Dear Parents and Carers,

Congratulations to all St Pat's Year 3-6 students who nominated for the school based Public Speaking finals this week. These students are vying for selection to represent our school at the Southern Region event coming soon. Mrs Grant, Mrs Ferris and I were delighted to see so many nominees, and we were impressed by the children's preparation and presentation. Adjudication was difficult with so many high performers! 

Congratulations to our St Pat's Public Speaking Team

Dance Concert We are amidst the fun and busy time of polishing the performances for our dance concert next week. It has been made a little more challenging for our teachers this year with many children being unwell on any given day. We know that despite the challenges, our St Pat's kids will relish the opportunity to shine on stage.

Importantly, have you booked your tickets? Do so NOW!

Thursday 12pm session: https://www.trybooking.com/CBXTH 

Thursday 6:30pm session: https://www.trybooking.com/CBXTF 

Any tickets still available after 5pm today will be opened for families to make further bookings. 

We thank the Community Council Fundraising Committee for organising some delicious dinner for everyone to purchase on concert night, giving everyone more time to get their children ready to perform!

Please support the Fundraising Committee and give dad a new kind of gift for Father's Day. A challenge to all dad's to keep the contents of their Grazing Box all to themselves!

Archdiocesan Athletics We are SO proud of our students who represented the southern region at the athletics carnival on Tuesday: Arly, Achie S, Claire, Mia G, Aidan G, Connor E, Jacob E, Charlie I-B, Ally, Drew, Abbey, Ruben, Eva and Sienna J. They battled freezing, wet and windy Canberra conditions to compete. Mrs Harnett's news shares more about St Pat's kids success! 

Cyber safety Have you booked your place in our upcoming parent session from ySafe, Tuesday 6th September 6-7.00pm? This will be one of the most important parent sessions you attend this year. Parents who attended a ySafe cybersafety talk at St Pat's (prior to Covid times) recommend this learning for all parents who are trying to navigate screen time with their children. Book now https://bit.ly/stpatricks-ps

Blessings

Jo