Week 2 Term 3 2019

San Damiano Cross
This week, the staff received a gift of a San Damiano Cross for the staff room from my visit to Assisi in Italy. The San Damiano Cross is the large Romanesque cross before which St. Francis of Assisi was praying when he is said to have received the commission from the Lord to rebuild the Church. It now hangs in the Basilica of Saint Clare (Basilica di Santa Chiara) in Assisi, Italy, with a replica in its original position in the church of San Damiano nearby. Franciscans regard this cross as a symbol of their mission to commit their lives and resources to renewing and rebuilding the Church.

This cross depicts the joy and the hope of the resurrected Jesus.

We are positive

At assembly we introduced the value we are focussing on this term "We are positive". The children viewed a video about a boy who has a very positive outlook on life considering the challenges of his disabilities.
In the coming weeks the children will be discussing ways to have a positive attitude to their learning and ways to be positive in all that they do.

Congratulations Cori, Lylah, Maya and MacKenzie PLEASE Go online and support our St Pat's dancers 

Four St Patrick’s students were lucky to take part in a televised dance competition with local dance school Dance Desires. Maya Pabst and Mackenzie Kelly competed with two dances in the U12 section and Lila Saunders and Cori Guidance competed with two dances in U10. All four dances won the Most Outstanding Performance Award in their respective categories. These performances can now be viewed with online general public voting now open for one week closing next Wed 31st July. Winners of the public vote will be announced when the competition is aired on Foxtel Aurora 10.30am on 11th Aug. Could our wonderful St Pats community show their support by voting for either one of the Dance Desires U10 routines or U12 routines. To vote go to http://www.mastersofchoreography.com, register and vote. Only one vote per email address is permitted. Voting closes on Wednesday 31st of July (at midnight). Winners will be announced (and routines shown) on Foxtel on the 11th of August. It is a great opportunity I would think for the St Pat’s community to get behind our kids to see if we can get people voting for them.

Safe Travels Deb
During the week we farewelled Deb and wished her safe travels as she heads away on the trip of a lifetime with Vince until Term 2 next year. We will keep Deb and Vince in our thoughts in the coming months while they explore the beauty of our wonderful country.

Book Week
Just an early reminder that we will be celebrating the annual Book Week with a dress up day on Wednesday 21 August. More information to follow in the coming weeks.

Visit this website for more information regarding Book Week 2019 theme:
www.cbca.org.au

Term 3 Dates

Mon 29 July                          Awards Assembly
Wed 31 July                          Wonder of Living Year 5 & 6, Parish Education Board
Fri 2nd August                      P&F Meeting 2:30pm staff room

Tues 6 Aug                            First Communion Workshops 6.15pm - 4V & 7.30pm - 4S

Mon 12 Aug                          Programme Support Group Meetings
Wed 14 Aug                          Programme Support Group Meetings

Tues 20 Aug                          Programme Support Group Meetings

Wed 21 Aug                          Book Dress Up day

Fri 23 Aug                            School Closure day

Tues 27 Aug                         Confirmation Workshops 6.15pm  & 7.30pm

Fri 30 Aug                            St Patrick's Daffodil Day

Tues 3 Sep                            Public Speaking Evening

Sun 15 Sep                           First Communion

Fri 20 Sep                             End Term 3

Week 1 Term 3 2019

Welcome Back and message from Rome

Welcome to Term 3 and Semester 2 at St Patrick's. The children have got off to a great start with their learning this term and we thank you as parents for your continued support for our staff. It was wonderful to receive your feedback about our core values work around respect. This term we will focus on the core value "We are positive" and look forward to all of us continuing to develop a positive mindset.

It's wonderful to be back after my 3 week study trip to Rome where the weather was a little warmer than here! I was blessed to join 30 educators from around Australia as we completed the Australian Catholic University course - Mission, Culture and Spirituality lead by Professor Sr Peta Goldberg and Professor Br David Hall. Along with 15 principals and leaders, we are grateful to the Catholic Education Melbourne office who fully funded the course. I will share my learning experiences with our school community in the coming weeks commencing with some special gifts for the classrooms which I will present at assembly this Monday. The main message that I am pleased to share is the overwhelming positive and exciting mission of Catholic education and the emphasis on the important role that a strong, united family plays in society today.

