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At St Patrick’s Parish Primary School we hold the care,safety and wellbeing of children and young people as
a central and fundamental responsibility of ourschool.
From The RE Leader - Annie ForrestFrom The RE Leader - Annie Forrest
St Pat's NewsFebruary 12, 2020
“Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened” is the theme of the World Day of the Sick, to be
marked on 11 February. This day is an observation started by Pope John Paul II as a way for believers to
o�er prayers for those su�ering from illness. In caring for the sick, Pope Francis is also encouraging
healthcare workers to show the human warmth and personalised approach of Christ, the Good
Samaritan.
Sacramental Program Enrolments 2020
Children baptised into the Catholic Church are invited to take part in the Parish Sacramental Program. If
you have a child in your family ready to receive a Sacrament, please complete the enrolment details
form that has been sent home this week. Please return this form to the school ASAP.
All sacramental candidates are asked to attend our Parish Commissioning Mass on Saturday 22nd Feb at
6:30pm. There they will be introduced to the parish and blessed in their preparations, so it is imperative
they are enrolled before then. Parents are best placed to determine if their child is ready for the
sacramental program but the usual enrolment is as follows:
Reconciliation- Year 2 (initial) and Year 6 (revisit)
Con�rmation- Year 3
Eucharist - Year 4
Newly enrolled students from other regions may have begun their sacramental journey in a di�erent
sequence to that of our Ballarat Diocese. Please drop in and see myself or Peter Sanderson if you have
any questions about this.
RE DATES TERM 1Please put these dates on your calendar:
Beginning of Year Mass - Thursday 6th February @ 10 am at St Patrick’s Parish Church.
Reconciliation Parent and Candidate Meeting - Wednesday 19th Feb @ 7:00pm St Patrick’s Parish Church.
Commissioning Rite of Enrolment Mass - Saturday 22nd Feb @ 6:30 pm at St Patrick’s Parish Church.
Sacrament of Reconciliation - Tuesday 18th March @ 7:00pm at St Patrick’s Parish Church.
From The Principal - Peter Sanderson
Dear Parents, Parishioners, Carers, Sta� &Students,Our sincere condolences go out to the van de Camp family (Stacey, John, Adam (Yr 7), Sienna (Yr 5) and
Jake (Yr 3) on the passing of Stacey’s father and to the McIntosh / Kelly family (Renee, Trevor, Zeb (Yr 1)
and Indi on the passing of Renee’s mother.
Eternal rest, grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. Amen.
Correction
Last week an incorrect date was listed under the Pupil Free Days for the year. The dates for the Sta�
Retreat / Personal development activity are August 6th / 7th.
Omission
In last week’s newsletter I forgot to welcome Rachael Osborne to the teaching sta� at St Patrick’s. Rachael
started with us as our �rst trainee way back in 2015 and has been a part of the St Pat’s family ever since,
working as a Learning Support O�cer whilst completing her teaching quali�cation. Rachael is working as
a specialist and boost teacher and we wish her well as she starts her teaching career.
Sacrament of Penance
Parents of students in Years 2 and 6, baptised in the Catholic Church and wishing to prepare for the
Sacrament of Penance, are invited to an information night to be held on Wednesday 19th February at
7.00pm in St Patrick’s Church. This meeting involves both students and parents and will incorporate the
�rst session of the preparation program.
Folk Festival School program
The Folk Festival School Program will be presented by Vern Hardie from Connected Circus. Vern’s
workshops with the classes will take place on Wednesday 4th March and focus on circus skills and life
skills.
Volunteer Induction and Classroom Helpers training
There will be a volunteer induction session for anyone wanting to volunteer in our school who hasn’t
previously undergone this training on Friday February 21st, beginning at 9.00am. This includes anyone
who would like to assist in classrooms, on excursions or in the canteen. All volunteers will be briefed on
our Child Safe Standards and responsibilities and then classroom helpers will have further training about
their role.
Please let the o�ce know if you are interested in attending.
Parents and family members wishing to assist in the classroom, in the canteen, on excursions etc. must
obtain a Working with Children check. This can be located by going to this link:
http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/
The check you need is for volunteers.
Folk Festival Camping
We are still looking for a family to supervise the overnight camping for this year’s Folk Festival. This
family will be responsible for supervising the camping ground from 8pm - 8am. A classroom is provided
for the family to sleep in and 2 free Folk Festival tickets are available. Please let the o�ce know if you
can assist.
