St Pat's Shamrock: Community Update #3.9

Prayer of a Thankful Heart

Written by Lara Giudice 4R

Thank you God for keeping those around me healthy, safe and loved.

I am grateful for having a family that loves and supports me, and a home that is filled with love and laughter.

Thank you for sunshine, blue skies and flowers that bloom.

I am grateful for technology and the ability to stay connected with my family, friends and teachers.

Thank you for the brightness that kind words and actions bring.

I am grateful for all your blessings and for the strength you give me each day.

Amen

Special Parish Invitation about Alpha September 22 at 7pm
Here is the live link to the invitation.

Thank you and Term 4

Thank you to our children, families and staff for all of your efforts during this challenging term.

We especially appreciate the support of the P& F Committee and our School Advisory Council. All of these parents have gone the extra mile, volunteering and giving up their time despite their own personal challenges this term.

Special thanks to the Luck family who are moving to Tasmania in the holidays to be closer to family. Sarah joined the P&F committee in the term before her son Will started at St Pat's last year. Sara has been coordinating Patcare as well as being an active member of the P&F and played a big part in the recent successful P&F Trivia event.

We will update you with details around plans for Term 4 once we receive information and guidance from MACS.

We hope and pray that we will all be back together at school in Term 4.

Stay safe and well during the holidays everyone.

Congratulations to our preps !!

Book Week Poem

By Nina McKenzie 3LO

The shiny front cover of adventure.

Fairy Tales, fiction, nonfiction, good books and books about nature.

The words sucking me into another world.

A story where the adventure gets tied up in a swirl.

I will read books every now and then.

And write them with the ink of my pen.

I can’t live without them.

Where's Wally ?

Thanks to Tia and our staff who have organised a bit of fun for the children in the holidays.

St Pat's has hidden 60 Where's Wally characters around the local community. If you find a character, please leave it in the same place, so that others can find it. Feel free to snap a pic and email it to tcroce@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au. Make sure you check the parks and shops around our school.

Kindergarten news and our much awaited refurbishment

I am pleased to officially announce that we have been given the green light from MACS for the Murrumbeena Kindergarten to move on to our school site commencing in 2023. Unfortunately, the kindergarten's current lease is coming to an end.

We are excited about the opportunity for St Pat's to form a partnership with GEKA Murrumbeena and enable a smooth transition from three-year-old kindergarten through to the end of primary school for all children. GEKA will cover the costs to convert the portable classroom in our playground into a kindergarten.

We are awaiting another green light from MACS too ! We hope to hear very soon that we will be able to commence our much awaited refurbishment works at St Pat's.

I look forward to sharing more details with you next term.

Classes for 2022

Please email principal@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au if your family is leaving the school for 2022 as we are beginning to make plans for classes.

2021 Term Dates

We will provide further updates next term in relation to the events highlighted in yellow.

Term 4 ( Summer uniform and hats )
Beginning Term 4 Oct 4

Parents and Friends Oct 7 7:30pm

Prep 2022 Parent Evening Oct 12 7pm-8pm
St Pat's Sports Day Oct 14
Year 3 First Reconciliation Oct 19 at 5:30pm
Year 4 Reconciliation Oct 20 6pm
Year 4 First Communion Oct 23 9:15am (4R)

School Advisory Council Oct 27. 7pm

Year 4 First Communion Nov 6 9:15am (4M)