Our Rome participants at the Congregation for Catholic Education office in the Vatican

Daffodil Day - Prayers for Michelle Barclay and Ricky (Year 2O)

We ask you to continue to pray for our wonderful PE teacher Michelle Barclay who is on extended sick leave and Ricky in 2O who is receiving treatment whilst overseas. Our sincere prayers and thoughts are with these valued members of our school community and their families.

Thank you to the Parr family who came to see me about a special request for Daffodil Day. We will go ahead with the request and will celebrate the day on Friday 30 August (due school closure on the 23 August).

Dear Miss Hawkins,

On Friday 23 of August it will be Daffodil Day and we were wondering if the entire school could participate in it. We thought we could come dressed in yellow and make a gold coin donation which would go towards the charity. We also thought this would be a great way to show Mrs Barclay and our class mate Ricky our support and that we are thinking of them.

From Millie, Eliza & Tess 



Thanks to Leadership Team
A special thanks to our leadership team and staff for doing a wonderful job of supporting our school community while I was overseas during the last week of term and the school holidays.

Welcome to Kellie
As our wonderful finance manager Deb Dalton prepares to go on leave at the of next week, we warmly welcome Kellie Mascaro to the front office. Kellie lives locally and has three daughters. Kellie brings a wealth of experience to the role and we welcome her to our team for 2019.


Book Week
Just an early reminder that we will be celebrating the annual Book Week with a dress up day on Monday 19th August. More information to follow in the coming weeks.

School Photo Monday 22 July
The whole school photo and the Year 6 Graduation photos are scheduled for Monday (weather permitting). All students must be in their full winter uniform- no runners, jewellery or coloured hair ties. Hair longer than shoulder length must be tied up, with only white or navy hair ties- no big bows.

Year 6s are asked to wear their Yr 6 Rugby top for both photos.

Medical Information
It is essential that all students Medical Information page is up to date in PAM.  If you have not completed this, please do so by logging into PAM as soon as possible. 
Click here to log into PAM.

If you have indicated that your child suffers from Asthma, please ensure that you have also submitted a printed updated ASTHMA MANAGEMENT PLAN (completed  by your doctor), to the office along with applicable medications.

The Music Bus – Open Day Friday 26 July
St Patrick’s will be running a fun and interactive Music Bus Open day this term! On the day you’ll have the chance to visit the bus, meet the teacher and ask any questions you might have along the way. All students will also be invited to take part in a short, interactive session on the bus throughout the school day.

Offering weekly lessons in keyboard, guitar, ukulele, singing, drums and rock band, The Music Bus program provides the teacher and the instruments, all inside a high-tech, mobile music classroom (the bus)! 

At the end of the activities, students will be given an Expression of Interest form. All students not already part of The Music Bus program, who would like to join, will need to return the form to the school office within 7 days Friday 2nd August. The Music Bus will then be in touch with you to book students into lessons.

Mark Your Diaries - Friday 26th July

1. Parent Info Session - 8:45am-8:55am - Parents can visit the bus, meet the teachers and ask questions if they wish.

2. Student Tours - All students will take part in a short interactive session on the bus throughout the day in their classes.

To find out more, visit www.themusicbus.com.au or call 1300 168 742.

Lunch Orders
Just a reminder that lunch orders are available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  Please make sure that orders have enough money in to cover the cost of the orders otherwise a treat item may be omitted (and any extra monies refunded). 

Term 3 Dates

Mon 22 July                         Whole school photo....(full winter uniform to be worn)
Thurs 25 July                        Prep 100 days
Fri 26 July                             Music Bus Demo Day
Wed 31 July                          Wonder of Living Year 5 & 6
Tues 6 Aug                            First Communion Workshops 6.15pm - 4V & 7.30pm - 4S
Mon 12 Aug                          Programme Support Group Meetings
Mon 19 Aug                          Book Dress Up day
Tues 20 Aug                          Programme Support Group Meetings
Fri 23 Aug                            Closure day
Tues 27 Aug                         Confirmation Workshops 6.15pm  & 7.30pm
Fri 30 Aug                            St Patrick's Daffodil Day
Tues 3 Sep                            Public Speaking Evening
Sun 15 Sep                           First Communion
Fri 20 Sep                             End Term 3

Week 9 Term 2 2019

Feast of the Sacred Heart

The Sacred Heart (also known as the Sacred Heart of Jesus) has one of the deepest meanings in the Roman Catholic practice. The symbol represents Jesus Christ's actual heart as His love for all of humanity. Other symbols may have a flame or light surrounding it, which signifies the divine light of love.

