Dear Parents 

Thank you for another wonderful term together.  We have been truly blessed this term with lots of exciting things happening at St Patrick’s.  I hope you all have a wonderful break and I hope that you are able to enjoy some quality family time. 

Next term I will be taking 3 weeks long service leave during weeks 2-4 of the term.  During this time Mr Hoctor will be Acting Principal.  Mr Mattas will be Acting Assistant Principal and Mrs Cudina and Mr Mindzas will be Acting Middle Leaders. We also welcome Mrs Popovski who will assist with the teaching in Year 4.  I know the school will be in very good hands in my absence and I look forward to returning in Week 5 of the term.

Term 4 Calendar 

Please see the overview for Term 4. 

Congratulations to the following awards winners for this term.

Principal Awards: Bridgette Blacker, Hudson Tanevski, Mila Treneska, Rixon Vanderburg, Leah Dragarski, Gabriel Hill, Caitlin Lock, Rory Meizer, Amelie Mineeff, Bella-Rose Burns, Ellirah Gavin, Imogen Aquilina, Delilah Calleja, Kora Gebauer, Lucas Peoples, Simona Stojcevski, Vivianne Theodosiadis.

Shamrock Awards: Evie Agius, Lara D’Angola, Jackson Harb, Marko Milenkovic, Annika Cieplucha, Dean Dragarski.

St Patrick’s Awards: Leena Carolan, Kimora Markovski, Tiarna Di Ciaccio, Christian Naumovski.

Mackillop: Gloria De Andrade, Chardonnay Poeira, Isabelle Ruprecht, Andrew Pates-Slade, Satori White, Harrison Sharpe, Ari Austin.

English: Rohan Carolan, Saxon Parkes, Lucy Williamson, Jackson Harb, Oscar Ernst, Joseph Harb, Delilah Calleja.

Mathematics: Benji Clayton, Iziaha Ma’u, Rixon Vanderburg, Emelia Connor , Jake Jovanovski, Charlotte Blacker, Nikhil Carolan. 

Positive Behaviour for Learning: Marlitta Mangos, Nichola Nebu, Lucia Sharpe, Chloe Dimitrijevic,  Mikayla Dimovski, Alexis Krstevski, Sienna Fargnoli.

Uniform Reminders - Jewellery 

Can I please draw your attention to the following points in our uniform policy, in particular the points about nail polish and bracelets.  When returning to school next term we ask that all students are complying with these points.  If you have any questions please feel free to ring the office for clarification.

• Small watches may be worn, providing they do not distract from the overall appearance of the uniform. 
• Students may wear one pair of plain silver or gold sleepers or plain silver or gold studs. 
• No make up is to be worn, including lip gloss. Lip balm may be worn for dry lips.
• No nail polish, acrylic nails, SNS or Shellac. 
• No rings or bracelets are to be worn. 
• Religious medals, on a thin chain, may be worn under the school shirt. 

Canteen Food Requests

If any parents are able to donate Zooper Doopers and/or jelly packets to the canteen we would be most grateful!  Please send these to the office with your child next term.

2024 School Captains and Leaders

We have begun discussions with our Year 5 students about student leadership positions for 2024.  We are evaluating our current structure and assessing the need to modify it.  As part of this process we have spoken to the current leaders and all of Year 5.  We would also welcome parent feedback as part of this discussion.  If you would like to share your thoughts with us please complete this short survey. 

R U OK? Day

We had a great day for R U Ok? Day with lots of yummy yellow treats!  Thank you to Mrs Plataniotis and her family for the preparation of the food in the canteen on the day.  

Full photo album from the day can be found here:

Matilda's Farmyard

We had a wonderful day in K-2 at Matilda’s Farmyard.  We were especially delighted to have so many of our Kinder 2024 students and their families join us.  Thank you to Miss Figueria for organising this for us! 

Full photo album from the day can be found here:

Kind regards

Ms Gabi Tobin - Principal