2025, Term 2, Week 7 Newsletter

Child Safe Statement and Commitment

The Child Safety Officers at St Patrick's are Tegan McDonald and Shona Louden. slouden@spkoroit.catholic.edu.au

Acknowledgement of Country

Prayer

God of Love, You are the creator of this land and of all good things.

We acknowledge the pain and shame of our history and the suffering of peoples – especially the grief of those who were taken as children from their homes and families, taken from all they knew and loved.

We ask your forgiveness.

We thank you for the survival of Indigenous cultures.

Give us the courage to acknowledge the realities of our history so that we may build a better future for our nation.

Teach us to respect all cultures.

Teach us to care for our land and waters.

Help us to share justly the resources of this land.

Help us to bring about spiritual and social change to improve the quality of life for all groups in our communities, especially the disadvantaged.

Help young people to find true dignity and self-esteem in the ways of your Spirit.

May the power of your love be the foundation on which we build our families, our communities and our nation.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Principal's Message

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome to Week 7!

Disco Fun!

A big thank you to Becc Sanderson and the social engagement parent volunteers for organising such a fantastic event! We’re also so grateful to our amazing parent volunteers who made the night run so smoothly as well as the staff for bringing the fun and dance moved. Check out our socials for a fun video and great photos!

Reminder – School Closure Days
Just a reminder that we have school closure days coming up on Monday and Tuesday next week. Monday is the King’s Birthday Public Holiday and Tuesday staff will be meeting onsite to participate in professional development arolund trauma informed practices.

Eisteddfod Stars
Congratulations to our 10 students who represented St Pat’s at the Warrnambool Eisteddfod today. See below categories entered and our amazing students who represented us in each of the categories.

Humorous Verse Solo

• Lydia Andriessen
• Tilly Van Rysingen

Poem for Two - Part unison/part solo.

• Mazie Fechete & Sadie Langdon

Poem for Two  -Part unison/part solo.
Years 3 and 4 only.

• Fraser Gleeson & Hudson Smits - Honourable Mention
• Eleanor Huckstepp & Lydia Andriessen - Second Place
• Harry Atwell & Jobe Dobson - Honourable Mention

Character Monologue Solo  - A memorised solo performance from an existing or self-devised script with appropriate movement.

• Ada Leishman - First Place

We are so proud of your courage and confidence – getting up in front of a huge audience to read and perform is no small thing. Well done!

Last week we celebrated Catholic Education Week with daily morning prayer circles and learning sessions focused on different saints. It was a beautiful way to start each day in reflection and faith.

We wrapped up the week with a whole-school Catholic values and social teaching scavenger hunt – and it was so much fun! Check out our socials for a video of the action.

So proud of our school community for living out our values with joy and enthusiasm!

Have a great week everyone!

Kind regards,

Tegan McDonald

Principal

Friday Fun - Scavenger Hunt and Disco!

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Enrolment Information

Enrolments close soon, and acceptance letters will be sent out along with your Foundation interview time and date in early Term 3.

Digital Media Literacy & Safety Webinar

Though our association with SchoolTV, parents, carers, grandparents, educators and school leaders are able to attend an exclusive webinar supporting primary and secondary students.

WEBINAR: Digital Media Literacy & Safety (Part II)
DATE: Wednesday, 18 June 2025
TIME: 7:30 pm

Join us for an exclusive session with two of Australia's leading experts in youth wellbeing and cybersafety, Susan McLean and Dr Michael Carr-Gregg. They will share invaluable insights on how to empower young people to navigate the online world safely and responsibly.

Topics in this webinar include:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Misinformation & Algorithms
• Sexting and Sextortion
• Online Grooming

Register here: http://spkoroit.catholic.schooltv.me/webinar/east-coast-digital-media-literacy-safety-part-2

Managing Screen Time

Many parents have reported excessive screen time as the number one health concern affecting kids, especially now in the hyperconnected world we live in. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that there should be no screen time at all for children under two, less than an hour a day for children aged from two to five, and less than two hours for five to 17 year olds. However, these guidelines have been disputed by experts and often ignored by families. Parents must play an important role in modelling a positive approach to using screens, and assisting children to navigate the content they access.

Book Club

Issue 4 is out now! 

Scholastic Book Club: Issue 4 2025 by Scholastic Australia - Issuu

NCCD Information

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

GREY TROUSERS WITH LOGO - We are over stocked and need to reduce what we have.

RRP $59.50

From now until 30th June 2025 unless sold out prior -  $29.75, that's half price!

First in best dressed.

Canteen & Cake Raffle

The Canteen & Cake Raffle are coordinated by our P&F.

Canteen operates at lunchtime on Wednesday and Friday.  Wednesday is sales of  icy-poles and snacks and Friday includes distribution of lunch orders. 

Click here to sign up for the Term 2 Canteen Roster

Cake Raffle is just something for fun! Students can purchase tickets in the classroom on Friday mornings for 20cents and the raffle is drawn by a student from the family who has supplied the cake.  "Cake" is a general term - the prize does not have to be home made and you can choose to bring whatever you like biscuits, slice or chocolates.

Click here to sign up for the Cake Raffle Roster

Assembly Roster

Lost Property & Second Hand Uniform

We've cleared out some long term items from the Lost Property but we don't want to refill it - please remember to label your uniform items so your uniforms don't end up here!

Second Hand Uniform

Please speak to Becc Sanderson 0423 956 556 if you wish to purchase or donate some preloved items of uniform.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Arlo McElgunn who celebrated his birthday this week.  We hope you had a fantastic time celebrating with family and friends!

Star of the Sea - Parish Bulletin

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