Hello Everyone,
Just a reminder that by the last day of term every student should bring in a can of food for the Feast of the Sacred Heart mass. You may bring in more than one can of food if you wish.
Kind Regards,
The Year 6 Faith & Social Justice Team

Mission, Culture and Spirituality - Formation Program for Principals

Catholic Education Melbourne is sponsoring a group of 15 principals from across Victoria to participate in a formation program through the Australian Catholic University at their centre in Rome, Italy. I am fortunate to be a recipient of this postgraduate opportunity. The residential program is of three-week's duration commencing on the 23rd June. The program will engage participants in understanding more fully our mission and identity as Catholic educators in supporting the full flourishing of all leaders. In addition to lectures and workshops, we will take part in excursions to the Vatican Museum, Gardens and Crypt, the Basilicas of St Pater, St Paul Outside the Walls and St Major, the town of Assisi and other places of religious significance to Catholic education and schooling. I look forward to sharing my experiences with you when I return.

May I take this opportunity to thank you for your valued support this term and wish you and you families a safe holiday period.

Netball Lightning Premiership Report
On Wednesday the 19th of June some Year 6’s were selected to represent St Patrick’s at the Netball Lightning Premiership. We were very lucky to have the day close to our school with it located at Duncan Mackinnon. Despite the cold and rainy weather everyone gave netball a go and participated in a competitive but fun day full of netball. Everybody played extremely well and showed great sportsmanship and respect toward the umpires and their teammates. The players encouraged and supported each other to put in their best efforts and play to their full potential.

At the end of the day we had great results with the A Girls team finishing 4th overall with a few wins and a few loses. The A Mixed team finished 5th overall with some wins, draws and loses and the B Mixed team finished 5th overall with a few wins and loses and with only five players!

The Netball Lightning Premiership was definitely a highlight!

By Ella C and Catia B (Year 6 leaders)

Parish Education Board Update
Some of the points discussed at the June meeting included:

• The Masterplan/grants committee will submit an application through the new Government Capital Grants portal
• Suggestions from the tennis club in relation to the masterplan will be put forward to architects K2LD for consideration
• Interest in a St Patrick's Alumni group 
• E-Smart school accreditation is underway
• Annual Report to the school is available on the Learning Community Site
• Strong enrolments for 2020

PAM

Hopefully you have now all accessed PAM (Parent Access Module), updated the medical records and viewed your children's reports.  If you have not received an email, it is probably because your email address has changed from the one we have in our system. Please email the office from your current  email address and request it to be updated.  There is now also a QUICKLINK to PAM on Flexibuzz and the school website for faster access.

Child Safety Update
The working party  (Jenny Hawkins, Angela Yates, Michelle Barclay, Fiona Quayle ( Xavier 5J), Tash Amit (Luca 3L)
Some of the points from the June meeting included:

• SRC preparing a video for respectful and safe behaviours in the playground and inside. The playground safety video has been located and will be promoted at assembly.
• Follow up a message on the website re suggesting parents get a WWCC\
• We are using the SIMON/ duty folders to share playground safety expectations and updates
• New signage ordered to discourage the use of school grounds by the general public

 Cultural Inclusion Update
The working party consists of (Jenny Hawkins, Kerryn Oliver, Victoria Nguyen (Hugh Prep C), Leon Egan ( Layni 3D) and Patrick Muscat ( Isabella 1A). There was a  meeting on Tuesday 18th June and an outcome of the meeting is to action the following:

• Gather information from school families in relation to cultural backgrounds to develop a strong sense of identity for the children. Display this information on a world map.
• Set up 2 more flagpoles to display the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to observe flag protocols.
• Invite guests to speak to the children at assembly. Begin with Chantella Perera AFLW and WNBL representative.

OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) Update
The working party (Jenny Hawkins, Kerryn Oliver, Stuart Campbell (Fiona 1A,  Kayley 5J) Arash Rashidian (Millie 1C) held a meeting on Monday 17th June and an outcome of the meeting is to action the following:

• Liaise with TeamKids around a united approach to OHS
• Provide clarity around Kerryn Oliver 's role as OHS rep for the staff
• Set up a display with posters in relation to OHS for staff
• Review OHS policies and procedures 

Term 2 Dates

Mon 24th June                          Music Showcase

Friday 28th June                       Whole School Mass Last Day of Term 2 (3.30pm dismissal)

Term 3 Dates
Mon 15th July                          School resumes for Term 3

Tues 16th July                          Public Speaking commences for Years 5 & 6
Mon 22nd July                         Whole school photo....(full winter uniform to be worn)
Tues 6th Aug                            First Communion Workshops 6.15pm - 4V & 7.30pm - 4S
Tues. 27th Aug                         Confirmation Workshops 6.15pm  & 7.30pm
Sun 15th Aug                           First Communion

Click here to view the Team Kids Holiday program for the WINTER school holidays

Week 8 Term 2 2019

Family Mass
This weekend is the Feast of the most Holy Trinity. It is also a Family Mass and we look forward to celebrating mass with you at 9am on Sunday.

Here is information about the gospel reading for Sunday.
In the Gospel, from John 16:12-15, Jesus looks to the future when he will no longer be physically present to the disciples. He assures them that their privileged sharing in the intimacy of the relationship between himself and the Father will not cease but continue through the gift of the Spirit. The “truth” which the Spirit communicates is truth in the Johannine sense of the definitive revelation of God given to the world in the person of Jesus. The truth is ultimately the revelation that “God is love” (1 John 4:7, 16).


Archbishop Peter and the Bishops of Ballarat, Sale and Sandhurst have prepared a Pastoral Letter regarding Voluntary Assisted Dying, which becomes legal in Victoria on Wednesday 19 June 2019. You can access the copy of the letter at this link.

You can access the accompanying WE CARE resource at this link


PatCare
We need a few more people on the PatCare list. This is a community initiative that provides a meal to members of our school community who are suffering. It’s such a beautiful component of our caring community. If you would be willing to cook a meal (one once or twice a year!) please email pandf@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au and we will pass on your details to Paula Sanders our PatCare leader.

Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Whole School Mass

As a Catholic school community we are grounded in the belief that each person is made in the image and likeness of God. The dignity of the human person is the starting point for a vision for a just society – the Kingdom of God. From this vision, we respond to a call to service by reaching out beyond ourselves to act for justice and the Common Good.

On Friday 28 June we are celebrating the Feast of the Sacred Heart with a whole school Mass. This feast day traditionally has a focus on the poor. As a part of our call to service, we are asking each family to bring a can of food which will be donated to St Vincent de Paul.


PAM Parent Access Module

By now, every family should be registered to be able to access PAM. PAM is the Parent Access Module, the parent part of our SIMON management system we use for the electronic attendance register at school.

Please check and update your child's medical details on PAM.

Your child's school report will be accessible through PAM instead of a hard copy being sent home.

You will have access to last year's reports too.

The 2019 Mid Year report will be available through PAM after 4pm on Tuesday 18th June in readiness for the parent meetings on Thursday 20th June. We look forward to catching up with you at the parent meetings.

Parent/Teacher Meetings

Parents/teacher meetings will be held from 1.30 pm this Thursday 20th June.  Bookings will close on Tuesday, therefore any late changes or bookings will have to be advised to the office.
Children will be dismissed at 1pm on this day.  Team kids will be operating from the earlier time of 1.00pm  Bookings essential.

Email Protocols

Our staff are more than happy to receive email communication from parents. From a pastoral perspective for the well being of our staff, they will respond to parent emails between 8am and 5pm during week days in a timely manner.

SeeSaw

It's great to see so many parents engaged with Seesaw and their children's learning. Please be aware that any comments you make will need to be approved by the class teacher before being displayed on the class post. This means, at times, there may be a delay in the visibility of your comment.

 Term 2 Dates

Mon 17th June                          3D Assembly

Thu 20th June                           Parent/Teacher Interviews
Mon 24th June                          Music Showcasw
Friday 28th June                       Whole School Mass Last Day of Term 2

Click here to view the Team Kids Holiday program for the WINTER school holidays

Click here to view enrolment information for De La Salle College

Week 6 Term 2 2019

National Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is celebrated across Australia each year between 27 May and 3 June. The dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey—the anniversaries of the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court Mabo decision.

Lord, open up our hearts so that we may hear the message you teach of a world in which the wrongs of the past are recognised - a world in which a reconciled people walk and talk together sharing stories; a world in which all burn with the desire to have your peace and justice reign. We ask this in Jesus’ name.

