St Pat's Shamrock: Community Update #3.16 Roadmap back to school and much more

Glimmer of Hope

As the Coronavirus numbers start to decrease, we pray and hope that we will all be back at school very, very soon 🙏.

Year 6 - The best Term 4 ever !!!

We are all aware that by the time our Year 3-6's come back onsite, the Year 6's won't have much time left until they graduate. Our staff have come up with a "roadmap" to graduation for the final term for Year 6. It will be the best term any Year 6 class has ever had and we can't wait for it to begin.

Parent Teacher Meetings

Parent Teacher meetings will take place from 8:30am to 4:30pm on Thursday October 8th

Optional Parent Teacher meetings will take place via Zoom on October 8th for all classes (except for 2V only which will be next week on Thursday 17th September), between 8.30 and 4.30.

If your child has already had a PSG meeting over the past few weeks, you will not be required to make a Parent/Teacher meeting.

Bookings will open in FLEXISCHOOLS APP on Monday 14th September at 2pm.

(To find the quicklink for PARENT/TEACHER MEETINGS in Flexischools, go to >news >more>parent/teacher meeting tabs.)

Interviews will be strictly 10 minutes only. To allow for technical issues it is vital that everyone keeps to this schedule and end their appointments in a timely manner. If you think you will need more time, please discuss this with your teacher at the appointment or via an email prior.

These meetings will rely on technology and the internet all working the way they should so please allow time to login 3-5 minutes before your appointment time.

Your child is not required to sit in on these meetings.

Further instructions will follow in your booking confirmation emails.

If you have any further enquiries, please contact the school office on 9569 7487

Readiness for 2021

We firmly believe that no child should be disadvantaged because of their Flexible Learning experience. Our goal is that teachers will pick up the learning from where the child is and move them forward with confidence to succeed. We have made plans for ensuring every child is in a position to have their potential recognised by the end of the year.

Here are links to the Term 4 readiness for 2021 plans we have in place for all children to guarantee their success.

Prep, Year 1, Year 2 link

Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 link.

So far, I have hosted 4 meetings with the Semester 2 SRC leaders from Year 1 to Year 6 and the children have demonstrated to me that Flexible Learning has enabled them to develop their confidence as self-directed learners. I believe that all of our children are already flourishing in ways that will surprise you and I can't wait to see them back at school.

Here is the latest video about staying positive from the SRC leaders.

SRC Video - Wellbeing Tips #2 Staying Positive

Wellbeing Wednesday 16 September

THANK YOU to all of the parents who shared their support around our wellbeing days for Term 3. There will be activities available online for those who wish to complete these.

FOOTBALL & FAIRY DAY - Last day of Term 3
Football/Fairy Day is a long-standing tradition at St Pats and allows the children to dress up as a footballer/fairy/supporter/umpire OR a combination. Normally this happens at school. Instead they can dress up for their Zoom session.

Virtual Assembly for Week 9

Blue Ribbon Foundation Message

Blue Ribbon Day is 29 September, which coincides with National Police Remembrance Day. Aleks in Year 1 from St Patricks is a Blue Ribbon Foundation Ambassador and actively involved in supporting this foundation.

Blue Ribbon Day is a chance for the community to say thank you to those who protect and serve our community and ensure that those who have fallen are never forgotten.

This year it means more than ever. 2020 has been a difficult year and it has been especially challenging for Victoria Police, tragically losing four members in April, providing front line response to the devastating bushfires and now supporting our efforts in the fight against COVID-19.

We hope everyone will support the campaign to remember the 170 Victoria Police Officers who have died in the line of duty and say thank you to all Victoria Police officers for their work in serving & protecting our community.

Maybe you can join Aleks in sending a thank you letter to the Police or just simply thanking any Police member you see in September 2020 for all that they do.

For more information see:
https://remember.org.au/events/blue-ribbon-day/get-involved/

You can also buy Police items from https:/CopShop.com.au and all the money goes to hospitals and initiatives to remember our fallen police.

Thank you

#BlueRibbonDay2020 #BRD2020