Year 6 parents, who supervise the campground during the day, will receive information regarding this in
the next few days.
Assembly
Assembly will take place this Friday at 2.50pm in the hall. All parents and family members are welcome
to join us.
Kind regards,
Peter Sanderson
Principal
New Sta� at St Pat's
Wellbeing News - Antonia BalmerWellbeing News - Antonia Balmer
What is SWPBS?School Wide Positive Behaviour Support is: A multi-tiered framework for establishing the social culture
and behavioral supports needed for a school to achieve behavioral and academic outcomes for all
students.
OUR SCHOOL MANTRA is Be: respectful, safe, a learner
We will be guided to be respectful, be safe, be a learner in all areas of our school both inside and outside.
Classroom NewsClassroom News
What's new for 5/6F students in 2020?It’s new being the school leaders and being role models for the younger kids. Being the school leaders,
we get to wear badges that represent our role. For example, Poppy wears a School Captain badge, Ella
wears a Sustainability Leader badge, Sam has a red badge for Winnen house and Bella wears a blue
badge for Samaritan house.
Bella, Sam, Ella & Poppy.
This year 5/6F are in the portables. We have �exible seating. We have our own devices. We have class
stationary that we share.
Jorja, Taj, Pepper & Harrison.
Chromebooks are used for schoolwork and homework. Year 5s are new to Chromebooks this year and
have learnt a lot over the past week. We �nd most of our work on Google Classroom and Google Drive
then we write the tasks in our books. We have to charge our Chromebooks at home so we can use them
the next day.
Isaac, Grace, Emily & Caleb.
This year in 5/6F we have new classmates. The Year 6 students have gotten to know the Year 5 students.
We have not been in the same class since F/1!! Archie, Oliver, Aidan & Tilly.
In Year 6 we all have buddies and on Friday we sit with our buddies and eat lunch with them. On special
occasions such as Mass, the Year 5s have a Year 1 buddy.
Tyahna, Bella R, Eamon, Cooper & Sarah
School News
School RostersCanteen
Thursday February 13 - Mia Wol�, Michelle Gapes
Friday February 14 - Bree Porter, Tamara Wright, Rebecca Greene
Thursday February 20 - Nikki Payne, Sioban Murnane, Mel Rayner
Friday February 21 - Jenny McNeil, Sarah Dyson, Fiona Godde
Thursday February 27 - Julia Gibbons, HELPED NEEDED
Friday February 28 - NO CANTEEN - Sports Day at Brauerander
Thursday March 5 - Sarah McCorkell, Caitlin Down
Friday March 6 - Lucy Lehne, Rhea Thomas
If for any reason you are not available to do you shift, please try swap with someone else on the roster.
Library Reshelving - this can be done at anytime during the week of:
Monday February 17 - Ruth Everitt
Monday February 24 - Jessica Condon
Sickbay Linen - the linen will be sent home with your child the Friday you are rostered on.
Friday February 13 - Karen Bowes
Friday February 20 - Alysha Phillips
Friday February 27 - Michelle Verhoef
House Groups - Cooking Help WantedWe are in need of helpers to prepare and help the children make Celery Caterpillars on Friday at
afternoon. If you are available please see Antonia Balmer.
SCHOOL TIMESThe o�ce is open from 8.30am - 4.00pm each day.
There is no supervision for students before 8.40am. Teachers use the time prior to the doors opening for
setting up for the day, therefore they are not available to supervise students. Students who arrive at
school prior to 8.40am need to wait at the side door near the hall until the doors are opened.
The bell for the start of the day rings at 8.55am, any student arriving after this time needs to be signed in
using the iPad at the o�ce.
The bell for the end of the day rings at 3.20pm. If for any reason you are going to be later than 3.30pm
to collect your child/children, please contact the school o�ce.
PAM - Parent Access ModulePAM is used for excursions/activities, absences, medical pro�le, emailing parents, learning
conversations, literacy/numeracy bookings and school reports.
All absences, excursion permissions, medical information will be accessed through PAM (Parent Access
Module). PAM is where you have been accessing your child's reports and making bookings for interviews.
You will use the same login and password that you were given at the end of last year. If you have
forgotten your login please contact me. If you have forgotten your password you can reset it from the
login page.
When you log in, there may be a warning at the top that asks you to verify your email address - please
do this.
Student Absences
PAM can be used prior to 10am, after 10am you will need to ring the school.
