2023, Term 2, Week 7 Newsletter

Acknowledgement of Country

St. Patrick's School acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work, the Koroitch-gundidj people of the Maar Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. 

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to this week’s newsletter. 

CLOSURE DAYS NEXT WEEK

Next Monday 12/6 is the King's Birthday Public Holiday and Friday 16/6 is a school closure day as staff are attending professional learning facilitated by Dan Petro, a leader in his field from America. 

Dan Petro is a behaviour analyst and a director of Behavioural Resources Australia Pty Ltd where he utilises his extensive professional history of developing positive behaviour support and intervention programs including providing the implementation training.

LEARNING WALK FEEDBACK

Thank you to the families who came along to our Learning Walk on Thursday this week. Learning walks are an opportunity for families to come and engage with the real learning that is happening in our classrooms at St Pat's. I have not had a parent/carer participant leave without a positive experience yet! Feedback from parents at this week's learning walk when asked to finish this sentence was: 

Learning as St Pat's is.....

Nurturing

Inclusive

Engaging

Safe 

Calm

What great feedback for our school! Be sure to look out for the next opportunity to come along. 

CALVES

We are looking for some families to volunteer to feed the calves over the weekends. Starting this weekend. Training and school access is provided. One family per weekend (normally), can be a team effort. Feeding is twice a day, morning and afternoon. 

We are also looking for any family who has the ability to home and care for the calves over the school holiday break. 

If you can help with either of these roles please email/call Nick at school to let me know what you can help out with. principal@spkoroit.catholic.edu.au or 5565 8208

SCHOOL SHOES

As we approach school holidays, a time when school shoes are often replaced, a reminder that ALL BLACK school shoes are required every day, except physical education day (Wednesday). School uniform and Activewear require students to wear all black shoes. All black runners and black school shoes are both acceptable on these days, not coloured runners. See the examples below. 

Kind regards,

Nick Murrell

Principal

Calves!

Congratulations - Sports today

Congratulations to our soccer and netball teams for representing our school today. Special thanks to David Watson for coaching the soccer and Kate Dobson (Ellie) for coaching the netball. Both teams represented St Pat's with fairness, competitiveness and respect. Well done!

Our netball team has advanced to the next round, winning all their games. This round will be in Colac next Friday 16/6. This is a school closure day. We will be sending communication to families to see if they will be attending the round in Colac and if they are able to, or need support, to take their child to the event. Transport will be in vehicles and not a bus. Mrs Swarbrick will be attending the day. Please have a think about this over the weekend. You will hear from us Tuesday. Go St Pat’s!!!!!

Enrolments 2024

2024 Enrolments

It is hard to believe, but our enrolment period for 2024 is underway. We know that we have a great school here at St Patrick’s Koroit and we also know that it is through personal recommendations that other families find us. 

We need your help. Please consider doing the following:

• Sharing our promotional video, this will be posted to facebook next week. 
• Sharing information about our enrolment tours .Register here
• Telling family and friends about Little Learners program. Register here
• Directing people to our website.
• Liking and sharing our social media posts on facebook.
• Bringing someone along to our enrolment tours. 

Help us to spread the word.

Student Awards

Room 1

Oscar McElgunn for being a kind friend and helping your peers when they need it. I am very proud of you!

Hunter Nobel for being a kind friend and helping your peers when they need it. I am very proud of you!

Angus Povey for his AMAZING expanded sentence about the Gruffalo!

Room 2

Tilly Balcombe for her enthusiastic participation in World Environment Day on Monday. Tilly, you tackled each activity to the best of your ability and always had a smile on your face! Well done! 

Ryker Lane for his excellent reading at assembly last week. Ryker, you demonstrated incredible reading skills and a brave attitude reading in front of the whole school! Great stuff! 

Room 4

Jobe Dobson for the respectful and responsible way he participates in classroom activities. Jobe is a keen contributor to group discussions and regularly shares his ideas on a range of topics.  He always uses his manners and helps his peers whenever needed. Thank you Jobe for being an enthusiastic and thoughtful learner this term.

Lila Stephenson for being responsible in her commitment to being the best learner she can be this term. Lila is keen to learn, develop new skills and knowledge, then show others what she knows particularly with her writing. Keep up the great work Lila.

