Week 1 Term 2, 2017

Welcome Back to a New Term

We wish all of you hope and joy as we celebrate the risen Christ. Here is a prayer for the start of the term. You are welcome to join us for our Easter mass celebration in the church this Friday at 9:10am.

God of our journey, God of hope,

we give you thanks and praise,

as we gather to begin a new term together.

May all who are part of this community,

find a welcome place to grow and be.

Especially at this Easter time,

give us the grace to begin our journey

with hope and joy.

This we pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen
Fr Paul has asked that we pray for his return to good health. Here is a message from Rodney Dearing, our Parish Pastoral Associate.

Fr Paul had a push bike riding accident last week.

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He sustained several broken bones and is now taking a period of rest and recuperation before returning to active ministry.

Arrangements are being made for priests to celebrate weekend Masses and some Weekday Masses. Please refer to the Weekday Masses schedule for details

It will not be possible to have the Sacrament of Reconciliation at St Patrick’s until Fr Paul returns.

Please continue to pray for Fr Paul.

A Permanent Deacon for Our Parishes

The Archbishop has appointed the Reverend Paselio (Leo) Lemalu as a Permanent Deacon for Murrumbeena and Ormond parishes. Deacon Leo will be available to assist Fr Paul each weekend at Mass and in pastoral ministry.

Deacon Leo will be a wonderful asset for our parishes and he is looking forward to being involved in building up our faith communities.

Please make Deacon Leo welcome when you see him.

SPORTS NEWS from Michelle Barclay SHAMROCK is now TOBIN !!

We’re looking forward to a busy term and it all starts next week on Thursday 27^th April with our School Sports Day at Duncan Mackinnon Athletics Track. Information and a request for parent helpers has been sent home with your child this week- we hope that many of you are able to assist and/or attend on the day.

All of our house teams are named after former priests of St Patrick’s- Fr Bill Rovira (Red), Fr Max Grabau (Gold), Fr Bill Bainbridge (Blue). We’re delighted to announce that ‘Shamrock’ house (Green) has been re-named ‘Tobin’ in honour of our recently retired Parish Priest, Father Barry Tobin.

Next week also sees the start of the Year 5&6 Interschool Sport Program on Friday afternoons. Students will play either netball or football.

And finally, congratulations to the Year 5&6 students who participated in the Dendy Soccer Lightning Premiership last term. The fixture was full with approx. 8 matches during the day and the standard of play was high. Our boys team scored some great goals and drew many of their matches. Our girls team put in a fantastic effort to make the final but unfortunately, lost in a penalty shootout. We are very proud of the way they represented St Patrick’s and the manner in which they participated, behaved and supported each other.

History Expo Year 5 and 6 Wednesday 26th April
Years 5 and 6 will be sharing their historical iMovies and Digital Museum Exhibition next Wednesday.
Year 6's exhibition will take place from 9:00- 9:30 and Year 5's will be sharing their movies between 2:15-3:00pm. Parents and families are welcome to come along.

Zart Art Meditation Incursion
Our Year 3's, 5's and 6's had the opportunity to join into a special art session today. This was run by a teacher from Zart Art and organised by Karin Dornbierer our St Pat's Art Specialist teacher. The children designed some beautiful glass reflection stones and cardboard tiles as well as spent time learning the skills of meditation.

POPE (Parents Open Partners in Education) Meeting Friday 28th April 2:30pm Share your feedback about parent interviews

In order to prepare for future interviews we would like to gather some feedback from our parent community. Please come and join me next Friday afternoon to have a chat. If you can't make it but would like to share your ideas and suggestions, then email me principal @spmurrumbeena.catholic.edu.au

Children wanted for the 100 Year Fatima Procession Saturday May 13th
There will be a procession leaving from our school hall at 10:45 am. Please contact Kathleen Thompson. The procession requires a 10 year old girl, a 9 year old boy and a 7 year old boy to represent the children 

SCHOOL UNIFORM

There will be a transition period until 1st of May when either summer or winter uniforms can be worn dependent on the weather conditions.  As of May 1st, all children will be expected to be in full winter uniform.  School hats are not compulsory in term 2.

ICY POLES

There will be no icy poles this term.

UPCOMING DATES for TERM 2

Mon 24th Apr       Year 6 students attending the Melbourne ZOO

Tues 25th Apr      ANZAC DAY holiday

Thur 27th Apr      School Sports Day

Fri 12th May        Mother's Day Stall

Fri 19th May        Dendy Cross Country years 4-6

Mon 22nd May    Year 5 Camp until Wed 24th May inclusive