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St Patrick's Primary School is a Catholic education provider in Kilmore, Victoria where we work collaboratively to maximise student outcomes. Kilmore Parish The Catholic parish of St Patrick’s, Kilmore was established in 1849 and is the oldest inland Catholic parish in Victoria. Kilmore prides itself as “Australia’s first inland town”. Founded by William Rutledge an Irish immigrant in 1841, he named the town after his family home and local Irish diocese. The Gaelic names mean burying place and big church. And so St. Patrick’s became Australia’s first inland Catholic parish in 1849, before the State of Victoria existed. Recollected history is that there was initially a chapel on Brewery Hill, at the north end of the town, built of 6ft paling slabs and a shingle roof. The gold rush meant increases of traffic though the area, and residents were quick to provide for the needs of this growing area and travellers. By 1848 a catholic school had been started and in 1851 three sites in Sutherland street were granted. With the usual government grant and donations, a stone church/school was built on the current site by 1854, but by then the parish priest Timothy O’Rourke, had ideas of a substantial church. Numerous priests, nuns, brothers and laypeople have served the tens of thousands who have come here to worship, to be educated, and to belong as members of this historic parish. The church you see today is a wonderful, visible sign of the faith that inspired those mainly Irish immigrants who flocked here in pioneering days, and was restored in 2012. Our current priest, Father Prakash Cutinha has served in the Parish since September 2020. The Kilmore Parish covers 1500 square kilometres, from Kalkallo to halfway between Broadford and Tallarook and from Strath Creek in the east to Pyalong in the west. Schools in the parish also include Assumption College and the new Our Lady of the Way at Wallan. Mass times are: Saturday - Broadford at 5:00pm - Kilmore at 6:30pm Sunday - Kilmore at 7:45am - Wallan at 9:00am - Kilmore at 10:30am The Parish House (Presbytery) is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 9:30am to 4:00pm. Parish secretary Caterina Bosevski is in attendance during these times. The Parish Secretary can be contacted on (03) 5782 1084 during these times or email kilmore@cam.org.au . More information about the Kilmore Parish can be found here .

St Patrick's Primary School is a Catholic education provider in Kilmore, Victoria where we work collaboratively to maximise student outcomes. Enrolment Enquiry St Patrick's is currently taking applications for 2025. It is important to note that most year levels are already full for 2025 and applications for those year levels will be placed on the waiting list. We do not take applications more than 12 months in advance, so are currently not taking enquiries for 2026 and beyond. Applications for Prep 2026 open on Monday 3 March 2025.

St Patrick's Primary School is a Catholic education provider in Kilmore, Victoria where we work collaboratively to maximise student outcomes. Book a Tour St Patrick's Primary School offers school tours throughout the year. Tours will take place in groups or individually, depending on the situation. All tours should be booked online below.

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St Patrick's Primary School is an "ICON" school, which means that many of our finance and payroll functions are administered by our head office (MACS) through "Shared Services". They request certain information from you as part of the onboarding process. ​ We require personal details from you, which can be provided in a form here . Close

SMART spelling (Years 3 - 6) To log on to the classroom lessons: spkilmore@smartspelling.com.au Password: 12345678 We do a SMART Spelling lesson every Monday during the writing block, this is where we explicitly teach the focus sound and words for the week. Homework spelling lists are created at this time. Friday writing session includes a spelling test and usually a grammar lesson. Ensure you have your SMART Spelling chart displayed in the classroom (Kate has this printed and laminated) Close

St Patrick's Primary School will facilitate all staff to have the necessary medical training required, which includes: - CPR training (annually), compulsory for VIT, encouraged for all other staff - anaphylaxis (2-yearly and six-monthly updates), all staff - asthma (3-yearly and annual updates), all staff - first aid training (3-yearly), encouraged for all staff ​ This training is provided at no cost to staff members. It is imperative that all staff complete medical training where it is compulsory. We also strongly encourage all other staff to complete the training as well. Close

There are a number of ICT Policies that all staff should be aware of: Cyber Safety ICT Acceptable Use Policy Staff ICT User Agreement Close

All new staff are provided with an induction process to ensure that you are set up for success in your new role with St Patrick's. All teaching staff are provided with a paid induction program. A sample induction program can be found here . An individualised program will be provided for every new staff member to ensure that you are provided with all of the relevant information that you need. Close

Family school partnerships refers to the ongoing development of the relationship between St Patrick's and our families. St Patrick's believes strongly in relational learning where staff and parents/carers work closely to ensure the best possible learning and pastoral care outcomes for students. Effective two-way communication is a critical component to this. Further information about FSP is in the induction document, as well as on our school website, which can be found here . Close

Staff at St Patrick's are giving ongoing opportunities with faith formation. In addition, teaching staff are also supported in obtaining the Catholic accreditation to teach in a Catholic School and/or teach Religious Education. ​ For more information about Formation and Accreditation, please click here . Close

If this is the first time you have worked for Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd (MACS), you will be issued with a C-number, which you can use to access a range of MACS services, such as the online Catholic Education Victoria Network (CEVN). It is also an essential piece of ICT information, as you will need it to log into your computer and access the school photocopiers. Close