2022, Term 4, Week 8 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,

I had two great outings with students this week, firstly to Portland Bay Lodge with our Year 3/4 students - the first true school camp experience for this group.  Despite wet and windy conditions, we all had a great time - the tram, the Maritime Discovery Centre, swimming, tenpin bowling, sightseeing and spending time with friends.  Although we had some changes to our schedule due to the weather, the students displayed great resilience in working with the changed plans.

My second outing was Wednesday to Warrnambool Foodshare where the Student Leaders and I the delivered the groceries collected in our recent Food Drive - a massive 350kg!  The staff at Foodshare were amazed at the generosity of our school and the Koroit community.  They had been low in stock in many of the items we had collected and were very appreciative of the help the students gave in sorting the donations during our delivery.

It seems like we only started Term 4 and in the blink of an eye, there is just a few weeks remaining.

There are lots of celebrations planned, starting with the Koroit Irish Festival Carols on Sunday 4th December - a change in location this year to the new stage at the Village Green.  Monique has been working with a group of students practicing some Christmas songs.  It should be a great afternoon to celebrate the Festive Season with the community.

The following Thursday (December 8th), we have our own Christmas celebration at school with our Fairytale Christmas Concert.  The students have been enthusiastically rehearsing during their Performing Arts class and are looking forward to entertaining their families.  As a part of this event, students have been invited to design a Gingerbread Man.  Further information has been shared on ClassDojo.  The P&F are catering a BBQ on the night - please see later in this newsletter for volunteer requests.

The very next day on Friday 9th we have a whole school end of year Mass at 10am.  In our final week of school, we will farewell our Year 6 at a Graduation Ceremony on Wednesday evening.  Along with that, there will be class "Fun Days" to wrap up the year.

But wait, there's more!  There is still the Try-athlon, the F-2 Extended Day & Year 2 Sleepover, Year 5/6 Open Water swimming, Orientation Day and 2023 Foundation transition sessions. Phew!!

Our P&F have their AGM next Wednesday (30th Novemeber in the Staff Room - all are welcome to attend and recognise the achievements of the group this year and commence planning for 2023.

Thanks in advance to our volunteers who are getting up early on Sunday morning to feed the cyclists visiting Koroit on the Great Victorian Bike Ride. Also, if you have some time Saturday afternoon, come and visit our colouring and activity stall at the Koroit Village Green. 

Have a great weekend everyone.

Kind regards,

Nick Murrell

Principal

Students of the Week

Room 1 &  2

Jobe Dobson for demonstrating his ability to work without any distractions and listening and attentively and contributing his ideas and opinions during whole class discussions. Jobe, you always display a positive and persistent attitude towards your school work. Well done Jobe.

Olivia Foster for understanding that hard work leads to success and taking ownership of her learning. We are so proud of all the achievements that you have made this year and we are so excited to see what you can achieve in Year 2! Well done Liv!

Room 4

Year 3 Students for their fantastic efforts on the grade 3/4 Portland Bay camp. They always displayed our motto of being Responsible, Respectful and Safe. They helped where needed, encouraged and supported others in trying new experiences, listened to instructions, used their manners and worked as a team.  Well done, we are very proud of you!

Room 5

Zoe Delaney for working exceptionally well during production rehearsals and taking on a challenging role.

Jimmy Bidmade for completing an excellent charcoal artwork in response to Bindi.

Room 7

Year 4 Students for the resilience, responsibility and respect you displayed on camp. Well done everyone!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Mimi Martin, Miss Louden and Jasmine who are celebrating their Birthday at this time.

2022 State Election – funding for Catholic education in Victoria

Library Returns

Have you bought your library books back?  Now is the time to return all library books so Mrs. Brown can complete stocktake of our school library collection.

The class that brings all their books back first gets a prize!!!

Dates to Remember

REMINDERS

November

29th - Moyne Try-Athlon

December

1st - Grade 2 Sleepover at School

1st - F-2 Extended School Day

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

Parents & Friends AGM

Sport Uniforms Stocktake

ACTION REQUIRED - PAM (Parent Access Module) Accounts

Over the Christmas holidays your PAM account will be updated to provide better security and allow for further functionality. This change will involve moving to a PAM account per parent rather than an account per family. To help us prepare for this change, please answer the questions in the survey on PAM as soon as possible.

'Back to School' Uniform Sale

EFTPOS will be available at the Uniform Sale.

Many regular school uniform items 20% off. 

Fairytale Christmas - BBQ Volunteers

We are looking for some helpers to help with cooking the BBQ at this event, if you can help please contact Tammy on 0428 466 129.

School Disco

Wow, what a turn out, all feedback received was that the children had a 'ball'. The slushies were a hit and it was great to see the children all together socially having fun.

Thanks to Dave, Kim and Mayson Hedger, Dave and Trish Watson, Tammy Langdon, Narelle Byrne, Bec Smits, Kate Dobson (Z/I/J), Laura Peake and Rachael Wright who helped make this event a great time for everyone. Thanks to Nick and Monique for giving their time to support the P & F, it is very much appreciated. Also to our grade 6 students who helped promote, compile playlist and decorate the event we thank you.

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Art Display

We have a new "Walking with Jesus" display outside the office.  Next time you visit the school, take a look at the beautiful indigenous books and see if you can find the footprint your child contributed.

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Community News

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