Week 10 Term 4 2019

Safe & Happy Holidays
Thank you to all families who have given us your full support during Term 3. I have received many positive messages, emails and phone calls as well as conversations before and after school with you in relation to the great learning opportunities and community events held at St Patrick's. Special thanks to our staff, our board and P & F parents who have all worked so hard this term.
Please note: The children wear their Summer uniform in Term 4 and will need to bring their hats to wear too.
Have a safe and happy term break and we look forward to welcoming you back to school on Monday 7th October.

A beautiful display made by the Year 3 children.

First Communion
Congratulations to all of the children who made their First Communion on Sunday. They were beautiful masses celebrated by Father Eugene together with Deacon Leo and Carlo David. Thanks to Mrs Mullan and the Year 4 teachers for preparing the children well to received the blessed eucharist for the first time. Special thanks to Mrs O' Dwyer and the children from the St Pat's Choir who led the singing.

St Pat's Got Talent
Congratulations to Sienna and Mackenzie Year 6 who won the St Pat's Got Talent finals this year. The girls performed for the whole school at a special assembly this morning and we were all very impressed. Thanks to the Year 6 leaders and Mrs O'Dwyer for organising the event this year.

Congratulations Emma - Positive Attitude !!
Congratulations to Emma Yr 6 who is playing in the U12 Girls Victorian Championship Grand Final with her Melbourne Tigers Rep Basketball team tonight.
We are all proud of  Emma and how hard she has worked this season considering she had a  hip injury for the first three months of the season. Emma worked diligently with physio and rehab to overcome her injury with determination and positivity. Well done Emma and good luck.

Fair 5 Weeks to go !!

There are many stalls which have been already allocated to volunteers, however there are additional stalls which are yet to be allocated which you'll find listed below. We're now looking to staff the remaining stalls with some volunteers within each cohort. The main role the volunteers will be needing to fulfil is setup of stall, running the stall on the day and pack up on the day, as the stall will be predominately already organised e.g. hire equipment ordered and goods purchased. So really just your labour of love is required as all the thinking and planning has already been done for you : )

Stalls to be allocated (I have made some suggestions below, however happy for these allocation to change)

Stall	Year Level	Setup (1-2 hour)	Stall 11am-1pm	Stall 1-3pm	Pack-up (1 hour)	Additional Tasks
Chocolate Toss	Prep	2 volunteers	2 Volunteers	2 Volunteers	2 volunteers	Collect Chocolate once donated from families and store ready for the fair
High Tea (11am-1pm)	Grade 1	2 volunteers	3 Volunteers	N/A	2 volunteers	Organise to borrow pod coffee machines from cohort for the day
Pizza Pies	Grade 2	2 volunteers	2 Volunteers	2 Volunteers	2 volunteers	-
Raffle Hampers	Grade 3	2 volunteers	N/A	N/A	2 volunteers	Organise collection of donated goods from families and wrap ready for the fair
Fruit & Veg Stall	Grade 4 & 3	3 volunteers	2 Volunteers (Yrs. 4 & 3)	2 Volunteers (Yrs. 4 & 3)	2 volunteers	Pick up fruit & Veg on the morning of the fair
Roast Potatoes	Grade 5	2 volunteers	3 Volunteers	3 Volunteers	2 volunteers	-
Friendship Band Stand	Grade 6	2 volunteers	4 Volunteers (1 parent/ min 3 Yr.6 students)	4 Volunteers (1 parent/ min 3 Yr.6 students)	2 volunteers	Organise designs which will be made on the day

Please note that anyone else outside of your year level can also assist your allocated year level stall. However the initial allocation might be easier to ask within your cohort to see if there is anyone that would like to volunteer as well. Once a list of volunteers are collated by the fair committee a wider search will be made to fulfil roles which still require allocation.

Also note that there are additional stalls outside of the ones listed above which will also be run on the day e.g. cakes, plants, craft, drinks, other food stalls etc. These stalls have already been organised by mini committees however volunteers to staff the stalls throughout the day will also be needed. So if you’re wanting to help for a few hours on a stall but the ones listed above don’t tickle your fancy, still reach out and you can be easily assigned to one of these stalls instead.

So please send all your expression of interest through to Nadine Power npowered@icloud.com by Friday 1st October : )

It’s going to be a great day, however we do need your help to ensure we have enough people to setup and run the stalls. We unfortunately did not have a fair last year due to the lack of volunteers. So now that the ball is rolling, let’s get things happening again and make sure that this event is a cracker for the kids, families and wider community!

Any questions, please reach out! Best, Nadine 0408 446 642

Term 4 Dates

Mon 7 Oct       Term 4 Commences
Wed 9 Oct       7pm Prep 2020 Information Evening
Thurs 10 Oct   7:30 pm Fair Meeting
Mon 14 Oct     Flag Raising Ceremony
Wed 23 Oct     Year 6 Confirmation
Thurs 31 Oct   School Sports Day
Mon 4 Nov      School Closure Day
Tues 5 Nov     Melbourne Cup Holiday
Fri 22 Nov      School Closure Day
Fri 29 Nov      Year 5/6 Beach Day
Mon 25 Nov   Prep - Yr 4 Swimming commences and continues to 6th Dec
Tues 3 Dec     Link Booklist collection from 3pm
Wed 4 Dec     Year 5/6 Lifesaving Day
Mon 16 Dec  Year 5/6 Graduation 6pm
Wed 18Dec    Last day of term 4. School dismissed at 1pm