After a very special Palm Sunday liturgy in the church, the choir sang Everyone Belongs.
We all belong together to the St Pat's family community.
Thank you to our hard working teachers and leaders, Fr Siby and the SAC parents, the P& F parents and to all of our parents and carers.
We wish all of you a restful term break and Easter blessings of peace, love and joy.
We look forward to welcoming your children back to school on Tuesday 26 April in their winter uniform.
Arrangements for drop off Term 2
During the last couple of years, we have made several changes to drop off and pick up times to remain Covid safe.
In Term 2, we will continue to use both front yard and back yard entrances.
We recommend that children cycling or scooting from Year 3-6 enter the bike sheds through the back gates and Prep - 2 cyclists use the front gates to avoid congestion.
In the morning, gates will be opened at the original opening time of 8:40am with the children able to directly enter their classrooms between 8:45am until 8:55am. The grounds will be supervised from 8:40am until 8:55am.
Children may only enter the grounds prior to 8:40am to attend Team Kids.
Children will exit at 3:25pm at the end of the day.
Covid Update
Thanks to all of the families who tested their children during term 1. The government will supply RAT tests for the first 4 weeks of Term 2 and we will be required to continue with twice weekly testing.
The numbers of cases at St Pat's averaged 3 cases a week across the whole school throughout the term. Families notified us about positive cases or family isolation periods. Teachers worked hard to ensure that children isolating received some home learning support.
This is a reminder for Term 2 to please notify the office and copy in the class teacher & principal so that we can make the relevant notifications.
MACS COVID-19 Vaccinations - Parents and Carers on School Sites Guidelines. You can read the full guidelines at this link. Any parents or other adults attending a gathering at school, whether indoors or outdoors, need to show evidence of vaccination on arrival.
All of our school policies can be accessed on our Learning Community Site at this link.
Winter Uniform for Term 2
Just a reminder that the children will change to their winter uniform for Term 2 and Term 3.
You can access details of the winter uniform from our school website at this link.
Parent Access Module Manual (PAM) & Simon Everywhere (SE)
From Term 2 we will no longer communicate via Flexischools. PAM is our main source of communciation.
Have you downloaded the SIMON everywhere app ?
Project Updates
As the ground floor refurbishment and kindergarten projects for 2022 continue to move ahead, I have updated the Learning Community Site with the following plans & timelines:
- ground floor refurbishment
- kindergarten
- Michelle Barclay running track
You can read the full story about the GEKA partnership at this link
Parents & Friends (P&F) News
Easter Raffle - thank you for your generous support
A huge thankyou to all of the wonderful families who donated goods to make up the Easter Raffle prizes and to those who bought raffle tickets. We were thrilled that over 2100 tickets were purchased, and hope that the lucky winners share the prizes with their families. The Grade 2 parent group coordinated this year's Easter Raffle - thankyou to Kathryn Manning-Clark and her helpers: Alanna Bailey, Nathan Albon and Sharelle Braithwaite. We would also like to thank the Truscott family for their generous support again this year.
Pre-Loved Uniforms - transition to winter uniform
As we transition to Winter Uniform in Term 2, please keep an eye out for any uniform items that may be suitable for donation to the Pre-Loved Uniform store. Any uniform items still in good condition can be dropped by your child to the school office. We are particularly keen to receive any smaller sized tunics. If you would like to purchase items, this can be facilitated via email by making an enquiry to:
stpatssecondhanduniforms@gmail.com - all items are $5 and can be paid for using CDFPay.
Thank you to all our P&F Class Reps
Term 1 is a busy period for our P&F Class Reps - as we all try and keep up with the flurry of school activities. Many of the Class Reps have also organised Pizza Nights and / or parent social events this term. The P&F appreciate having such a great team behind us, so a big shout out to them for their time and efforts.
Mothers Day/Special Friend's Day is coming
The P&F are working with the school to provide beautiful handmade gifts for the children to present to their Mums & Special Friends. As with previous years, there will be a small cost associated with this ($5) that families can pay via CDFPay. There will be further communication next term about this.
Next P&F Meeting - Tuesday 3rd May at 7.30pm
All parents are welcome to join our next P&F meeting, which will be held on Tuesday 3rd May at 7.30pm. Please pencil it into your diaries, as we'd love your input into our future events and fundraisers.
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Please note that the Sacrament dates are now confirmed with Fr Siby and highlighted on the calendar below in orange.
Term 2 2022
Tuesday 26 Beginning Term 2
Tuesday 17 May. Year 5 Reconciliation 6pm
Wednesday 27 Year 5 Eucharist Parent Workshop 6pm
May
Tuesday 3 Parent & Friends Meeting 7:30pm
Thursday 5 School Advisory Council Meeting 7pm
Monday 16 Closure Day Staff PL
Saturday 28 Year 5 First 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
September
Tuesday 13 Year 4 First Reconciliation 6pm
Friday 16 End Term 3
October
Monday 3 Beginning Term 4
November
Saturday 19 Year 4 First Eucharist 9:15am
December
Tuesday 6 Year 3 First Reconciliation 6pm
Tuesday 13 Year 6 Graduation Mass 6pm
