St Patrick's Primary School Stratford
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2 Merrick Street
Stratford VIC 3862
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Email: admin@stpstratford.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 03 5145 6463
Fax: 03 5145 6823

Message from the Principal

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Dear Parent, Guardians and Carers,

Welcome to the start of the 2022 school year. It was great to see the children’s smiling faces return on Monday, refreshed and excited for a new year of learning. This year we have welcomed 29 new Foundation students and 4 students in other grades to St Patrick’s. They have all settled in beautifully already and I know that they will thoroughly enjoy their schooling journey with us. I have visited each of the classrooms on numerous occasions throughout the week and have seen many amazing things happening.

St Patrick’s School Wide Expectations

St Patrick’s values and promotes the following school wide expectations:

  • Safe
  • Respectful
  • Responsible

The students, staff and families of St Patrick’s are expected to live out these expectations in all aspects of school life.

COVID Safety

I would like to thank you all for your acceptance and support of the COVID Safety measures that are currently in place. I understand that this continues to be a challenging time for families, however if we all continue to work together to ensure the safety of all those in our school community, our school can remain a safe and happy learning environment for all.

Rapid Antigen Tests were sent home this week. It is a Government recommendation that students and staff take a test twice a week. If your child tests positive or you have a positive COVID case in your house, please isolate and contact the school immediately.

Student Assessment

Over the next few weeks, students in all grades will complete some formal assessments. These assessments allow the teachers to get a good understanding of where each child is at and help them to effectively plan and teach them at their point of need.

Those families that have a child in Foundation should have received an email that will prompt you to make a booking through the Parent Access Module in the SIMON platform. Forty minutes will be allocated to complete the assessment. The Foundation testing days will be on Wednesday, 9th, 16th and 23rd February. For those in the Foundation/Grade 1 classroom, only the Wednesday 16th February will be available to book in your assessment time.

Students in all other grades will not need to make an assessment booking. These assessments will be conducted throughout the normal school day.

 

Kind regards,

Joel Brayshaw