Amen

At assembly on Monday, we watched a video that captured the meaning of National Reconciliation Week in a succinct and powerful way for the children understand. Here is a link to the video the video.

Down Syndrome Day at St Pat's
A big thank you to Grace, Olivia and Tess Hartnett for sharing their story at assembly on Monday. Thanks to all of the children and families who supported the day on Thursday.

Family Fun Fair Meeting
Thanks to everyone who supported the fair meeting last night. Nadine Power chaired an excellent meeting of volunteers from our community, all keen to make our new look fair a big success. We will keep you updated with ways you can support the fair in the coming weeks and months. Save the date - October 26th.

Some of the wonderful parents at the Family Fun Fair meeting

 School Closure Day
Just a reminder that the school will be closed on Friday 7th of June. Team Kids will be operating for this day.  Bookings essential.

Walk to School Day

Thank you to our Year 6 Leaders for coordinating Walk to School Day today.  Thank you to all the families who walked this morning. It was very well supported despite the dreary weather.

PARKING around the school 
Please Respect and Value our neighbours
We have had several complaints recently from local residents regarding our families not observing  parking restrictions, parking too close to Murrumbeena Road blocking access into Dalny Road and also parking over, or too close to driveways which prevents residents from accessing their properties.  They have reported the incidents to the local council including submitting photographs.  The council will no doubt react by sending traffic inspectors to the school over the next few weeks.  Please pay attention to the parking restrictions (which are there to protect our community and especially our children) and also be respectful of our neighbours by not impeding their access to their  homes.

Term 2 Dates

Mon 3rd June                           5H Assembly

Friday 7th June                        School Closure Day
Monday 10th June                   Queen's Birthday Holiday
Tuesday 11th June                   Child Safe Team Meeting
Friday 14th June                      5/6 Interschool Sport
                                                 5/6 Level Mass
Mon 17th June                          3D Assembly
Thu 20th June                           Parent/Teacher Interviews
Friday 28th June                       Last Day of Term 2

Community Announcements

Week 5 Term 2 2019

CULTURAL MEETING/WORKSHOP
Thanks to all of the parents and staff who joined us for our workshop on Tuesday. Our meeting was an opportunity to respect and value the voice of our parents and celebrate the diversity of our school community.
Here is the prayer we shared at the meeting.

This is the agenda from the meeting.

AGENDA

6:30 Welcome & context with the value focus,Welcome to country,Prayer
6:40 Introductions/ Apologies, Flowchart procedure for personal concerns
6:45 What are we already doing well ? Discuss with neighbour.
6:55 Dialogue Activity : Leadership Paper Enabling Diverse & Inclusive Communities - Read yourself.Triad activity dialogue/ sticky notes - What is important for your child at St Pat’s ? Suggestions/Ideas for ways we can celebrate diversity.
7:10 Discuss potential ideas going forward
7:20 Cultural working group
7:30 Conclude

Some of the outcomes of our dialogue.

Parents and staff participated in the cultural workshop.

DOWN SYNDROME DAY
Earlier this year, I received a letter from the Hartnett girls asking if we could recognise Down Syndrome Day. On Monday at assembly, the girls will share their story with the school. On Thursday, all children at St Pat's are invited to wear coloured socks and bring a gold coin donation for Down Syndrome Australia.

ST PAT'S SCHOOL CHOIR - A MILLION DREAMS
I was fortunate to listen to our choir rehearse for their singing presentation at assembly on Monday. They are fantastic !! Everyone is welcome to join us for assembly this Monday and hear the children sing their very own version of A Million Dreams from the Greatest Showman. Thanks to our music specialist and Year 3 teacher, Marg O'Dwyer for her work with the choir.

Our choir rehearse for assembly on Monday

THANK YOU
Thank you to Nicole and John Howard for running the barbecue on Election Day and cooking so many delicious sausages. Special thanks to their band of helpers and Year 4 parents who coordinated the cake stall and all of parents who supplied cakes on the day.  The total profit will be around $2,000, a wonderful effort.

Thank you to the P & F for organising the disco for our children this evening.

ST PAT'S SUSTAINABLE GARDEN
On Saturday morning one of our school dad's, Brett Jeffkins (Brett's Gardening) and Robert (our school handyman) will be meeting at school to work on revitalising our school garden next to the bicycle shed in readiness for some winter planting. We look forward to sharing some photos of the new look garden with you next week.

