Happy St Patrick's Day March 17th !!
This Friday we celebrate St Patrick's Day. All children are asked to wear green and wear their runners to enable them to participate in a wide range of planned activities at school.
All families are invited to join us for a school mass at 9:10am on Friday morning.
Here is one of St Patrick's special prayers :
Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me,
Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort me and restore me, Christ beneath me,
Christ above me, Christ in the hearts of all that love me,
Christ in the mouth of friend and stranger.
We are looking forward to welcoming as many of our families as possible to our next Family Mass this Sunday at 9:00 am.
Grade 6 School Camp
We wish all of our Grade 6's a safe and enjoyable camping trip to Queenscliff next week. Thanks to the following teachers who will be accompanying the children: Matt Hale, Brigid Little, Paul Jones, Kerryn Oliver and Ange Mason.
P.O.P.E Meeting Thursday 16th March 2:30-3:30
Tomorrow will be a chance for parents to come together with me and catch up in the staff room as we look further at our school vision and how we can support our children's learning from a parent perspective. All interested parents are welcome to join us.
Staff Conference
Our staff were warmly welcomed to St Louis de Montfort's school on the second day of the staff conference last week. Here is an outline of our visit. We thank the staff and students of St Louis de Montforts for opening up their school to us.
Working Bee Saturday 18th March 9:00am to 1:00pm
Thanks to Danny Egan for co ordinating our first Working Bee for 2017. All keen workers are welcome to attend to be able to get a refund on the Working Bee Levy.
Parish Education Board Nominations Close today 4pm
Nominations close today. We look forward to welcoming new parents to the board and to expressing our appreciation and thanks to our existing board members at the end of the term. We will keep you informed of the process. Here is the information from Fr Paul's letter:
One way parents can significantly contribute to the enrichment of the School is by joining the Parish
Education Board. I would warmly encourage you to consider joining a wonderful team already very
dedicated to your children. Therefore, I would now like to request nominations in writing from parents across the school community. Nominations are to be in writing including a few words about yourself and addressed to the Returning Officer and kindly delivered to the box in the school office by 4pm Wednesday, 15th March. There are many reasons for excitement concerning the coming year for St Patrick’s School. We would love you to embrace the opportunity to play an active and decisive part is this. God Bless, Fr Paul
Fr Paul's Parish UpdatesFr Paul welcomes families to the next St Pat's Cafe gathering tomorrow from 5pm-7pm at Rovira House, 5 Dalny Road, Murrumbeena. During the gathering time, there will be a chance to talk and think about a way forward as the cafe develops into a 'hub of compassion' for our regional community. Bring a plate and come along and find out how young and old can get involved in this community initiative. As Fr Paul reminds us of the words of St Mary of the Cross ( McKillop) - "Never see a need without doing anything about it."
Dates for the year can be accessed via our school calendar. This is available directly on the TiqBiz app, at the bottom of the page on this newsblog, on our school website or on our Learning Community Site in the communication section. To make it easier for you, we will also keep dates for the term updated each week here with dates for the coming week in red. Any new dates will be in blue.
Here are some Term 1 dates to be aware of:
Thurs 9th Mar School Closure Day
Fri 10th Mar School Closure Day
Mon 13th Mar Public Holiday - no school
Wed 15th Mar Board Nominations Close 4pm
Thur 16th Mar POPE Meeting at 2:30pm
Thur 16th Mar Middle School Social Skills Information Evening Yr 4 7:00pm
Fri 17th Mar St Patrick's Day
Sat 18th Mar Working Bee
Sun 19th Mar Family Mass
Mon 20th Mar Year 6 camp
Mon 20th Mar Parent & Friends Meeting 7pm
Tues 21st Mar World Harmony Day
Mon 27th Mar 3L Assembly
Wed 29th Mar Parent Teacher Meetings
Wed 29th Mar Parish Education Board Meeting 7:30pm
Thur 30th Mar Year 5/6 Soccer Lightning Premiership
Fri 31st Mar End of term 1.
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