Dear Parents and Carers

This week our student and staff community has been significantly impacted by a variety of illnesses. We are thankful to work in strong partnership with you for the health and wellbeing of your children and of all our students. Thank you for keeping your children home if they are unwell, thank you for collecting your children if they become unwell at school. We hope that we will soon see all children back at school and the class communities can be complete! If your child is recuperating at home and well enough to continue some learning please access some of the learning resources that are available on Seesaw.

Welcome Mr Healey

We are so happy to have employed our new Maintenance person at St Pat's. Welcome Mr Cam Healey! Perhaps we should say welcome back. We are so happy that Mr Healey loves our school so much that following being a student, including being the school captain, and a parent in our community, he is now on staff!

Congratulations Lily and Henry

We are so proud of our two St Pat's kids who swam their fastest at the State Championships in Sydney. We congratulate Lily on winning her freestyle event. Wow! Lily will now compete at the NSWPSSA Swimming Championships! Congratulations Henry for placing 13th in 50m Freestyle!

Year 6 Leadership

Will and Monique are our Indigenous Leaders in 2022. I thank them for their patience in awaiting the badges to honour the role. We will share a photo of Monique next week.

Out and about playing

 

Demonstrating and celebrating St Pat's Kids behaviours

 

 

 

 

2023 Enrolments

If your (next) child is beginning Kindergarten in 2023, or you know a family whose child is commencing next year, the enrolment form can be completed online. The official enroling period commences in the first weeks of Term 2, and the interviews will be April-June. https://enrolments.stpatsbega.nsw.edu.au/nsw-schools/start

Covid Isolation Rules Update

Please refer to the Service NSW Update for new information about isolation requirements when first in contact with the virus, and after further contacts. Of note is the table titled, 'What are some examples of high and low risk exposures?'

https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/management/people-exposed-to-covid

Have a healthy and restful weekend.

Blessings.

Jo

Students in Years 3, and 5 participate in NAPLAN tests for reading, writing, conventions of language and numeracy during May. Our school will participate in NAPLAN Practice Tests in Weeks 8 and 9, which are designed to give students, teachers and systems an opportunity to practice administering and participating in the online testing environment. The practice tests consist of a Writing Test for Years 5, and an Omnibus Test (a combination of reading, conventions of language and numeracy) for Years 3 and 5. As this is intended to practice participation, the questions are not equivalent to NAPLAN testing in May, and no results are available from the Practice Tests.

VOLUNTEERING AT ST PAT'S

Do you have a special talent? Some extra time? Or just want to connect with the learning in our school? BECOME A VOLUNTEER

Special interest clubs! Once a week. Can you assist with chess or checkers club?, Craft club (knitting and crocheting), Cooking club? or any special talent you can share with our school? Would you like to listen to students read or help out with art/craft or in the library?

St Pat's is now able to enjoy having volunteers working back in our school. We ask volunteers to participate in a 30-40minute induction with Val Sheahan (Assistant Principal) to ensure a shared understanding regarding our school vision, duty of care, confidentiality, use of social media and expectations when working alongside students. Please contact the office to book a time to attend an induction. Please email val.sheahan@cg.catholic.edu.au to discuss ways you can be a volunteer in our school.

CREATIVITY IN KINDERGARTEN

Let's peer into our peaceful place through a blue peaceful lens

Lent - Ways to Pray 

Echo Prayer:

• We pray for stillness.
• ALL: We pray for stillness. (Pause for 20 seconds)
• We pray for silence
• ALL: We pray for silence. (Pause for 20 seconds)
• We pray for peace
• ALL: We pray for peace. (Pause for 20 seconds)
• Continue to add to this last prayer e.g. hope, love, joy.

Student Support

Teachers have been working closely with students on Personalised Plans to ensure adjustments are in place that support success. 

If you would like to know more about reasonable adjustments please visit the NCCD website: https://www.nccd.edu.au/wider-support-materials/reasonable-adjustments 

In Week 9 teachers will be reviewing student goals in their Personalised Plans. During Week 10 parents of students with a Personalised Plan will receive a copy of their plan. Parents are asked to read the plan and sign and return as an acknowledgement. 

Canteen Helpers Needed!

If you have time to help out in the school canteen any Tuesday, please phone (6492 5500) or email (office.bega@cg.catholic.edu.au) the office and we will book you in! 

As little as 2 hours can be a great help. 

Thanks for considering :)