POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS FOR LEARNING (PB4L), SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL)

Our PB4L/SEL focus for Week 1 will be: Giving Compliments
In the explicit teaching lessons, the expected behaviours taught will be:
  
1. Look at the person.
2. Speak with a clear and friendly voice.
3. Praise the other person’s quality, activity, or project specifically by telling him or her     exactly what you like.
   Use words such as, “That was great when/how…”
“That was wonderful when/how” or ,
“That was awesome when/how.”
4. Give the other person time to respond to your compliment.

Our PB4L/SEL focus for Week 2 will be: Listening to Others
In the explicit teaching lessons, the expected behaviours taught will be:
1. Look at the person who is talking and remain quiet.
2. Wait until the person has finished talking before you speak.
3. Show that you heard the person by nodding your  head, saying “Okay” 
    or “That’s interesting,” etc.

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respectful,
Responsible and Safe behaviour when Listening to Others to be taught
include:

1. Looking away or around while the other person is talking.
2. Talking ‘over the top’ of the other person or interrupting them.
3. Not acknowledging the other person’s conversation.

PB4L Data
It is with pride that I inform you that in the last two weeks 28 students were given
Citizenship, Merit or Library Awards whilst there were 6 incidents of Inappropriate
behaviour recorded.

Please continue to act respectfully, responsibly, and safely girls and boys. Thank you

We would very much appreciate you discussing these weekly focuses with your children and reviewing the expected and non-acceptable behaviours in our endeavour to see that St Patrick’s is a more respectful, responsible, and safe learning community for all.

Kind regards
Mr Gavan Hoctor
Assistant Principal

Welcome Back Fr Mark
Welcome back Fr Mark who has been on leave for most of this term. We hope you are
rejuvenated and rested and we look forward to many school and parish celebrations taking place across the remainder of the year.

Term 4 Prefects
Congratulations to the following children who have been chosen by their teachers to be prefectsfor their class in Term 4. We will be holding a prefect induction ceremony in the Parish Church on Monday of Week 1 next term, October 18 at 2:15pm. All family and community members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Term 4 Prefects 2024

Kinder Atticus Juhasz and Yvette Lister
Year 1 Elijah Ma’u and Mya Naumovski
Year 2 Leo Ayala and Mila Treneska
Year 3 Jayden Figueira and Abbie Ruprecht
Year 4 Henry Juhasz and Leo Reiher
Year 5 Marin Lepan and Mikayla Dimovski

Spiritual Reflection – ‘Make me an instrument of your peace’

World Day of Peace: 21 September 2024

2024 has seen the highest number of countries engaged in conflict since World War II. Now more than ever the profound call of St Francis ‘to be instruments of peace’ is needed in our world fraught with division and conflict. The World Day of Peace invites us to reflect deeply on the wisdom of peacemakers who have dedicated their lives to fostering peace and reconciliation.
In his encyclical Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis writes, we are all brothers and sisters, calling us to a renewed sense of fraternity and friendship. He urges us to move beyond mere tolerance and to embrace a love that transcends borders and divisions.

We need to think of ourselves more and more as a single family dwelling in a common home, he writes, challenging us to break down the walls that separate us and to build bridges of understanding and solidarity.
Sr Joan Chittister, a tireless advocate for peace and justice, echoes this call in her work. She speaks powerfully about the need for courage in the pursuit of peace. "Peace is not the product of terror or fear, she says. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty. Sr Joan's words remind us that true peace is active, requiring our generous and ongoing contribution to the common good.
On the World Day of Peace, let us pray for the grace to be true instruments of peace. May the wisdom inspire us to live with courage, generosity, and a deep commitment to the common good.
And may we always remember that peace begins with each one of us, as we open our hearts to the transforming power of God's love.

Reflection questions
How can I seek to cultivate a heart of compassion and understanding in my personal and professional relationships?

How can I assist justice and reconciliation flourishing in my community?

Prayer for Peace
Loving God, source of all peace,

We thank you for the call to be peacemakers in our world.

Help us to see all people as our brothers and sisters, and to work tirelessly for justice and reconciliation.

Fill our hearts with your love, that we may be true instruments of your peace, bringing hope and healing to a broken world. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Kind regards
Mr Sam Mattas
Religious Education Co ordinator

Wishing all the children celebrating birthdays over the next few weeks all the very best wishes.

Aria Blottin - Year 2

Saxon Parkes - Year 2

James Dos Santos - Year 3

Emelia Connor - Year 4

Myla Saliba - Kindergarten

Bella-Rose Burns - Year 6

Elijah Balahan - Year 4

Chavez Ntallaris - Year 5

Joey Habak - Year 6

Yvette Lister - Kindergarten

Jett Kinnas - Year 5

Jacob Dimitrijevic - Year 6

Ashton Kotevski - Year 4

My basketball gala day experience was really entertaining and fun. Our team communicated really well and we were passing the ball around a lot. My teammates were really good and one of them did a really good job in assisting me. We displayed good sportsmanship and so did the other players from other schools. My friend James Pates-Slade played very well and assisted a lot of baskets. The whole day was really fun even though it wasn’t competitive.

William Di Ciaccio

My basketball gala day experience was very amusing because we had a very good coach/ Mr Mindzas and my teammates showed really good sportsmanship. William Di ciaccio was one of the stars that scored a lot of points for our team. Even though most of us don’t play basketball, we still passed the ball around well and won some games. In the end, we weren’t there to be very competitive, we were there to have fun.

 James Pates-Slade

Last Monday Year 4 had an awesome and productive day in our school garden. First, we set up the tools and then we harvested the silver beet, leeks, celery and bananas.

Next, we weeded the garden beds ready to plant the new seedlings. Ivy’s mum, Mrs Dimovski, made some delicious cheese and leek pizza to share with the students and teachers.

Aaron and Mr Mattas helped us make a ‘magic potion’. They submerged lucerne and straw into the potion and put it on the garden beds for the new seedlings to grow.

We had a garden ‘tidy up’ ready for the centenary celebrations including the walkways and banana trees. Mrs Madaschi made bunches of silver beet and celery for us to take home.