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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.
Kind regards,
Shane
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AT
ST PATRICK'S BY CHECKING OUR CALENDAR ON OUR WEBSITE.
Go to: www.stpstratford.catholic.edu.au
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St Patrick's Athletics Carnival will be held at Sale Little Athletics Track, Dawson St Sale on Friday 25th November.
Year 3 - 6 students will travel by bus leaving St Patrick's at 9.00am and will begin events at 9.30am.
Foundation - Year 2 students will travel by bus leaving St Patrick's at 11.30am and will begin events at 12.00pm.
Students will participate in modified events.
The day will conclude at approximately 2.30pm for all students. Students will then travel by bus back to St Patrick's.
Students are to wear their sports uniform or house coloured t-shirt only. (no singlets).
MACKILLOP - RED
RYAN - GREEN
BRICE - YELLOW
Please ensure students have weather appropriate gear. Students to bring healthy snacks, lunch, drink bottles, hats and asthma medication where required.
Swimming lessons will commence on Monday 28th November and will run on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday until Friday 9th December.
Each child from Foundation to Year 6 will have a half-hour lesson with qualified Austswim teachers each day for the 4 days.
Students and their teachers will walk to and from the Stratford Pool for their lessons.
Students may wear bathers under their school uniform or change into them at school. Students may bring thongs to walk down to the pool, however they are expected to change back into their full sports uniform when returning to school.
Students are to bring bathers, towel, rash vests, hats, sunscreen and asthma mediation where required. Students are to provide goggles if they need them. Please clearly name all belongings.
During the swimming program, students are permitted to wear
sports uniform every day.
Timetable:
10.00am - Year 5/6C
10.30am - Year 5/6D
11.00am - Year 3/4A
11.30am - Year 3/4B
12.30pm - Year 1/2
1.00pm - Foundation/One
1.30pm - Foundation
Absences
Parents are required to notify the school of any absence. The preferred method for notifying your child's absence is via PAM. Notification of a child's absence is a legal requirement and also a courtesy.
At 9.15am, any unexplained absence will result in an SMS message being sent to the parents/guardians. If no response have been received by 9.45am, the office will ring parents first, then emergency contact to confirm the reason for the absence.
Late Arrivals
All children arriving after the school gates are closed must be signed in by a parent at the front office. Children cannot sign themselves in.
For the safety of all, please remember to follow the parking directions around the school.
- Front of school (Merrick St): Families are asked to avoid parking here during morning and afternoon drop off.
- Church side (Blackburn St): Please note bus pick up and drop off zones)
- Main Gate: (Dixon St): This is the main pick up and drop off area. Please take note of no parking near the crossing.
- Children needing to cross the road whether on foot/bicycle will be escorted across the designated crossing by the supervising teacher.
- Children waiting for buses or parents, sit in an orderly fashion until their appropriate means of transport arrives.
Thank-you for your co-operation.
Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate
their birthday in the coming weeks:
Payton Costigan - 9th March
Henry Alcock - 10th March
Kit Barberio - 10th March
Lilly Cherry - 11th March
Evie Taylor - 11th March
Max Martin - 12th March
Milana Van Twest - 12th March
Have a great day!!