2025, Term 4, Week 1 Newsletter

Child Safe Statement and Commitment

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

Acknowledgement of Country

Principal's Message

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome back!

It’s that exciting time of year again, the countdown to Picnic in the Paddock (PIP) is on! Get in early to grab your PIP merch from the front office and start bringing in your lolly donations. The class that collects the most lollies will win a special treat!

I am pleased to announce the appointment of our trainees for 2026, Will Sinnott and Bella Timpson.  Both Will and Bella are completing Year 12  at Emmanuel College this year.  We look forward to welcoming them to our St Pat’s community in 2026.  

Summer Uniform (October - April) 

School hats and sunscreen are required any time your child is outside this term. Please make sure their hat is here at school. Hats can be purchased through CDF Pay. 

Tops
Green check dress
Green polo shirt with logo
School jumper

Bottoms
Activewear short or skort
Grey emblemed Shorts

Accessories
School hat
Black socks
Plain black shoes (runners can be worn on Wednesdays only)

Wednesday sports uniform

Coloured House Polo Shirt with selection of Activewear (black logo trackies, black logo skort or shorts)
School Jumper
Coloured runners are to be worn for sports uniform only. 

Completely black runners are acceptable as school shoes

Kind regards,

Tegan McDonald

Principal

Prayer

“I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.”  John 10:10

Catholic Mission is the Pope’s international mission agency in Australia and is part of the global network of Pontifical Mission Societies operating in over 160 countries. We partner with communities to help them flourish by supporting grassroots projects, including healthcare, education, and faith formation, while also being an active voice for human rights.

Each year Catholic Mission celebrates the work of the Mission in Australia and around the world  in October for Catholic Mission month.

Loving God,
You sent Your Son Jesus so that we may have life and have it to the full.
Bless the work of Catholic Mission as they bring life, hope and love to communities in need.
May their efforts in healthcare, education and faith formation help all people flourish in dignity and peace.
Inspire us to be part of Your mission, sharing Your love and standing up for justice around the world.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Picnic in the Paddock

The countdown is on with less than 3 weeks to go! A note will be going home to families later this week with more information.

Lollies

The Picnic in the Paddock Committee are again asking for donations of lollies to make up Lolly Bags to be sold on the day - a great fundraiser. 

There is a drop off box in the foyer at the front office - add your contribution to the box and mark it against your classroom on the tally sheet at the desk for your classroom to win! Thank you.

Parking

We acknowledge that it can very busy at the front of the school during the pick up and drop off times but could parents and carers please be respectful of our neighbours and not park in their driveways.  Extra carparking is available in the church yard if required. Thank you.

Parent contact information

If you have changed your phone or email, address or wish you update your non-guardian emergency contact details, please send an email to Bronie or Kate so we can update your detail in our database. 

bmoloney@spkoroit.catholic.edu.au or kdobson@spkoroit.catholic.edu.au 

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

NEW ST PATRICK'S SOFTSHELL JACKETS!
Now available to order through Directwear.

We’re excited to introduce our brand new school softshell, waterproof jacket!

These jackets are warm, durable and feature the school logo – perfect for chilly mornings and outdoor play.

✔ Comfortable and weather-resistant
✔ Smart, uniform compliant design
✔ Available in a wide range of sizes

Current families are welcome to purchase and begin wearing these immediately!

📌 PLEASE NOTE:
From 2026, these jackets will become a compulsory uniform item (if wearing a jacket) for all new Foundation students as we begin to phase them in across the school. Current families are not expected to purchase but are welcome to.

New Sports House Coloured Hats

We now have available a new style of sports hat with house colours on the reverse side.  Hats are compulsory for outside play in Term 4 and 1 so if you are needing a replacement, you might like to show your house colours with your purchase

School Hat purchases can be made through CDF Pay.

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 4 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.

Assembly Roster

Happy Birthday

A very happy birthday to everyone who celebrated birthdays in the holidays - Ora Cuolahan, Ryker Lane and Amelia Stafford!  We hope you had a fantastic time celebrating with family and friends!

Star of the Sea - Parish Bulletin

Sports Shirts

If you have any Sports Shirts at home from Basketball or other representative events, please return them to Mrs Swarbrick.

Library Returns

There are lots of students with overdue books - it would be great if you could take a look around home for any St Pat's library books & send them in.

Thanks.

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

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