February 23 2023 Newsletter

Child Safety Statement

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Carers,

What beautiful weather we're having this week!

Term 1 is our busiest term for fundraising events and the term that provides us with the best returns for our efforts.  We still require volunteers to help with tasks over the Folk Festival weekend.  If you have a few spare hours please contact the office or Bree Porter, our Parents & Friends President. 

With the start of the Season of Lent in the Church, we are reminded of the love of God that is poured out through Christ Jesus on the cross in His death and resurrection, that brings the hope of  Eternal Life to all of humanity. Lent occurs over the 4 weeks leading up to Easter. It is a time to reflect on our human faults and failings. 

Olga Lyons 

From the RE Leader - Eliza Dwyer

Canteen Closure Days

The canteen will be closed on the following days:

• March 10th - due to Folkie BBQ preperation
• March 17th - St Patricks Day celebration special lunch

Schoolzine

Schoolzine is a new platform that St Patrick's is now using. Our Website (not yet ready for the public!), Newsletter, Sporting Schools Form and lots more will now be through Schoolzine. Schoolzine will replace Skoolbag. At this time during transition we are still using Skoolbag for the Sporting Schools for but you can also use Schoolzine. You will find the Sporting Schools Form in Forms & Documents.

To download Schoolzine click on the link below. The passcode to get access to this App is 8137

Awards

Give Yourself To Goodness Award: Gracie Robinson for being a caring and responsible student who tried her best at every thing on Athletics Day. Tilly Gapes for her outstanding attitude, positivity and leadership displayed at the school athletics.

Foundation: Florence McCorkell for trying her best and presenting her work beautifully. Millie Leddin for working hard to do her very best work.

Year 1: Rosie Brian for being a reliable and resilient student who always wants to do her best. Ethan Moutsos for applying his best effort in tasks and remaining focussed. Visual Arts: Ethan Eder for showcasing wonderful colour mixing skills.

Year 2: Ayla Gramss for her fantastic recount of Athletics Day and always being someone her teacher can rely on.

Year 3: Poppy Robinson for sharing her thoughtful insights during class discussion. Grace Burris for being a kind class member to her peers. Lilly Roberts  for always having a positive attitude and trying her best all the time. Billy McCorkell  for checking words with the teacher when he is unsure how to spell them.

Year 4: Hamish Down for being a great Year 4 helper in his new classroom. Visual Arts: Freddie Simpson for amazing focus when working on his line leaf art piece. Angus Down  for his enthusiasm and positivity when participating in all classroom activites.

Year 5: Violet Atkins for being polite and respectful in the classroom to both teachers and peers. Ruby Connellan for consistently bringing a positive attitude and applying her best effort in class. Occy Hayes for taking pride in the quality of his homework.

Year 6: Lenny Grahek for his leadership shown so far this year in constantly making excellent learning choices. Joel Henning for being super helpful to Mrs McCosh in her first week in Year 5/6.

Daily Reading Makes a Difference

Daily reading at home each night has a significant impact on your child's academic success. Here are some statistics of interest. 

Student Wellbeing Parent Information Form

As part of our focus on Student Wellbeing, parents will be provided with a form to complete and return to their teacher/s, that asks you to tell us about your child/children.  We have spend 5 weeks getting to know them but we would like to know your perceptions.  Look out for these forms in the children's school bags. 

Foundation Athletic Sports

Foundation families are welcome to come to the school oval on Tuesday February 28 at 9.15 the Foundation Athletic Sports. 

Sustainability News - Benson Steere

This year we will be taking part in our annual Clean Up Australia Day. Mr Steere and Tom will be taking a group of sustainability students, as well as our sustainability leaders Jye and Charlie down to South Beach here in Port Fairy. We will be doing our best to help clean up our community. We have provided a link for you to donate to the Clean Up Australia Day Foundation. Any donation helps to ensure we are keeping our environment as clean as possible.

Weekly News - Art

‘Welcome to the Jungle’ is our theme this term in the art room. Each class is very busy working on a major animal art piece. Soon you will see our walls filled with funky gorillas inspired by the very cool artist Mulga, created by our senior students. The middle year classes are using their wonderful line skills to design bright jungle beetles while the junior students are learning all about colour and using their new skills to paint lions, monkeys and snakes.

Through their artwork students are learning interesting information about their animals' habitat, physical features and diet.

Keep an eye out as we will be sharing our masterpieces with the school community via social media soon.

Year 5/6 line, patttern and colour work

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