2023, Term 1, Week 10 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,
School Sports
Teamwork, Encouragement, Friendship and Fun were quite prominent themes at our Athletics sports day today. The day was an amazing event that was the culmination of a great deal of planning from Mrs. Swarbrick and Mr. Varley. It was extremely pleasing to see students working together as teams and encouraging others. Witnessing the determination and persistence our students displayed as they tried to run their fastest, jump their longest or highest or throw their farthest was inspiring as staff and parents. The Olympic motto of “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (Latin for "faster, higher, stronger") was most definitely lived out on the day, and possibly, one day, there will one day be some Olympic representatives from our talented crop of participants!. Also noted on the day was the incredible work of our volunteers, these parents and friends of St Pats ensured each event ran smoothly and safely, thank you.
Learning Walk
On Tuesday this week we conducted our first learning walk for 2023. Parents and carers from our school took part in the Learning Walk. What is a Learning Walk and what happened?
First we met as a group first and discussed what the parents/carers/visitors wanted to get out of the learning walk. Some of the questions were around our literacy program, multiage classrooms and wellbeing support.
We then visited three classrooms, discussing what we have observed or learnt as we go. We observed a Foundation reading lesson, a Yr 1 fluency lesson and a Yr 6 STEM lesson. The walk then finished with some sharing time and general discussion about what we learnt during the walk. We are yet to find a parent that has not valued the experience. Be sure to keep an eye out for the next opportunity to join a walk, you wont regret it.
Parents who joined us this week finished the sentence “Learning at St. Pat’s is…” Engaged…Fun…Structured…Enjoyable…Focussed.
End of Term
Next week is the end of Term 1. School concludes on Thursday 6th April at 2.30pm. School resumes Wednesday 26th April. (N.B. Monday 24th April is a Closure Day for ReLATE Wellbeing staff training and Tuesday 25th April is ANZAC Day)
Warrnambool Weekly Newspaper
Our Foundation students were invited to participate in a colouring competition to name a brand new newspaper ‘Warrnambool Weekly’. newspaper’s new mascot. We invite you to check out the amazing work of our talented Foundation students by accessing the newspaper for free via this link. You will have access to check out the colourful whales and find out more about the competition.
Kind regards,
Nick Murrell
Principal
Student Awards
Room 1
Oscar McElgunn for asking some wonderful questions during sharing time and for being a superstar helper at athletics day! Well done Oscar, keep up the hard work.
Logan Huckstepp for coming to school with a great attitude, always trying his best and for being a responsible leader at athletics day! Go Logan.
Anika Nagorcka for her wonderful show and tell presentation to her peers. You spoke confidently and clearly! Well done Anika.
Olivia Gleeson for her enthusiastic participation in our daily oral language lessons! She can make up her own sentences that have a ‘who’ and a ‘do’. Well done!
Room 2
Max Hillam for being a respectful and responsible member of Room 2 all the time. Max you always participate to the best of your ability in all lessons and always make positive learning choices. Keep up the great work!
Ryker Lane for having a positive attitude and competing to the best of your ability during Athletics Day on Thursday. You are a great sport Ryker, keep up the great work!
Nora Povey for her amazing weekend recount on Monday. You used some great adjectives and structured your writing in a fantastic way. Well done Nora, you are a star!
Ella Van Rysingen for always being a responsible member of Room 2. Ella, you always offer a helping hand and you can always be counted on to be a reliable helper to peers and teachers alike! You are a legend Ella!
Room 4
Jonty O’Keefe for working extra hard during literacy time each morning. Your dedication to learning is to be commended. Keep up the great work Jonty!
Remi O’Connor for her outstanding efforts both inside and outside our classroom this week. Remi you have led by example, completing all set classroom tasks to a very high standard and have shown great sportsmanship by encouraging others on sports day. Well done Remi!
Room 5
Myra Quill for taking pride in her school work and always trying to present her very best effort. Myra, we notice that you regularly put your hand up to offer ideas, answer questions and give your opinion during class discussions, which shows that you are a responsible learner. Well done.
Ava Monnier for being an enthusiastic member of our classroom. Ava you give 100 percent effort in every task that you do. You participate fully in class discussions and regularly connect your new learning to perhaps an experience you have already had, or information that you already know. Well done.
Room 7
Ace Bidmade for working extra hard in maths and taking work home to practise working with positive and negative integers.
Allira Askew for her excellent achievements in spelling and her determination to complete her narrative writing.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to Bodhi Lindrea and Mazie Fechete who are celebrating their Birthday at this time.
Dates to Remember
REMINDERS
April
6th - Last Day Term 1, 2.30pm finish
7th - Good Friday
9th - Easter Sunday
25th - Anzac Day
26th - Term 2 Students return to school
28th - Moyne District Athletics Sports
28th - Koroit Irish Festival
Winter Uniform Sale 30% off
We are running a Winter Uniform sale with 30% off all items excluding Sports Polos (House Colours) School Bags and Hats.
All items to be purchased through CDF Pay, sale will end the 6th of May.
The promo code must be used to apply the 30% discount: 30OFF
Folk Festival
Folk Festival
I would like to thank everyone who has volunteered their time to help either in the tent or to pack up at folkie.
It was one of the busiest folkies in years and our volunteers did an amazing job keeping up with the huge queues especially at brunch and dinner times, we sold out of the daily supplies every day and no leftovers went to waste at the end of the weekend which was fantastic to see.
Over the weekend there was
1850 sausages cooked and slapped in bead
2080 egg and bacon sandwich consumed
1630 burgers flipped
And over 1200 drinks sold
Well done everyone it’s an amazing effort and is definitely not possible without your help.
Thank you to the Sarah Bidmade, Dan and Rachel, Jason and Tara’s dad, Paul and Dobbo for doing a wonderful job packing up the tent on the Monday and shifting everything back to SPPF.
I’d like to personally thank Megan Gleeson for organise our pack up crew and for volunteering to be a team leader, you did a fantastic job, thank you.
I would also like make a special thanks to Mick McGoldrick as this was his last year with us, Mick has been a valuable long-standing folkie volunteer and team leader for many years, he always brings a very fun, positive and supportive attitude which always creates a great atmosphere for anyone working with him, you will definitely be missed next year Mick, thanks heaps.
My New Gallery
Parents & Friends
Koroit Irish Festival
This form went last week, please return it if you are wanting to get involved. We would love to have you on board!
Community News
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