Newsletter 111 - October 12th 2023

Prayer for peace:  God of peace and justice, we pray for all the people living in the uncertainty of war. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them. We pray for those with power over war or peace, for wisdom, discernment and compassion to guide their decisions. Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them. We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Amen.

School Assemblies:  Our assemblies are led by a different class each week and tomorrows assembly begins at 2:50pm as students will be dismissed from the hall at 3:15pm.  We invite all our community to come along.  

Week 2: Middle B/Concert

Week 3: Junior F

Week 4: Middle C

Week 5: Junior R

Week 6: Senior M

Week 7:  Senior H

Week 8: Foundation

Week 9: Middle B & C

Week 10: Junior R & F

Week 11: Grade 6

Week 12: No assembly

Professional Development:

At St Patrick’s Primary School we are committed to Professional Development of our team.  At various times staff members will be working off site or online which may result in classroom teachers being out of the classroom.

Term 4:

Wk 2: Fri 13th    Miss L Comitti & Miss G Fleming      REAP (Religion Accreditation course)

Wk 3:  M/T 16/17th   Miss Kerrie Ryan                              Learning Diversity Leaders (LDL) 

Middle B:  This week has been a super busy week with concert and I congratulate all the students in my class on their excellent behaviour and adaptability while I have been in and out of the room preparing for the concert. Since we returned to school this term the students have been engaged in a variety of learning activities. I am going to hand it over to the students at this point and have them tell you a few of the things they have been learning or are eager to share with you.

Aaliyah - This term we have been learning  how to make a letter for Rose’s Gap and we are going to send the letter to Roses Gap camp.It was fun to make the letter for the Roses Gap staff I’m finished my letter for Roses Gap.

Akech - I enjoyed our maths wizard booklet and I liked it because we had to solve the puzzles.

Adi - This term around 3 weeks ago we got back from Roses Gap Camp. We really enjoyed the experience but we never got to tell the staff how much we enjoyed it, so we have written letters to the  Roses Gap staff to tell them how much we loved the camp, food and activities. Alongside writing to the camp we have learnt how to write letters, send them and watch a video of a girl who explained how the mail factory works and how they deliver it. 

Beverly -This term we have been writing letters to Roses Gap Camp which we went to a few weeks ago.We got to watch a slideshow and a video of how the factory and mail posting works.There were a lot of machines and ways to post a letter.  We have  learnt to use the letter structure and how to place it in our letters. We could tell the Roses Gap staff  what we liked and could tell them about our favourite activity. We learnt how to write the address/PO Box. It's been fun to learn about writing a letter and posting it.   

Bill -  We wrote a letter to the Roses Gap Staff to say thanks to them for the amazing time we all had. We had a duck hunt, we had to find our own duck with our name on it but it was nighttime and tricky. We  had so much fun. 

Boston - I enjoyed my maths work in my stepping stones Book, grade 3

Eleanor -  I want to share how much I enjoyed drawing Hogwarts. It was amazing drawing to your own imagination. I also enjoyed the concert. It was so funny.The letter writing to the Roses Gap staff was fun. I think this concludes it was a pretty awesome week. ( :   ( ; 

Ethan - l liked Harry Potter day this week  because l could draw  the Hogwarts castle.    

Harper - In term 4 I have enjoyed writing my letter to Roses Gap. In last week of term 3 I liked our school camp  to Roses Gap. It was fun and so exciting. We did a lot of activities and I liked the food and the cabins were so warm and my favourite activity is the giant swing. It was very very fun. 

Jack -This week I have enjoyed writing my letter to Roses Gap, to tell them how much we enjoyed it and to tell them that 

Kora - I really liked Harry Potter book day a lot and we did a Hogwarts drawing of the castle.:)

Lenny- l like the Harry Potter activities today and the drawing of Hogwarts Castle. It looks sick.

Lily S -I love to do the spinning wheel in my class and the other class  it is the best. I loved today because  it was Harry Potter book day. I loved to do the letter to Roses gap.  

Maya -  I liked doing concerts because it was just fun. I liked doing the Roses Gap letter.

Nate - I  like the Harry Potter book day.

Peter - I enjoyed every thing I have learnt.

Tahlia - I have enjoyed sport with the whole class and also Harry potter day, I also  loved the concert that we had and I loved camp and also I loved the spinny wheel. 

Tamieka - l have enjoyed MacqLit with Mrs Evans.

Tanner - I loved the spinning wheel in the other class that we did together. 

Thomas - I enjoyed doing decimal fractions in maths.

Vibeesh - I really  loved letter writing to the Roses Gap camp . I put a lot of effort into it such as emotive words, nouns and adverbs. At maths I enjoyed fractions and decimal fractions. They  were a little tricky but I managed to get the module done. And we did a very exciting activity that I was really interested to see what it was. I found out it was a happy Harry Potter day.

Language program 2024.

Currently our language program is Chinese which all students are taught.  Under legislation (the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 Vic) all Victorian government and non-government schools are required to provide a language program for students from Foundation to Year 10.

We are in the process of exploring different language options for 2024.  When implementing a language program in schools, it’s essential to consider factors like students age, teaching methodology and the resources available.  Additionally, it’s important to make language learning engaging and relevant to the students’ lives, as this can enhance  their motivation and success in language acquisition.  We are currently exploring Teachers as Co-learners (TCL) which is a contemporary pedagogical approach underpinned by recent research into what we know works in Victorian Catholic Schools. In a TCL approach all teachers and students are learners of the school’s target language and time is allocated every day to ensure frequent exposure to, and learning of, both the target language and English.  

