Training who attend an education facility (such as allied health personnel or Authorised Officers and School Nurse program employees);

iv. staff of any other entity who attends an education facility (including employees of Catholic Education Ballarat);

v. volunteers that attend an education facility and that work in close proximity to children, students or staff (including parent helpers Parents & Friends and SAC members) and contractors.

We respectfully ask that all volunteers, contractors and committee members be prepared to provide evidence of their vaccination status prior to entering the school.

Wellbeing News - Antonia Balmer

Learning and Teaching

3/4D News

Learning Diversity

Positive Partnerships have a couple of free webinars for families

Returning to School Webinar (Primary Focus)

As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease, we are once again preparing for students to return. For students on the autism spectrum, returning to school again may present challenges and opportunities.

Sensory Processing

An interactive webinar over two sessions where you will have the opportunity to listen, share and learn with parents/carers, teachers and others who support individuals on the autism spectrum. If you are interested click on the links below to register for the webinars.

Session One:

Thursday 4th November 12-1pm

Tuesday 9th November 7-8pm

Session Two:

Monday 15th November 12-1pm

Wednesday 24th November 7-8pm

School News

Library - Wanted

The school library is wanting any old K-zone, Manga, D-Mag magazines. If you have any of these magazines lying around the house that you no longer want, the library would love to have them. The magazines can be dropped off at the front office or the library office.

Celina Brown

Librarian

Working Bee

Thank you to all the families that attended last Saturday's working bee, we managed to get all the jobs completed.

Lost Property: If you left a windcheater at the working bee (see picture) you can collect it from the office.

Lost Property

We have collected quite a lot of lost property this year. The items are either not named or have the name of past pupils on them. We also have a few other items, see picture. If you think one of these items could be your child's, please contact the office.

Lost Property Items

Coats: 3 x size 6

V-neck jumpers: 1 x size 8, 2 x size 10

Windcheaters: 1 x size 4, 3 x size 6, 1 x size 8, 1 x size 10, 1 x size 14

Student Drop off and Pick Up

St Patrick's is asking parents to remain in their cars during the drop off and pick up of your children at school and to not congregate with other parents outside the school. With the outbreak of COVID in Warrnambool we feel that it is important to minimise contact with people outside of your family. We look forward to when we can all gather again without restrictions.

Bookclub

Bookclub orders need to be processed online or handed into the office by October 25.

Sporting Schools - Term 4

Sporting Schools for Term 4 will commence on Wednesday October 27 and finish on Thursday December 9.

Sporting Schools will run on a Wednesday and Thursday. The sports will be gymnastics and minor games.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday November 9 - SAC AGM

Tuesday November 30 - P & F AGM

Monday November 22 - Pupil Free Day for Report Writing (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)

P & F AGM - Tuesday November 30

The P & F will be holding their AGM on Tuesday November 30. All events scheduled for term 4 have been postponed until 2022.

Canteen - NO CANTEEN THIS TERM

We have decided that with visitor restrictions in schools, the canteen will not be open this term.

P & F Dates for your Diary