St Patrick's Primary School Pakenham
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136 Princes Highway
Pakenham VIC 3810
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Email: principal@stppakenham.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 03 5943 9000

General School Reminders

School Review

Every 4 years, a school undergoes a thorough review process. This year we have 3 Reviewers coming in June to conduct this. During this time, we complete a Self-Reflection Tool which helps us to reflect on the goals we had for the last four years. This review is occurring in June this year. See below an explanation of the self-reflection process.

The Purpose of the School Self-Reflection Process 

The Self-Reflection Process is an opportunity for schools to pause and reflect on their achievements within the school improvement cycle. This will support schools to deepen their understanding of their current context and provide a clear and succinct high-level summary of where the school has had impact in pursuit of their strategic intent.  

The summary supports schools to evidence their successes across all areas of their Strategic Improvement Plan. This will be the outcome of an in-depth analysis of the data available to the school. Additionally, the Self-Reflection Process will assist School Reviewers to understand the goals and practices that the school currently has in place to enhance student learning.  

The Self-Reflection Process provides schools with the opportunity to: 

  1. Importantly celebrate their relentless pursuit of school improvement.  
  2. Begin to understand where they are situated in their school improvement journey in line with the evidence-based criteria underpinning the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) School Improvement Tool (SIT) and Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Limited (DOSCEL) Catholic Identity and Religious Education Improvement Tool (CIREIT). 

Health Issues

Once again, we are hitting the Winter season and along with that comes cold and flu. We have also seen an outbreak of Gastro going throughout the school. I ask all parents to PLEASE be very vigilant when it comes to deciding if your child is well enough to come to school. Children with nasty coughs, runny noses, fevers, sore throats and upset tummies need to be kept home and monitored. Sending your children to school will not do them any good, nor will it be wise for the rest of the community. If your child/ren are showing these symptoms, we will be ringing you and asking you to collect them please.

Head Lice has also begun to make its way back into the classrooms. Please be extremely vigilant when it comes to any of these health concerns. Thank you.

Parking and Road Safety issues

As no doubt you have read, there will be changes made to The Avenue car park over the coming months. In light of this, Cardinia Shire Council have sent me some correspondence relating to parking and road safety. The council has noted that that there have been reports of illegal parking and dangerous driving, something that is not acceptable in any situation let alone a school car park. To ensure the safety of all pedestrians, staff, parents and students, we ask that you:

  • Park only in designated areas-not on nature strips, bus zones or area reserved for staff
  • Follow up drop off and pick up procedures
  • Be mindful of pedestrians
  • Be respectful of all drivers

Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE-CHANGES TO THE AVENUE CAR PARK

There will be major changes to the carpark in the coming weeks. I ask all parents to please be patient as we change the operation of this carpark to make it a safer place for all. I will be asking all parents to please be familiar with the new format and to follow the rules.

The main changes taking place are as follows:

  • All car parks will be angle parking. NO reverse parking is allowed.
  • The car park will be a ONE WAY only now.
  • There will be a Safety Crossing for anyone who has parked and are walking their children into school. This crossing MUST be observed. Please do not cross anywhere else or be prepared to be spoken to by staff.

Future Enrolments

This term, once again, we have had multiple inquiries for school tours, in particular for 2026.

With this in mind, can I please ask for any existing families who have younger siblings coming to St Patrick’s in the next few years, to please make sure they fill in their enrolment forms early as possible. St Patrick’s is looking to manage a high demand of places within the school community and places may become limited.

St Francis Xavier College, Officer school tours

If you are looking to enrol your child into St Francis Xavier, Officer, please note these important dates in your calendar.

Officer Campus Talk & Tour – 09.30am – 10.45am 

 

Tuesday 24 June

Tuesday 12 August

Tuesday 09 September

Tuesday 14 October

Wednesday 12 November

Year 7 2026 Enrolment Interviews

Wednesday 4 June

Wednesday 29 October

Year 7 2027 Enrolment Interviews

Wednesday 2 July

Year 7 2027 Parent Information Evening

Wednesday 7 May 7.00pm

Year 7 2026 Transition Day – Monday

8 December all day

Parent Helpers-Term 2

We will be running an induction for any parents who wish to help in the classroom early in Term 2. Please note, any parents wishing to assist in the classroom must have a Working with Children Check. It only needs to be a Volunteer one to assist in the classroom. The school will require a copy of this to keep in our files. We will notify parents of the date once we have finalised it.