2021, Term 3, Week 10 Newsletter
Principal's Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
I would like to take this opportunity to THANK all of our parents and carers at St Patrick’s for the support, guidance and persistence you have shown in nurturing and educating our children throughout this most recent school term. It seems and feels as though this most recent period of lockdowns and restrictions has had the biggest impact on our collective wellbeing than any period prior to Term 3, 2021. Our whole school staff would like to say thank you for playing perhaps the biggest part in educating our students this term, and due to do this we are shouting everyone a coffee / hot drink at Noodledoof here in Koroit.
To redeem your small token of our appreciation head into Noodledoof provide your family name and have a coffee on us! 2 coffees per family.
Term 4 - Back to school program
We have been informed by Catholic Education Ballarat that this Sunday, Premier Dan Andrews will be providing us with the roadmap for how school operations will look in Term 4. Once this information has been disseminated, we will analyse it and communicate with families how our school program will look in Term 4. We wish we could provide more information, however, it is not available to us at this time. We do know that it has been regularly stated that school we be resuming for all students in Term 4, however, this roadmap is due to be formally announced this coming Sunday.
Employment
As mentioned in a previous communication, we have announced and congratulated Mr. Lloyd on his appointment as Principal at St. Joseph’s Penshurst, commencing in 2022. This vacant position is currently advertised online and will appear in this Saturday’s Warrnambool Standard. We have also previously communicated that Ota Sensai will longer be teaching at St. Patrick’s next year and that an expression of interest for this 2022 position has been advertised among Warrnambool network Catholic Primary schools. I can announce that Emily Dennis will be replacing Ota Sensai as of 2022. Emily is currently teaching Japanese at St Pius X and St John’s and will bring a great deal of experience to the role and we welcome, thank and congratulate Emily on this position commencing in the 2022 school year.
Swimming program
In Term 4 will be running our school swimming program for Years F-5. These lessons will be at Belfast Aquatics in Port Fairy. Students will be bussed to and from Port Fairy each Thursday for the first 8 weeks of Term 4. Coming out today via email is a permission note for families to complete via PAM. The permission note will indicate specific swimming times for each class. There will be more information provided to Year F-5 students in the first week of Term 4. Year 6s are scheduled to complete their open water swimming program in Term 4. We will provide more information about this program as it becomes available. As I am sure you can appreciate, we are planning to run these programs, however, we may be impacted by restrictions outside of our control. As of today, we are able to run both of these programs in accordance with current operating guidelines.
Enjoy a safe and fun holiday break,
Kind regards,
Nick Murrell
Principal
Students of the Week
Room 3
Ted Porter for the respectful and responsible way you have participated in classroom tasks and activities this week. You always partake in class discussions with enthusiasm and are a great role model for other students. Keep up the great work Ted!
Eleanor Huckstepp for the respectful and responsible way you have participated in classroom tasks and activities this week. You always partake in class discussions with enthusiasm and are a great role model for other students. Keep up the great work Eleanor!
Room 4
Savannah Wood- for being responsible in completing lots of work this week. Savannah, you have applied yourself to the set tasks and have achieved good results. Well done and keep up the great work next term!
Harvey Porter-for always being a responsible student in class. Harvey, you approach school work confidently, complete set tasks to an excellent standard and challenge yourself with further learning. Well done on all you have achieved this term and keep it up for next term too! Congratulations!
Edmund McMahon for always being a respectful student in room 4. Edmund, you have the most beautiful manners and help everyone in our class everyday. Thank you for the kindness you show towards others and completing things that need to be done without being asked. Great initiative, Edmund!
Room 5
Whole class award - everyone deserves an award this week! Whether you have been learning from home or coming into school, you have all shown responsibility for your own learning by asking questions, joining Google meetings, completing tasks and posting work regularly. Well done team.
Pen Licence - Will Lane : Will has shown that he can write neatly in joined writing when completing any written activity.
Room 7
Whole class award- Congratulations Year 4 and 5 on the completion of a very testing Term Three. You have all displayed respectful and Responsible learning habits in the way you have displayed resilience, persistence and flexibility. Thank you for all your efforts to submit work and stay in touch via Google Meets. You all now deserve a well earned rest, congratulations.
Hall
Whole class award- Year 6’s, you have moved in and out of remote learning this term with a responsible and positive attitude. You have worked hard to complete tasks and hand them in each week. I am very proud of all of you, and the efforts you have made to be positive and productive learners this term.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to Tessa Byrne, Maya Cozens, Ella Lumsden and Hayden Van Rysingen who will be celebrating a birthday during the holidays.
Footy Colours Day
