After a special St Patrick's Day mass on Thursday, the children enjoyed St Patrick's Day themed activities led by the Year 6 leaders. Fun and games all around.
ECSI surveys - Do you wish to participate ?
The Enhancing Catholic School Identity (ECSI) Project will assist schools to understand better how their Catholic Identity is expressed in work and practice and support them in their future development.
Every 4 years, each school invites their community to complete the ECSI surveys. A large sample of parents with children in Year 4-6 will have received information about the survey. Please check your child's bag or contact principal@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au if you wish to receive the survey paperwork. We encourage as many parents as possible to complete the survey online.
Year 5 & 6 children and our staff will also complete the surveys too. The alignment of ECSI with the School Improvement Framework cycle provides the opportunity for schools to deliberately engage in a common search for a renewed Catholic profile for the school and to reflect on the type of Catholic school that they wish to be, in and through a dialogue with plurality in a secularising context.
To find out more about the ECSI Survey and the theology that underpins it, visit the Enhancing Catholic School Identity (ECSI) – An introduction to ECSI website.
So far 3 out of 60 families (Yr 4-6) have completed the survey. We need at least 50 surveys completed to gain accurate data for our school.
If you are a parent from children in Prep, Yr 1, Yr 2, Yr 3 and Yr 4 and you wish to complete the survey. Please email principal@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au and I will send you the survey details. The surveys need to be completed by April 8.
Another one of our beautiful displays. Thanks to Bec Maddocks our art specialist & all of the children who contributed to this display.
SRC Badge Presentation Invitation
Congratulations to our Student Representative Council (SRC) leaders for Semester 1. The children will be presented with their leadership badges at assembly this coming Monday morning. Currently we hold our assemblies outdoors on the turf area in the backyard at 9:10am. If your child is receiving a badge, you are welcome to attend the presentation at assembly. We will reserve some chairs for parents. If you can't make it, don't worry, we will take a photo of the children.
Year level | Student |
1FM | Noah and Isabelle |
1Y | Nalah and /Lennox |
2ST | Mason and Daisy |
2R | Ben and Eloise |
3L | Poppy and Jack |
3A | Sophie and Tess |
4J | Lucinda and Violet |
4M | Eamonn and Emelia |
5C | Lily and Matty |
5V | Zach and Ewan |
6L | Joe and Jake |
6D | Isabella and Annie |
Communication UpdateTo streamline communications we will continue to increase our use of the Parent Access Module (PAM) which is linked to the Simon Everywhere (SE) App. From Term 2 we will fully transition to PAM as our main source of information and no longer use Flexischools.
PAM links parents directly with the lunch order menu, student reports, medical details, parent teacher interviews and much more. Today we opened up the student absence portal. We are working with the SE administrators to add menu shortcuts to our St Pat's SE app.
We still require every family to be registered. At present we have 80% of families registered to PAM.
We thank those parents who have already logged on and registered. We require all families to be on PAM and so request that if you haven’t registered as yet you do so immediately. To enable this new system to work to maximum efficiency we require your email address to be current. Please contact the school office if you have trouble accessing your PAM account.
Important points regarding PAM:
- Absence notifications – PAM is connected directly to the class roll and so when your child is absent for a day you must complete the notification on PAM with details in the notes section. It is important that this notification is sent prior to 9:30am.
- Late Arrivals – If your child is arriving late to school due to an appointment please notify the school by an email to the school office or the child’s teacher, do not use PAM for this. When you drop your child at school and sign them in on the school Ipad. The class roll will be updated to reflect their late arrival.
- Early Leavers – If your child is leaving early for an appointment or family commitment, please advise this by email to the school office or teacher and sign them out on the school Ipad when you collect them. Do not register this on PAM.
- Family Holidays – If your child is going to be away from school for more than 1 day due to a family holiday please advise the teacher or school office by email of the dates and reason.
- School Calendar – The school calendar in PAM will be updated with events and important dates throughout the school commencing from Term 2.
We appreciate your feedback and will work with the administrators to make the transition as easy as possible for all. We prefer feedback to come directly to the school as the office staff are the best ones to work through any difficulties you may be having with PAM.
Next week, we will provide a special document with helpful tips for PAM & SE.