Next week we will send out a survey regarding our language program for 2024. The survey is a short survey and will take a minimal amount of time to complete.  At St Patrick’s we acknowledge there needs to be a collaborative effort between schools and families that provides the best possible educational outcomes for students.    We would appreciate your support in completing the survey.  

Uniform: 

At St Patrick’s School wearing the correct school uniform and the overall appearance of our students is an important part of school life. We believe that the wearing of the St Patrick’s school uniform brings with it many benefits. These include the promotion of a child’s self respect, a sense of belonging to a school community and a sense of school pride. 

A few reminders:

Jewellery - plain sleepers/a single small stud or a suitable religious cross on a necklace is acceptable.

Makeup -  the wearing of makeup is unacceptable 

Hair ties -  these need to be a colour or colours of the school uniform - blue/green/gold 

Nail polish - coloured nail polish/acrylics are unacceptable 

Socks - Boys grey  only, Girls white  only

We thank you for your support.

Great Book Swap - happening at St Patrick’s Primary School,2023. Literacy is a major issue facing remote Indigenous communities. Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th October.

This term Social Justice will finalise working on The Great Book Swap in support for Indigenous Literacy. The idea is that our school would donate any quality unwanted children’s books, and Social justice will then conduct a Book swap where students are able to purchase any of these donated books for a gold coin donation.  All money raised will be donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.  *Please send any donated books (in great condition) into school, thanks to those who have already donated.

Fundraising: From next week (Friday 6th October) each Friday till the end of Term our MiniVinnies group will be selling Zooper Doopers for $1.00each at lunch time under the shade sails.  The money raised will go towards Stawell Inter church Council Welfare Centre and St Vincent de Paul Sponsor a student program. 

As always we thank our St Patrick’s community for your support. 

Why do we at St Patrick’s raise money for the poor?  

Catholic schools participate in the Church’s mission “to bring the Good News to the poor” (Luke 4:18). In partnership with parents, parishes and other agencies within the Church and the broader community, Catholic schools are called to give witness to a faith which does justice with love. All have a responsibility to read the signs of the times and to respond with love and compassion, ever seeking to protect human dignity and serve the common good. The Catholic Church teaches that the poor represent those who are marginalised in society. Jesus himself taught the importance of helping those who are poor and need help.

Madilyn Carlsen    For the courage and bravery you showed throughout the concert. I am very proud of you Madilyn!

Nasar Werry     For your wonderful dancing skills throughout the concert! Keep shining bright and shaking those hips Nasar!

Dixie Davenport    For the commitment and hard work you put into our school concert. You are a star!

Mason Scott    For being resilient and a risk taker during our school concert. You did a great job of our dance and I am so proud of you!

Edwina Crouch     For your fantastic efforts at the school concert, you were such a collaborative and resilient performer.

Edie Macpherson    For always being such a positive and collaborative member of our classroom and for your rockstar efforts at school concert.

Harper Bibby    For the fantastic enthusiasm and dedication you displayed during the whole process of concert. You were a fabulous help, remembering all the dance moves and teaching others. You are a super star!

Tanner Freeland    For being a risk taker and jumping in at the last minute to help out another class with their dance at the evening concert performance. Thank you and well done!

Zarli Nicholson    For the amazing enthusiasm you showed during our school concert. You did an amazing job Zarli!

Texas Davenport    For being a risk-taker and overcoming your nerves to jump on stage for concert. Be proud of yourself Texas!

Edward Redford    Congratulations and thank you Edward for always being such a polite, hard working and friendly student. It has been a pleasure to work with you.

Maya Sanderson     Thank you for always being such a thoughtful, well mannered and conscientious student. You are a wonderful member of the class. Congratulations!

Lexi Murphy    For the way you have easily transitioned your way back into the St. Pat’s community. Welcome back Lexi!

Emily Nutting    For being a risk-taker by stepping outside your comfort zone to participate in our school concert. Well done Em!

Stawell Interchurch Netball Association Registration Form Term 4 2023

Hi everyone,

Here is the link to register for the new STAWELL INTERCHURCH COMPETITION for TERM 4, 2023! The competition starts on October 18 and runs for 8 weeks. The competition is for Primary School aged-players. However, if your child is in Year 7 and they would like to play, please get in touch. If your child’s birthday is between  01/01/2006 and 31/12/2016
Please click on the link to register:
[https://registration.netballconnect.com/userRegistration?organisationId=6b6e933a-11fe-4e0d-bd6a-460cab14b851&competitionId=8052f6c6-c3e8-4cb0-b239-5ef1d58077aa Here is the link to register for the association -https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSfIGSez3Vb.../viewform...

If you have registered with Netball Connect already this season it will show up as $0. Both of these forms need to be filled out for the season. We will require a $10 cash payment when the competition starts. Please note, if any players require an ambulance throughout the season, one will be called, regardless of the level of cover held. Please make sure your child has sufficient ambulance cover.

Register your child's interest in a Wednesday afternoon netball competition.
8 week netball and gameplay from Wednesday October 18th - Wednesday December 6th 2023 - running from 4.30-5.30pm.  Ages 6 - 12 years.
Cost will be $70 for Non Netball Victoria members and $10 for players already registered with Netball Victoria for 2023.
Please, one form per player.
Details are subject to change at committees discretion.
Please return registration forms to stawellinterchurch@gmail.com by Sunday October 8th, 2023.