Parent Sacramental Faith Night
Thank you to the large number of parents who participated in the parent evening on Tuesday. Fr Paul Newton and Anne Mullan our Religious Education Leader, led an informative and interactive hour session. There were opportunities to share thoughts and ideas around the meaning and purpose of the sacraments in our every day lives.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Peace I give you.
Forgive each other every tine.
Come, follow me.
Love God and love your neighbours.
Do not be afraid, I am with you.
St Patrick's Day and the Colour Run
We are looking forward to celebrating St Patrick's Day on Friday with a special whole school mass at 9:10 am. The children don't wear school uniform on St Patrick's Day. They can wear something green. Remember to send in a white T shirt for the children to pull on over their clothes if they are running through the colours at the end of the day. The children will join into special St Pat's day activities and finish the day with our inaugural Colour Run.
Special thanks to Annie and Bree for spending many hours organising the Colour Run celebration. All of the houses around the school circuit have received notification via a letter. An eleven page detailed Safety Action Plan has been prepared by the P&F and reviewed by Michelle Barclay our PE teacher and I. We thank all of you for your support of this special event.
Child Safety News
Based on the recommendation from our Child Safety Team, I have prepared a letter for all of our school families. This letter explains all of the changes we have made at St Patrick's school since the introduction of the mandatory Child Safe Standards on the 1st August 2016. A hard copy of this letter will be sent home after the long weekend on Tuesday 13th March. Please look our for the letter in your child's bag. Every school parent is asked to sign a return slip to say that they have read our St Patrick's school Safeguarding Children and Young People Code of Conduct. This is the same Code of Conduct that parents sight on the visitor's sign in I-pad in our school office. The Safeguarding Children and Young People Code of Conduct is available on the policy page of our Learning Community Site at this link. Thank you for your support in helping to keep our children safe at St Patrick's school.
New Sign in /out procedures.
As part of the new Attendance Guidelines introduced by the Victorian Government, if a student is late to school or leaving early they are required to sign in/out at the office on the new white device -St Patrick's Kiosk. This data will be generated to our electronic daily attendance rolls and recorded on the students' reports. It is essential that parents notify the school of any absences or late to school reasons by 9.15am otherwise an SMS will be generated advising you that your child has an unexplained absence and you will be required to contact the office immediately.
This is also a reminder that as part of the new Child Safety regulations ALL parents/visitors need to enter through the main office door to sign in/out at the office on our black device. All adults will need to collect a lanyard regardless of the reason or length of stay.
Have a safe long weekend and we look forward to seeing you all back at school on Tuesday. Please note there will be no assembly next week.
Jenny Hawkins
Principal
Enrolment for 2019
If you have an outstanding enrolment application for 2019, please return it to the office as soon as possible.
If you have an outstanding enrolment application for 2019, please return it to the office as soon as possible.
Lost Property
Lost property is overflowing and will be culled over the holidays if unclaimed. There are also a large number of sports jackets. If you are missing something please check the lost property cupboard opposite the hall entrance. Please remember to label your child’s clothing/possessions so they can be returned to you.
Friday 16th March St Patrick's Day celebrations and P & F COLOR RUN @ 2.30pm
Sunday 18th March Family Mass @9am
Monday 19th March Years 5/6 depart to Canberra
Monday 26th March Easter Raffle @ 9am during final assembly
Tuesday 27th March Child Safety Team Meeting @9am.
Tuesday 27th March Easter Mass @ 11:30. Term 1 concludes for students. Dismissal @ 3.30pm
Wednesday 28th Mar School closure day due to staff conference
Thursday 29th March School closure day due to staff conference
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