We are fortunate to be the recipient of a Woolworths Landcare Grant which will help us moving forward with this project. Here is a link to the homepage for our grant which shows some before photos of our garden.

SMART SPELLING AT ST PATRICK'S
SMART Spelling is an approach that supports primary school teachers to teach spelling well. It follows a comprehensive ‘Prep – 6 Scope and Sequence’ that supports our current programs and strategies. Teachers start by teaching the meaning of words to expand vocabulary and then break words into syllables, sounds and letter patterns (graphs, digraphs and trigraphs) following a simple routine.

In the spelling classroom, students are explicitly taught spelling patterns, one at a time. Teachers choose a range of words (from simple to complex) from a suggested list. Students are then guided to choose 6-8 words from that list, to meet different needs. Personal words are also a focus in the teaching of spelling. Teachers use their strong professional knowledge to give meaningful feedback to students about their spelling in writing, teaching at the point of need.

St Patrick’s trialled The SMART Spelling program in 2018, and this year have rolled it out across all grades, following a whole school Professional Development Day at the start of the year. Within weeks we were seeing students using the metalanguage of spelling (6 year olds classifying their words as digraphs and trigraphs!). We look forward to second semester when we can begin to measure the success of this spelling initiative on a whole school level. In the meantime, your child should be able to articulate each week’s spelling focus, and once SeeSaw is up and running, we will share with you our current focus.

Please talk to your classroom teacher or to me if you have any questions or comments. Your feedback is always very welcome.

Liz Hills

DENDY DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY
Last Friday, 50 children from Years 4-6 competed at the Dendy District Cross Country. We are incredibly proud of their efforts and the manner in which they represented themselves and our school. We were particularly delighted to see the respect and support they showed each other throughout the morning. It was very exciting when the final results were announced - St Patrick's came 3rd!!

Congratulations to the following students who finished in the top 20 and received a certificate on the day.
* 9/10 Girls - Millie P, Tara M
* 11 Girls - Lila S, Olivia C, Ella C, Emma M
* 11 Boys - Matt F, Eamon T, Will W, Nico B, Mitch N, Finn P
* 12/13 Girls - Alice M, Luciana D
* 12/13 Boys - Fred H, Angus E, Terrence L, Jack O
Special mention to Alice who came in 3rd place, Tara who came in 2nd and Millie who came 1st in their respective races!! These girls all received medals during the presentation ceremony. The Beachside Division is next week; we wish all our competitors good luck.
We would also like to thank the parent helpers who accompanied our team and assisted the course marshals. Your support is much appreciated.

PARISH EDUCATION BOARD (PEB)

Here is a link from our Learning Community Site to information about our PEB. You can access a list of PEB members, reports and guidelines in this section of our Learning Site.

At the recent meeting, we discussed setting up an Occupational Health & Safety working group. We would like to invite members of our community to support this group. Our Board Chair, John O'Sullivan has written this invitation with details around the role.

Introduction: The safety and security of all students and teachers at our school is paramount. Our school Parish Education Board wishes to set up an Occupational Health & Safety working group. This OH&S working group will have representation from teachers and parents. We are looking for expressions of interest if you are a parent who would like to join this newly forming OHS working group.

Key responsibilities and duties: Jenny as principal of the school is responsible for ensuring Occupational, Health and Safety standards are maintained. However, this working group will prove a very useful collection of people with diverse experiences and skills, to assist Jenny with this responsibility. Some of the responsibilities of the working group will include:

• Conduct walkarounds of our school premises and buildings to identify any OH&S risks or concerns, and consider mitigating activities. This will contribute to the school goal of having a safe and secure environment for all children, staff and visitors to our school.
• Implement any OH&S audit findings made by the Catholic Education Office
• Consider the good practice suggestions in place from Federal and State government bodies (e.g. Worksafe Victoria) as well as suggestions from our Catholic Education Office and implement these, where appropriate
• Assist the school implement new OH&S initiatives
• Foster and develop an OH&S Culture across the school

While OH&S experience would be desirable, we are more interested in having parents join this working group who have genuine interest in ensuring the ongoing safety and security of our children when at school. 

Time commitment :We envisage the OHS working group meeting once per month/twice per term with each meeting lasting no longer than one hour. Time of that meeting can be scheduled to work around your availability. Goal is to have all OHS to provide a brief written update to the PEB for their full Board meetings.

