2021, Term 2, Week 6 Newsletter

Principal's Message

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to this week’s newsletter. I thank our students, families and staff for transitioning into lockdown so smoothly. We have changed the format of the principal's message this week to communicate information that families will need for remote and flexible learning next week. 

Remote and Flexible Learning Updates

Learning planners will be posted on Sunday in preparation for remote learning Monday - Thursday. Learning planners will be in year level and all planners will be posted together across our school platforms (SZAPP, ClassDojo and parent/carer email). Within these planners will be the suggested time allocations for each learning task. This is a guide only. Students are asked to make a collection of the work they complete over the four days and bring this to school with them on Friday 4/6. Each classroom will conduct a debrief and provide feedback on this learning in class groups back at school at the completion of the lockdown period. 

Communication

Students and families will have the opportunity to meet with their teachers on Monday 31/5 and Wednesday 2/6 via Google meets. We are using Google meets as we now have a large portion of our students using Chromebooks and this is part of our school system. 

If you plan on using a mobile device to access these meets please take the time over the weekend to download the Google Meet app. On your device, go to your browser and type in google.meet.com and this will take you to your app store. To join the meetings next week, log in to your child’s school Google email account to find the link. Teachers will also post these links on ClassDojo. 

Google Meet Timetable

Room 3:  Monday 31/5 at 10am, Wednesday 2/6 at 10am 

Room 4: Monday 31/5 at 10.30am, Wednesday 2/6 at 10.30am 

Room 5: Monday 31/5 at 9.30am, Wednesday 2/6 at 9.30am 

Room 7: Monday 31/5 at 9am, Wednesday 2/6 at 9am 

Hall: Monday 31/5 at 11am, Wednesday 2/6 at 11am 

Parents and carers will be able to contact their teacher through ClassDojo if there are any other questions or queries that pop up over the four day period. The preferred method of communication for students to contact teachers is using their school Google email account.

Access to school accounts

Parents/Carers please see your personal email inbox for an email from the school that lists your child’s usernames and passwords for their school Google, Mathletics and RAZ Kids accounts. This will be coming out today. 

On-site Supervision

Thank you to the families who completed the application for on-site supervision today and next week. All applications have been processed and parents have received an email with arrangements for supervision here at school. 

Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)

Outside School Hours Care will continue to be offered during the lockdown period. Please contact Wendy or Rachel on 0447 658 580 to confirm your bookings for next week. 

Winter Sports

At this stage, Moyne Winter Sports will be going ahead on Friday 4/6. We will keep families updated if this information changes. Next week there will be a PAM permission note sent out to parents/carers via email for this event. 

We wish all families the best as we embark on the remote learning journey again and look forward to welcoming all students back to learning at school on Friday 4/6, next week.

Kind regards,

Nick Murrell

Principal

Students of the Week

Room 3:

Eleanor Huckstepp & Xander Perry - for the responsible way they participated in their reading rotations during the week. They both completed a comprehension activity to the best of their ability and then shared their learning with the class. Well done Eleanor and Xander!

Room 4:

Mazie Fechete & Isla Dobson - for being responsible leaders in our class. Both girls follow instructions, are quick to complete learning tasks to a very good standard. Show initiative and care for their learning spaces. Keep up the great work girls. 

Room 5:

Anthony Reece - for the respect he showed to the different teachers he had during the week. I received some amazing feedback Anthony and I am really proud of your positive attitude.

Hayden Van Rysingen - for being responsible for his learning. Hayden, I was very impressed with the amount of work you completed during storywriting. Keep up the good work. 

Room 7:

Matthew Lenehan - For his responsible commitment to more learning tasks both in and out of the classroom. Matthew is producing a growing amount of completed work that he should be proud of. He is making more efforts to contribute to class discussions and showing his capabilities as a learner. 

Tai Hedger - for the respectful and responsible mindset he applies to all elements of school life. Tai holds the door open for classmates when he too is eager to go home. He acknowledges the important time for learning and leaves the chat for recess. Tai has demonstrated leadership as a learner that sets an example for his peers.

Hall:

Student Leaders - Neve MacDonald, Cruz Perry, Mitchell Lumsden, Ellie O’Connell, Georgia Arthur and Milla Gleeson - For representing the school with distinction during our recent school tours and information evenings last week. Our leaders spoke clearly and respectfully to our visitors and demonstrated what excellent students we have here at St Pat’s.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Remi O'Connor  who is celebrating a birthday at this time.

Confirmation

My New Gallery

Cross Country

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Parents & Friends

The Parents and Friends Catering Team had the opportunity to provide catering for the Staff Personal Development days.

Thanks To Mallory Coulahan, Sarah Shanahan, Mary Gleeson, Leah Brown and Tammy Langdon.

Check out the photos to see what creative talented parents we have within our school community.

Walk to School by Matthew Lenehan