APRIL 3, 2025 NEWSLETTER

CHILD SAFETY STATEMENT

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents and Carers,

What a busy first term its been! Thank you to all of our students, staff and parents for a successful and action packed 10 weeks, particularly to those who have given volunteer hours to making the many events happen.  

Our final assembly will be on Friday at 1.30pm, which will include the Easter Egg Raffles.  Pick up time is at 2.20pm - an hour earlier than usual. 

Congratulations to the 9 Year 6 students who made their Sacrament of Reconciliation on Wednesday night.  Next term our Year 3's will have the opportunity to make their Confirmation. 

Our SunSmart Policy stipulates sun hats are to be worn outdoors as part of the school uniform from early August until the end of April.  Therefore, hats can go home before the holidays and return to school at the beginning of term 3.  

I hope everyone has a good holiday and a happy New Year!  Remember that there are 2 public holidays and 3 closure days in Week 1.  We look forward to seeing you and your children on Monday April 28. 

Olga Lyons 

SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS - 2025

Term 2  - Tuesday April 22 - Collaboration 

                Wednesday April 23 - Maths Curriculum

                Thursday April 24 - DOBCEL Strategic Plan

                Tuesday June 10 - Wellbeing PD

                Thursday 19 & Friday 20 September - RE PD

Term 3  - Monday July 21 - Structured Literacy PD

Final Day for Students in Term 4 - Wednesday December 17

FROM THE REL - MICHELLE MALONE

ANZAC DAY CEREMONY

ANZAC DAY is on April 25, the Friday of the first week on term 1.  Due to the closure days in term 1 we are not back at school until April 28.  

Please join us for the ANZAC DAY March starting at 10.15am (gather at 10.00am at the old National Bank corner of Sackville Street and Cox Street.  Students can wear casual clothes.  

Some of our school leaders will be reading at the ceremony and raising the flags.  They will need to wear their school uniform.  

MOTHER'S DAY BREAKFAST

2026 ENROLMENTS

STEM NEWS

ATHLETICS NEWS

Congratulations to all students who competed in last week’s Moyne School’s Athletic’s Competition.  Our student’s represented St. Patrick’s particularly well, with the following students advancing to the Warrnambool and District Primary Schools’ Athletics Competition on May 2nd at Braueranda Park in Warrnambool.

Cybersafety

SPORTING SCHOOLS - TERM 2

The starting date for Sporting Schools in Term 2 is Tuesday May 6. The days will be Tuesdays and Thursdays. The last day will be Thursday June 19.

To sign your child/children up for Sporting Schools use the eForm on the Schoolzine App the night before or the morning of the session that they will be attending. Please do not sign up days/weeks in advance, plans often change and we will be expecting them to attend.

THANK YOU!

This year, Warrnambool Collins Booksellers is offering five free 'Children's Book Council of Australia 2025' books to our school. They are a family-owned bookshop. They care about kids' literacy, who believe in the profound benefits of reading and sharing stories, and they want to do something special this year to support our efforts in this area.

WINTER UNIFORM - TERM 2

It's time to check your child's winter uniform needs.

Uniform items can be purchased on CDFpay or from the office.

All students should be in the winter uniform from the beginning of Term 2.

WINTER UNIFORM

• Winter tunic

• Navy pants with monogrammed long sleeve polo

• Navy tights or socks

• Black school shoes

• Maroon monogrammed v neck jumper

• Maroon monogrammed windcheater

• Optional: School coat

• Optional: School beanie

NEW QUIET PLAY AREA DURING ASSEMBLIES

New Quiet Play Area During Assemblies

To ensure our assemblies run smoothly and without distractions, we are opening the back room in the hall as a designated quiet play area for younger children. This space will allow little ones to play quietly while still being part of the school community, helping to maintain focus for the students presenting. We kindly ask that parents supervise their children in this area and encourage quiet activities. This space is to be left neat and tidy. Thank you for your support in making our assemblies a positive experience for everyone!

SCHOOL DATES - 2025

COMMUNITY NEWS

Entries close 14^th April, Winner announced 16^th April. 

Entries can either be dropped into the Port Fairy Real Estate office or emailed through to info@portfairyrealestate.com

Jimmi Buscombe and COAST FM have teamed up again this Easter School Holidays to create a fun colouring competition for all of your students. We’d love for you to print out the colouring sheet and distribute it to the students. If any students miss out, the colouring sheet will be available on the COAST FM website and at the COAST FM front office located at 95 Timor Street.

We have some fantastic prizes for the students to win!

Once completed, students can return their colouring sheets to the COAST FM office at 95 Timor Street, where we will proudly display them in our front office windows.

Timeline:

• Colouring sheets can be returned anytime during the holidays, with the final deadline being April 30th.

• Prize winners will be announced starting May 5th. Winners will be contacted by phone and announced live on air at COAST FM.