2024, Term 3, Week 3 Newsletter

Acknowledgement of Country

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Foundation 100 days of school celebration

The 100 Days of School celebration for our Foundation students was nothing short of spectacular! It was heartwarming to see our students' creativity shine through their costumes—some dressed as 100-year-olds, while others wore bright colors to symbolise how 'bright they have become.' 

One of the highlights of the day was welcoming families into the classroom for a shared afternoon tea. This gave everyone a chance to witness firsthand the wonderful work our students have been doing. The atmosphere was filled with pride and joy as students eagerly shared their work and achievements with their loved ones.

The day ended in an outstanding assembly, presented and hosted by our talented Foundation students. I particularly loved the parade at the start, where our littlest learners strutted their stuff with confidence! It was a proud moment to see them shine so brightly.

Congratulations to our Foundation superstars for reaching this milestone with such enthusiasm and spirit! Here's to many more wonderful days of learning and growing together.

Call for Chair of P&F

We are looking for someone to step into the role of Chair of the Parents and Friends Association (P&F). The Chair will be responsible for creating meeting agendas, liaising with the principal, and meeting once per term with the five subcommittee coordinators. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a significant impact on our school community. If you have strong organisational skills and a passion for enhancing our school, please reach out!

Have a wonderful weekend

Kind regards,

Tegan McDonald 

Principal

School Closure Day - August 20th

A reminder that we have a school closure coming up on Tuesday August 20th.  Staff will be working off site to continue our Professional Development in the area of Structured Literacy.

NAPLAN Results

Hard copies of NAPLAN Results for students in Grade 3 and Grade 5 are now available for collection from the office.  Parents of Grade 5 students - please retain a copy of the results as they will be requested when completing Enrolment Applications for Secondary School next year.

An electronic version of the results will also be available in PAM. We are currently still waiting on the data upload to become available.

100 Days of School

Today we celebrated our Foundation Students 100th day of school - they are are all 100 days brighter and 100 days older!

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with us and enjoy their assembly.

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First Eucharist - Commitment Mass

A reminder that the Commitment Mass for students preparing for their First Eucharist is this Sunday at 9am, at St Pius X, West Warrnambool.

Celebration of the Sacrament is Sunday 18th August, 9am at the Church of the Infant Jesus in Koroit. 

Rhiannon Lumsden,
Religious Education Leader

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) Framework

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) framework

As you all know from previous newsletters, St. Pat’s embraces the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) system to create a positive and safe learning environment for all students. SWPBS focuses on teaching and encouraging good behaviour to prevent problems before they start.

OUR THREE EXPECTATIONS: 

BE SAFE

BE RESPECTFUL

BE RESPONSIBLE

Below is the minors and majors chart used at school. These are the behaviours that will result in minor and major consequences at school if positive reinforcement and teaching do not help to correct the behavior. A minor behaviour issue will result in 5 minutes inside at recess or lunch and a restorative chat with a teacher. For more serious behavior (a major), the consequence is 30 minutes out of play and a phone call home to discuss the behavior.

If you have any questions, please make an appointment to see myself or Shona Louden

Staff - the Right to Disconnect

The Fair Work Act 2009, was recently updated to include provisions that give employees the right to disconnect from communication received outside of their designated working hours. This new rule takes effect from 26 August 2024. For schools, this includes communication from parents, students, colleagues, or others within the school community. 

Staff access their work emails normally between 8:00 am – 4.30 pm when possible and will endeavour to respond to emails within 24-48 hours. This applies to other forms of communication such as Class Dojo. Staff are not expected to respond in this time frame during weekends, public holidays, and, for teaching staff and during term breaks.

We ask all members of the school community to be aware of this new provision and to restrict communication with school staff to school working hours. If you communicate outside of these hours, please be aware staff may choose to but are not expected to respond outside their work hours.

School TV - Wellbeing Resources

We are again sharing the information provided last week to help children in times of trauma. We have selected some fact sheets from the School TV site which may help you to support your children.

Supporting Kids After Trauma

Helping Children Cope

We encourage you to explore all of the School TV site for a variety of wellbeing and parenting resources.

Shona Louden

Wellbeing Leader

Lost Property & Second Hand Uniform

With the onset of colder weather, you may have noticed you are missing a school jumper (ot two!). Please take a look in the lost property basket to find your lost items. 

If you could please remember also to label your uniform items so your uniforms don't end up here!

Also, if you would like to get an extra jumper or clothes for wash day, please get in touch with our second hand uniform coordinator, Becc Sanderson on 0423 956 556.

Beanies

Keep your head warm in winter! School Beanies are available for $15 on CDF Pay.

Parents & Friends

Catering

If you are able to help with supplying food or serving at future events, please indicate on the form below and we will be in touch when we have events scheduled.  If the date/time does not suit you, you do not have to commit to helping when you are contacted.

Catering Support Form

Book Week - Reading is Magic

Advance notice for Book Week.  The theme this year is "Reading is Magic".  

We will have a dress up and parade on the Monday morning (19th August).  Students can choose to dress in theme or as a character from their favourite book.  There is no competition element to our fancy dress parade - all participating students will go into a draw for prizes.  Imaginative and home made costumes are encouraged.

Singing Lessons

Danielle from South West Coast Performing Arts has some spots available for singing lessons at school on a Tuesday.

Please contact her if you are interested in this for your child.

Assembly Roster

Parents, siblings, Grandparents and friends are all welcome to join us for our assembly - held on nominated weeks in the school hall from 2.45pm - any late changes will be notified via ClassDojo.

Volunteer Levy

There are many opportunities at school to claim off your volunteer levy.

