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STUDENT FREE DAYS
Don’t forget to plan for your children’s care on our two additional professional learning days:
Monday 30th May
Friday 1st July
Dear Parents and Carers
What a wonderful Week 3 at St Pat’s, and if you like to note the week starting on Sunday, then the beginning of this great week was Mother’s day. We hope families were able to enjoy some quality time together.
A huge school Thank You to the Fundraising Committee for the amazing Mother’s day stall both at school and at the Sapphire Marketplace. I have had a lot of feedback about the delicious scones! We thank the crew at Tulgeen for working in partnership with our committee to pot up such a great variety of beautiful plants and blooms!
I have enjoyed meeting many of our Kinder 2023 students at their interviews and hearing about all the great things 4 year olds like to do and play. If your next child is starting school next year please complete the online enrolment form and our office staff will connect with you to book your interview time.
Wellbeing at St Pat's
Mrs Grant and I are currently engaged in a professional learning program with Smiling Mind, we were blessed to secure places through the Regional and Rural Schools Program. We look forward to being able to implement some of the wellbeing strategies and use the resources of Smiling Mind at St Pat's into the future.
If you have not used Smiling Mind before, there is a free app with many great resources including meditations. You may find these useful to use with your children.
Congratulations to the St Pat’s students who have been representing our school far and wide. Please read Mrs Harnett's sports news for further information.
Representative Football
Archdiocesan Cross Country
Dental Van
In October we have secured a visit from the Dental Van organised through Australian Dental Health NSW. More information will be sent closer to the booking dates which are in July.
Blessings
Jo
NAPLAN
St. Pat's Year 3 and 5 students participated in NAPLAN assessments this week. Students who are asbent this week will have an opportunity to catch up next week. NAPLAN is an annual assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It tests the types of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. The tests cover skills in reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, and numeracy.
As children progress through their school years, it is very important that checks are made along the way to see how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics – skills that will set them upon the path to success as adults.
NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents and carers to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.
FRIDAY CODING CLUB
Bega Valley PCYC have invited St. Pat’s Year 5 or 6 students to participate in a weekly coding club session. The Coding Club aims to build the student’s confidence with coding skills throughout the course culminating in the development of a game by each student. The sessions will be delivered online from PCYC instructors, PCYC will provide laptops for the students to use with their CECG login. The sessions will take place on Friday's from 1-3pm commencing Friday 20th May until the end of term. The Coding club will be supervised by a member of the Leadership team. Students were asked to complete an expression of interest and we are pleased to list the following students as successful. Jack, Rylan B, Isaac A, Charlie J, Cindy S, Thomas G, Cooper D, Colin D, Izabella P, Machlan W, Kayden P and Sonny A.
Religious Education
Classes have been attending Chapel Mass on a Friday at 9:15am in the Church. If parents would like to attend here is the roster for Term 2:
Week 4 1/2G
Week 5 1/2R
Week 6 2/3Y
Week 7 3/4G
Week 8 3/4R
Week 9 4/5Y
2022 Sacramental Program - Reconciliation & First Eucharist
Wednesday 22nd June - Sacrament of Reconciliation - 6pm St Patrick’s Church.
Short formation session followed by the candidates making their first Reconciliation. Families are then invited to participate in the sacrament as well.
Sunday 18th September - First Eucharist Mass - 9:30am St Patrick’s Church
Important dates:
Sunday 4th September - Family Mass - 5pm St Patrick’s Church
Friday 16th September - Retreat (TBC)
Biggest Morning Tea
St Pat's is hosting a Biggest Morning Tea!
During the past week several students have represented St Pat's with two St Pat's students excelling in the sporting arena.
Drew Duncan, Blake Taylor and Nate Irvin travelled to Canberra last Friday to trial for the MacKillop Rugby League Team. They had already been selected in the Canberra Goulburn side. This part of the selection involves participants from many areas including the very strong Sydney teams south of the Harbour Bridge. Many of the boys and girls from the Sydney teams come from diverse cultural backgrounds can be as large as adults! To be selected at this level you need outstanding skills. We are very proud of Drew who was selected at the position of 'lock' for the MacKillop side. Drew will travel to Parkes next month to compete against other teams for selection in the state side.
Ruben Bailey-Roberts, Archie Sly, Will Nicholson and Arly Schrader competed at the Archdiocesan Cross Country in Canberra last Monday. Arly came fourth in this event last year, but as a young lady with great determination, she has planned her own training schedule and has been looking for ways to improve. With her additional training and effort Arly won the event this year! She now goes on to Sydney to compete at the MacKillop level.
We are very proud of all these children and wish Drew and Arly well at the next level of competition.
Term 2 school fees have been sent to families.
Term 2 fees are due 8 June 2022, except those with direct debit arrangements.
If at any time your family is experiencing financial hardship due to Covid-19 or any other reason or your family is in need of other support, please contact the school to make a time for a confidential meeting with our Principal, Jo Scott-Pegum to discuss how the school can help support your family.
