2023, Term 2, 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,

Principal’s Message

Mother’s Day

It is this Sunday that we say Happy Mother’s Day to all our mums and special females in our lives. It is on this day we thank these special ladies for the amazing job it is that they do. Thanking them for all those awesome things that our mums always do for us. It is on this special day, and every other day, that we say THANK YOU MUM, for being the amazing, hard-working, loving and super person that you are! Make sure you all spoil your mum or special female person this Sunday and let her know how much you love her. The Room 4 mothers and special women were celebrated at assembly today with each student presenting a beautiful message about their special person. Thank you Room 4 and Mrs Swarbrick for pressing this assembly. Thanks to Bec Smits for organising the very special gifts that our school mums will receive this Sunday. Great work Bec!

School Uniform

Transition

This term we have begun our transition to Directwear as our supplier of school uniform. See further in this newsletter for what is now available through Directwear. We will continue to have a sale on our existing stock here at school and as this stock runs out the items will then need to be purchased through Directwear. We thank Dion at Directwear for his support in getting this process under way. The reason for transitioning to Directwear is to ensure that stock is available to our school families in a timely manner, the uniform items are of good quality and it supports our school administration by outsourcing. 

Tunics

We currently have families interested in purchasing tunics for their child. Directwear would initially like to place an order with a minimum of 15 tunics, if you are interested in purchasing a tunic ($90), please contact Bronie to express your interest. 

Kind regards,

Nick Murrell

Principal

Enrolments 2024

2024 Enrolments

It is hard to believe, but our enrolment period for 2024 is underway. We know that we have a great school here at St Patrick’s Koroit and we also know that it is through personal recommendations that other families find us. 

We need your help. Please consider doing the following:

• Sharing our promotional video, this will be posted to facebook next week. 
• Sharing information about our enrolment tours .Register here
• Telling family and friends about Little Learners program. Register here
• Directing people to our website.
• Liking and sharing our social media posts on facebook.
• Bringing someone along to our enrolment tours. 

Help us to spread the word.

Student Awards

Room 1

Scout Langdon for his great work in maths this week. You have accepted new challenges with a positive attitude. Keep up the super effort Scout. 

Billy Martin for using a growth mindset during challenges and practising the strategies learnt to get ready for learning. Well done Billy!

Room 2

Banjo Milward for his amazing effort in Speed Maths this week! You demonstrated that you are a near doubles champion with your super speedy problem solving skills. Keep up the great work Banjo!

Nora Povey for her incredible Mother’s Day artwork she created this week. Nora, it was great to see your artistic side come to life through your portrait of your Mum! Amazing effort! 

Room 4

Class Award- To all in our room 4 class, you have shown amazing teamwork this week in getting many things achieved. I am very proud of how everyone has worked together, shown kindness, initiative in helping others and respect for classmates. You are truly a wonderful responsible class! Congratulations and well done!

Room 5

Harvey Porter for being a responsible learner. Harvey, we are impressed with how much effort you put into all of your tasks. You always try to produce your best work and you listen to your teacher’s advice to help you improve your work further. Well done.

Sadie Langdon for being a respectful student. Sadie, you have beautiful manners and you speak kindly to teachers and your classmates. Well done.

Room 7

Anthony Reece for the positive attitude and resilience you displayed when completing assessment tasks in class this week. Awesome job Anthony! 

Diesel Watson for being organised and responsible when completing set work tasks and class jobs efficiently. Great work Diesel! 

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Dominic McEachern, Layla Smits and Jobe Dobson who are celebrating their Birthday at this time. 

Dates to Remember

REMINDERS

May

14th - Mothers day

19th - National Walk to School Day

19th - WPH Division Cross Country

24th - AFL Football Clinics

26th - Learn and Explore Morning

30th - Parent Information Night, Foundation 2024

31st - PnF Meeting

1st - Moyne Winter Sports

2nd - Little Learners

8th - WHP Division Girls Senior Football

9th - WHP Division Winter Sports

12th - Kings Birthday Holiday

Cross Country & Soccer

Well done to everyone who competed in the Moyne District Cross Country and Soccer in Port Fairy today. Congratulations to Jaxon Leishman 1st place 12/13 yr old boys, Esther Gleeson 2nd place 12/13 yr old girls, Ellie Dobson 1st place in 11 yr old girls and Remi O'Connor 1st place in the 10 yr old girls. Fantastic effort everyone!

Student Leadership Teams Term 2

Toastie Tuesday is Back!

Directwear Uniform

Parents & Friends Catering

The Parents and Friends Catering Team recently catered for a Speech Pathology Training Day for Catholic Education, Ballarat. The Team catered for 39 people.

Thanks to Brooke O'Keefe and Celeste Lane for their delicious pumpkin soup, which received many positive comments.

Virginia Martin has been a welcome addition to the Catering Team with her impressive baking brilliance, a few attendees thought we had purchased her cupcakes from a commercial baker.

Thanks goes to Mary Gleeson, Leah Brown and Tammy Langdon for the preparation and serving on the day.

We have other catering events still to come throughout the year, so if this is something you would like to get involved in, please see Tammy or Bronie.

Moyne Winter Sports Canteen

Parents & Friends

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