What to do next? If you are interested in being considered for joining this working group, please call Sandra in the school office or email Jenny directly at jhawkins@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au.

DOGS
This is a reminder that due to health and safety reasons, dogs are not to be on the school grounds unless with approval for a special class visit.

Thank you from the P & F 
The P & F would like to thank the mums who attended the Mother's Day afternoon tea and would like to advise that the funds raised ($51.00)  have been donated to the LOVE YOUR  SISTER charity.

FAMILY FAIR MEETING
All welcome to join the Family fair meeting at 7:30pm in the staff room.

HELP REQUIRED
56 year old lady with a disability living in Carnegie (close to St Pat’s) seeks a cleaner to support her with cleaning her small unit twice a week for one hour. Potential cleaner must have their own ABN or work for a registered cleaning company and be prepared to charge the NDIS rate for cleaning ($41.43 per hour). For more information please contact Hans van de Graaff on 0418 352 706.

Term 2 Dates

Monday 27th May                    Assembly - Choir performance
Thursday 30th May                  Down Syndrome Day at St Pat's - wear coloured socks/gold coin
                                                  Family Fair Meeting 7:30-8:30pm

Friday 31st May                       5/6 Interschool Sport

                                                 Years 3/4 Level Mass

Mon 3rd June                           5H Assembly

Friday 7th June                        School Closure Day
Monday 10th June                   Queen's Birthday Holiday
Friday 14th June                      5/6 Interschool Sport
                                                 5/6 Level Mass
Mon 17th June                          3D Assembly
Thu 20th June                           Parent/Teacher Interviews
Friday 28th June                       Last Day of Term 2

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Week 4 Term 2 2019

May - The Month of Mary

We continue to pray to Mary, the mother of Jesus during the month of May.

Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.

We Value and Respect Others
Well done to Miss O'Halloran and 2O for a fantastic celebration of mothers at assembly on Monday. They showed how much they value and respect their beautiful mums.

2O celebrated their mums at assembly on Monday.

Many of our staff are mothers and other staff enjoy spending precious time with their mums too. Family is important to all of us at St Pat's. Our staff family got together during the week to celebrate time with each other. We are truly blessed at St Pat's with a dedicated and enthusiastic staff who share their gifts and talents with our children. We value and respect all of our wonderful staff.

Our staff enjoyed a fun get together outside of school during the week.

Fair Funding For Victorian Catholic Schools

Federal Election Update 16 May 2019
Fair Funding for Victorian Catholic Schools

It is important that we are informed about where our Catholic Schools sit when it comes to fair funding in the election. Please find a link to a letter regarding the education funding policies of the major parties that the Catholic Education Office have asked us to share with our school community. Here is the link.

Please support the P&F & the Year 4 parents as they run the cake stall and the Howard family who coordinate the Election Day barbecue for us at St Pat's tomorrow.

Cultural Meeting 
Following on from Term 1's Harmony Week celebrations and Term 2's introduction of core values we invite interested parents to a cultural meeting on Tuesday 21st May 6:30 -7:30pm.

We want to make sure our core value of respecting and valuing one another is authentic and real for every family at St Pat's school. The meeting will be an opportunity to share ideas for celebrating our diversity and make plans going forward.

In order to arrange seating, add your name to the list at this link or email principal@spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au by Monday 20th May.  The meeting will take place upstairs in the Year 6 classrooms.

Disco
The P& F disco is next Friday 24th May. Here is the link to the Disco flyer.

Secondhand uniform shop

The secondhand uniform shop is open on Tuesdays 3-3.30pm. 

We now accept payment via EFT (payWave). 

Term 2 Dates

Saturday 18th May                   Election Day BBQ & Cake Stall
Tuesday 21st May                    Cultural Consultation 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Friday 24th May                      5/6 Interschool Sport

                                                 Year 2 Level Mass
Thursday 30th May                  Down Syndrome Day at St Pat's

Friday 31st May                       5/6 Interschool Sport

                                                 Years 3/4 Level Mass

Mon 3rd June                           5H Assembly

Friday 7th June                        School Closure Day
Monday 10th June                   Queen's Birthday Holiday
Friday 14th June                      5/6 Interschool Sport
                                                 5/6 Level Mass
Mon 17th June                          3D Assembly
Thu 20th June                           Parent/Teacher Interviews
Friday 28th June                       Last Day of Term 2