Week 3, Term 1, 2017

Prayer we shared at the Connection Evening

On Wednesday night we came together to launch our Learning Community site and for you as parents to meet and connect with our hardworking and talented St Patrick's staff. Thank you to the very large number of parents who were able to join us from 7:00-8:00 pm and support this event. Our hall was full to capacity! 

The staff introduced themselves to our parents. This included our teachers, large leadership team and specialists teachers.

Sinoura Sculli our Italian Specialist

Michelle Barclay our Physical Education Specialist

Bernadette Wood our library specialist

Our DP Liz Hills addressed the Foundation parents

You can view the slide  presentation at this link on the principal's blog. The presentation includes some background to our vision going forward in 2017: Enagaged and motivated learners always faithful to our loving God.

The Learning Community site is evolving and developing to enable you to gain a greater insight into our teaching and learning practices. Please understand that this is a "work in progress site". Here is a link to the site.

Fr Barry's Farewell Mass Friday 17 February 9:10 am

Thanks to all of the families who have completed the special page for Fr Barry's farewell gift. This will be presented to Fr Barry at the end of mass. All families are welcome to join us to say goodbye and thank Fr Barry as he officially retires on Friday.

Playground Safety

It is wonderful to see so many children being active and riding to school. As a safety precaution, we ask that children walk beside their bicycles and scooters across the playground instead of riding them. Could we also ask that preschoolers don't ride in the playground too. Unfortunately we have already had one accident. Thanks very much for your support in helping to keep our children and families safe especially during our busy times before and after school.

St Patrick's School Family Mass Sunday 19 February 9am

We look forward to seeing as many of our families at mass on Sunday as possible. This will be Fr Paul's first mass in our parish and for our school. Thanks to those of you have let us know that you are joining us as we come together to celebrate the eucharist and give thanks to our loving God for the gifts of our children.

Enrolments 2018
Enrolment appointments and tours for new families will commence with our principal Jenny Hawkins during the week beginning 20th February. All new enquiries should email principal@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au or telephone the office to arrange an appointment. Existing St Patrick's families with preppies commencing next year need to pick up an enrolment form from the office.

School Dates
Dates for the year can be accessed via our school calendar. This is available directly on the Tiq Biz app and at the bottom of the page on this newsblog. To make it easier for you, we will also keep dates for the term updated each week here.
Here are some Term 1 dates to be aware of:

Fri 17th Feb          Father Barry's Farewell 
Sun 19th Feb        Family Mass with Fr Paul
Mon 20th Feb       6H Assembly
Wed 22nd Feb     Parish Education Board 
Fri 24th Feb         Commissioning Mass and Beginning of the year Mass with Fr Paul
                             Year 1 Pizza Night
Mon 27th Feb      Dendy District Swimming
Tue 28th Feb       Shrove Tuesday
Wed 1st Mar        Ash Wednesday
Mon 6th Mar        4P Assembly
Thurs 9th Mar     School Closure Day
Fri 10th Mar        School Closure Day
Fri 17th Mar        St Patrick's Day
Mon 20th Mar     Year 6 camp 
Mon 27th Mar     3L Assembly
Wed 29th Mar     Parent Teacher Meetings 
Thur 30th Mar    Year 5/6 Soccer Lightning Premiership
Fri 31st Mar        End of term 1.

Community Notices

Message from the Parish

Fr Paul Newton joins us as the new parish priest for St Kevin's and St Patrick's communities this weekend.  All school and church community members at both locations are invited for a cuppa and an informal chat.

Where: St Kevin's Church, Glen Orme Avenue, next to St Kevin's School 

When: This Sunday, 19 February 2017 @ 11.30am (after 10.30am Mass).

Who: All school and parish community members

RSVP: Not required, please bring a plate to share if you wish.

Want to know more about Fr Paul?  Here's a sneak peek: "I'm a Melbourne boy, true and true, basketball, Aussie Rules, the whole thing"... http://melbournecatholic.org.au/Reflections/video-meet-fr-paul-newton