Login to PAM
From your homepage there will be a button named Parent Noti�ed Absence, click on this button and
follow the prompts.
Medical Pro�le
Log in to PAM
From the home page click on your child's name.
On the left hand side click select Medical Pro�le.
A form will appear, �ll in all your child's medical details.
Excursions & Sporting Activities
You will be noti�ed of an excursion via email. The email will include what the activity is, who it is for and
the date that it needs to be approved by.
You will be given a link that will take you directly to PAM.
From the home page you will click your child's name and then on Excursion Activities from the left hand
list.
You will either give consent or click no.
All information regarding the excursion or sporting activity will be in the form.
Sporting SchoolsSporting Schools will commence on Wednesday February 12. Sporting Schools will run each Wednesday
& Thursday for 7 weeks of each term, 3.20pm-4.30pm.
Please use the Skoolbag App for each session your child is going to attend.
If you do not have the Skoolbag App, click on the link for instructions.
https://www.moqproducts.com.au/skoolbag/installation-instructions/
HAVE YOU?Filled in our Volunteer Jobs google form?
Volunteer Jobs
There are many ways you can help around the school, some of these jobs are eligible to volunteer levy
rebates. If you are interested in helping in some way please click on the link above.
Filled in the 2020 Working Bee google form?
Working Bees
Working Bees are great way of helping the school and working o� your volunteer levy points. We would
appreciate it if each family could commit to one working bee for the year.
Each working bee is worth 15 volunteer points per person (5 points = 1 hour/$25).
Working Bees are held on the �rst Saturday of each term from 9am-12pm.
Please click on the link above to select a date.
Parents & Friends News
Jazz FestivalThe P & F would like to thank everyone who contributed food or gave their time to help with our �rst P &
F fundraiser for 2020. All of your e�orts help us raise $1200.
CanteenCanteen will commence tomorrow, Thursday February 13. Canteen Days are Thursday & Friday, except
the last day of terms 1, 2 & 3 and the last week of term 4. At times we may need to close the canteen,
those days will be advertised in the newsletter.
All Canteen orders are to be made by CDFpay, please click on the link to access the directions, CDFpay.
Each student must have a reusable container with their name and class clearly marked on it. The Canteen
Menu was emailed to you yesterday and can also be accessed from our Website and the Skoolbag App.
All prices are in CDFpay.
Canteen Menu Link - Parent Information Page on the Website
PAM - Parent Access Module
This button takes you directly to PAM for Absences, School Activities, Reports, Learning Conversations,
Numeracy & Literacy Interviews
School Community News
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Calendar - St Patrick's Parish Primary School PortFairyhttp://www.spportfairy.catholic.edu.au/calendar.html
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Parish MassesPort Fairy St Patrick's & Koroit Infant Jesus Mass Times
Saturday February 15 @ 6.30pm - Koroit
Sunday February 16 @ 10.30am - Port Fairy
Lice CheckThe school has been noti�ed that over the holiday period there have been a number of cases of lice.
Please remember to check you child's hair regularly and if they do have lice, notify the school and treat
as directed on the lice products and do a follow up check and treatment.
Please click on the link below for information on lice and how to treat it from the Department of
Health Department of Heath Lice Information Sheet
Community News
Primary PerformersPrimary Performers 2020 Information Session. Sunday 9th February, Lighthouse Theatre @ 10 am.
Are you interested in performing? Are you in grade one, two, three, four, �ve or even six? If you
answered YES to both of the questions, why not pop along and learn about our Primary Performers
2020. No experience necessary as this is a fun an all-inclusive space.
At the information session:
v You will get to meet the team
v Find out what the 2020 show is
v All the information you need to know about being a primary performer.
We highly recommend that you and the potential performers attend the information session to make
sure you are fully informed about the program, however if you are unable to attend, please call the
Lighthouse Theatre on 5559 4999.
And if you have any room in your newsletter here are two other shows that might interest families
MASTERS OF CHOREOGRAPHY - RAISE THE BARRE
Saturday, February 15, 2020 - 7:00pm
RAISE THE BARRE is the latest exciting commercial dance theatre show by Masters of Choreography. The
sister show to the highly acclaimed Beats on Pointe, this extravaganza of ballet, jazz, street dance,
breaking and commercial dance will take you on an exhilarating journey of high energy entertainment
fused with comedy, freestyle acts and dance theatre. This is another ‘feel-good’ show that will entertain
the entire family!