Beachside Swimming Carnival
Last Friday 11th March we had 8 of our students represent the Dendy District at the Beachside Swimming Carnival at Oakleigh Rec. These students were:
- Joe Wood (Year 6)
- Jonathan Chronopolous (Year 6)
- Noah Bacon (Year 6)
- Eliza Jeffkins (Year 4)
- Max Sheedy (Year 6)
- Eliza Parr (Yr 5)
- Eli Ward (Yr 5)
- Dylan Fitzpatrick (Yr 5)
All swam strongly and put in their best efforts competing against some extremely tough competition from other districts. Despite not progressing through to the South Metro stage, all students should be so proud of themselves, with some even swimming new PB's (personal bests).
Thank you to Miss Currenti and our amazing 5C cheer squad for supporting our swimmers and for making such encouraging signs to display.
Beachside Lawn Bowls
On Wednesday 16th March, 24 of our year 6 students competed at the Beachside Lawn Bowls at Alma Park, Caulfield. The students were split into two teams of 12, and played two bowl fours, with three sides in a team. There was some exceptional skill and precision performed on the rinks throughout the day, with some of our students' technique even being recognised and praised by some of Alma Park Club's famous veterans. It was a fun and exciting day out with all students representing St Pats at a high standard.
Thank you to Mr Daidone for assisting me on the day and our wonderful year 6's for displaying such great sportsmanship, encouragement and school spirit.
If you would be interested in learning more about lawn bowls or pursuing a new found skill, please contact David Bernard (details below).
Dani Trott
Physical Education Teacher, Sports Coordinator and Year 2 Classroom Teacher
Parents & Friends News
The 2022 Pink Lists are here!!
The Pink Lists are coming out this week! Please let the office know if you have a requirement for an additional family copy.
Some interesting 2022 facts:
- There are 201 Families at St Patricks
- There are 296 Students
- Most Popular girls name: Isabel
- Most Popular boys name: Thomas
- Most Popular Ladies names: Sarah and Vanessa (6%)
- Most Popular Gentlemans name: David and Rob (10%)
If you ever wonder why you struggle to remember other parents' names - it's because there are 266 of them!
The P&F extends a huge thankyou to Christie Alexander for compiling the Pink List again this year.
2022 Easter Raffle - Get your tickets now
The 2022 Easter Raffle has opened and is always a huge hit with the children. Families can purchase tickets for $1 per ticket using CDFPay (please spread tickets between your children when purchasing if possible):
https://spmurrumbeena.cdfpay.org.au Easter Eggs, Easter themed stationery, small / medium cane baskets suitable for the prize hampers or Easter bags or books can be dropped at the school office by your children, and these will be divided into dozens of prizes which will be won by the children on the last day of Term 1. Thankyou to the many families who have already donated goods. To allow the prizes to be assembled, we kindly ask for donations to be dropped off by Friday 1st April.
Reminder to check for Lost Property items before the end of Term 1
Items of lost property and un-labelled uniform items are placed in a large plastic trunk just inside the portico glass doors near the school hall. If your child has lost their jacket, water bottle or runners - this is the place for you to look. The lovely parents who coordinate the Pre-Loved Uniform store try to reunite lost items with children, however un-named & unclaimed uniform items at the end of each term will be donated to the Pre-Loved Uniform store.
Parents & Friends Fundraising for 2022
Each year the St Patrick's Parents & Friends Committee discusses with Jenny Hawkins which school projects the P&F fundraising should be directed. In 2022, the committee agreed that we would again direct our fundraising efforts towards the Michelle Barclay memorial running track. We were very excited to see the plans that the school has shared for the track, and we thank all families, past and present, who have contributed toward this fabulous project.
Pizza Nights
Thankyou to the parents and P&F Class Reps who have organised their grade Pizza nights. We hope that all the families who attend have a wonderful time meeting with other families. See below for future dates:
- Grade 1 - Friday 18th March at Packer Park
- Grade 2 - Friday 25th March at Murrumbeena Park, Kangaroo Rd
- Grade 3 - Friday 1st April at Murrumbeena Park, Kangaroo Rd
Term 1 2022
March
Friday 25 National Ride to School Day
April
Friday 8 End Term 1
Tuesday 26 Beginning Term 2
May
Tuesday 10 Year 5 mass & Reconciliation 9:15am
Monday 16 Closure Day Staff PL
Saturday 28 Year 5 Mass & Eucharist 9:15am
June
Monday 13 Queen's Birthday
Thursday 16 Parent Teacher Meetings
Friday 24 End Term 2
July 11 Beginning Term 3
Wednesday 20 Confirmation Year 6 5:30pm
