Dear Parents and Carers,

I warmly welcome you all back to the start of Term 2. The classrooms have been buzzing with excitement as the students have returned eager and ready to learn.

We have got off to an amazing start with many events and activities already happening across the school this week.

Cross Country Event

Yesterday we held our annual Year 3 - Year 6 Cross Country Event. I would like to congratulate all students in attendance for their participation and support of each other. Special thanks to Mr Edwards for his organising and to Danny for assisting with the set up and pack up. Thanks also to all staff and parents who assisted and attended. Special mention to the Kilbreda students who helped with record heeping and course marshalling, we really appreciate it. Congratulations to Gold House who were the overall winners on the day.

School Winter Uniforms

At the commencement of Term 2, students may wear either the FULL summer uniform or FULL winter uniform (please do not mix and match the uniforms) until the end of Week 2. From Monday 29th April, ALL students must be in FULL WINTER UNIFORM. This date may be reviewed closer to the time in case the weather is unseasonably warm.

Swimming Lessons

Just a reminder that Swimming Lessons begin for Prep - Year 3 in the first week of Term 2 on Tuesday 16th April. They program has started exceptionally well and I would like to thank all staff and parents for your support of this important program. Special mention to Mr Edwards and Mrs Diakrousis for all of the background organising and logistics that have gone into the program running so smoothly.

SRC Meeting

I had the pleasure of meeting with the Year 6 SRC students this week and I am very excited with the activities and events they are exploring for our community. We will be meeting with the Prep - Year 5 SRC students next week and we will be planning a small working bee with Danny to clear the school creek so we are able to get it running again. The preparation meeting will be early next week, with he student working bee being held in Week 3 of this term during the school day.

ANZAC Day

Next week, St. Patrick's School has been invited to attend the Mentone ANZAC Day Memorial wreath laying service. I will be in attendance with some Year 6 students where we will lay a Wreath and book.

P & F Events for Term 2

Our amazing P & F have the following events scheduled for this term:

Tuesday 30 April - P & F Meeting 7:30pm (Staffroom)
Friday 3rd May - P & F Casual Clothes Day ($2 Donation per student)
Tuesday 7th May - P & F Mother's Day Morning and Mass
Thursday 9th May - P & F Mother's Day Stall
Friday 24th May - P & F Student Disco(s) (Prep Year 2) & (Year 3 - Year 6)
Friday 14th June - P & F Casino Evening (Adults Only Event)

My thanks to our P & F for the exciting opportunities our students have.

School Maintenance and Projects

We have been busy improving our school buildings and grounds over the past few weeks. We currently completing, or have completed the following projects:

New carpet in the front 2 meeting rooms, staff room, Italian classroom and the senior corridor.
New sound system in the hall, and changeover of lights from fluro to LED
General playground maintenance - New cargo/climbing net, adventure playground recapping.

Our next project will be the minor renovation and updating of the Year 4-6 classrooms over the remainder of the year in preparation for when we go to 3 classes per year level across the whole school. The P & F will also be identifying a project that they would like to contrubute funds to that will benefit our students.

St Pat’s Family Maths Night

Dear Parents,

This term we are holding the St Patrick’s Family Maths Night. The event will run from 5:30pm-6:45 on Wednesday 1st May and all students, parents, guardians and interested family members are invited to attend.

Maths Night will include: information for parents about your school’s approach to maths education;resources and suggestions for helping with maths at home;demonstrations of a range of different maths games and investigations within our classrooms;an opportunity for parents and students to experience engaging maths challenges together;a raffle: all attendees will go into our raffle, with prizes drawn over the PA at school pick-up the following afternoon.

Format: When you arrive on the night, parents are asked to drop students off in their classrooms, where they will spend some time with their teacher playing their class’ chosen maths game. Parents are asked to come straight to the hall for a short presentation from Matt Hale (our school’s maths coordinator), commencing at 5:35pm sharp. At 5:50, parents will rejoin with their children to participate in the games and investigations on offer in different classrooms.

If you’re available, we hope to see you there!

Thanks

Mr Matt Hale

Maths Leader

School Closure Days next week

Please note that the school will be closed on Thursday next week for the ANZAC Day holiday and Friday (Time in Lieu acquittal day for staff).

There will also be no newsletter next week due to the school closure days.

God Bless

Pat Berlingeri

Principal

Second Hand Uniform Sale