Dear Parent, Guardians and Carers,

We have had a number of special events and activities happen at St Patrick’s over the past few weeks.

Stomp Dance Incursion 

On Tuesday, 23^rd May we had Sarah from Stomp Dance conduct a dance class with the students. Each of the students participated in a 30-minute session, where they learnt a choreographed dance. The students were really engaged throughout the session and appeared to enjoy themselves. We are looking at having Stomp Dance return in 2024 to work with the students over the course of a week, culminating in a Parent Presentation at the end of the week.

St Patrick’s Open Days

On Wednesday, 24^th and Thursday, 25^th May we had our St Patrick’s Open Days. On these days we opened our school and welcomed families to find out more about our school and have a look at our classrooms and facilities. To begin each of our Open Days, we had an information session that provided families with an insight into our school. Following the information session, our Grade 6 students took individual families on a tour of the school. As always, the Grade 6 students took this role very seriously and the feedback from families was that they did an amazing job. We had many new and existing families attend our Open Days and once again we will have a large intake of Foundation students in 2024.

Peace Mass  

On Friday, 26^th May the whole school attended the Peace Mass in Bishop Phelan Stadium at Catholic College Sale. Staff and students from Catholic College Sale, St Mary’s Sale, St Thomas’ Sale, St Mary’s Maffra, St Michael’s Heyfield, St Mary’s Yarram and St Patrick’s attended the mass. In all there would have been close to 2000 people in attendance. The Peace Mass began in 2003 as a response to the Bali bombings that occurred the previous year. The intention of the Peace Mass is for schools to come together and pray for peace in our world. Due to the COVID pandemic, we have unfortunately been unable to hold the Peace Mass for the past 3 years. Being able to come together again this year and celebrate mass together was fantastic and planning has already begun for this to be held again next year.  

Sacrament of Confirmation       

On Sunday, 28^th May, Patrick Shaw and Jamieson McNicol celebrated the