Charlotte Wright for the very responsible way you have challenged yourself to complete your maths assessments and writing tasks this week. You have worked extremely hard to get things done and you have produced some very good results. Well done Charlotte and keep up the great work next term!

Room 5

Mazie Fechete for being a respectful student. Mazie, you have beautiful manners and you are respectful to teachers and other students. This is a great relationship skill to have and manners will get you a long way in life. Amazing.

Carter Quarrell for being a responsible learner. Carter, I love the way you took on the challenging tasks when learning about length this week. You didn’t give up and I could see you really concentrating on the task so that you could understand it. Well done.

Room 7

Allira Askew, for the effort you have put into your learning, asking clarifying questions and challenging yourself.  Your Maths results on your post test for addition and subtraction are evidence of this - excellent effort Allira!  

Grace McMahon for being a focused and persistent learner in all tasks. Grace, you have challenged yourself in work tasks and listened to feedback to make improvements.  Your results for the post test for addition and subtraction show the excellent progress you have made. Well done Grace! 

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Will Foster, Hunter Noble and Sam Mahony who are celebrating their Birthday at this time. 

Dates to Remember

REMINDERS

June

12th - King's Birthday Holiday

16th - School Closure Day

23rd  - Last Day of Term

July

10th - Term 3 Commences

14th - Little Learners

19th - PIP meeting

24th  - Book Fair

28th - Little Learners

EOFY Uniform Sale 50% OFF!

Fathers Day Breakfast

Special Assembly

Wednesday 21st June 2pm School Hall
A showcase of learning in some specialist areas so far this year.
All welcome.

Parents & Friends

Directwear Uniform

As stock runs out at school Directwear will start supplying the items, they will be available to buy on their website at www.directwear.com.au  

Uniforms can be collected from the Directwear home address in Warrnambool or posted to you.

Items now available on the website are:

Short Sleeve Polos - sizes 8 & 10    $28.95

Black Sports Shorts -sizes 6, 8 & 14   $32.50

Grey Pants - sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 & 16   $54.50

Black Trackpants  - sizes 6, 8 & 10 coming soon.

Contact details for Direct wear are:

email info@directwear.com.au or phone Dion Jansz: 0412 654 406

Star of the Sea Parish Bulletin

Vote Koroit!-Tourism Town Awards

Koroit is going for gold in the Victorian Tourism Town Awards, and we need you help to take home the top prize. 

Voting in the awards is now open from now until June 22 – so if you love Koroit, it’s Irish charm and welcoming atmosphere – head online and cast your vote. 

Head to www.vitc.com.au/toptourismtown and select vote now and make sure you hit Koroit in the Small-Town category. 

Once you’ve voted, you can help us spread the word by: 

• Telling everyone you know to vote,
• Sharing the voting link on your social media accounts,
• Helping friends and neighbours who might not be as tech savvy to cast their vote. 

By voting you also go into the draw to win a luxury weekend in Melbourne for two people – including accommodation at the Sofitel Melbourne on Colins and Dining Vouchers for some of Melbourne’s best restaurants. 

So, head online now and cast your vote to help Koroit be named Victoria’s Top Small Tourist Town for 2023! 

About the Awards: 

Delivered by the Victoria Tourism Industry Council and supported by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), the awards recognise towns that deliver amazing visitor experiences and are committed to growing tourism within their destination.

WANTED! Saints Jumpers

Do you have a mini Saints jumper in the cupboard?
Rapid growth of the Koroit Football Netball Club’s Under 10s football program means we have more participants than we do jumpers!
But ordering new club jumpers is at least a six-week turnaround .
So we were wondering if anyone had some jumpers at home they would be willing to either donate or lend to our U10 Saints so they don’t have to share their guernseys from qtr to qtr each week.
We know there were also Club jumpers worn during the interrupted COVID years that were never collected when the 2020 & 2021 seasons were cut short.
So if you, or someone you know has a size 8, 10 or 12 Saints guernsey or two, we would love to take care of it for the next few weeks.
We will have a tub at the door of the change rooms from 4pm this Thursday for you to leave the jumper in. 
If you want it back at season’s end, we totally understand - please just attach either a note with a safety pin and your name & ph number OR put the jumper in a plastic bag with your details either inside or written on the outside.
Our superstar Under 10 footballers thank you in advance!
GO SAINTS! 

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