PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me and before me.
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in hearts of all who know me.
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger,
Christ in quiet and in roar.
Love, blessed Trinity of three,
Bound in unity
Who guides my journey.
I will arise with strength of heaven
Trusting in Your light
To guide my journey
Shine before me
Lead me home.
Power to guide me, might to hold me,
Wisdom teach me, watching o’er me.
Ear to hear me, hand to guard me,
Love to conquer every fear.
Dear Parents
Happy St Patrick’s Week! We have had the most fabulous week together celebrating our wonderful school. It was great to see so many of you able to join us for various parts of the week and we look forward to many more opportunities to welcome you onto the school grounds.
St Patrick’s Day Photos (more photos will be added to this folder over the coming days.
School Improvement
This year our school will participate in a School Cyclic Inquiry process. This process will involve surveying parents, as well as our students. Staff will present to an external panel the many areas for celebration at St Patrick’s, and share with them our hopes for growth into the future. The panel will then give feedback to the school leadership team on their recommendations and from that will be created our School Strategic Improvement Plan. This plan will guide areas for improvement over the next four years.
Our current goals for 2023 are:
By the end of 2023, students will have improved their understanding of whole number concepts, through effective mathematical pedagogy.
By the end of 2023 students will be able to self regulate their emotions so that they can engage successfully in their learning.
Changes to Student Reports for NAPLAN
From this year, parents and carers will get earlier, simpler and clearer information about their child’s NAPLAN achievement based on new, more rigorous national standards.
Education ministers have agreed to change the way NAPLAN results are reported to parents and carers, now that all students are taking the tests online, and with the move to an earlier NAPLAN in March.
The numerical NAPLAN bands and the national minimum standard will be replaced by the following 4 levels of achievement:
- Exceeding
- Strong
- Developing
- Needs additional support
The descriptors for each category will make it clear to parents what their child’s literacy and numeracy skills are at the time of NAPLAN testing, and support discussions with their school on their child’s progress.
Staff Service Awards
This week we celebrated and acknowledged nearly 350 years of dedication to Catholic Education from our staff at St Patrick's!
Congratulations to these wonderful staff:
40 years - Mrs Duggan, Mr Hoctor, Miss Phillips & Mrs Crotty
30 years - Mrs Popovski, Miss Doro, Mrs Madaschi, Mrs Barnes & Mrs Beuman
25 years - Mrs Hockey
20 years - Mrs Plataniotis
10 years - Mr Mattas, Mrs Carey & Mrs Kapsimallis
