Newsletter 27/05/2024 Term 2 Week 7

Our Penticost Prayer

From the Principal

Dear parents and carers,

Thank you to the families and staff who were able to make it to our school Mass yesterday. It was a lovely way to celebrate together.

Today all families will be receiving their raffle tickets to sell for our "St Pat's Pot of Gold" Draw. Please see the page below for all the details of this amazing fundraising initiative from the P&F. Please check your child's bag for the envelope when they arrive home. 

Thank you to Carley Hicky and the 3/4 teachers for organising and running a sensational camp for the Grade 4 students to Sovereign Hill last week. The children were wonderful in their behaviour and interest in learning about the history of our region.

We ask our community to pray for our 13 candidates who are completing the Confirmation sacrament this Friday night.

Gr 3/4 & Gr 5/6 PE changes

For this week only,  Grade 3/4PB will have sport tomorrow, Tuesday 27th not Wednesday and Gr 5/6B will have their sport on Wednesday 30th, not Thursday.

The Week Ahead

AFL 9's

Some of our Grade 3/4 children will competing in AFL9's this Wednesday. AFL 9's is a modified game of Australian Rules Football, which attempts to cater for a range of abilities.      

Students will be required to wear their school sports uniform and bring along a snack, lunch and sufficient drink to last them throughout the day.

Please hop onto PAM to give your permission asap, thank you

Parents are most welcome to come along and support teams during the course of the day.

Winter tri-sports

Some of our 5/6 children will travel to Frederick Street, Camperdown to compete in either Netball, Soccer or Football.   All sports will be played across the grounds at Frederick Street.  
Students are to wear full sport uniform.

Upon arrival, St Patrick’s team wear will be provided for their respective sport.

Footballer/Soccer players are permitted to wear boots. Please wear black shorts.
Mouth guards are also to be worn.

Please pack enough food for the day. There will be a canteen, but the schedule does not always allow for time to access it.

10:00am is the scheduled start time for all sports- draws will be released when completed.
The day is expected to be completed by approximately 1:15pm.

Wellbeing

Grade 4 Camp

Congratulations to the Grade 4 students for the way they embraced the camp to Sovereign Hill last week and made it a wonderful learning opportunity. Each of our camps have their own challenges and they confronted each with courage and enthusiasm.

Thanks to Carley Hickey for coordinating the camp and for the help and support of the 3/4 teachers on camp and back at school with the Grade 3 children.

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Regional Cross Country

Good luck to Edie, Harry, Roy, Millie & Pippa who are representing St Patrick's at the Regional competition today. We hope they run well and enjoy the opportunity to compete against students at an elite level. 

CATHOLIC SCHOOL CULTURE

Parish Bulletin

LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP

Known Dates

Below is a list of known dates at this stage for the rest of this year.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Helping Hand

We have a family in our community experiencing difficult circumstances at the moment and we would like to be able to support them by providing them with some meals. If you are able to make an extra meal and send it to school, we will make sure they are delivered to them. To support dietry needs, please clearly write the ingredients on the dish. Thank you.

Watch this, Space!

Our school production is fast approaching. The children are busy practicing their routines with Kirsty and Vickie.

The production will be held in the MRC stadium on Tuesday the 25th June which is a matinee performance, Wednesday the 26th June and Thursday the 27th June which are evening performances. 

It's the year 2200. The very last piece of coal just ran out and the President Of the World (POW  for short) can't take their nightly bubble bath. With absolutely no help from the A.I. Vice  President, POW discovers that a new type of energy has just been invented—Kinesiactricity: the  power generated by large dance mobs. The only problem? No one on Earth has danced since  the Great TikTok Crash of 2062 and everyone has forgotten how.  

With the help of the world's oldest human—the last dance historian on Earth—POW must take a  ragtag team on a treacherous journey to the stars to save not only the bubble baths, but also  the Earth from a danceless future.  

P&F Fundraiser

The P&F will be running a raffle this term - details as follows;

St Pat's Pot O’Gold Draw!
Win Camperdown Cash to spend at any business of your choice in postcode 3260.

Prize values -  1st $2000     2nd $1000     3rd $500
Tickets $20 each - tickets will be sent home today with each family. 

TheirCare

We are excited to announce that we have now partnered with an independent Outside of School Hours Care (OSHC) provider called TheirCare.

TheirCare provides a stimulating and safe environment for all children. During sessions, children develop life-skills, friendships, confidence, and creativity through play-based programs.

We look forward to welcoming TheirCare to the St Patrick’s Primary School Camperdown community in 2024.

For further information, visit www.theircare.com.au or call our support office on 1300 072 410

School Student Broadband Initiative

Please find information reguarding the Australian Governments School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI).

The Australian Government initiative is designed to boost education opportunities and narrow the digital divide, with the Australian Government providing up to 30,000 eligible families with school age children with no internet at home access to free NBN under the SSBI.

Access to the SSBI has become easier, with applications made through the National Referral Centre that parents/carers with school students can contact directly to check their eligibility.

Victorian families with students enrolled in Prep to Year 12, who do not have an active NBN connection (or had one in the previous 14 days) but can access a standard NBN service at their premises can become eligible with an application to the National Referral Centre.

Save the Date - Movie Night

The P& F are running a movie night in Warrnambool during the next school holidays, Wednesday July 3rd.

Save the date and come along for a fun evening!

Tickets are available for purchase from the office.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate their birthday this week and during the holidays.

Rhys D, Mitchell B & Thomas P

Community Events

Men's Health Night

Hosted by Timboon District Health Services