2022, Term 4, Week 5 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,

Picnic in the Paddock

Last Sunday our school held the inaugural Picnic in the Paddock. The event was an amazing success with estimations of up to 2500 in attendance throughout the day. The weather was incredibly kind and all those who were able to attend had sensational feedback about the experiences, food and stalls on offer. I would like to thank the Picnic in the Paddock committee for their great deal of work in organising the day and in particular event coordinator Amy Atwell. Please see link below for some feedback from our junior students.

100 Lone Pines Program

This week on Thursday we received a Lone Pine Tree as part of the 100 Lone Pines Program. The objective of this project is to commemorate the ANZAC spirit and to celebrate the Centenary of the Republic of Turkey. Friends of Gallipoli Inc., a not-for-profit organisation which has the objective of enhancing ties between Australians and Turks, are coordinating the Project. This is an exciting opportunity for St Patrick’s.  I invite families to come to school and have a look at our new addition to the school yard. 

Socktober

Thank you to all who came dressed on their crazy socks on Monday! The day was a celebration and an important learning and fundraising experience, for and about, those who are less fortunate than us during mission month. Our students raised $150.55 that will go towards funding a goat rearing centre in Ethiopia which will have a multifaceted impact on the local community.

Lions Eye Testing

This week our school was lucky enough to have the Lions Eye Health team visit our school for the second time this year. The team conducted Free Vision Screening for our stduents. Members of the Lions club have been specifically trained to perform 4 vision screening assessments including:
1. Visual Acuity - using a Lea 3m -15 line Symbol Chart
2. Colour Vision - using a Quick 6 - Basic Colour Screening Book
3. Depth Perception - using a Stereo Fly Screening Tool
4. Spot Vision Screener - State of the art portable machine designed to screen for Myopia (near sightedness), Hyperopia (far sightedness), Astigmatism (blurred vision), Anisometropia (unequal refractive power), Strabismus (eye misalignment) and Anisocoria (unequal pupil size).

This is an incredible service and we can't thank Lions for provising this to ur school. We are already organising a date to continue program next year. 

Kind regards,

Nick Murrell

Principal

Lone Pine Planting

Students of the Week

Room 1 &  2

Charlotte Wright for your sensational results in your literacy testing this week. It has been fantastic to see you progress so well! Keep up the great work!

Eleanor Huckstepp for your sensational results in your literacy testing this week. It has been fantastic to see you progress so well! Keep up the great work!

Room 4

Jordie Quarrell- for wonderful improvement in reading this year as shown on your recent reading test results. Congratulations and keep up the great work Jordie!

Ada Leishman- for wonderful improvement in reading this year as shown on your recent reading test results. Congratulations and keep up the great work Ada!

Harry Lilley- for being a wonderfully responsible student feeding and looking after the calves all week. Harry, you have been dedicated to the task and have taught many other students how to care for the calves too. Thank you!

Room 5 

Billy O’Connor & Beau Porter for the outstanding results that they achieved in their reading testing. Both of you show that you not only have a good understanding of what you have read, but that you have enjoyed reading the text.

Tai Hedger & Benji Holscher, also for reading. You have showed an incredible level of improvement in your reading skills. It is obvious that you have practised the skills learned in class to decode unfamiliar words and it looks like you have become a regular reader, which is fantastic.

Room 7

Dominic McEachern, Layla Smits, Logan Harlock, Will Lane for excellent progress with reading fluency, accuracy and comprehension, as demonstrated in recent literacy testing. Well done on this great achievement!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Allira Askew who is celebrating her Birthday today.

Dates to Remember

REMINDERS

November

8th - All Star Grade 5/6 Regional Finals Hamilton

14th -School Closure Day - Report Writing

15th - 

18th - School Disco 6-8pm 

21st  - Year 3/4 Camp - Portland Bay Lodge

22nd - Year 3/4 Camp - Portland Bay Lodge

29th - Moyne Try-Athlon

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

Parish Bulletin

COVID Protocols/RAT kits

You will have noticed that we are no longer regularly distributing Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs).

Although there in now no mandated requirement to test, it is recommended that rapid antigen tests (RATs) are used by students and staff when symptomatic.  

Should you require additional RAT kits, please contact the office.

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