With a magni�cent blend of classic rock and commercial music plus a wonderful cast of multi-talented
performers, this show blazes with cutting-edge entertainment! Wherever you are, don’t miss your chance
to ‘rock out’ to this Masters of Choreography dance theatre production!
Raise the Barre is a commercial rock ballet show……with ATTITUDE!
SUPERDUDES
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 - 10:30am
Full of imagination, exploration and creativity that the kids will love!
Superdudes is a brand new children's entertainment group, now live show and featured book which
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celebrates imagination and creativity. It's the brainchild of former Hi-5 star Stevie Nicholson and his
partner Tanika Anderson.
The show focuses on capturing the imagination of children in a playful and engaging way. Based on the
philosophy that absolutely anyone and anything can be super.
Superdudes ful�ls each child with energy to discover their own powers by becoming a superhero on the
inside and out.
Come along on an adventure. You'll meet Wheels, who is super-fast and loves to race. Dive in the water
and say hi to Merman Man or take a ride on Trainbow to visit Pencil Pirate ... but watch out for Bubble
Trouble!
The team at Superdudes encourage children to draw and send in their own Superdude! Including the
silliest, most creative characters that could potentially be featured through the Superdudes social media
and in their books.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKENDInvest in your most precious asset......Your Marriage!
Married couples, come and learn how to keep/rekindle the passion in your relationship and how to keep
your love growing!
The weekend is based around Catholic values but couples of all faiths are welcome.
Next weekend is on 17–19 April 2020 in Melbourne
Other weekends on 17-19 July and 13-15 November 2020
Starts 7pm on Friday. Ends 5pm Sunday. Accommodation and all meals provided.
Information/Bookings: Phone Mercy & James 0409 183 676 or
Email: [email protected] Website: wwme.org.au
Warrnambool & Moyne Youth AwardsNominations are now open for the annual Warrnambool and Moyne Youth Awards.
Coordinated by the Youth Councils, the Awards recognise young people aged between 12 and 25 years
who live either in Warrnambool or Moyne Shire.
Award Changes
This year’s Awards will focus heavily on the values of individuals.
The Warrnambool and Moyne Youth Councillors have worked to create a more inclusive awards
structure to recognise the wider contributions of our region’s young people. The Youth Councillors have
identi�ed �ve key values as the basis for the awards:
Cooperation
Resilience
Responsibility
Kindness
Passion
In addition, the awards will be divided into the following age categories; 12-15yrs; 16-18yrs; 19-25yrs.
There will be a runner-up in each age category for each shire. There will no longer be separate award
categories for male and female. In total there will be 6 winners and 6 runners-up, 3 each for
Warrnambool and 3 each for Moyne.
Community members will be asked to nominate a young person and explain which 3 of the 5 values the
nominee has demonstrated through their particular endeavours and/or e�orts
nominee has demonstrated through their particular endeavours and/or e�orts.
NOMINATIONS CLOSE 16 MARCH - NOMINATE A YOUNG PERSON
NOW: https://www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/youth-awards-nomination
Prizes
In previous years the overall male and overall female winners from each shire received $200 each, $800
in total. For the 2020 Youth Awards winners in each age category will receive $200 each, $1200 in total.
Youth Showcase
This year we are looking to showcase the diverse talents of young people aged between 12 and 25. The
2020 Youth Awards will see the launch of a Youth Showcase which will include exhibits of work from
young creatives, young performers, young entrepreneurs, young trades people and young apprentices.
The Youth Showcase will be launched during Youth Week at the Lighthouse Theatre and will be on
display 3-19 April.
Young performers will perform at the Youth Awards presentation event on 17 April.
We are currently seeking expressions of interest from an individual or group to participate in the Youth
Showcase.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CLOSE 23 MARCH - EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
APPLICATION: https://www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/expression-interest-youth-week-showcase
Youth Award Celebration Night
All our young people will be recognised at an event on Friday 17th April at Lighthouse Theatre
Warrnambool.
Information
Award nominations and Expression of Interest forms for the Youth Showcase are available online
at www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/youth-awards.
Contact
Rebecca Elmes at Moyne Shire Council on 5568 0555 or email [email protected]
We want young people to be seen, heard and celebrated for their place in our community. We thank you
in advance for promoting the Warrnambool and Moyne Youth Awards to your sta� and school
community.
Tae Kwon Do is held at the Port Fairy Yacht Club onTuesday and Thursday evenings. Any enquiriesplease call Damian McConachy on 0429337051.
