2022, Term 4, Week 3 Newsletter
Acknowledgement of Country
St. Patrick's School acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work, the Koroitch-gundidj people of the Maar Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Principal's Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
Prayer
God of Humility,
In our successful and comfortable lives, help us to identify our own frailties and shortcomings.
Remind us of those who are sometimes forgotten, who require a light to be shone on their needs.
Amen
Picnic in the Paddock
Preparations are well and truly under way for the inaugural Picnic in the Paddock next weekend, Sunday October 30th. 11am-3pm.
We would absolutely love it if as many people as possible from our school community could come along and support the day. The event differs from a traditional school fair in that families are asked to come and participate in the day, rather than run a stall. As you have seen in many newsletters there will be something for everyone on the day. Don't forget to pre-purchase your rides wristbands for children. Also, the cake stall would love it if families could provide something as per the information sent home last week. Thanks to the Picnic in the Paddock team for all their hard work so far.
Food Share Food Drive update
Today we received a call from IGA Koroit letting us know that our students' Food Drive to support Food Share has had an overwhelming response so far. Annabelle, Tai, Zoe and Arli went down to IGA to collect two full trolleys of groceries that have been kindly donated by the Koroit community, including one shopper who did a $200 shop to donate to the drive. Well done to our school leaders, and especially Annabelle Foster who went to IGA to ask about advertising the campaign in the store. Leadership in action! See the photos below.
Wannon Water winners
I would like to offer my congratulations to two of our students on being awarded a prize in our National Water Week Poster Competition 2022! The awards are:
- Indianna Cuomo – First Prize, Years 3 – 4 Category
- Grace McMahon – Third Prize, Years 5 – 6 Category
Wannon water received a lot of great entries this year and Indianna and Grace students were judged to have been highly creative with strong imagery and design elements.
St Patrick's Primary was also awarded a prize in the schools category prizes of a $200 Bunnings Voucher!
You can watch our winner’s announcement video via this link.
Staffing
Next year we will welcome Lisa Quattrocchi to our school staff as teacher of The Arts, one day per week. Lisa comes to us with a great deal of experience as she has taught in a variety of schools throughout Victoria and has experience as an Arts Leader in a number of schools. This is a very exciting opportunity for the students in our school. Welcome Lisa!
Kind regards,
Nick Murrell
Principal
Students of the Week
Room 1 & 2
Lydia Andriessen for implementing our literacy block vocabulary words into her conversations during class discussions. Your consistent focus and attitude towards learning enabled you to achieve this! You have shown what dedication and hard work can achieve! Great work!
Ryker Lane for your excellent effort with your work this week, working on your letter sounds and letter formations! It's great to see how hard you're working with your letter formations, they are getting better and better each day! Keep it up!
Harry Atwell for implementing our literacy block vocabulary words into her conversations during class discussions. Your consistent focus and attitude towards learning enabled you to achieve this! You have shown what dedication and hard work can achieve! Great work!
Max Hillam for your excellent effort with your work this week, working on your letter sounds and letter formations! It's great to see how hard you're working with your letter formations, they are getting better and better each day! Keep it up!
Room 4
Savannah-for the respectful and responsible way she has participated in classroom and swimming activities this week. Savannah has been an enthusiastic learner working hard on set tasks in literacy and maths, regularly answering questions and always listening respectfully to her teachers and peers. Well done Savannah and keep up the good work!
Neve-for being a wonderful responsible student, who has a neat and organised approach to all learning tasks. Neve contributes great ideas to class discussions and is a quiet, independent learner. Neve recently produced a wonderful information report and slideshow on Quokkas which she presented with outstanding results. Well done Neve!
Lila for being a very kind and generous person in room 4. Lila has a responsible attitude and loves to help around the classroom. She cooperates beautifully and is always a friend to others. Well done Lila, we love your smile and helpful ways.
Room 5
Tessa Byrne for showing responsibility in maths this week. Tessa, we were very impressed with the way you stuck to your task, asked questions to help you understand it and with the amount of work that you completed during the lesson. Well done.
Benji Holscher for the respectful way you talk to and treat others. Benji, you have a friendly, happy nature and this makes it easy for other students and teachers to work with you. Thank you Benji.
Room 7
Niamh McGoldrick for your wonderful use of descriptive language to create interesting sentences. Niamh, you carefully select words to create vivid imagery and when you read your stories it is always with fabulous expression. Keep up the great work entertaining us with your narratives.
Will Foster for the concentration and perseverance he has demonstrated in reading comprehension tasks, writing tasks and Maths work. You should feel proud of your work attitude and success this week Will.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to Harrison Lilley & Tilly Balcombe who are celebrating their Birthday at this time.
Dates to Remember
REMINDERS
October
28th - Day for Daniel - Children to wear red
30th - Picnic in the Paddock
31st - Socktober Mission Fundraising day
November
3rd - Lions Eye Health Program 4-6
8th - All Star Grade 5/6 Regional Finals Hamilton
14th -School Closure Day - Report Writing
15th - Moyne Try-Athlon
21st - Year 3/4 Camp - Portland Bay Lodge
22nd - Year 3/4 Camp - Portland Bay Lodge
December
1st - Grade 2 Sleepover at School
1st - 5/6 Open water swimming 10.00-11.00
2nd - 5/6 Open water swimming 12.30-1.30
8th - FairyTale Christmas performance/BBQ 5.45-7pm
9th - End of year Mass 10 am @ Infant Jesus Church
12th - 5/6 Open water swimming 10.30-11.30
13th - Orientation Day
14th - 5/6 Open water swimming 10.30-11.30
14th - Yr 6 Graduation Lunch Yr6 Grad evening
15th - 5/6 Open water swimming 10.30-11.30
16th - Students' last day 2.30pm finish
Lake School - Leela's fund
The Lake School is very proud to announce Leela's Fund, a $500 bursary to assist a child attend the Lake School in Koroit January 2-7 2023. The fund has been set up by Leela's grandparents, Phillip and Rae Naughton, in memory of ten year old Leela who tragically passed away in a house fire last year. Leela attended the Lake School a number of times and described it as "My favourite week of the whole year."
Applications are now open for the bursary by emailing felix@bushwahzee.com Leela's Fund is to assist a family who would like their child to attend Lake School specifically in relation to help with enrolment fees, travel, accomodation and obtaining a musical instrument.
Picnic in the Paddock
2023 Koroit Netball Tryouts
The Koroit Football Netball Club encourages all past and prospective Junior Netballers to take part in the Club's grading and selection process for its 2023 Junior Netball Sides.
Grading for our 2023 Development (1 x team), 13&U (2 x teams), 15&U (2 x teams) and 17&U (2 x teams) netball sides will be held at Victoria Park Netball Courts, Koroit, on the following dates:
- THURSDAY 3 & THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2022
- 4.15pm - 5.00pm: Players born 2012/2013 (Development - 1 team)
- 5.00pm - 5.45pm: Players born 2011/2010 (13&U - 2 teams)
- 5.45pm - 6.30pm: Players born 2009/2008 (15&U - 2 teams)
- 6.30pm - 7.15pm: Players born 2007/2006 (17&U - 2 teams)
Participation (or interest, if unable to attend) MUST be pre-registered via the link here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Registrations close 5pm Tuesday 1 November 2022. Further information is available by contacting Stacey O'Sullivan (Netball Coordinator) on 0448 581 161.
Moyne Health Masterplan Survey
Moyne Health Services is undertaking community consultation for their Master Planning and would like as many people to participate as possible.
