PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Dear God
Bless our school
Bless our teachers
Bless our boys and girls
Bless our families
Please help us to be kind and always try to do our best
Let us remember as many hands make a house so many hearts make a school
Amen
Dear Parents
Welcome back to 2020. I hope you have had a lovely Christmas and a chance perhaps to have a break. A special welcome to our new families and students. Wishing each and everyone of you a healthy and satisfying year.
Prayers and thoughts are with anyone who has experienced trauma as part of the devastating bushfires and drought. We will continue to pray as a school community for those affected.
Communication
As a school community we try to communicate in various forms. We have emails, compass, facebook and paper. Each fortnight the newsletter goes out on a Tuesday. Please read the newsletter so that you are informed of the school’s events and notifications. An interesting graph below shows the average number of readers of the last newsletter last year.
Uniform
Thank you to you all for the way your children have been prepared for school- neat hairstyles, green ribbons in girls’ hair and wearing correct uniform. Can I please ask again that your information package on enrolment clearly states that boys and girls wear white ankle socks not anklets.
Sport Days
Girls and boys are required to wear their sports uniforms :
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Class |
Day |
Day |
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Kinder |
Mon |
Fri |
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Yr 1 |
Wed |
Fri |
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Yr 2 |
Tues |
Fri |
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Yr 3 |
Tues |
Fri |
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Yr 4 |
Tues |
Fri |
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Yr 5 |
Tues |
Fri |
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Yr 6 |
Tues |
Fri |
Kindergarten 2020.
The Kindergarten students have been taking part in the Best Start Assessment this week and we look forward to welcoming them to school next Tuesday. Mrs Beuman is implementing play based pedagogies learning this year within the classroom. More information will be included as part of Kinder Parent Information night ( Feb 11th at 6.30pm)
Parent Information night Feb 11th
Yrs 3 to 6 – 5.30pm
Kinder, 1 & 2 – 6.30pm
I will have a parent calendar available this week with updates as new events occur.
This year we welcome back Mrs Simone Potter ( Counsellor ) who has increased her days at St Patrick’s to every Tuesday this year. We also are privileged to have our Pastoral Care worker (Mrs Catriona Neilson) return Tuesday and Wednesdays throughout the year. We are blessed to have such professional and dedicated support for our school.
Please ensure you advise the school office of any change of details such as Address, Emergency contacts or Medical Details.
Email addresses and phone numbers should be updated by parents via the Compass App.
Enrolment
Please let families or friends know that applications for Kinder 2021 can be picked up from the school office or downloaded from the website.
Good health and best wishes
Mrs Anne Duggan - Principal