As you would imagine, there are lots of jobs that need to be done at a school.  Between classroom responsibilites and duties during most breaks, there are many things that staff don't get the opportunity to do. In times gone by, some of these would be done at working bees.  In recent years, we have not had great success in attracting families to working bees as times do not always suit. 

If you see a job that needs to be done, that you are happy to take on, we would love your help and can arrange for the credit to your volunteer levy.

Some suggestions - Canteen deep clean, library tidying, lost property sorting.  This list is just a start.

Casserole Bank

The St Pat's community has a wonderful tradition of the "Casserole Bank" where families come together to provide a meal or snacks/lunchbox items for families within our school who are in need of support (for example, a new arrival, family illness or bereavement).

This year, the Casserole Bank will be coordinated through the school office.  If you are aware of a family requiring support, please contact the office.

If you are willing to help out during the year, please register your name details on the google form below & we will reach out when the need arises.  The more volunteers we have, the fewer times people will be called upon to help out.

Canteen & Cake Raffle Rosters

Thanks to those who have already signed up for the Canteen & Cake Raffle Rosters. We now have a new Canteen Sign Up Sheet available for Term 3.  We appreciate everyone's help with Canteen - without your assistance, it can not run.

Virginia Martin co-ordinates the canteen, arranging for the stocking of snack items and is happy to take questions from prospective volunteers  - 0419 883 657. 

Canteen Sign Up Sheet - volunteersignup.org/ACK7W

Cake Raffle Sign Up Sheet - volunteersignup.org/PTFPM

CANTEEN ROSTER

CAKE RAFFLE ROSTER

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Ada Leishman who celebrates her birthday this week! We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating with family and friends.

Star Of the Sea Parish Bulletin & website information

Student Awards

Room 1

Whole Class 100 days of school award.  Congratulations Foundation!

Room 2

Maya Lilley for being a motivated and enthusiastic student that gives all things a go. Maya you have shown so much growth in your writing this week. You have pushed yourself and this has shown in your work. Keep it up Maya!

Logan Huckstepp, you challenge yourself in always completing your work to a high standard. You participate in class discussions and share your ideas. This week you have also pushed yourself in your writing skills. Logan you have shown to be an attentive listener, who is focused and able to work independently. Well done Logan!

Olivia Gleeson, you have a happy and enthusiastic attitude towards all your learning. This week you have shown extraordinary learning skills in pushing yourself to complete all classroom tasks. You have asked for help when needed and finished your work beautifully. 

Olivia you are amazing!

Room 4

Harley Watson for being very responsible in your learning and engaging in all set tasks. In particular Harley, you are using wonderful strategies in maths and are terrific at showing how you work out problems. Keep up the great work Harley!

Nora Povey for being an enthusiastic and inquisitive student who loves learning in all subject areas and sharing her knowledge with her peers. You are an amazing student, Nora!

Ora Cuolahan for consistently displaying a responsible attitude and being helpful in our classroom and in PE lessons. Well done Ora!

Hunter Erwin for his responsible approach to complete set learning tasks. His attention to detail is to be commended as well as completing extra artwork with artistic flair. Well done Hunter!

Room 6

Charlotte Wright for being a responsible learner and working hard to complete her tasks. Charlotte we are very happy that you complete more work during your lesson time and that you ask questions when you need more information. Great work.

Hudson Smits for being a respectful student. Hudson we are impressed with how politely and respectfully you speak to the adults in the classroom and your classmates. It makes you very easy to work with. Thank you.

Jonty O’Keefe for being a responsible and respectful student and showing us that you can sit with your friends and still produce great work. Well done Jonty.

Lydia Andriessen for being a responsible and inquisitive learner. Lydia, we love how engaged you are with every lesson. You listen carefully and you are always ready to provide an answer.  Thank you for your great participation.

Room 7

John Kelly Welcome to St. Patrick’s John! You have listened really well and had a go at class tasks, settling in respectfully and with a big smile.  

Denham McCauly for being a responsible and thoughtful classroom guide for our new student, making sure to share all the positives about our school and being a good friend on the yard. Thanks Denham. 

Logan Harlock for being a class organiser, doing extra jobs and being a trustworthy, responsible student. Logan thanks for all of the extras you do, often without being asked to. 

Indiana Cuomo for the enthusiasm shown in researching facts about multiple athletes competing in the Olympics for Australia, and writing interesting facts for each.  Well done Indiana.

Directwear Uniform

School Uniform is available from Directwear www.directwear.com.au  

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

Contact details for Direct wear are:

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

Sports Polo Shirts

The School Sports Polo shirts are purchased through the school via CDF Pay.

There has been an increase in the price of sports shirts to $50 - this is cost price from our supplier.

Dates to Remember

Please refer to the public calendar on the school website for the most up to date calendar items.

https://www.spkoroit.catholic.edu.au/news-events

Community News

Kinder Fundraiser

Reach out to a Kinder family for more details or to place an order - if you're not sure who's at Kinder, start with Mel Lilley or Kristy Milward.

Or access the details via this link: https://www.warrnambooltheatrecompany.com/colouring-comp

Warrnambool Roller Derby

Come join us for our new Learn To Skate 18+ program on Sundays from 3-4pm, $5 a session, all gear included! This is followed by Skate Fun, a fun social skate for all ages and abilities, gear available, 4-6pm on Sundays, $10.Skate Fit (also for all ages) from 6-7pm on Sundays.Junior Derby training runs in sessions according to age and ability. Primary aged students are welcome to come and try on Tuesdays from 5-6pm, and secondary aged students start on Tuesdays from 6-7pm. The first session is free to try! $10 per session, and gear is available.
Please contact us at warrnamboolrollerderby@gmail.com for any queries, or check out our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WarrnamboolRollers