2023, Term 1, Week 11 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,
Easter Liturgy
This afternoon at our Easter Liturgy we were reminded of the special time that is approaching for our Catholic faith. Today we remembered the story of Jesus’s suffering and death, as we prepare for Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Today, as we remembered Jesus’ story, we opened our hearts to receive the comfort and healing strength of his love for us. As part of the Easter liturgy, each of the classes presented part of the Holy Week journey. All students showed great reverence and courage in getting up and performing for their peers and our visitors.
Included in today’s liturgy and school assembly was our annual Easter raffle. Thank you to all families and friends of St Patrick’s who sold and purchased raffle tickets. Special thanks to Jess Morris for coordinating the raffle and coming along to our gathering today to help draw the raffle.
The lucky winners of the Easter Raffle are:
1st Lenehan family
2nd Fechete family
3rd Xander Perry
Koroit Irish Festival Procession
This year the Irish Festival Procession is back in pre-COVID full swing! Our school will be participating in the procession with a float. If you would like your child to be part of the procession, some students will be on a trailer for the float, others will be walking alongside, please complete the form linked below.
The procession commences at 12 midday on April 29th. Students will be required to gather near Duke’s Commercial Hotel at 11.45am.
Our theme is going to be a farm theme, students can (if they choose to) come dressed as a farmer or farm animal OR in the school sports uniform.
Please fill in this form if your child/ren will participate.
Start of Term 2
Term starts for students on Wednesday April 26th. Monday April 24th is a school closure day, staff will be participating in professional learning about a new wellbeing initiative for our school - ReLATE, facilitated by the MacKillop Institute. Tuesday April 25th is the ANZAC Day public holiday.
Enjoy a happy and safe school holidays and Easter break.
Kind regards,
Nick Murrell
Principal
Student Awards
Room 1
Leo Wright for his hard work and effort in fluency pairs! You are now using your strategies to segment and blend words. Well done Leo!
Milla Leishman for being brave at school and for always being a kind and responsible friend to everyone in Room 1!
Keep up the good work Milla.
Room 2
Isla Lilley for her amazing work in spelling and being able to apply her sound knowledge to write ng and ck sentences! Well done Isla, keep up the great work.
Ora Cuolahan for her amazing work in spelling and being able to apply her sound knowledge to write ng and ck sentences! You never gave up and tried your very best Ora!
Sam Wood for his amazing work in participating in all learning activities this week. It was great to see you so focused and engaged on each task. Keep up the great work Sam!
Harley Watson for his amazing work in participating in all learning activities this week. It was great to see you so focused and engaged on each task. Keep up the great work Harley!
Room 4
Olivia Foster for being responsible in her commitment to being the best learner she can be this term. Olivia has been super keen to learn and works extra hard during literacy and maths to develop new skills and knowledge. Keep up the great work Olivia!
Mavrik Cuolahan for his very thoughtful contributions to our class discussions this week and listening respectfully to other children’s ideas. Maverik, you have steadily taken responsibility for your learning this term and have shown great improvement across many subject areas. Well done Mav, we are very proud of you!
Fraser Gleeson for the respectful and responsible way he has participated in classroom activities this week. Fraser has been an enthusiastic learner working hard on set tasks, answering questions, solving mathematical problems and writing neatly. Well done Fraser on a great term!
Room 5
WHOLE CLASS - the whole class achieved amazing results in the final assessment for Place Value and Counting. This shows that you are all responsible learners and that you have worked hard to make sure you understand these concepts. Well done, everyone.
Room 7
Anthony Reece for completing your maths test and participating in class games.
Niamh McGoldrick for consistently being reliable, respectful, on task and dependable. Thanks for being a quiet achiever.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to Edmund McMahon, Nora Povey, Tyrone Collins and Mr Murrell who are celebrating their Birthday at this time and to Isla Dobson, Olivia Gleeson, Banjo Milward, Beau Porter, Anika Nagorka and Logan Huckstepp who celebrate their Birthday during the holidays.
Dates to Remember
REMINDERS
April
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
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data
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
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
Link for Netta registrations: https://docs.google.com/forms/
