Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians,

Over the last two weeks St. Patrick’s has been a very busy place.  Students celebrated Shrove Tuesday with beautiful pancakes that were cooked by our Parents and Friends group. 

Ash Wednesday brought all students together to celebrate the start of Lent with a whole school Mass.  During this Mass, ashes were blessed and distributed to students. These are made from the olive branches or branches of other trees that were blessed the previous year.

Our Year 5/6 students were lucky enough to participate in a leadership presented by The Museum of Australian Democracy.  Students participated in activities and real-world examples to reflect on what leadership qualities they have, consider areas for personal development and consider how they can work together to create positive change.  

The 2023 SRC students have been announced.  

Congratulations to the following students:

Year 3 - Steele Baxter and Alivia Costanzo 

Year 4 - Max Bartlett and Isla Dorning

Year 5 - Matilda Dower and Jaxon Rawson

Year 6 - Ella Patrick and Sonny Johnson

The 2023 Year 6 Liturgy Leaders have also been announced. 

Congratulations to the following students:

Noah McLay, Nellie Bubb, Adara James, Amelia Nock, Ruby Mowat, Myles Witt, Jamieson McNicol, Chase Baxter, Ebony Bubb and Harry Rowley.

On Tuesday 22 students travelled to the Sale Swimming Pool to represent St. Patrick’s at the Heyfield and District Swimming Sports.  It was fantastic to see such team spirit and determination displayed by all students on the day.  We had some fantastic individual and team placings which led to St. Patrick’s claiming overall first place for the second year in a row.  These 22 students will now compete on Monday in the Wellington Division Swimming Sports.  

Thank you to our Parents and Friends group for organising a welcome back BBQ on Thursday evening.  It was a great opportunity for families to catch up with one another as well as touring classrooms and meeting classroom teachers.  

Parent Teacher interviews will take place next Tuesday 7th March and Thursday 9th March from 3.50pm until 6.00pm.  Bookings can be made via PAM. 

Lastly, a reminder that Friday 10th March is a student free day.  On this day, staff members will have Professional Learning sessions where they will continue to develop their literacy pedagogical practice.